Friday, October 17th (Day 2)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*High School Open House Dates:

- G.W. Williams: Thursday, November 6th @ 6:30pm

- Alexander Mackenzie: Thursday, November 27th @ 6:30pm

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, October 20th - Science lab

Wednesday, October 22nd - Picture Day

                                              - Science quiz

Wednesday, November 5th - Take Grade 8's to High School Day

Friday, November 7th - Math Presentation @ 10:25am - 12:00pm

This Week At A Glance 

- Math: Budgeting & Investments

- Literacy: Critical thinking through reading

- Science: Organelle review & Virtual Lab

- History: Lessons 1-3 review

- Health: Injury prevention 

- Art: Fall oil pastel art 

Today's Learning/Independent Tasks

Math: Money Concepts through Board Games

- Used today's period to play board games that solidify financial concepts 

- Students had time to manage their stocks on the simulation

Independent Tasks

- Monthly Budget Task (if incomplete)

- Continue to speak to your parents/guardians/family members about what stocks they've invested in and which ones are working!

Resources

- Module 1: Introduction to Investing

- Module 2: Types of Investments

Lesson Summary Notes

- Lesson 1: Exchange

- Lesson 2: Budgeting and Financial Planning

**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: Novel Study & Critical Reading 

- 20 minutes of silent reading

- Students compared and contrasted themselves from a character in their novel

Independent Tasks

- Reading comprehension package, page 18 (Character Comparison)

- If you didn't finished your daily pages in class today please complete for tomorrow 

**NOVELS MUST BE COMPLETE FOR MONDAY**