Wednesday, October 23rd (Day 4)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Return Friday Folder 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 25th - Novel must be completed!

                                    - Onion Lab

Monday, October 28th - SMART Fitness Goal worksheet due

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

- Students wrote their number sense quiz this period

Independent Tasks

- 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

- Making connections and re-imagining characters in their novel to foster critical thinking skills

Independent Tasks

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

- Reading Comprehension Package: Pages 14-16, 18-19

Phys Ed

- Intro to volleyball

- Reviewed Ready Position/Stance and volleying

Independent Tasks

- All tasks were completed in class

Health

- Continued our conversation on mental health stigma and its negative impacts

- Students brainstormed SMART goals for their physical health 

Independent Tasks

- Pages 5 and 6 in Mental health workbook

- SMART fitness goal sheet (due Monday)