Thursday, April 25th (Day 4)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Students are encouraged to start bringing in materials for their hot water filtration thermoses (some materials will be provided)

*Grade 8 Grad Trip forms due Monday, April 29th 

*OPTIONAL PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE

Hi families, since we only have one scheduled conference at the beginning of each school year, I thought to open up a week where I will host evening conferences if any of you are interested in connecting virtually. The goal is to provide you with the opportunity to discuss your child's progress so far as we are almost nearing the end of the school year, along with answer any questions or concerns you may have. The conferences will occur the week of April 29th - May 3rd between 4pm-5pm. Each family is allotted a 10 minute time slot. 

Please note, these are virtual unless you will like to request an in-person meet up. 

Click HERE to view the available days and time slots. Please contact me via Edsby or Email to request a particular day and time, as availability is on a first come first serve basis. Please also state whether you prefer a phone call or google meet. 

Looking forward to connecting with you all! 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, April 25th - Science Culminating Tasks 1-3 due

Next Week At A Glance 

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

- Math: Proportions with fractions, decimals and percentages

- 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: Photography

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Explored the addition and subtraction of fractions with a variety of mental strategies 

Independent Tasks

- Adding Fractions Task (click for direct access)

- CEMC Lesson 5: Adding Rational Numbers (click for direct access)

Exercise questions 1-8

Literacy

- Continued working through biography tasks

- Continued our class novel Born A Crime by Trevor Noah and students completed a reading response to reflection on themes within the novel 

Independent Tasks

- Continue working through Tasks 1- 6 (click for direct access)

- 20 minutes of silent reading 

Science

- Groups continued working through their tasks in order to create a functional, filtered thermos 

Independent Tasks

- Hot water filtration system: tasks 1-3 (click for direct access)