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Posted: September 21, 2015

Homework September 21st

Math 8 E1 · Students were given a worksheet to complete for Wednesday. This should be done individually. · Today we reviewed all methods for multiplying integers and we did some division of integers as a class. Science 7L · Students learnt some new terms/vocabulary today that they can use in their presentation. Notes posted below. · Students had half the class to do research on their animal’s ecosystem. · Students must have their research for next science class. Science 8E2 and 8L · Today we learnt the parts of the microscope and how to put it into focus. · Review sheet is for homework.

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Posted: September 18, 2015

Homework September 18th

Science 7 E2 · Notes are posted below. · Students are to bring research to our next class. Science 8 E1 8E2 · We learnt about the discoveries of three scientist today. Notes posted below. · Microscope sheet should be completed for next class. Time was given in class. · Quiz on the characteristics of living organisms. (Notes posted to website last week or earlier this week). · Today’s notes are posted below.

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Posted: September 17, 2015

Homework September 17th

Math 8 E1 · Récapitation 1 is due tomorrow. · Today we looked at > to see how it can help us multiply integers. This method uses a rectangle and student decompose the larger numbers into numbers that are easier to multiply. Notes are posted below. Science 8L · We learnt about the history of microscopes and how cells were discovered. We also reviewed the characteristics of living organisms. We will have a short quiz to check for understanding at the start of next class. · Next week we will begin to work with our microscopes in the lab. Science 7E1 · We learned some new terms today to help us with our ecosystem projects. · Last half of class was spent doing research. · Homework: continue the research on your animal at home.

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Posted: September 16, 2015

Homework September 16th

Math 8 E1 · Today we put into practice the trick for multiplying integers. Notes are attached below. · Homework: p.73 Q3, 4, 6 and 7 Science 7L · Today we learnt some vocabulary that students will use during their project presentation. · We spent the last half of class in the computer lab doing research on our animals. Students should use 3 to 5 sources for their project. We will be creating a bibliography. · Homework: review notes (posted below) and bring research to our next class to work on the project. Science 8 E1 and 8E2 · Today we reviewed the characteristics of living organisms. · We made a simple magnifying class and used it to see how a simple microscope works · We used our text to practice our science literacy skills. · Homework: worksheet >. Grade 8 students making a magnifying glass.

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Posted: September 15, 2015

Homework September 15th

Science 7 · Students had a class today to research their ecosystem projects. Students need to use 3 to 5 sources. Students should continue their research at home. · All students should have some notes or research printed for next class. Math 8E1 · Today we reviewed how to add integers using number lines and >. We also revisited how to model multiplication of integers with >. · Our new material today was modeling multiplying integers using a number line. · Homework in included in the notes below. P. 68 Q 5,7, 8a, 10

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Posted: September 14, 2015

Homework September 14th

Science 8L · We reviewed the characteristics of living organisms. · Today we did some guided reading from our text to build our science literacy skills. Students have two worksheets to complete to check understanding. · We took some time today to make a simple magnifying glass. We will start to work with optical microscopes in the near future. · Notes and handouts attached below Math 8E1 · Today we started our unit 2. We modelled using “des jetons” how to multiply integers. · A review sheet is for homework to review adding and subtracting integers. This is grade 7 material. We will go over all these questions in class tomorrow. This will allow us to tailor the review to the questions students have trouble with in the homework. · Our first assignment will be due Friday. “Récapitation 1” has been handed out. Students can work on this assignment during class and during student enhancement. Extra help will be day 3. · Class notes posted below Science 7E1 and 7E2 · Students copied notes of new terms that they will use in their project. · We went over the learning goals of our ecosystem project. · Students had time to brainstorm a list of things they know about their animal and a list of things they will look up tomorrow. · We are in the computer lab next class to work on the project. · Students should start to bring their box and materials to class. · Homework: review notes and bring materials to class. Science 8E1 · We watched a video about how to investigate to see if an object is living. · We wrote notes on the characteristics of living organisms. · Students learnt how to use Venn Diagrams to compare two objects and determine if they are living. · Homework: go over notes and write a concluding statement for your Venn diagram.

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Posted: September 11, 2015

Homework September 1th

Math 8E1 · Today we had a community fair in the gym so we did not have class. Science 7L · Today we went over class rules and expectations. Students are bringing home a paper to be signed by parents. · Discover your book activity is due for next class. Science 8E2 · We did a “discover our book” activity. Please have your book covered for next week. · We took notes on the characteristics of living organisms. Please review these as we will have a quiz on it next week. Science 8L · We discussed and took notes on the characteristics of living organisms. Please study this as we will have a quiz next week. Notes are posted below for students who were absent. Click on the link to print off the notes. · Homework is to place the words in the correct part of the diagram and make a concluding statement. (see last slide of notes)

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Posted: September 10, 2015

Homework September 10th

Students are asked to return their forms to their next class.No homework. We had an assembly this afternoon. In class we continued to go over our class routines and we started a discover your book activity.

Posted: September 9, 2015

Homework September 9th

Welcome Red Team!!!!! 8L-Please sign and return forms.-In science today we did an activity to learn how to use our text book as a resource. We also starting to talk about what determines if an object is living or non-living. We will discuss this further next class. Science 7E1-Today we went over the rules for our class. We did a discover the book activity to better learn how we can use our science book as a resource this year.-Students are to return the signed information sheet for next class.-Students will be working on an ecosystem project over the next three weeks. Students may work individually or in groups of 2 or 3. Each group needs one shoe box. Next class we will learn some new vocabulary and students will start to brainstorm and apply the new terms to their chosen animal. More detailed information on the project will follow.

Posted: June 15, 2015