Announcements:
* My contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca
* Happy New Year families! Hope you had an amazing holiday break! Thanks for your thoughtful cards and gifts, greatly appreciate it!
* We started 2 new units this week. In math, we have started our Spatial Sense unit, and in science, we have started our Matter and Energy unit. Our Geography strand will end this month, and we will start History in term 2 (beginning of February)
* Library is every Day 2 of the school cycle from 12-12:20pm
Important Upcoming Dates
Friday, January 12th - G.W. Williams visit @ RHPS for grade 8's (9:10am)
- New Year's Resolution Blog Due
Next Week At A Glance
Today's Activities/Homework
Math
Learning Goal: We are learning to identify the properties of tessellating shapes
- In groups, students worked together to completely cover (tesselate) a plane by using tetris shapes
Homework:
- Complete yesterday's work if unfinished
Independent Learning Module Lesson 7: Tessellation (click for direct access)
Review and exercise questions
Literacy
- MyBlueprint Activities (explored course selection for highschool along with elective courses)
- Continued working on New Year's Resolution Blog
- Science reading comprehension package for students
Homework:
- Article Response Questions (click for direct access)
- New Year's Resolution Blog (click for direct access)
- Elective Course Selection Preference Doc: specifically for grade 8's (click for direct access)
- 20 minutes of silent reading
Geography
Grade 7's
- Explored the challenges faced by certain physical environment and features
Grade 8's
- Discussed the purpose along with positive and negative impacts of land reclamation
Homework:
Gr. 7s - Challenges presenting by the physical environment (click for direct access)
Gr. 8s - Land Reclamation Inquiry (click for direct access)
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