Thursday, October 17th (Day 1)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Return your Friday Folders if you haven't already!

* 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:

Friday, October 18th - Science quiz (cell theory and organelles)

                                     - Math Exit Ticket

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

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

Independent Tasks

- Comparing and ordering real number tasks (click for direct access)

*Reminder, strive to complete 4-5 questions per activity (there are 4 activities in total)

- 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

- Parts of speech (pronouns)

- Reviewed how to reference success criteria and rubrics 

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)

History

- Students wrote their exit tickets

Independent Tasks

- Prepare for next class by reading the paragraph Indigenous People and Confederation

-- Use the Canadian Encyclopedia link and scroll to the appropriate paragraph 

- Canadian Encyclopedia (click for direct access)

- In your history notebook, brainstorm 3 ways that confederation impacted Indigenous communities (positive or negative) 

Science

- Concept review

1. 3 Parts of Cell Theory 

2. Major differences and similarities between eukaryotes (plants and animal cells)

3. Functions of major organelles (cell wall/membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, vacuole, chloroplasts, cytoplasm)

Independent Tasks 

- Review for Friday's quiz (click for direct access)

Art

- Introduction to dance and the purpose of dance

- Watched a video that highlighted the evolution of dance and discussed what has changed and what has remained the same

Independent Tasks

- Prompt 1 in Dance journal (click for direction access)