Last night's Geography assignment was immensely exaggerated. The instructions read, "...answer a seven-ten paragraph". This was taken to mean, "...answer a seven-ten paragraph essay". It was intended to read, "answer a seven-ten sentence paragraph". We'll take this as a lesson in proper editing. My apologies.

Math Test 3 will take place on Monday November 6 in the morning. We will spend the next few days prepping for it. Topics will include:
Census/ Sample
Mean, Median, Mode, Outliers
Histograms- (used when data are continuous, frequency, intervals, frequency tables)
Circle graphs- used when data are part of a whole e.g. percents
Line Graphs- used when changes in data are shown over time
Bar Graphs- for discrete values, when data can be counted separately

Please feel free to see me for help if any of these items are unclear.

Math p. 218-219 # 1-3

Health- Research on protein (Due Tuesday)
What is it?
What does it do for your body?
How much do you need daily?
What harm is done by too much?
What foods are good sources of protein?
extra facts?

Geography p.128-136 # 1, 3 and 4

Religion- Model of Justice

Upcoming due dates!
Oct 26- Science  "Mechanical Advantage" p. 40- 43 # 1-4
Oct 30- Geography "Economic Systems" p. 128- 136 # 1, 3 and 4
Oct 31- Religion "Model of Justice" essay
                            In expository form, give three examples of what they did in their lifetime to model                                   Christian Justice.
Oct 31- You may wear costumes to school today. The office has asked you to make sure they are in accordance with the school rules for appropriate dress and also "NO MASKS, NO GORE,  NO EXTRA DANGLEY THINGS HANGING FROM THE COSTUME"

For tomorrow:
Math p. 214-215 # 6-8 and 10
Literacy- create and answer 2 Literal, 2 Inferential and 2 Evaluative questions, then tell how one of them helped your understanding of the text
Science- p. 40-43 # 1-4 for Thursday

Make sure all Literacy Tests are signed for tomorrow.
Math p. 214 # 1 and 3-5
Remember to get Literacy tests signed
Greenel/ Graynel presentations finished this week

Nothing new tonight. Please see yesterday for the work that's due. Remember that reading folders are due starting Monday.

Last chance to get in your forms for tomorrow's field trip. Please make sure you have it.
For tomorrow:
Math p. 203-204 # 1-3
Health- questions for "Fed Up"
Please make sure that you are on course to present your Religion skits on Tuesday October 24
Also remember that Monthly Reading Response Folders are due the week of the 23rd. Please refer to the board in class for your hand in date.

Remember to get your permission forms signed for Thursday's retreat.

Homework: Math p. 196-198 # 1-5
Geography p. 122-125 # 1-4

Remember to get your permission form for Thursday's retreat signed and returned. That is the only way you can participate. A phone call the day of the trip will not be accepted as consent.

Tomorrow is our Performance Task for Literacy (Reading Test)

Math Tests have been distributed. Please have them signed and returned tomorrow.

Health- "Fed Up" questions-
Why is fruit juice a problem?
Why are artificial sweeteners not a good solution?
What is the accepted daily allowance of refined sugar?
What is the average American's daily intake of sugar?
How is food like a drug?
What should the government be doing to solve the "Obesity epidemic?
How do lobbyists interfere with government's ability to do its job? any examples?
How did Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative change after the food industry got involved?
How did the changes the food industry agreed to make actually end up benefiting them and not the public?
In the movie they say the U.S. government is "Complicit and complacent" in causing childhood obesity. How do they prove the government has been complicit?

Math- 189-191 # 1-7

Geography p. 122-125 # 1-4 due Wednesday

Have a great weekend!

Great to see that people are making good use of the class blog. Please keep checking in to stay informed.

Good work on the Math Tests. Students have been made aware of their marks. We are still waiting for a couple of students to write and then the tests will go home to be signed, hopefully Monday.

Don't forget our retreat on Thursday Oct 19. We will be at the church full day and lunch will be provided. Last year it was pasta and salad.

Pizza Day for Grade 8s will be moved to Monday Oct 23 because of our retreat and the school soccer tournament.

Don't forget that Tuesday will be our "Reading Response Passage" in Literacy. It will cover the work we did in grammar as well as making connections (with "Other Thinking) and sequence text. This will be done in class, under test conditions and will serve as a summative exam for the unit.

For Monday:

Health- "Fed Up" questions

Math- p. 185 #1 and 186 # 2

For tomorrow:
Reading- read pages Art, Politics, and Questioning Authority
1) Describe any of the characteristics of sequence text that you see * be specific
2) Make 1 connection and include the "Other thinking"

Science- Draw two gear systems, complete with number of teeth, drive gear, follower gear
one for speed increase and one for power increase.

Math Test tomorrow!
please learn these
reflection x-axis is (x, -y)
reflection y-axis is (-x, y)

rotation CW 90 is (y, -x)
             CW 180 is (-x, -y)
             CW 270 is (-y,x)

for homework:
Reading- Doctors Without Borders and questions
Grammar- Active/ Passive Voice
Science- Classes of Levers diagrams

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Please be aware that we will be having our second Math summative exam on Thursday October 12. We will be using the next two days to prepare.
Over the next two days (Oct 10 and 11) I will be making myself available to any students who have been absent, or who are having trouble with concepts from the unit. If you are one of these people, bring your lunch and books to the Teacher Resource Room (across from frozen yogurt room) at 11:55-12:34.

Homework:
Math- Quiz 2 # 1-5

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
For Tuesday:
Please get your Science Quiz 1 signed and returned
Math- pg. 405 # 1-4
Science- Lesson 2.1 Simple Machines, read and do questions 1-5
Literacy- Make sure the good copies of your expository paragraphs are ready to be submitted

I hope the Cross Country people had a good day. Here's what we did:

Math p. 401 # 1, 2, 3 b and , 4 and 6

Literacy-
Reading- Sequence Text Patterns- write the steps involved in riding a bike. Be descriptive and pretend the audience has no experience.

Writing- Today second drafts of our expository paragraphs were marked for spelling, punctuation and word choice. Final drafts are due Tuesday October 10th.

Don't forget that Geography from Wednesday is due

ALL MATH QUIZZES SHOULD BE SIGNED AND RETURNED

For tomorrow:

Math Quiz 1 (Integers) signed * remember if you've lost your quiz, a signed note from your parent will work.

Literacy- Please ensure that you have a second draft of your expository writing tomorrow. Remember that the greatest authors in the world have their work edited. If they told you your first draft was perfect, they did not help you, and it falls to you to find ways to improve.

Math- p. 396 #1
          p. 401 # 3a and 5

Geography p. 47-59 # 1-4 due Friday

Good News!

No new homework tonight. I've kept the amount of work low today, in order to free you up to study (complete the Science assignment) tonight. Please make sure that if you came without a rough copy of your expository paragraph, that you have one ready tomorrow.

Happy October!

There will be a quiz in Math tomorrow October 3 , concerning:

1)Adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying integers, using words, pictures and numbers

2)Using order of operations to evaluate 

Science Test on Wednesday October 4

For tomorrow:

If you have not shown your signed Geography Test

Math p. 391-391 # 3, 4 and 6

Science review assignment due Wednesday to prepare for Test

p. 26 # 1-4, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18

Reading- Selling Change and questions