Wednesday, January 31 (Day 2)

 Announcements: 

* Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

* Grade 8 course selection period opens February 15th and closes Feb 24th @ 4pm 

-- Transfer requests must be submitted by Feb 2nd, 2024

* The following high schools are open to transfers: Alex Mackenzie H.S. & Aurora H.S.

Important Upcoming Dates

Thursday, January 31st - Geography Culminating Tasks Due

Friday, February 2nd - PA Day

Tuesday, February 6th - Math Culminating Task

Wednesday, February 7th - Grade 8 Grad Photo Day (wear a white, collar shirt)

Wednesday, February 15th - Course selection opens

Next Week At A Glance 

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

- Math:  Transformations review and Dilations

- Literacy: Race & Identity

- Science:  Fluids & Pure Substances and mixtures continued

- Geography: Culminating assignments 

- Health: Healthy eating continued

- Art: Mosaic Art continued

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

Learning Goal: We are learning to perform rotations using mapping rules 

- Students completed an inquiry task to create 6 mapping rules 

- Explored how to perform 90, 180 and 270 degree rotations about a vertex (counterclockwise and clockwise)

Independent tasks

- Rotation Consolidation Slides Part 2 (click direct access)

Literacy 

- We continued exploring the concept of cultural assimilation through independent reading tasks

- Students started their Indigenous Perspective journal entries 

Independent tasks

- Journal Entry Activity (click for direct access) 

- I AM FROM poem

- 20 minutes of silent reading

   

Geography

- Culminating Assignment work period

Independent Tasks

- Culminating assignment (click for direct access)

Science

Gr. 7's discussed how to distinguish between solutions and mechanical mixtures

Gr. 8's completed independent task on mass, density and volume

Independent Tasks

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