Thursday, January 8th (Day 4)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

*RETURN YOUR ROC FORMS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Important Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, January 15th - Movie Night

Friday, January 16th - HPA Application Due

Friday, January 23rd - Trip to the ROC

This Week At A Glance 

- Math: adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying integers

- Literacy: My Blueprint - course selection & career course planning 

- Science: Simple Machines & Work, Energy, Force and Displacement

- History: Introduction to the Industrial Age

- Health: Assessing potential dangers 

- Art: Introduction to sketching

Today's Learning/Independent Tasks

Math: Adding and Subtracting Integers 

- Reviewed concepts for adding and subtracting integers (absolute value, zero pairs)

Independent Tasks

Complete yesterday's questions and review notes from today's class

- Practice questions 

Resources

Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative Integers

Lesson Summary Notes

Adding and Subtracting Integers 

**You are encouraged to take 15 minutes each evening to review today's concepts and summary notes**

Literacy: Visit from G.W. Williams Guidance Counsellors

- Guidance counsellors from G.W. Williams presented information regarding course selection and graduation requirements

Independent Task

- Complete your course selection if you didn't get the chance to, and review your options with your parents/guardians

Health: Assessing Potential Dangers

- Discussed the importance of assessing situations/decisions for potential dangers and risk assessment

Independent Task

- Assessing Potential Dangers worksheet package (you will have tomorrow to complete)

Science: Simple Machines

- Discussed the purpose and function of simple machines (lever, pulley, wheel and axle, gears, inclined plane, screw and wedge)

Independent Task

- Complete worksheet using the slide deck and resources from today for Friday's class 

- Add any concepts to your notebooks using the resources posted to google classroom