Announcements:
*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca
*Yearbooks available on School Cash online (Deadline: Friday, May 9th)
*Summer School link: Elementary Summer School
*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:
Thursday, April 24th - Health presentations (conflict resolution skits)
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: Angle Properties
- Literacy: Writing and Revision Workshop
- Science: Pressure
- Geography: Sustainability
- Health: Dramatized health
- Art: Tableaus
Today's Learning/Independent Tasks
Math: Angle Properties
- Students wrote their measurement assessment today (area, perimeter, surface area and volume)
Independent Tasks
Those who did not write today will write tomorrow. Continue working through your review package
- Angle Measurements practice questions (click for digital version)
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: Writing and Revision Workshop
- Discussed key themes and messages from last week's documentary
- Using concepts from the movie to create a piece of writing and apply revision techniques and strategies
Independent Tasks
- Select a prompt and brainstorm ideas for tomorrow's class (you will be writing!)
- All tasks were completed in class
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)
Science: Buoyancy
- Students completed a demonstration where they observed the effects of buoyancy using clay, metal pans and water
- Discussed and defined positive, neutral and negative buoyancy
Independent Tasks
- Read 8.5-8.6 and complete check for understanding questions (click for digital version)
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