Tomorrow is June 1st

So much is going on as we fast approach the end of the school year!

In Humanities we are currently completing our Utopia Society this week.  We will begin our in class individual responses next week and our tri-fold build.  This weekend will be very important in getting all the sections organized and making sure the MRP of each section has all the tidbits needed.
June 7, 8 and 9th will be the in class time to prepare for presentation, trifold build and last minute touch ups.

Also in Humanities we have been completing our Poetry Booklet. I look forward to hearing your Puns and moving into how you use your voice to interpret the poem of your choosing from our class anthology. Tomorrow JUNE 1st the following items need to be handed in:

1.Vocabulary 2.Author Motivation 3. Imagery 4.Comprehension

On Thursday we will be marking the Comprehension and you will work on the Tone/Mood and Voice. You will have till Friday to complete your PUN.

Also remember that your service hours are due on the 10th of June.  You are accountable for 5 hours in the school and 5 hours in the community.

Ma/Sci

Today we worked on the map for Utopia.  Groups were given grid paper & graphing expectations.  We started a River City case scenario...this will be due on Thursday...one assignment per group.  Tonight you should be working through the viewpoints/opinions & mulling over the economic & political policy changes piece on the last page.

Remember the link is posted for Cowspiracy if you want to watch snippets of it.  See blog post from Friday.

Farewell is on Thursday evening...

Celebration of Learning...June 9th in the evening

Forms for Thermopylae are due to Mr. Hall if you are participating.

Composite grade 9 photo will be taken on Thursday morning at 10 am.  Due date to order is June 1st.  $15...payment to the office please...cheques made out to Lifetouch please.

Math & Science

What a busy week followed by yet another busy week!

Today we watched Cowspiracy.  I will attach the link to youtube if you want to watch some of it this week.  There are some interesting issues raised that might help you with your Enviro Policy planning for Utopia.  We will pass on the source analysis but I will post the assignment in D2L in case you want to mull it over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te_1HRO5tDw

We will do the mini-unit for the Utopia map on Monday as well as do a River City case study.

This needs to be a big study/Utopia weekend.  Please keep pushing forward in your groups and moving the project forward.  If you are booked to study this weekend, do your best to stick on schedule.

Remember to bring everything that you need for your Utopia build time on Monday/Tuesday.

Farewell is on Thursday evening...in case you forgot :)

Please get your Math homework done & look ahead into the rest of the inequalities unit to see where we are heading.  It is short & sweet...hope to be finished the unit by the end of next week.

p. 346-349 #5, 6, 9-11, 13, 15-17

Textbook files for the unit are on D2L.

Math & Science

Algebra test today...

Science exam is tomorrow...50 m/c, 4 numerical response, PBA.  You will have one period for the multiple choice and one period for the PBA & numerical response.

When you are finished tomorrow, you can organize & pep up your Science journal or work quietly on Utopia planning.

Please bring in your baby photos to Room 12 asap.  Please start to plan your purple outfit for Pride Day on May 26th.

Wow...the triathlon on Friday was amazing.  I can't imagine how well you all slept this weekend!!  We were all so proud of you!

It is a short week going into another short week with the long weekend.  Can you believe it is May 16th already...!!!

Remember to please bring in a baby photo...

Here is an overview of the week:

I am available for extra help this week at the following times:
Monday 2nd half of lunch & after school
Tuesday all of lunch & after school
Wednesday not at all (field trip)
Thursday all of lunch & after school

Monday:  review word problems in Algebra/review for exam; PET/PIV calculations in Science, review topic 6 material & demo split ring commutators

Tuesday:  Algebra exam in period 2 (if you do not finish, you will need to come in at lunch to finish your exam); review for Science exam

Wednesday:  Electricity exam (remember, Mrs. Krushel is away with her grade 8s in Kananaskis)...

Thursday:  intro to Enviro Chem Unit & Linear Inequalities Unit

Friday:  PD day no school

Monday:  Victoria Day no school

Looking ahead:
May 26th is Pride Day...903/904 are purple...start to plan your outfits now

Ma/Sci

Utopia launch today...we are so excited to hear all about your project plans!!!  It was amazing to overhear even just the beginning snippets of your conversations!!

Our focus was Math today...algebra word problems.  We worked on age, coin, distance/speed/time, number & geometric examples.  Students received a package of practice questions to work through to prep for their exam on Tuesday.

I will post an answer key to the word problems this weekend on D2L.

Review materials for Science were handed out today for students to work through for their exam prep for May 18th.

Triathlon is tomorrow...please pack up everything that you need & meet on the stage in the morning.

Ma/Sci

Today we started topic 7 in Science...lots of hints for Utopia launch tomorrow!!!

We worked on 8.3 & 8.4 and have started word problems.  Please work through as many word problems as possible in 8.3 and 8.4 tonight.  I have a set of problems to start tomorrow...

Math exam is Tuesday May 17th...8 multiple choice & 6 word problems.

Science exam is Wednesday May 18th...practice quiz given today...review will be handed out tomorrow.

Triathlon is Friday.

Moving forward...

Hi Everybody,

Today, we worked on study calendars, math mid-year refresher & finishing the Topic 6 online simulations.

Tomorrow is the track meet.  To accommodate for this, we compiled a list of tasks to push our course work through the weekend.

Here are things that need to be worked on:

1.  Science Topic 4 jot notes...please get these done if they are not already done so

2.  Topic 6 Science online simulations...please finish this assignment using the links on our blog

3.  Look ahead into 8.3 in Math so you can see where the algebra is going on Monday...Algebra Unit Exam will be next week on May 16th.

4.  Study prep for your Science Electricity final assessment on May 17th (may switch to May 18th but plan for the 17th)

5.  Create a study schedule!!  Today, students received a May & June calendar with school events listed on it.

a) please add family/extra-curricular events to the calendar (ensure that the timing is reasonable ie if soccer is for 2 hours...it is actually a 4 hour event by the time you travel, eat, shower etc)

b) next add your homework time

c) next add your study time to the calendar...what time are you going to study, how long and what will you be studying (ex:  20 minutes Topic 2 Biodiversity narrow vs broad niche organisms)

d) please share your study plan with your adults at home

6. Tighten up your labs (Resistance Roadblock & Series/Parallel)...these should be in your journal when I start to collect them in)

7. Organize your journals!!!!!  Sort through all your loose papers and get them filed into the appropriate journal/binder.

8.  p. 307 Topic 5 Review Portable Power complete #2, 3, 4

9.  p. 308 Topics 4-6 Wrap Up...please complete #4 & 7

10.  Work through your mid year refresher in Math!

Good Luck at the track meet!!!!!

Math & Science for Wednesday

Today we have been exploring energy conversions relating to Generators and Motors.
Important Links:

Online Simulation:  http://www.colorado.edu/physics/phet/simulations/faraday/faraday.jnlp
Youtube Videos:      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcIDRet787k
                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATFqX2Cl3-w
                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cucykkIlg8

Ma/Sci

Field trip to MRU tomorrow.  Meet on stage...do not go to homeroom in the morning please.  We will leave directly after homeroom so please don't be late!!  Thanks.

Today we reviewed the Algebra check ins from Friday.  Students have corrected their work & seen their marks.

In Science, we did a quick review of topic 4...the vast majority of students did not complete their notes for this section so please get this finished asap.  We also introduced the theory for topic 5 on electrochemical cells.

Science Unit Assessment is May 17th.

Double period in the computer lab on Wednesday for Science....you will be working through Topic 6 theory.

All sailors will write their Science assessment tomorrow after school.

Trip 2 Sailors will write their Math assessment on Thursday after school.

Enjoy this lovely weather.