Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Tuesday, January 20th (Day 1)

 Announcements:

*Contact info: cassandra.frederick@yrdsb.ca

All About High school:

*Graduation Requirements

*Course selection opens February 13th - February 20th

*My Blueprint Video for Families 

Important Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, January 22nd - Integers quiz

                                        - Systems quiz

Friday, January 23rd - Trip to the ROC

Tuesday, January 27th - History assessment

This Week At A Glance 

Math: Order of operations
Literacy: Biographies 
Science: Mechanical advantage
History: cultural diversity and immigration
Health: Assessing potential dangers 
Art: vector portraits

Today's Learning/Independent Tasks

Math: Order of Operations

- Practice with order of operations 
- Students wrote their exit ticket today to gage their understanding of order of operations

Independent Tasks
Practice questions (additional Math Drills questions if you need extra practice)


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

Literacy: Biography Graphic Organizer

- Continued conducting research for selected candidate 

Independent Task

- Biography graphic organizer (tomorrow's class is the final work period to complete)

Science: Mechanical Advantage

- Students wrote their exit ticket to gage their understanding of mechanical systems 

Independent Task

- Start reviewing for Thursdays quiz
**Systems definition (various types of systems)
**System types (Physical or Social/ Natural or Human made)
**Subsystems
**Calculating work, efficiency and mechanical advantage (formulas)
**Simple machines (purpose, types etc...)


Resources

History: Cultural Diversity 

- Students participated in an activity that highlighted some of the immigration rules that existed in Canada during the late 1800's

Independent Task

Lesson 3: Cultural diversity (slide 1 needs to be completed for tomorrow's class)

Art: Vector Portraits

- Introduced vector portraits and how to use google draw tools

Independent Task

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