SMART file on D2L

I will post the biodiversity SMART file under news in our D2L shell.  Remember, in order to open a SMART file at home, you need to go into the Cougar Community shell on D2L then scroll down (way down) to March or May of 2012 to see the instructions that Mr. Moses wrote.

Hope this helps with your prep...

Lots on the go...

PARTY forms...first come; first serve.  First 55 forms into the office will have a chance to go to Foothills.

Science quiz tomorrow.  Textbook is on D2L under Cougar Community...make sure you can answer topic 1 & 2 review questions.  All questions will be scenario based so ensure that you are making big connections like we do in class discussions.

Math check in on Friday...3D composite shapes...rectangular prisms & cylinders only.

D2L malfunction at the junction

Mr. Perritt and I have identified the problem on D2L with the online textbooks...we will sort it out tomorrow.

Please solve the double cylinder question for tomorrow.  If the graphic organizer from today is helpful, great...please use it!!  Remember, you have a Math check in on composite surface area on Friday.  Nothing major...just a couple of questions to work through.

Science quiz is Thursday...ensure that you are reviewing your notes & making those big connections. If you didn't come to class with your web done, you missed a bunch of feedback & missed the opportunity to hear the perspectives of others.  Think about that awesome audio lice clip that we listened to today in class (from CBC) and think about all the connections already to our curriculum...so awesome!!!

For Tuesday...

I will see you at Fall Field Day tomorrow but here is a task to work on for Tuesday in preparation for your first Science quiz on next Thursday.

Vocabulary:

• competition
• environment
• specialists
• generalists
• narrow niche
• broad niche
• specialization
• resource partitioning
• variation

Give your own definition for the vocabulary words and create a mindmap/web/word cycle to connect all 8 vocabulary words.

Please make sure that you are reviewing SA for cylinders (circle/rectangle/circumference)...

Math homework

Double Math today!!

Please finish up p. 32-35 #4, 6, 8, 9, 12

Theatre performance tomorrow!!

Humanities Happenings!

Tomorrow we are going on our field trip to MRU to see a play about treaty 7.  If you have not brought your signed form in, please bring it in the morning, in order to attend.  Please bring a bagged lunch as we are eating early so we can leave the school at 11:30.  We will be returning before the final bell of the day.

Our Fall Field Day is on Thursday and will be a great time!  It is also an early dismissal day.

We are  looking forward to meeting with your parents on Thursday evening or Friday. Please have them call in for an appointment if they haven't already done so.

There is a Professional Development Day on Monday, September 28th so after the Fall Field Day you will not return to school until Tuesday.

Due Dates
Canadian maps and the I Am.. posters are due tomorrow, Wednesday, September 23rd in Humanities.

The Canada Decides sheet is due on Tuesday, September 29th.  It includes the answered questions, as well as a well-organized paragraph discussing the political cartoon on the sheet.

Enjoy your long weekend!!

Ma/Sci

Please see previous blog post for homeroom reminders...lots of forms needed asap.  Thanks.

Finish off your cake SA question...make sure your work is easy to follow & organized.

Look over you Science responses and be ready to give feedback on where your work needs to improve.

Reminders

Terry Fox pledge sheets due on Thursday, Sept 24th (Terry Fox Run/Fall Field Day/interviews)...a busy day!!

Making of Treaty 7 forms & $5 are due asap...this field trip is on Wednesday, Sept 23rd.

Immunization forms were handed out on Friday...please return them asap so they can be passed in to our school nurse.  Thanks.

Take a look over your Math so you are familiar with surface area.  You might want to review formulae for SA of circle, rectangle, square, triangle, and have a peek in your Math 8 journals at Pythag. Theorem examples.

Your priority this weekend is your adaptation responses for Science.  Please ensure these are in your journals for class time on Monday so we can look at them together & receive some feedback.  Thanks.  If you need to email them to me, please do so prior to 7:30 am on Monday.  Thanks.  It is day 1 on Monday so we all start the day in PE.

Field Trip Forms

Please get your Making Treaty 7 paperwork & $5.00 in to Ms. Young-Davis asap.  Thank you!!  This awesome field trip is on Wednesday, Sept 23rd.

Ma/Sci

Translation assignment needs to be completed or tomorrow.  Adaptation research responses need to be in your journal for Monday...we will share & get feedback on them in class.

Old Hum journals

Please bring in your Hum journal from Gr 8 or 7...whichever one has the most pages left.  ASAP...thanks.

Ma/Sci

Variation labs are due tomorrow.  3 histograms & #1-4 on p. 9 in Science Focus 9.

Here are the analysis questions if you need:
1. Are there any similarities between the graphs?
2. Can you explain the shapes of the graphs?
3. Is there any reason why a graph for right wrist measurements might be different from left wrist measurements?
4. What are some of the factors that might cause variations between you and your classmates?

Math translation assignment is due Friday.

Adaptations research questions are due on Monday...ready to get feedback in class.

You worked very well today in the library...I was very proud of you.

Ma/Sci

Reminder that we have a quick Math check in tomorrow...2 shapes (line/rotational/both), lines of symmetry, order of rotation, angle of rotational.

Translation/rotational assignment due on Friday.

Variation labs are due on Thursday...histograms/analysis questions #1-4 p. 9.  Science Focus 9 is online in D2L under content in the Cougar Community.

Math & Science check in

There will be a quick Math check in on Wednesday covering line & rotational symmetry.

Variation labs are due for Thursday please.  Please ensure that you are putting in the effort to create histograms that are clear, labeled, titled, easy to read.  Please paste these in your journals & answer the analysis questions on page 9.  

Great day

Thanks for another great day.  I am really enjoying your responses thus far.  No homework this weekend...soak it up!!

Think about our presentation today & reflect on its powerful message.

Math & Science check in

Today in Science we started some notes on biodiversity.  What is it?  What does it look like?

In Math, we reviewed line symmetry & pushed into rotational symmetry.

Please get your forms & fees into the school...thanks.

If you have your old Hum journal, please rip out the papers so you can use it for Science this year...thanks.

Math & Science checking in

Hi Everybody,

Awesome work today in Math & Science. Please take a look at the biodiversity intro activity feedback that you received on your rubrics & think about where you would like to move toward this year. I thought your feedback was insightful & constructive.

We introduced the concepts of line symmetry today in Math. A copy of my SMART file was given with examples. Take a moment to draw in the lines of symmetry that you can see. We will review them tomorrow & push forward.

Remember to bring in your forms asap to Ms. Young-Davis.

Please ensure that you have the Hilroy notebooks for Math & I will work towards trying to get visual journals for you for Science. In the meantime, no loose paper in Science or Math please. You need a glue stick in your pencil cases.

Thanks for the great start up...it has been so smooth! What an awesome group!

An awesome first day...!

Thank you all for such a great first day back!  We are both really excited to be teaching all of you.  Thanks for returning your forms & fees asap.