Tuesday, October 7th (Day 5)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*REMINDER: Ensure you have your novel for tomorrow's class

*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:

Wednesday, October 8th - System organization task due at the beginning of class

Tuesday, October 14th - Health Package due before class

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: Payment Methods 

- Discussed the pros and cons of various payment methods (cash, credit, debit etc..)

- Students had time to manage their stocks on the simulation

Independent Tasks

- SMART goals worksheet (if not complete)

- Methods of Payment task

- Speak to your parents/guardians/family members about what stocks they've invested in

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

- Critical Reading Task (you will have time during tomorrow's class to complete)

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

History: Reasons for Confederation

- Defined the term "Confederation" and discussed key events that led to the federation of Canada

Independent Tasks

- Lesson 3: Reasons for Confederation (you will have time during tomorrow's class to complete)