Tuesday, January 7th (Day 2)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

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

*Have a conversation with your families regarding your elective choices (stay back or tubing at the ROC). Information and Permission form will be sent home next)

* 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

Friday, January 17th - P.A. Day 

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

-  Continued using 2D shapes to explore spatial awareness and the movement/position of shapes 

- Used Tangrams (ancient Chinese puzzles) for problem solving

Independent Tasks

- All activities were completed in class

Literacy

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

- Engaged in critical thinking through reading by analyzing articles for bias and implicit/explicit messages 

Independent Tasks

- Winter Break Post (click for direct access) 

- Finish reading your article for tomorrow's class (you will have some time tomorrow to continue your worksheet)

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)

Please have complete for the beginning of Friday's class

Phys- Ed

- Worked on shooting form and played BUMP to practice the shoot 

Independent Tasks

- All activities were completed in class