Thursday morning learning and CFOO!

Hello, learning friends!

It was a busy morning and we have much to share.

1. In Math, we worked on our second calcul mental strategy of the year, "Multiplication de la gauche." Mme made our brains work overtime this morning as we worked to complete the calculations in our heads! 🤯

The sound of our brains multiplying and adding numbers.

2. In Science, we concluded our Tomatosphere experiment after 35 days. We wrote our final observations and drew and labeled our plant diagrams one last time. We will now continue with the graphing and explanation portions of the experiment before we officially submit our results. 🌱 🍅

3. In Français, we worked with our table groups to complete our Suresh résumé and then started planning and writing our first CFOO presentation of the year.

What is CFOO?

CFOO (Le Club Fabuleux des Orateurs et Oratrices) is a public speaking "club" (similar to its English friend TUSC) that will help students improve their oral French skills through short presentations. There are fifteen different presentation options, separated into three categories: Research, Opinion and Creativity. 

Our CFOO preparation and presentation periods alternate on Day 3, periods 2 and 3.

For the first presentation, we will be choosing one of the five Opinion options. We will prepare a short oral presentation, fulfilling the criteria specific to our topic. (All categories are outlined on the sheet in our binder. This sheet is also posted in Showbie). Our presentation is in the form of speech, but our speeches can be take on/be supported with a variety of options: a poster, a puppet play, a poem, a painting, a PowerPoint, a movie, etc. As long as our public-speaking skills are on display, the possibilities are truly endless!

Leading up to the first presentation, we will continue discussing what we should keep in mind while making an oral presentation to the class. This will include: keeping eye contact with the audience, having a confident stance while at the front of the room, projecting our voice and speaking at a good pace with expression.

We had a short block of time to begin our presentations this morning, and, for this one time only, Mme has arranged for one additional block of time next week to allow us to prepare our presentations. However, moving forward, much of this task (finishing our speech and practicing our presentation) will be done on our own time. If we would like Mme Careen to review our speech with us before our presentation, we are welcome to make an appointment to work with her at lunch over the coming week. And, please note that any visual supports must be uploaded into Showbie in advance of presentation day.

Our first CFOO presentations are set for Monday, November 16. Mark your calendars! :)

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AGENDA

1. Math: Questions 1 à 10 calcul mental - tomorrow (Friday)

Page 3 circled questions (for students who were not finished today) - tomorrow (Friday)

2. CFOO #1: Opinions - Monday, November 16.

3. French Reading using the Je lis website - Daily