Friday, February 16 (Day 3)

 Announcements: 

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Grade 8 course selection period opened yesterday and closes Feb 23rd @ 4pm (please start having conversations around potential elective courses to select)

Important Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, February 21st - Intermediate Girls Area Tournament

Thursday, February 22nd -  Winter Electives Day (The ROC, Stellar Lanes or Stay Back Program)

Monday, February 26th - Intermediate Boys Area Tournament

Next Week At A Glance 

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

- Math: linear patterns and pattern rules 

- Literacy: Middle Eastern Communities 

- Science: Heat in the environment and water sheds 

- History: Canada 1800-1850 & Canada 1850-1890

- Health: Healthy eating continued

- Art: Sketching

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Students learned how to derive patterns rules in order to make predictions and extend patterns 

Independent tasks

- Creating Pattern Rules Slides (click for direct access)

- Lesson 2: The general term (click for direct access)

Exercise questions 1-7

History

- Brainstormed what life would've been like in Canada between 1713 - 1800

- Briefly discussed the 3 main groups that inhabited Canada (First Nations, Metis and Inuit)

Independent Tasks

- Canada from 1713-1800 (click for direct access)

Literacy 

- Learned how to create different forms of words using affixes

Independent tasks

- Morphology Day 1 Slides (click for direct access)

-  Exploring Africville (click for direct access)

- Black History in Canada Reading Response (click for direct access)

- 20 minutes of silent reading