Friday, May 31st (Day 4)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Fractions Assessment was sent home today. Please review, sign and return on Monday

*REMINDER: Phone usage is not permitted in the classroom or during school hours. Over the past few weeks we've seen an increase in phone usage. Please note, it will be confiscated and returned at the end of the day. 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, June 4th - Rick Hansen Summer Sizzler @ 4pm

Wednesday, June 5th - Grade 8 Grad trip to Blue Mountain

Thursday, June 6th - Recognition Assembly @ 9:30am

Friday, June 7th - P.A. Day

Monday, June 10th - Biographical Picture Book due

Monday, June 24th - Grade 8 Grad @ 6pm

Next Week At A Glance 

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

- Math: Angles and Area of Circles

- Literacy: Biographical Picture Books

- Science: Coding & Microbits

- History: Industrialization & Early Years 

- Health: Online Safety & Sextortion

- Art: Grad art/ Biographical Picture books 

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Took up homework questions on how to calculate circumference and area of circles 

- Explored concepts using word problems that required various formulas to solve  

Independent Tasks

- Area & Circumference of Circles Worksheet Package 

Pg 1 #1-2, 5

Pg 2 # 4

Pg 3 # 1-3

History

- Summarized the key points of the War of 1812 and the Industrial Revolution 

- Discussed how they impacted different communities 

Independent Tasks

- Positive and negative impacts of historical events (click for direct access)

Literacy

- Read a section in Trevor Noah's Born a Crime and conducted a class discussion 

- Continued working on the good copies of their Biographical Picture Books

Independent Tasks

- Biographical Picture Book: Good Copy (click for direct access)

- 20 minutes of silent reading 

Science 

- To prepare for our culminating tasks, students did some exploring with coding platforms 

Independent Tasks 

- Exploring Microbits worksheet 

- Scratch Activity (click for direct access)