Wednesday, November 29th

 

Announcements: 

*Our system is now up and running! Emails are welcomed!

*If you did not get the change to schedule an interview last week, please contact me via Edsby if you'd like to schedule an interview.

*Library is every Day 2 of the school cycle from 12-12:20pm

Important Upcoming Dates

Thursday, November 30th - Grade 8 microscope Lab Due

Friday, December 1st - Parts of Speech and Literary Devices Quiz

Next Week At A Glance 

* Please note, these are subject to change to support students' needs*

- Math: selecting appropriate graphs to represent data 

- Literacy: persuasive writing continued 

- Science:  Intro to culminating projects 

- Geography: Intro to culminating projects

- Health: Personal Safety Quiz

- Art: aluminum sculpture work period

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

Learning Goal: We are learning to collect continuous, discrete and two-variable data and represent it using an appropriate graph

- Appropriate uses for different graphs (bar graphs, pictographs, scatter plots, line graphs) 

- Brainstormed different graphs and examples (click for direct access)

- Practiced plotting data on scatter plots and bar graphs

Homework: 

7's: complete bar graph from class and Graphing Data package 

8's: complete scatter plot from class and Independent Learning Module Lesson 9: Scatter Plots (click for direct access

- Review questions 1 - 2

- Exercise questions 1-3, & 4c

Literacy 

Learning Goal: We are learning to write non-biased persuasive essays using arguments supported by evidence

- Brainstorming causes for persuasive letter and making connections to other texts 

Homework: 

- OVERDUE: Students sought change Article (click for direct access)

- Complete My Three causes brainstorming (click for direct access)

- 20 minutes of silent reading

Science  

Homework: 

- Grade 8 Virtual lab (click for direct access)

- Read through and answer questions for Human Interactions in the environment (click for direct access)

- Ecological footprint