Tuesday, October 8th (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). 

* 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

Important Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday, October 9th - Parts of speech (nouns) quiz

Wednesday, October 16th - Aluminum Sculpture Due

                                             - Science quiz (cell theory and organelles)

                                             - History slide deck 4 due & exit ticket

Friday, October 18th - 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: Investment Stimulation & Number sense (scientific notation, perfect square roots & irrational/rational numbers)

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

- Science: Virtual Lab simulation

- History: Confederation

- Health: Stress Management Strategies 

- Art: Who Am I Shadow Sculptures

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Scientific notation and representing numbers using powers of ten

Independent Tasks

- Practice questions (click for direct access)

Action Task (#2)

Your Turn (#1-6)

Consolidation (#3,4,6)

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

- 10-15 minute review of today's concepts

Literacy

- Read their novels for reading comprehension unit

- Pages 6-8 in reading comprehension task

- Reviewed different types of nouns for tomorrow's quiz

Independent Tasks

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

- Pages 3-5, 6 & 8 (if unfinished)

- Review nouns for tomorrow's quiz

History

- Reviewed the 6 main factors that led to confederation

- Discussed the positive and negative impacts of confederation on First Nations 

Independent Tasks

- Lesson 4 slide deck (click for direct access)

- Summarize information from each slide deck 

Science

- Explored various sample slides under a virtual microscope

Independent Tasks 

- Virtual Microscope lab (click for direct access)

- Review organelles and their functions