Friday, January 12th (Day 5)

 

 Announcements: 

* Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

* Assessments that went home today: Persuasive Letter & Infographic (please review, sign and return on Monday)

* Grade 8's had their high school visit this morning, and were presented with information regarding course registration and transitioning to high school

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

Important Upcoming Dates

Friday, January 12th - New Year's Resolution Blog Due

Next Week At A Glance 

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

- Math:  Spatial sense continued (rotations and reflections of geometric shapes)

- Literacy: Media Literacy and Parts of speech (verbs & adverbs)

- Science:  Fluids & Pure Substances and mixtures 

- Geography: Challenges in the environment & Land Reclamation 

- Health: Healthy eating 

- Art: Mosaic Art 

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

Learning Goal: We are learning to identify the properties of tessellating shapes 

- Students created a semi -regular tessellation using 2-4 geometric shapes 

Homework: 

- All activities were completed in class today 

- Students can read through the geometric properties slides to prepare for next week (click for direct access)

Literacy 

- Discussed the role of Adverbs

- Continued working on New Year's Resolution Blog

- Students independently worked on their science reading comprehension package 

Homework: 

- Adverbs slides (click for direct access)

- New Year's Resolution Blog (click for direct access)

- Science comprehension package (for students who completed their verb slides and blog assignment)

- 20 minutes of silent reading

Health

- We started our Healthy Eating unit with a class game

Homework: 

None