Tuesday, December 12th (Day 2)

 Announcements: 

*We are still collecting non-perishable items for the food drive. Canned foods, cereal, pastas are welcome! 

*The following assessments were sent home: Geography mid chapter quiz, grade 8 microscope quiz, grade 7 Land Reclamation Assignment and Parts of Speech quiz. 

*If you were unable to return the pink Elective Form sheet, please use the digital form and submit by the end of the day. Elective Form Digital Copy (click for direct access)

*All students are expected to have indoor and outdoor boots, now that the field is extremely muddy and the weather is changing

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

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

Important Upcoming Dates

Thursday, December 14th - Grade 7 Invasive Species assignment due 

                                             - Grade 8 onion lab

Next Week At A Glance 

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

- Math:  Infographic assignment 

- Literacy: Oral Debate

- Science:  3D cell and Diorama assignments 

- Geography: Global settlement patterns 

- Health: Personal Safety 

- Art: aluminum sculpture due

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

Learning Goal: We are learning to analyze data and make meaningful conclusions 

- Analyzing data using histograms and scatter plots

Homework: 

- Gr 7's Lesson 5: Interpreting Histograms Review and Exercise Questions (click for direct access)

- Gr 8's Lesson 6: Interpreting Scatter Plots Review and Exercise Questions (click for direct access)

Literacy 

Learning Goal: We are learning to write persuasive letters that contain strong arguments supported by evidence

- Continued working on rough copy of persuasive letter

- Library book exchange

- Learned transition words and how to incorporate them in writing (click for direct access)

Homework: 

- Rough copy (click for direct access)

- 20 minutes of silent reading

Geography

Grade 7's

- Learned how to create climate graphs

Grade 8's

- Independently explored migration (push and pull factors, reasons for migration)

Homework:

Gr. 7's - Climate graph activity (click for direct access)

Gr. 8's - Migration slides (click for direct access)

Science

Grade 7's

- Continued working on their invasive species assignment

Grade 8's

- Went through their lab instructions for Thursday

- Learned how to prepare wet slides using water and onion cells

Homework: 

Gr 7's - Continue working on invasive species assignment (click for direct access)

Gr 8's - Complete pre-lab and slide preparation questions for Thursday (click for direct access)