Homework Assigned For Homeroom: 8-9 |
January 14, 2021 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Today we worked on completing the worksheets associated with the Viscosity lab. I will pass them back out tomorrow to be complete. They will be due at the end of class and will be graded. |
Language Arts Assigned By: Noftle, Amy | Today we read up to and including chapter 4 today in The Outsiders. Please make sure chapter questions are completed for tomorrow's class. |
January 13, 2021 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | The Outsiders
ch questions up to ch 2
read to ch 4 pg 64 |
January 11, 2021 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | The outsiders novel stopped at pg 31 today. Ch 1 questions complete |
January 8, 2021 |
Home Economics Assigned By: Bowers, Tracy | Cross-curricular end of Term project has been posted in their Google classroom. We will discuss details in our next Home ec class, but students can start their project now.
Project is due the last week of January.
DUE DATE JANUARY 25th. |
January 6, 2021 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Used the Chrome books to do an introduction assignment for The Outsiders today. Themes of privilege, entitlement, and others were explored. Google Classroom is updated for the novel. Please do not read ahead in chapter questions as they contain spoilers for the novel. Students will be given paper copies. |
January 5, 2021 |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | We started a new unit yesterday, beginning with Section 4.1. Students should complete the textbook questions that were assigned in class yesterday pg. 174-175 #6, 9, 10. Yesterday's notes and textbook questions are posted to our Google Classroom. |
January 4, 2021 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Speech Packages were returned today. There are 2 separate grading sheets, one for the presentation and one for the written. The marks may not be the same for both.
Independent Novel (google slide) was returned today as well.
Powerschool has not been updated yet.
The next unit will be an indepth novel study - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton |
December 17, 2020 |
Important Reminders Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Friday Schedule:
- All students are reminded to take home all their school texts and binders as per the School Board announcements.
-We will not have food service on Friday. Please bring a snack.
- We will be scheduled for time outside on Friday. Please dress for the cold weather.
Bus begin departing at 12 noon. |
December 16, 2020 |
Important Reminders Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Homeroom Update: All students are reminded to take all textbooks and personal items home over the Holiday break! |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Speech presentations are complete. Marks will not be posted until after the holiday. Please make sure you submit your Independent Novel slide assignment in Google Classroom. |
December 14, 2020 |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Reminder! Unit 3 In-Class Assignment is tomorrow, Tuesday, December 15th. Please practice the review sheets. Solutions to the review sheets can be found on our Google Classroom under Classwork. Remember to bring your notes with you tomorrow! |
December 11, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Speech Presentations continue. They are going well. All students must print a copy to present in class, please. Please be sure to turn in your assignment.
Independent Novel slide assignment is posted in google classroom. Students will have Chrome books on Monday to work on these assignments. |
December 9, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Quiz this Friday on Chapter 2.
PLEASE review your notes, online notes, sample quiz, quizlet, etc to ensure 100% preparedness! |
Language Arts Assigned By: Noftle, Amy | We will be working on our independent novel assignments on Friday. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Speech presentations continue in class. All speeches should now be ready for presentation. The cover page and Bibliography must be included with the final printed hand in copy, please.
Independent Novel assignments are posted in Goole Classroom and can be completed from home and submitted using the turn in button. |
December 7, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Quiz on Friday!!!
Quizlet and review guide are posted to Google classroom
We will be using Chromebooks tomorrow for review and practice quizzes |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Final Copy of Persuasive Speeches due today. Presentations start tomorrow. You must bring a printed copy of your speech to present from and hand in at the end of class. Remember to include your bibliography on a separate sheet at the end and your cover page at the front. Paper booklets with jot notes should be handed in at the same time.
Independent Novel assignments will be posted in Google Classroom. |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Unit 3 In-Class Assignment will be Tuesday, December 15th. This will be open book so make sure to have your notes in school with you on Tuesday. |
December 4, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Speeches are due on Monday.
1. Use the TURN IN button online
2. You must print a copy of your speech to read in class with the Cover Page and Bibliography included.
Independent Novel assignment will be completed in class on Chromebooks. Please continue to read your novels at home. |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Quiz December 11.
Study guides were handed out in class today. Extra copies available in the classroom. Electronic copy on our Google classroom website.
Quizlet has been posted to our google classroom |
December 3, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Bring headphones for Friday.
Quiz December 11. Study guides were handed out in class today. Extra copies available in the classroom.
Electronic copy on our Google classroom website. |
December 2, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Bring headphones for Friday
Quiz December 11 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students continued watching Quest for the Sea; a video that makes a connection with the current chapter (3) on Making a Living in the Nineteenth Century. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Final copy Speeches are due on Monday. Most students are at the conclusion or editing. We will peer edit in class on Thursday and Friday. All students must convert the Source Cards to Bibliography (see posted Google Slides in Google Classroom).
Independent Novels continue in class and the assignment will be posted when speeches are collected. |
December 1, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Quiz December 11 (Next Friday)
Start reviewing your notes AND the online notes :) |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | In today's class the discussion with how a living was made in the 19th century continued with a look at the role of the family in 'Curing of Fish'. To end the class students were given an in-class worksheet to complete. |
November 30, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Quiz December 11 (Next Friday)
Start reviewing your notes AND the online notes :) |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students watched a Land and Sea video on 'Celie Smith'. They were to make the connection of how Celie demonstrates a self sufficient way of living in a subsistence economy. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Speeches continue in class. Students should be completed Research and Introductions, moving into Conclusion tomorrow. Source cards must be re-written in Bibliography format for the final copy. Please check the schedule on Google classroom.
Independent Novels continue in class. |
November 27, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Quiz - Friday, December 11
Please review your notes as well as the notes for Chapter 2 that I've posted to our google classroom.
Class code: bncnpla |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | In continuing with Chapter 3: Making a Living in the 19th Century students started watching Quest for the Sea. |
November 26, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students worked on a Case Study activity using page 49 in their textbook. |
November 25, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were given information to record on living in a subsistence vs. consumer economy as discussion continued with chapter 3. |
November 24, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Today we discussed Ocean currents. I am reminding students to keep up to date with work and completing the in-class worksheets, as this will serve as their notes for the next unit quiz. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Working on our Persuasive Speeches. Students should have three jot note pages for the body paragraphs. We have started introductions on the Chromebooks please use the google classroom. All rough draft and edit should be done on the Student Type Copy- I can track the history, no need to make multiple copies just work within that document.
Independent NOvels continue to be read in class.
Powerschool is updated with assignments (5 marks in total) |
November 23, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were reminded about submitting their major assignment for Chapter 2. Also, today they were introduced to Chapter 3: Making a Living in the Nineteenth Century. |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Please check google classroom regularly. This is where I will post copies of ALL notes and ALL handouts. I will Also post updates on upcoming tests/quizzes/assignments. |
November 20, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | All class notes are online under the chapter 2 heading.
https://classroom.google.com/w/MTYzNzE1NzA2OTUy/t/all |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Awesome end to the week. We are doing great work on the jot notes and source cards for our speech research. Students are encouraged to continue the research at home. Google classroom has source cards you can make a copy and print off if you need more. You should also add your name and topic to the topic sheet in the google classroom. Please remember your novels too. Great to see them in class each day. Enjoy the weekend. Unit tests are posted to Powerschool and Read Alouds will be posted by MOnday. |
November 18, 2020 |
Core French Assigned By: Elliott, Jordan | Reminder of Listening assessment on Friday this week and Reading assessment on Monday next week.
Bring the practice test that I handed out last week tomorrow. |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Today all students who have work that has not been completed/submitted received a folder containing individual work that they've yet to submit to me. Electronic copies have also been posted to Google classroom. As this work has been passed due for sometime, I have made this Friday, November 20th as the deadline for submitting this work.
Deductions for late assignments will be applied as per Villanova's school policy on Assessment and evaluations which can be found at the following link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uRkjOa3hB2FWrxc2PntGsZRuiNiKHF5S/view |
November 17, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | 1. Listening quiz is posted in PWSCHL. and given back in class today.
2. Unit quiz will go back tomorrow
3. GC is updated with the full schedule and unit outline from now until the Christmas Holiday.
4. Please have your independent novel in class every day. |
November 13, 2020 |
Core French Assigned By: Elliott, Jordan | Submit pictures of your completed practice quiz on Google Classroom and I can give you feedback. This isn't mandatory, but a good way to see if you can answer the questions. Be sure to bring the sheets back to class on Thursday. The actual test has been bumped ahead a day, so the listening assessment is on Friday Nov 20 and the reading assessment will be the following Monday Nov 23. |
November 12, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were given a class to work on their major Assignment for Chapter 2: The People Who Lived Here. |
November 10, 2020 |
Core French Assigned By: Elliott, Jordan | French Test next week:
Listening test November 19
Reading test November 20 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | In today's class students watched a video called Trail of the Caribou; a documentary on the Newfoundland Regiment in World War I. It was shown to give students a chance to reflect on the significance of Remembrance Day. |
November 9, 2020 |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Important Reminder!
Unit 2 Math Test will be tomorrow, Tuesday, November 10th in Period 3!
Review Solutions as well as additional textbook practice questions are posted in classwork! |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | NOTE: Copies of all 'graded' assessments we have done to date are available on our Google Classroom. PLEASE check PowerSchool to see if you have submitted/completed each of them. The only one not attached is the water cycle foldable. You will need to send me an email if you'd like a copy of this assessment.
If you have not yet submitted them, please do so by Friday, November 13. |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students continued working on the major Assignment for Chapter 2: The People Who Lived Here. |
November 6, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were introduced to a major Assignment for Chapter 2: The People Who Lived Here.
A few students are reminded to submit the question on 'Why did the Beothuk become extinct?' |
November 3, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Today we discussed all components of Water Quality and completing a water quality test. Students had the remainder of class to complete the water Quality Lab we started last week.
I will be collecting these in class on Friday. |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Unit 2 Test is on Tuesday, November 10th! Practice some of the Unit Review posted on Google Classroom! |
November 2, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students worked on the similarities and differences between the aboriginals groups studied.
Reminder: the question on 'Why did the Beothuk become extinct?' is due on Friday, November 6. |
Language Arts Assigned By: Noftle, Amy | Underground to Canada novel assignment given out today. It is due next Monday, November 9th.
I've uploaded the assignment to Google Classroom as well. |
October 29, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Weather permitting we will be going outside for a part of our class to complete the water Quality assessment portion of our Lab.
DRESS FOR COLD WEATHER = WEAR A COAT!
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Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were assigned notes on the Inuit. |
October 28, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Finish your Freshwater case study and the Water Quality web quest tonight. These things are what will help you make sense of the Lab we are doing on Friday (weather permitting of course - as long as it is not raining -DRESS FOR THE COLD!) |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were assigned notes on the Innu. |
October 27, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Freshwater case study - pass it in tomorrow (Wednesday)
BRING HEADPHONES FOR CHROMEBOOKS - WEBQUEST VIDEO LISTENING |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Unit 2 Math Assignment was handed out in class today. Due Date: November 3rd |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were assigned notes on the Mi'kmaq. |
October 26, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students were assigned notes on the Beothuk. |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Freshwater case study will be collected tomorrow.
Electronically copies can be found on the google classroom for Science. |
October 22, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Climate change web quest do by 11:59PM tonight! |
October 21, 2020 |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Reminder! Unit 2 Mental Math Quiz will be on Friday, October 23rd! |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Practice Listening Quiz today
Listening Quiz tomorrow |
October 20, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students worked on a journal entry to the following question: Explain why the Beothuk became extinct in Newfoundland? |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Listening Quiz - Oct 22
Unit Quiz- Nov 2
GC Code: s7w6pbh
Slide show for Listening Quiz is posted to GC |
October 19, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | We had our Chapter 1 Science quiz today. |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Had a discussion with students today on 'How to Write a Journal' response in Grade 8 Socials. A document with all the information to help guide the students can be found in their Socials Grade 8-9 Google classroom. |
October 16, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Listening Quiz - Oct 22
Unit Quiz- Nov 2
GC Code: s7w6pbh
Today we used chrome books to do an introduction to the topic of Child Labor. It will continue with the textbook selection 'What is Child Labor? p. 27
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Language Arts Assigned By: Noftle, Amy | Please complete questions assigned on the story 'Who Owns the Land' if not already done so. |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students completed an exit card on Chapter 1: History and the Historian. |
October 15, 2020 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | In today's class there was continued discussion on the Beothuk. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Listening Quiz - Oct 22
Unit Quiz- Nov 2
GC Code: s7w6pbh
AWESOME WORK!! Today we did creative writing in-class assignment on Oral Tales. The enthusiasm of the students was incredible, many choose to work through lunch and added so much detail to their tales. We will read these aloud in class tomorrow. |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | QUIZ: MONDAY, OCTOBER 19
QUIZLET LINK: https://quizlet.com/ca/339748117/grade-8-chapter-1-review-flash-cards/
Review sheet was passed out today. It can also be found in the classwork section of our google classroom
PowerSchool has been updated to reflect all work I have received. This work will be returned tomorrow for you to review for the quiz should you wish. |
Health Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Excellent Class today! We decided as a group some Class Conduct rules and Dismissal rules keep everyone safe and comfortable in 8-9 this year. |
October 14, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Quiz Monday October 19
Check to make sure you haven't forgotten to pass in something to me (Density lab, webquest, water cycle booklet, density layers lab)
Chapter 1 booklet: This is a good time to catch up on work you may have not yet completed in the booklet as this is a GREAT study resource. |
October 13, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Today we had a second class to complete the salinity/density lab. IF you did not complete and submit the questions in class, this is now homework.
Please bring in the completed lab questions tomorrow. All required information is on Google classroom. Please check as well for any other work that you should have already passed in.
QUIZ: MONDAY, OCTOBER 19 |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Introduced Chapter 2: The People Who Lived Here. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Listening Quiz - Oct 22
Unit Quiz- Nov 2
GC Code: s7w6pbh
Today we connected Who Owns the Land to the unit theme of Global Citizens. Tomorrow we will write our answer. |
October 9, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Listening Quiz - Oct 22
Unit Quiz- Nov 2
Completed the pre-read of Who Owns the Land? today.
Google Classroom is updated with Listening Slide Show |
Social Studies Assigned By: Walsh, Rod | Students have been working on chapter 1 doing an artifact assignment, booklet and a foldable activity. All this work should now be completed and submitted. The next chapter to begin will be Chapter 2: The People Who Lived Here. |
October 8, 2020 |
Home Economics Assigned By: Bowers, Tracy | Students are reminded to add themselves to our Home Economics Google classroom.
JOIN CODE is 6dadd2b
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October 7, 2020 |
Important Reminders Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | 1) Annual food drive of perishable food items will be going ahead. We will be collecting items from Monday to Thursday of next week. We will just leave items in the bags you send them in and I'll sanitize and bring them to our collection space. The school goal is 1000 items. As well, the class with the most points will get a reward. Unlike previous years, all items are worth 1 point.
2) Curriculum Night (virtual) has been pushed to Oct. 14th. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Today we did a practice of Listening Skills with worksheets. We corrected the fill in the blank and will review the short answers questions on the back.
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October 6, 2020 |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | REMINDER! Unit 1 Math test tomorrow, October 7th in Period 5. Check our Google Classroom for notes and review! |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | If you haven't passed in your lab video or exit card - please do so! |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Read 2 chapters of Underground to Canada |
October 5, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Density Tower Lab and Density webquest MUST be submitted tomorrow (Tuesday) or I will deduct marks for lateness.
Please attempt top complete the water cycle booklets I gave you to the best of your abilities. Don't over think it, just look back at your notes/the textbook.
Tomorrow we will be discussing sources of freshwater. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Completed Two Island questions on Friday. Today we examined the PPF format with a handout & posted it to GC. We completed the class with the Read Aloud Novel.
Evaluation:
Listening quiz - week of Oct 19
Written Quiz- week of Oct 26 |
Important Reminders Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | 1) Annual food drive of perishable food items will be going ahead. We will be collecting items from Monday to Thursday of next week. We will just leave items in the bags you send them in and I'll sanitize and bring them to our collection space. The school goal is 1000 items. As well, the class with the most points will get a reward. Unlike previous years, all items are worth 1 point.
2) Curriculum Night (virtual) has been pushed to Oct. 14th. |
October 2, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | MY SCIENCE PEOPLES!!!!!
Webquest are due Monday - Please complete anything you have left undone during your weekend (homework is a natural phenomenon of classtime running out - embrace it).
Lab Density - TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DENSITY! Your Lab Exit cards/videos/or TikToks are also due Monday!!! Embrace you scientific creativity...BUT...you MUST use Density and EXPLAIN YYOUR EXPERIMENT (or all is for nothing as you didn't explain the science behind the fun) |
October 1, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Great job to all who complete the lab portion of the Density lesson today! Tomorrow we switch and those who did the lab will be doing the web quest and vice-versa.
***If you did not complete the webquest today, it is your responsibility to get it done during class time tomorrow after you complete the lab, or it will be homework for the weekend :) *** |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | End of next week (FRIDAY)we will have a listening quiz. We will be doing practice for the quiz next week. We will complete the questions on Two Islands in class tomorrow.
Listening Quiz- Oct 9 |
September 30, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Today we started a mini-assignment in the form of Water cycle booklets.
I will be collecting these for grading on Monday, October 5. please refer to your booklets, the textbooks and PowerPoints on google classroom for guidance. |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Unit 1 Assignment is due tomorrow! (Friday, October 2nd)
Unit 1 Test has been scheduled for next Wednesday! (October 7th) |
September 29, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | This afternoon we did great work on our read-aloud novel Underground to Canada |
September 28, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Today we worked on Audience and Purpose by examining advertisements. We used the Global Citizens theme to establish the global issue presented. |
September 26, 2020 |
Important Reminders Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Reminder of Mental Math Assessment on Monday!
Also, Unit #1 Assignment was handed out on Thursday, September 24th. You have the week to complete it. Due Friday, October 2nd! |
September 25, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Please complete pages 2-3 of your Chapter 1 booklets if you did not get them completed during class this week. We are moving on to page 4 on Monday so come prepared to work!
Check the Google classroom page for more info!
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September 24, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | We did pre-reading for Global Citizens. Read Global Citizens and completed the 5 senses text sheet. |
Health Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | outside for fresh air |
September 23, 2020 |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Handouts for the Pre/During/Post reading questions were given out today and posted to GC. WE examined the unit theme 'Global Citizen' and we examined the text features of the selection 'A Global Citizen is...'. We will complete the 5 column chart in class tomorrow. |
September 22, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | For those of you who didn't hand in your Lab safety comic strips, please do so tomorrow. Be sure to demonstrate at least three rules being broken and how you would fix them.
Today we started Chapter1 on the Water Cycle. Please remember to bring your booklets to class each day. |
September 18, 2020 |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Lab Safety comic:
Please complete your lab safety booklets and bring them to class on Monday. The instructions can be found on our Google classroom. |
Science Assigned By: Nash, Courtney | Please join our Google classroom if you haven’t already done so. Here is the code: bncnpla |
September 17, 2020 |
Core French Assigned By: Elliott, Jordan | If you haven't finished your bubble name activity, please get that finished and show me next class (tomorrow).
Accept the invitation to our Google Classroom if you haven't already done so. |
Language Arts Assigned By: ODriscoll, Heidi | Welcome to Mrs O'D Lang Class. We are working on our year long terms through a game called Vegas and reading our first novel aloud.
Google Classroom code : s7w6pbh |
September 15, 2020 |
Math Assigned By: Bungay, Kerri | Please join our Google Classroom for 8-9!
Your code is: y3dqjtd |