Monday, January 6th (Day 1)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Welcome back everybody! Hope you had a safe and restful break :)

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

Important Upcoming Dates:

Friday, January 10th - G.W. Williams Guidance Counselors @ Hansen (9:15am-10:50am)

                                      - Lesson 2 slide deck due at the beginning of history class

                                       - Have Mosaic Art Brainstorming Sheet completed

This Week At A Glance 

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

- Math: Tessellations & Spatial Sense 

- Literacy: Critical Thinking Continued & High School Courses

- Science: Simple Machines 

- History: Changes to the Workplace

- Health: Personal Safety and Injury Prevention

- Art: Mosaic Art

Today's Activities/Homework

Math

- Use pentominoes to explore tiling and geometrical spacing 

- Students used polygon piles to create a tiled pattern that covers a 2D plane without overlaps or gaps 

Independent Tasks

- All activities were completed in class

Literacy

- Writing activity using Padlet that allowed students to share highlights from their winter break and read/respond to class mates posts

- Please have your good copy complete for tomorrow in order to upload your post to Padlet 

Independent Tasks

- Winter Break Post (click for direct access) 

Art

- Related math (tessellations) to mosaic art and compared and contrasted the similarities and differences

- Introduced Mosaic Art Tasks 

Independent Tasks

- Complete Mosaic Art Brainstorming Sheet 

History

- Review the pros and cons of the Industrial age along with discussing differences between working conditions 

Independent Tasks

- Lesson 2: Changes in the Workplace (click for direct access)