Tuesday, May 28th (Day 1)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*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:

Wednesday, May 29th - Stability & Process/Components Science Slides due 

                                          May 23rd History Slide Deck due 

Thursday, May 31st - Track and Field 

Tuesday, June 4th - Rick Hansen Summer Sizzler

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

Monday, June 10th - Biographical Picture Book due

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: Systems and Stability 

- History: Industrialization & Early Years 

- Health: Online Safety & Sextortion

- Art: Grad art/ Biographical Picture books 

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Grade 7s explored the properties of circles (radius, diameter, circumference& Pi) and learned how to calculate the area of a circle 

- Grade 8s completed independent tasks to review properties and concepts of circles 

Independent Tasks

Grade 7's: 

- Area of a circle questions to complete in math journal (click for direct access)

Grade 8's

- Independent tasks and exercise questions (click for direct access) 

Literacy

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

- Co-created a success criteria for the good copy of our picture books

- Started 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 

Art

- Students continued working on their friendship art 

Independent Tasks 

- All activities were completed in class