June 11th, 2010-Exam Outline

Exam Outline:

• Old Tests (All questions, wording may be slightly different, Mapping? 1 or two questions)
• History Happening Today (From the beginning of the school year[fill in the blanks or true or false])
• Geography 30% of total test mark! (Projects(underlined sections), fill in the blanks, True or false, or multiple choice)

Tests that we have wrote, (you need in your binder to study):

• Middle Ages Test-October 14th, 2009
• Vikings Open Book Quiz-October 20th, 2009
• Timeline Hunt-November 4th, 2009
  
• Renaissance Test-December 9th, 2009
• Reformation Test-January 27th, 2010
• Age of Revolutions Test - March 8th, 2010
• Industry and Empire Test-April 27th, 2010

What the Exam will Look like:

• True or False
• Multiple Choice
• Fill in the Blanks
• Definitions
• Short Answers
• Long Answer
• Maps

Exam is Thursday, June 17th, 2010. Everyone study hard and ace the exam!

BP needs to bring in his Mexico project ASAP!

Today we highlighted the new Zealand project!

Monday, June 7, 2010-Leslie

Today we finished reading the Australia booklets. We also did History Happening Today.

• Chicago Blackhawks beat Philadelphia Flyers 7-4 in the 5th game of the Stanley Cup finals.
• Lakers lost to Boston 103-94 in the NBA finals. The series is tied1-1.
• Parents are being advised to have a secret password for children due to an attempted abduction near Dauphin.
  
• A 13 year old boy from the U.S.A. climbed Mount Everest last month. It took him 51 days. He has climbed 5 out of the 7 continents tallest mountains.
• A severe tornado hit a small Ontario town last night (June 6).
• Another Canadian soldier was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend.
  
• McDonald's recalls over 1 million Shrek glasses due to toxic paint found on the cups.
  
• OLCS grade 7 student received 2 firsts(bull riding), a second and a third in shutedogging. Way to go!
  
• 4-H rally day was held in Oak Lake on Saturday, June 5. Oak Lake 4-H beef club won for the best marching.
  

Homework assignment for May19,2010-

-the first set of definitions are due May 20. The definitions start on page 6 and end on page 12.
-read pages 13 to17 and complete definitions for Thursday, May 20 (remember to include subheadings).

May, 17 / 2010 Brandon

HHT

-Philadelphia Flyers won game 7 against the Boston Bruins to advance to the next round of the playoffs.
-Montreal Canadians had a horrible start in their series against the Philadelphia Flyers. With a loss of 6 - 0 to the Flyers.
- Wheat Kings loose 9 - 3 Windsor Spitfires. 5 minutes into the game the score was 5 - 0 for the Spitfires!
Yesterdays game the Wheat Kings played the Moncton Wildcats winning 4-0.
-In Vietnam on Friday anti government protesters started riots, burning cars and threatening to attack government buildings.
-On May 14th 104 people died in a plane crash in Libya, one boy survived the wreckage (he and his family were from Holand) he was ten years old.
- A man went missing in Calgary, and ended up at the Regina hospital, had been tortured and lost extensive weight.
-Mantha was going for a lay up in a Brandon basketball tournament. Her foot was stepped on and Mantha kept going, and scored the basket. Her leg gave way- she ended up with a half cast and a possible cracked growth plate. To be determined next Tuesday!
-19 year old female, 20 year old male arrested in a large drug bust.
-On Wednesday, May 13 it was Manitoba's 140th Birthday! There are alot of Manitoba home coming celebrations planned.

May, 10- Natalie

History Happening Today

-San Jose knocked Detroit out of second round.

-British Petroleum's containment dome failed to work over the weekend on the Gulf oil spill. They are going to build a new containment dome, but that is two months away.

-New York ferry runs ashore and hits docks; many people are injured, but not seriously.

-Calgary Hitman win WHL.

-Memorial cup begins Friday, May 14 in Brandon.

- Bailey has a new baby brother. His name is Spencer John and was born at 11:17 pm on May 9th. He weighed 8 lbs 11 ounces, and was 21. 25 inches long. Congratulations to Bailey and his family!

April 30 by: Natalie

History Happening Today

-San Jose won their first game against Detroit in the second round and the score was 4-3.

-Montreal's goalie is unstoppable; out of 134 shots on net in 3 games he was able to save 131. Amazing! (Hockey's biggest upsets, Montreal beating Washington)

-6000 U.S. troops are being deployed to Louisiana to help contain the oil spill. The spill is now the size of Jamaica and heading straight for Louisiana coastline.

- Canadians are now living 3 years longer than Americans. Statistics say due to Canadian health care, and lower poverty rates.

- Brandon was listed as number 7 out of 180 cities as one of Canada's best cities to live in. Winnipeg was number 9 and Ottawa was number 1.

- Obama banned any new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

-OLCS grades k-8 are performing their dances today. Have fun!

April 14, by: Heidi

Social Studies
Today we worked on the next six definitions that are due for tomorrow. We also handed in our title pages. They look great!