I am giving thanks that we get to be back to school and I am really looking forward to seeing everyone on Monday! I hope that you also feel ready to get back to school…see your friends and teachers and have more fun learning and growing together!
What’s on this week????
- Please bring back all your completed school work from your 5 school at home days! We will be going through it and getting it organized on Monday.
- We will finish writing FSAs this week
- Spelling Test on Wednesday (see below)
- Pharaoh Presentations on Thursday (we will have one more SHORT class period to prepare)
- Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes due to the school on Thursday
- Student-Led Devos: Aspen will be on Thursday (as she missed her date due to the shut down) and Ella will be on Friday
- TUSC on Friday! (see below for roles)
- We have a HALF day on Friday (for highschool parent-teacher interviews)…students will be dismissed at noon
SPELLING WORDS (double consonants):
- address – place or name of a place where someone or something is located; a speech or a written statement
- afford – to be able to meet the expense of
- announcement – formal notice letting someone know something
- broccoli – green plant where the small buds are eaten as a vegetable
- college – an institute of higher learning
- committee – a person or group of people who perform a service
- community – a social group who have something in common
- compassion – a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune
- dilemma – a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives
- excellent – possessing outstanding quality or superior merit; remarkably good
- mirror – a reflecting surface
- necessary – being essential
- possess – to have as belonging to one
- puzzle – a toy or problem designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort
- recess – temporary break from usual work
TUSC:
These descriptions are to be used as guidelines. Students do not need to answer every suggested question. Creativity and new ideas are encouraged!
- Art Curator (ELLA): Show us a piece of Art! Tell us why you think this Artwork is awesome! What do you like / dislike about it? Who made it? When was it made? What Elements of Art can be seen in this work? How does this piece of Art reflect God’s goodness and/or the beauty of his creation? OR how does it reflect our broken world? How does this piece of Art make you feel? How do you think the artist made it?
- Guess Who (AVA): Provide a series of questions that will eventually cause us to guess who the person is! It could be someone in our school community or someone famous! For example: This person is awesome. He is a man. He’s lived in Alberta and also Northern BC. This person loves sports! He’s a great leader! You guessed it…it’s Mr. Brandsma!
- Fashion Advisor (ALEX): You may choose to showcase a particular fashion trend / style. It could be a modern day example or an example from the past. This could also include trends from Ancient Civilizations and /or other cultures! You could sew an item to show to the class, have the class participate in a quiz to “find their style”, etc. The options are endless!
- Sports Broadcaster (NASZ): Maybe you show us “Sports Fails”, or the greatest goals of all time! Perhaps you share with us the highlights of your favourite team’s recent game. You might like to take some time to describe to us why your team is the best! Perhaps we’ll convert and become fans too! Please limit your presentation to five minutes or less.
- Song Reviewer (ASPEN): Pick a song, any song! (It must have appropriate language and content). Tell us why it’s your favourite or why it’s hilarious / ridiculous, etc. Tell us who wrote it, who sings it and the date that it was produced. Unless you have a musical talent…in which case, you’re welcome to sing / play for us!
- Free Pass (ELI): Sit back, relax and enjoy the show! Just this once!
- Historian / Fun Fact Presenter (KAYLEE): Share a fun fact with us. Do you know something unbelievable?! We’d like to know too! Or you can share a cool moment / hero / antagonist form history with us.
- Mad Scientist (JAYCEE): Prepare to be amazed! In the past, students have conducted experiments right in our class! You can also share a video of you doing an experiment at home, or someone else conducting an awesome experiment! This is a really fun T.U.S.C. role! *No explosives at school!
- News Reporter (OWEN): Pick a current event to share with and explain to us. Be ready to answer a few questions and share your opinion about it!
- Weather Wiz (VICKI): Share a crazy weather story with us! In books, or on the internet, you can find crazy weather catastrophes that have happened in recent and ancient history!
- Architect / World’s Craziest Buildings (SUNNEE): Choose ONE awesome example of architecture to share with us! (We want to leave some for other students to present later). Tell us why it’s amazing, how it was built, where it’s located, who made it and for what purpose, etc. Be sure to show lots of pictures!
- Pastor (CANAAN): Share a devotion, a Bible Verse or part of a sermon with us. Tell us why it’s special to you and please share with us what you think God wants us to learn from it. Thank you for encouraging us!
- Organizer (IAN): You choose the order of the T.U.S.C. presenters! This helps us to keep things moving along nicely.
- Movie Critic (DAXS): Share a trailer (must be rated appropriately) of a movie with us. Tell us why you think this will be an awesome movie or why you think it might be a bust. Highlight some of the actors / actresses in it. Tell us the general theme. Please limit to 5 minutes or less.
- Book Reviewer (JESSE): Share a great book with us! Tell us about the theme and lesson (if applicable). Tell us about the main characters, problem, solution, setting, etc. Maybe share some facts about the author too. Let us know why you would recommend or not recommend this book.
- Techie (CALEB): You’re in charge of the computer and projector! You can help each student to get his or her video cued up, open files from his or her USB stick, as needed.
- Secretary (LILY): You keep a list of the presentations. Include the following information for each: Student name, T.U.S.C. role, brief description of what they shared.
- Health Tip / Nutritionist (DANTE): Share some tips with us! This could include sharing your thoughts on eating plans, essential oils, healthy habits, hygiene tips, good lifestyle choices, etc. You could also choose to share your thoughts on something you’re skeptical about, as long as you do it in a respectful manner.
- Fitness Coach (MATTHEW): Lead us in a simple exercise! You could also share a short (5 minutes or less) exercise video with us! You can find one, or make your own.
- Master Chef (ISAIAH): Share an awesome recipe with us! You can try to make it at home and make a video of you cooking it. You could also share a video of someone else cooking something delicious. Perhaps you’d like to demonstrate for us, right in our own class! Unfortunately, we can’t share snacks at this time.
- Riddler / Mathlete (ISAAC): See if you can stump us with a riddle or a tricky Math problem!
- Poet (KAITLYN): Share a poem with us. Tell us why you think this poem is awesome or weird! What do you like / dislike about it? Who wrote it? When was it written? How does this poem reflect God’s goodness and / or the beauty of His creation? OR how does it reflect our broken world? How does this poem make you feel?
- Artist (SYDNEY): Share a piece of your own, personal Art with us or teach us how to draw / make something!
- Corny Jokester (EDEN): Share some funny jokes with us! They can be hilarious or cheesy!
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