Friday, October 18th (Day 2)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Show your parents/guardians your assessments in your Friday Folder and get them signed 

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

Dr. G.W. Williams S.S. 

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

Alexander Mackenzie S.S. 

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

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

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, October 21st - PA Day

Wednesday, October 23rd - Number Sense Quiz

Friday October 25th - Novel must be completed!

This Week At A Glance 

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

- Math: Ordering, comparing and describing real numbers

- Literacy: Parts of Speech (pronouns), Novel Study and Intro to Narrative Writing

- Science: Quiz and Onion Lab

- History: Confederation and Impact on First Nations

- Health: Mental Health and Stigma

- Art: Intro to Dance - Purpose of Dance

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Continued exploring how to order and compare rational numbers using various tools 

- Students wrote their exit ticket assess their learning 

Independent Tasks

- Ordering and Comparing real numbers exercise questions (click for direct access)

Lesson 3 #'s 1, 3, 4-7, 9

Lesson 4 #'s 1, 3-5

- Review concepts in preparation for Wednesday quiz

- Continue keeping an eye out for stock updates (check the news/stock trends)

- 10-15 minute review of today's concepts

Literacy

- Students wrote their science quiz this period

- Read their novels for reading comprehension unit

- Completed their Freestyle Friday writing in their journals

Independent Tasks

- Read required pages of novel (if you didn't complete today in class)

- Pronouns slide deck (click for direct access)

- Narrative Writing Day 1: slide 1 only (click for direct access)

Phys Ed

- Completed our fitness unit and introduction to SMART fitness goals 

Independent Tasks

- All tasks were completed in class