Wednesday, April 16th (Day 5)

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 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

- 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 

- Surface Area and Volume review package questions (click for digital version)

Resources

Area and Perimeter

Lesson Summary Notes

Surface Area and Volume Formulas 

Applying Surface Area and Volume

Measuring Composite Shapes 

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

- Students watched the movie RISE to make connections between the experiences of refugees and applied their knowledge of social justice terminology such as racism and discrimination 

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)

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)