Monday, October 20th (Day 3)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*Get your math quizzes reviewed, signed and return!

*High School Open House Dates:

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

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

Important Upcoming Dates:

Wednesday, October 22nd - Picture Day

Thursday, October 23rd - Science quiz

                                           - Experimental Lab due

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: Simple and Compound Interest

- Literacy: Post reading comprehension 

- Science: Experimental lab and review

- History: Confederation

- Health: Assessing potential dangers 

- Art: Fall oil pastel art 

Today's Learning/Independent Tasks

Math: Simple Interest

-Discussed loans, simple and compound interest and how to determine their growth

- Students had time to manage their stocks on the simulation

Independent Tasks

- Simple Interest task

- 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 today's concepts and summary notes**

Literacy: Post Novel Reading tasks

- Used the period to gage whether their predictions were correct 

Independent Tasks

- Reading comprehension package, page 7 (predictions after reading)

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

**NOVELS MUST BE COMPLETE AT THIS POINT**

Science: Experimental Lab

- Students used the microscopes to observe specimens under various magnifications 

Independent Tasks

- Experimental lab (complete for Thursday)