Tuesday, October 1st (Day 5)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

* YRDSB Arts Camp Design Logo Contest: Click for Info

* Check Graduating Class Google Classroom for Highschool and Open House updates. Keep your families updated! (code: 3dbunkx)

*Novel Study Begins tomorrow! If you are signing a book out from Aurora Public Library, please do so TODAY, as you need your novel for class tomorrow. 

* High School Open House Info (click for more information)

Dr. G.W. Williams S.S. 

- IB Information Night: Thursday, October 10th @ 7pm

- Grade 8 Open house: Thursday, November 7th @ 6:30pm

Alexander Mackenzie S.S. 

- Arts Information Night: Tuesday, October 29th @ 7pm

Bill Crothers S.S.

- HPA Program: Tuesday, October 1 @ 6:30pm

*REMINDER: Phone usage is not permitted in the classroom. Please leave cell phones in your locker

Important Upcoming Dates:

Tuesday, October 1st - Meet the Staff Night (5:30pm - 7:30pm)

Friday, October 4th - Parts of Speech (Nouns) quiz

Tuesday, October 8th - History lesson 3 slide deck due & Exit Ticket

Wednesday, October 9th - Aluminum Sculpture Due

This Week At A Glance 

* Please note, these are subject to change to support students' needs. Updated every Monday* 

- Math: Investment Stimulation & Number sense (scientific notation, perfect square roots & irrational/rational numbers)

- Literacy: Parts of Speech (nouns) & Novel Study

- Science: Eukaryotes (Animal and Plant cell differences and similarities)

- History: Events leading up to Confederation

- Health: Adolescent mental health

- Art: Who Am I Shadow Sculptures

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Began first day of investing on the Stock Simulation

- Market hours (9:35am - 4:00pm)

Independent Tasks

- Keep an eye out in stock updates (check the news/stock trends)

- Complete your Stock Portfolio sheet if you haven't already, by using resources provided (click for direct access)

Literacy

- Reviewed the different types of nouns (common, proper, collective, material, possessive and irregular) 

- Students wrote a paragraph comprised of 8-10 sentences that included all of the above mentioned nouns

- Completed first few pages in noun worksheet package

- Continued their novel study research as students will start their novel studies for the month of October

Independent Tasks

- Complete first page (predict) of your reading comprehension package

- Novel Research (click for direct access) 

- Read required pages of novel (if you didn't get a chance to read today)

- Page 4-7 of noun package

History

- Discussed the factors that led up to Canada's confederation 

Independent Tasks

- Lesson 3 Slide deck: Reasons for Confederation (click for direct access) 

Science

- Took a closer look at eukaryotic cells along with organelle function

Independent Tasks

- Animal and Plant cell diagram sheet (click for direct access)