Friday, October 25th (Day 1)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

* 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 28th - SMART Fitness Goal worksheet due

                                        - Onion lab due 

Wednesday, November 6th - Grade 8 Trip to G.W. Williams Secondary School

This Week At A Glance 

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

- Math: Integers and order of operations

- Literacy: Narrative Writing & Adjectives

- Science: Onion Lab

- History: Concept Review

- Health: Mental Health and Stigma

- Art: Elements of Dance

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- We are learning to use fractions, decimals and percentages

- Students discussed the relationship between each and how they all represent part of a whole

Independent Tasks

- Revisiting Percentages Practice Questions (click for direct access) 

Review questions #1- 5

Exercise questions # 4 - 6 

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

- 10-15 minute review of today's concepts (take/create summary notes)

Literacy

- Summarized their novels through written tasks (predictions after reading and Beginning, Middle and End summary)

Independent Tasks

- Narrative writing Day 1 and Day 2 slides (click for direct access)

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

- Reading Comprehension Package: pages 7 and 22

- 10-15 minute review of today's concepts (take/create summary notes)

Art

- Started their dance research project to reinforced different purposes for cultural dances along with their origins 

Independent Tasks

- Dance Research Project (click for direct access)

Science

- Students completed their onion lab cell which enabled them to see different organelles under the microscopes at various magnification levels 

Independent Tasks

- Complete onion cell write up