Friday, 29 November 2019

Nov. 29th

Sign and return skating forms!!!!

Sign and return music trip form - everyone should be attending.

8A Science - learning about diffision, osmosis, selectively permeable membranes, and the movement of particles from an are of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
First page of lab report on diffusion due Monday. 

8A/8B - French centres - clothing

8A and 8B Music - instruments are available for sign out and practice. 

All 8's - Reeve's only project - groups have been posted - advertisement for donuts
- we will begin group meetings next week. Come prepared to share ideas. 

Literacy - 8B
8B - Spelling - List 11 Thinking about Words, Working with Words, 
Writing and Revising 1,2  Editing Desk 1-3 -Due Thursday 

CHOOSE A POEM or SONG - IN A SHORT PARAGRAPH EXPLAIN WHY YOU LIKE THE POEM OR SONG? OUTLINE ANY METAPHORS, SIMILES, IMAGERY, REPETITION, ALLITERATION, PERSONIFICATION IN THE POEM OR SONG
CREATE A GOOGLE SLIDE SHOW PRESENTATION WITH A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR OR SONGWRITER - IMAGES, VIDEO OF THE SONG??? 

NOVEL STUDIES - HOMEWORK DUE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 20, 2019 
GIRLS - NOVEL STUDY - HIT AND RUN - READ THE FIRST FIVE CHAPTERS AND COMPLETE THE VOCABULARY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES FOR WEDNESDAY
BOYS - READ THE FIRST FIVE CHAPTERS OF THE GIVER - Complete PARTS A, B, C
A- Vocabulary, B - Reading Comprehension, and C - Literary Devices 
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES  FOR WEDNESDAY

8B - MATH - AREA OF CIRCLES - MATH MAKES SENSE 
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8A Math - unit test next Friday Dec. 6th 
- circumference and area of circles - quiz returned 
- review formulas, rounding, converting - finding the area of combined shapes and the area between shapes. We will explore the drawing of circles next week using a compass and protractor when given the radius or diameter.

8A - non-fiction text - with a partner - read the story and take memos - create 20 questions and answer and identify 20 key words and define briefly - you will create a test for the next group. 

8A - reading lab - 4 booklets need to be completed this week - total of 16 due today. 20 by next Friday.