Thursday, October 9th (Day 2)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*High School Open House Dates:

- G.W. Williams (IB): Thursday, October 16th @ 7pm

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

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

Important Upcoming Dates:

Monday, October 13th - Thanksgiving (no school)

Tuesday, October 14th - Health Package due before class

Thursday, October 16th - History quiz (lessons 1-3)

Wednesday, October 22nd - Picture Day

This Week At A Glance 

- Math: SMART goals and methods of payment

- Literacy: Critical thinking through reading

- Science: Organelles

- History: Reasons for Canada's confederation 

- Health: Supporting Others

- Art: Fall oil pastel art 

Today's Learning/Independent Tasks

Math: Budgeting

- Discussed budget balancing and how to consider income and expenses to make wise financial decisions with our Can you Afford it activity 

- Students had time to manage their stocks on the simulation

Independent Tasks

- world currencies 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

- coming soon

Lesson Summary Notes

- coming soon 

**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

- 20 minutes of silent reading

- Discussed concept of critical thinking (analyzing, questioning, evaluating etc...) and applied them to reading strategies 

- Explored concept of bias, implicit and explicit messages 

Independent Tasks

- Reading comprehension package, pages 5-6

- Critical Reading Task (if incomplete)

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

Science: Organelles

- Discussed the differences between plant and animals cells

- Highlighted the functions of organelles within cells

Independent Tasks

- Review organelle materials using the resources posted on google classroom