ALGEBRA MATH VIDEOS!

LOTS OF CLASS TIME PROVIDED! DUE BY NEXT WEDS!

REMINDERS!

I hope Winterfest was fun and that you enjoyed Just Eat It, Jen and Grant's next challenge.

REMINDERS!

Monday is Pink Shirt Day and I believe some of you will be performing skits! Awesome!

Tuesday is our visit to Eastview and consent forms, which I assume went out today, need to be returned asap!

On Wednesday, Animal Farm's last two chapters are to be finished! The forms for Chapter Nine and Ten are now on the blog!

On Friday, we will have our Skype chat with Costa Rica.

ALSO, Friday is March 4th and that means you must submit your course selections for high school.  

We have LOTS of catching up to do for math so expect a lot of algebra next week!

Mrs. J

Snow Day!

With the snow day today, we won't be able to do our algebra practice! So the quiz will be postponed until sometime next week. 

Remember that tomorrow is Winterfest though if it is also a snow day, Winterfest will then take place on Friday.

If that's the case, we won't get a chance to discuss Animal Farm on Friday. However, please ensure you have read up to chapter 8 and filled in the questions, just in case!

I'd like to assign chapters 9-10 for the following Wednesday, which will give you the weekend plus two extra days. And that means we will be done the book!

Links to google forms for those two chapters will be online by Friday night.

Also, keep in mind we are going to visit Eastview next Tuesday! A consent form was going to go out today...but the snow day has delayed that. Expect to receive it Thursday or Friday and bring it back ASAP!

Enjoy your snow day!
Mrs. J

TODAY'S STEAM CHALLENGE!

WELCOME TO THIS MONTH'S STEAM DESIGN CHALLENGE!

FREE STANDING SLOW MARBLE ROLL STRUCTURE!

GOOGLE SLIDE

MONDAY REMINDER! NEED CONSENT FORM FOR STEAM DESIGN PROJECT FILMING!

If by chance you need a copy of the consent form that is due on Monday (because you may have lost it??), please email me and I can send it to you for you to print and sign. (my email: jujohnson@scdsb.on.ca).

Of course you can still participant in the STEAM design challenge without it!

It is simply to allow for a special media production by SCDSB. A SCDSB team is coming by Monday to film our design event as they are creating a video about our SCDSB STEAM initiatives (like the ones going on in our classroom!)

It is quite an honour to be invited/included in this media production!

So if you are able, please bring in the consent form for Monday!

Many thanks,
Mrs. J

Mission Blue Update!

Good news, guys! Remember the scene with the sharks in the Mission Blue documentary?

Here's an update!

Totally Random: Hannah

In which I pull a name at random and ask: what do you want on the blog?

Hannah wants you to try to recycle and save the environment!

ANIMAL FARM Progress

EASTVIEW VISIT!

Today Eastview visited our class.

They gave a presentation about course selection and high school life.

HERE IS THE LINK TO EASTVIEW: http://eas.scdsb.on.ca/

Here are some photos from the presentation.

Go to the student portal to submit your courses.

Login using your scdsb name and your birth date as password. You can change your password once you are in.

Then click for course selection!

TIPS ON HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL!

COURSE SELECTION NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 4!

YOU CAN RE-SUBMIT AT ANY TIME UNTIL MARCH 4!

PLEASE GIVE MRS. J A PRINTED COPY SIGNED BY YOUR PARENTS!

Looking Ahead...

Here's what's ahead over the next few weeks!

SUSTAINABILITY& NON FICTION STUDY!
Watching another documentary on sustainability! Looking at the main ideas and supporting proof (documentaries are visual non fiction texts/persuasive essays)!

Exploring issues! Choosing the topic for your exploration project! Finish project before March Break!

Skype interview with Cloudbridge Nature Reserve in Costa Rica! Skype interview with environmental artist and activist (and former magician) from Strartford, ON!

ANIMAL FARM & ESSAY PREP!
Finishing Animal Farm! Working on pre-essay writing! Expanding those CASI responses! Completing those final Animal Farm responses!

FAN FILMS!
Rehearsing, gather materials and finally filming and then editing those fan films!

ALGEBRA MATH & DRAMA
Exploring algebra equations, connecting algebra to real life, creating 'math dramas/skits' based on those real life connections!

GYM
Catching up on lost gym periods! Finishing the last little bit of the OPHEA basketball unit! Starting a new OPHEA basketball unit!

STEAM
Next design challenge...Feb 22! We will have a 'film crew' in from the SCDSB to document our amazing design explorations. A consent form is required for this! Will hand out Tuesday and it is due back ASAP!

Totally Random: Desmond

In which I pull a name at random and ask: what do you want on the blog?

Desmond wants you to meet Biskit from the game Animal Crossing!

Totally Random: Chase

In which I pull a name at random and ask: what do you want on the blog?

Chase wants you to enjoy this video because...it represents greatness. 

Totally Random: Nicole

In which I pull a name at random and ask: what do you want on the blog?

Nicole wants you to enjoy this 1D video because...they got a whole lotta history!

Totally Random: Thomas

In which I pull a name at random and ask: what do you want on the blog?

Thomas wants you to enjoy this spinner because...guess what? It's 'totally random'!