Thursday November 30, 2006

Today in Humanities we:

• Had a discussion about the "Quebecois Nation"
• Wrote our Spelling #10 test
• Wrote our Chapter 1-4 Exam in Canadian History
• Had some time to work on Writer's Workshop after the exam
• Board game groups who were finished had a consultation with Ms. Dharamsi to review and assess the work
• Homework: Think about the following quote, "War involves the use of organized force on a large scale to attain a goal." Ask yourself the following questions: Name some wars that you know about. Who were the opposing sides? What was the goal of the war? What was the outcome? What can lead a country to war?

Today in Math we:

• Did our Math Drill #21
• Practiced using Integers
• Homework: MP7 Page 63 #1-60

Today in Science we:

• Had a pop quiz on Heat and Temperature
• Worked on our cartoon (SIA page 197 Q#2)

Wednesday November 29, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did Writer's Workshop: How many pieces have you completed?
• Brainstorm, first draft, edits, PUBLISHED
• Spelling test THURSDAY - REVIEW
• Chapter 1-4 test THURSDAY - REVIEW

Today in MATH we:

• Did drill #20
• Had a homework check & reviewed our work.
• Got our fraction reviews back.
• Got problem of the week #9 DUE: Wednesday December 6, 2006
• Homework: mp7 page 61 #18-39 READ mp7 page 62 DUE: Thursday

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Went over our vocabulary - make a CHART (term, definition, picture) from the words we listed on the board.
• Talked about MATTER and the PARTICLE MODEL used to explain it.
• What are the differences between solids, liquids & gases? Think of your list.
• What does HEAT do to these states?

• Short story DUE: Friday (you have had a whole week to work on it!)

• Homework: sia7 page 197 #2 BE CREATIVE!

REMINDERS:

• If you are finished your homework, take a few minutes to review.....who knows when you might get a "pop quiz"!

Tuesday November 28, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Chose our 10 spelling words for the week.
• Board games: You have until FRIDAY to complete them for marks. Get it together!
• Did a literacy lesson. What do you know about the Bermuda triangle?
• Reviewed our multiple choice test.
• Reviewed strategies for writing multiple choice tests. How can you do better next time?
• Review Chapters 1-4 v&v - test on THURSDAY.

Today in MATH we:

• Did drill #19. How are you doing on them? What could you do to improve?
• Handed in our quiz corrections & our fractions review.
• Talked about INTEGERS. Wrote a definition for them. What are they?
• Did question #1, mp7 page 60 using an atlas.
• Homework: mp7 page 60 #3, page 61 #1-17. Due Tuesday.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Handed in our test corrections.
• Made a list of solids, liquids, & gases. What is the difference between them?
• Had a classmate (peer) edit our short stories. Published copy due FRIDAY.
• Homework: sia7 pages 190-194 VOCABULARY. FIND words you do not understand & write a definition for them.

REMINDERS:

• Ask about the next problem of the week!!! It is ready for you.
• REVIEW
• Read for 30 minutes - just for fun!

Monday November 27, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Played our board games.
• If you did not have a completed game, then you needed to do TSQ4R for ALL of Chapter 5 (v&v)
• You had an EXTRA WEEK to complete these games. No excuses. It was YOUR responsiblity to come in at lunch and after school if you needed to get together.
• Homework: For those who finished their board games, survey chapter 5. For those who did not finish their board games, finish TSQ4R or Power Notes for chapter 5.

Today in MATH we:

• Got our quizzes back - corrections due on Tuesday done in Black or Blue ink.
• Reviewed Fractions. What have we learned about them?
• Your review is due tomorrow - write yourself examples for ALL of the topics that were listed on the board. Include pictures and diagrams, use your fraction sets.
• What are integers?

Today in SCIENCE we:

• We got our Structures & Forces Unit Finals Back. Corrections Due Tuesday in Black or Blue ink.
• Multiple Choice corrections - write WHY your answer was incorrect. Write the correct selection.
• Talked about strategies to use when writing a multiple choice test.
• Give it a try activity on page 182 - short story. First Draft due Tuesday.

Reminders:

• Those of you who did NOT finish your board games have a note in your agenda or humanities binder for them to sign:
• My group and I did not finish our board game which we had 8 hours of class time for plus one extra week of extra time to meet on our own time. Our group has received a 0 for incomplete work. I could have helped our group to finish by:_________.

Monday-Friday November 20-24, 2006

It is LITERACY week in our classroom!!!

• Today we started our literacy week.
• There are 11 stations, today we did one.
• You are required to complete all of the activities at each station.
• Be prepared to hand in your booklet at the end of the week.
• Work on your BOARD game for HUMANITITES.
• Hand in your math problem of the week and your science homework from the weekend.

HOMEWORK: Read for 30 minutes each night. You must get your agenda signed to show that you have done this.

Friday November 17, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Worked on our chapter 4 board games.
• You will get ONE hour on Monday, but after that you will need to come in at lunch or after school to finish it.
• Make sure you have covered ALL the sections in Chapter 4 (v&v).
• We will play your games the following Monday (November 27).
• Review ALL of chapter 5.

Today in MATH we:

• Did math drill #17.
• Reviewed our reading from yesterday.
• Converted decimals to fractions.
• Homework: Worksheet 2.7 Converting Decimals to Fractions #1-20
• REVIEW

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our c&r 1-3, sia page 184.
• Read sia Pages 185-187, omit page 186. C&R 1-2 page 187.
• Homework: AYL 1-5 sia page 189, power notes on sia pages 180-187, omit page 186.
• REVIEW

REMINDERS:

• REVIEW
  

Hey, how does this bug's bum light up?

Thursday November , 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Had spelling test #9.
• Play that game - used our power notes to draft the rules, supply lists, & instructions for our games. Final Product: DUE MONDAY - we will PLAY them on MONDAY!! WORK as a GROUP.

Today in MATH we:

• Had drill #16
• Reviewed & HANDED IN our Problem Solving (2.8) worksheet.
• READ & UNDERSTAND mp7 page 54 for FRIDAY.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our K-W chart....GREAT WORK!!!
• Homework: READ - sia7 pages 180-184, DO - C&R sia7 page 184 #1-3. DUE FRIDAY.

REMINDERS:

• HEAT & TEMPERATURE title page DUE FRIDAY!

Hey what kind of a bug is this?

Today in Humanities we:

• Talked about the city's new by-law (against loitering in public, urinating in public, sleeping on park benches, etc.)
• Worked toward completing our Power Notes for chapter 4
• Homework: Finish ALL Power Notes for chapter 4 so we can begin construction of our Board Games tomorrow.

Today in Math we:

• Took math drill #15
• Wrote a math quiz
• Started working on a Problem-Solving Worksheet
• Homework: Finish Problem-Solving Worksheet

Today in Science we:

• Worked on our title pages for Heat and Temperature
• Completed our K-W chart for section 1.0 in our new unit (Heat and Temperature)
• Looked at new vocabulary in section 1.0 - Heat and Temperature
• Homework: Publish title page, finish K-W for section 1.0, and identify and define new vocabulary in section 1.0

REMEMBER: Tomorrow is your Spelling Test...STUDY SMART!

Tuesday November 14, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Chose our 10 words for our spelling test.
• Reviewed our homework, did our cause & effect chart on the board.
• DO YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED?
• What do you know about the FUR TRADE and the HBC?

Today in MATH we:

• Did a drill.
• Handed in our worksheet from yesterday - Converting Fractions.
• Talked MORE about converting fractions, can you identify the different types of fractions? Can you change mixed fractions to improper fractions? Improper fractions to mixed fractions? Fractions to decimals? HOW?
• Homework: Do questions #26-58 mp7, Page 53 SHOW YOUR WORK!
• READ question #59, mp7 page 53 - ALL of the question. How will you approach this problem?

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Started our next unit: HEAT & TEMPERATURE
• Read SIA Page 253
• Create a PLAN for your title page, Due Wednesday. (you have a list of everything it should include)
• PUBLISHED title page DUE: FRIDAY

REMINDERS:

• Spelling test on THURSDAY - 10 words, know them, dream about them!

Hey, what type of bug is this?

Monday November 13, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• finished our homework
• reviewed
• started powernotes for chapter 4

Today in MATH we:

• did a drill
• got problem of the week #8 - due Monday November 20
• got a fractions worksheet (converting fractions) - due TUESDAY - both sides, do NOT do this on the worksheet - use a different piece of paper

Today in SCIENCE we:

• finished our review presentations
• did our Structures & Forces Unit Final

REMINDERS:

• Think of the spelling words you would like to have on the test this week :)
• Help is available for all subjects - YOU need to take the time to get it

Thursday November 9, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did our weekly spelling test
• Worked on our friendly letters to the Canadian Soldiers & handed in a good copy.
• Homework: Think it through v&v p85 #1, 2, READ pages 86-92, Cloze activity, READ pages 93-96, Think it through p93 questions #1, 2a.
• You had 30 minutes in class to work on this, you should have about 30 minutes worth of homework left to do during the LONG weekend.

Today in MATH we:

• Did Math Drill #12 - it was challenging.....is there anything you don't quite understand...come for help if there is.
• Review your fractions for homework, finish any questions and homework you didn't get to, write a list of questions or concerns you might have about fractions. Take 5 minutes a day to review math.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our review posters and presented them for marks. You should be an expert on your section, now you have three more sections to become comfortable with. Did you listen to what your classmates were telling you as they presented?
• Some groups didn't get a chance to do this. Think about WHY and how YOU contributed to this.
• Unit final is Monday....REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW....we have talked about and looked at the concepts in many different ways.....use them, learn them, understand them!

REMINDERS:

• Science unit final is MONDAY.....you had extra time to work on it....there are no excuses for doing poorly.

Wednesday November 8, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Worked on letters to the Canadian Soldiers overseas for Remembrance Day
• Homework: Finish your LETTER tonight!
• Read Page 80, "First Nations Women: Another Perspective" and answer Think It Through Questions #1, 2a, 2b
• Read Pages 81-85

Today in MATH we:

• Had a math drill
• Learned about Ordering and Comparing Fractions
• Homework: MP7 page 51 #1-24, MP7 page 53 #1-25

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Made a KWL Chart for Structures and Forces - Each group was assigned a section to work on and presentations will be made tomorrow
• Used Page 339 to help us study
• This exercise is to HELP you do the BEST you can on your unit final.

REMINDERS:

• Spelling test on Thursday - do you know your 10 words?
• MATH at LUNCH!!! Bring your lunch, we'll do math.

Tuesday November 7, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Presented our chapter 3 projects with our groups.
• Did some textbook work for chapter 4 - competition for trade (v&v).
• Do think ahead page 75 #1-2 (v&v)
• Skill check on age 76

Today in MATH we:

• Did a drill - like we do everyday, but this one was a bit more challenging. How did you do? What could you do to improve?
• We went over yesterday's homework - converting (changing) fractions to decimals and bar notation......finish the questions on this page.
• Handed in our problem of the week #7.
• No other math homework tonight so you can study for your science test.

Today in SCIENCE we:

• We reviewed our quiz - remember to read the questions carefully.
• Reviewed some review questions.
• Can you tell people something about every concept (thing) we learned in our Structures & Forces Unit?

REMINDERS:

• SCIENCE UNIT FINAL WEDNESDAY!!!
• What can you do to make sure you are prepared?

Monday November 6, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• picked our 10 spelling words for the week (test on Thursday)
• worked on our Chapter 3 group projects - chart
• tomorrow we will present our charts
• had our exam for chapters 1-3

Today in MATH we:

• talked about word problems
• looked at ordering fractions - why do our fractions have to have the SAME (common) denominator if we want to compare them?
• HOMEWORK: Fraction worksheet, 2.6 changing fractions to decimals (first page only)

Today in SCIENCE we:

• REVIEWED for our unit final on WEDNESDAY
• Homework: sia7 pages 342-343 questions 12-18
• unit summary sia7 page 339 DO YOU UNDERSTAND THESE CONCEPTS?

Reminders:

• Come to class prepared!!! It is the first step towards being an INDEPENDENT learner. What do you need in class to be properly prepared?

Thursday November 2, 2006

Today in Humanities we:

• Wrote Spelling #7 test
• Began work on our chapter 3 project (v&v page 73): Compare and Contrast Cultural Diversity
• Homework: Finish independent work for Chapter 3 project and be ready to compile all your information on Monday on to a poster for presentations.

STUDY CHAPTERS 1 - 3 THIS WEEKEND - YOU WILL BE WRITING A CH 1- 3 EXAM ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2006

Today in Math we:

• Took a math drill
• Learned about Ordering Fractions
• Worked on more Word Problems
• Homework: Finish worksheets

Today in Science we:

• Reviewed Structures and Forces
• Homework: SIA7 page 342 # 6-11 and Study for Science

YOU WILL BE WRITING A SCIENCE EXAM ON STRUCTURES AND FORCES ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2006

Wednesday November 1, 2006

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Reviewed our reading comprehension test.
• Had a quiz competion.
• Started chapter 3 project (British in North America)
• Homework: Start reviewing chapters 1-3 (v&v)

Today in MATH we:

• Reviewed MIXED & IMPROPER fractions - do you understand them?
• Did some problems together in class. Could you do them yourself now?
• Homework: mp7, page 49 #27-31 (we did #27 & 28 as a class)

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Read sia7 page 339 as a class. This is a good unit summary. Do you understand all of the words on this page? What about the MEANING of the sections? Do you understand the CONCEPTS?
• HEY - what does CONCEPT mean - use your OWN words?
• Homework: sia page 342 #2-5 (unit review)

REMINDERS:

• Spelling test tomorrow - do you know your 10 words?
• MATH - at lunch or after school! DO IT! IT HELPS & Everybody feels better!
• Parent - Teacher - Student Interviews Thursday Night & all day FRIDAY.
• No school on Friday