Monday, 2 December 2019

Dec. 2nd

8A and 8B - Sign and return skating forms - still waiting for a few.

Holiday lunch letter - sign and return

8A and 8B - Sign and return music trip form - everyone should be attending trip to King City S.S. on Thursday. 

We are collecting food items for the local food bank - please bring in non-perishable goods, if you can. 

8B 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 tomorrow.*** 

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 - presentations will begin Dec. 17th. 

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 
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 -  24 by Friday.