Announcements:
*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca
*Summer School link: Elementary Summer School
*Friday Folders: get your patterning assessment signed and returned
*IMPORTANT DATES:
1. Graduation: Thursday, June 19th at 6pm - Rick Hansen
2. Grade 8 Outdoor Ed trip to Blue Mountain: Wednesday, June 4th (tentative)
* Check Graduating Class Google Classroom for Highschool info. Keep your families updated! (code: 3dbunkx).
Important Upcoming Dates:
Wednesday, April 16th - Measurement Quiz
Wednesday, April 30th - Fluids Test
This Week At A Glance
**Please note, these are subject to change to support students' needs. Updated every Monday**
- Math: Surface Area and Volume of Composite Solids
- Literacy: Social Justice through Reading Comprehension
- Science: Buoyancy
- Geography: Land Use
- Health: Conflict resolution continued
- Art: Sketching/Drama
Today's Learning/Independent Tasks
Math: Surface Area and Volume of Composite Solids
- Took up the exit ticket from yesterday's class and used the remainder of class to review for tomorrow's quiz
Independent Tasks
- Use your exit tickets as a study guide
- Surface Area and Volume review package questions (click for digital version)
Resources
Lesson Summary Notes
Key Concepts
**You are encouraged to take 15 minutes each evening to review the summary notes and add any missed concepts to your math journals/notebooks
Literacy: Reading Comprehension Through Social Justice
- Continued learning around social justice by exploring the concepts of individual and systemic racism
- Discussed the impacts of racism on individuals and groups
- Learned new vocab words
Independent Tasks
- complete reading comprehension Racism: A harmful belief system (click for digital version)
Health: Conflict Resolution
- Discussed effective communication and conflict resolution strategies
Independent Tasks
- Read through the article we discussed in class Conflict Resolution for Teens (click for direct access)
Geography: Land Use
- Students continued presenting their selected community
Independent Tasks
- Lesson 7: Land Use slide deck (click for direct access)
Science: Volume by Displacement
- Reviewed key conversions (ex. 1cm cubed = 1mL)
- Discussed how to find the volume of abstract objects using displacement
Independent Tasks
- Volume by Displacement reading and tasks (click for digital version)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.