Friday, April 19th (Day 5)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

* Students are STRONGLY encouraged to visit their nearest library and sign out the appropriate book(s) for their biography unit research. We will also visit our school library; however, resources are limited

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, April 22nd - Zentangle Art Due

Tuesday, April 23nd - Algebra Unit Task 

Next Week At A Glance 

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

- Math: Proportions & Fractions

- Literacy: Biography unit continued (class reading Born a Crime by Trevor Noah)

- Science: Heat and Water Filtration Group Culminating 

- History: Strand A wrap up

- Health: My Recipe Book 

- Art: Zentangle silhouettes continued 

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Continued exploring proportions using the relationship between decimals, fractions and percentages through partnered tasks

Independent Tasks

- Practice Questions (click for direct access)

Literacy

- Continued working through biography tasks (selecting someone to research for their biography)

- Continued our class novel Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

- Discussed the differences between explicit and implicit messages and made connections to the text

Independent Tasks

- Continue working through Tasks 1- 5 (click for direct access)

- Visit town library for books (biography tasks)

- 20 minutes of silent reading 

Health

- Introduced our healthy eating culminating task 

- Students will create a recipe book that synthesizes all the concepts they learned throughout the unit (they are encouraged to reflect on how their recipes promote healthy brain function and positive mental health)

Independent Tasks

- Brainstorm recipe ideas using graphic organizer (click for direct access)