Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Reminders
- Parents please note that permission forms for Quebec will be distributed to students on Monday.  
- Students please bring in your baby photo for Grade 8 yearbook
- Don't forget students will be writing letters home at the end of every month, teacher commentswill also be provided within those letters.  These letters have to be read and signed by the parents and brought back to school.  A notification will be put on this blog as to when they need to be signed and returned.


- Tests and Assignments posted for the month are posted below

- With your permission, students maybe allowed to bring in their home computer or other electronic devices for class work purposes only in the areas of Literacy, Science, and Health

Homework
email Ms. Bucci @ stsimonbucci@gmail.com
email Mr. Vago @mr.p.vago@gmail.com
Grade 7/8
English 
Writing:    Written feedback provided for drafts of opinion essay today so that students can revise and edit their work
Grade 7/8  Changes have been made Opinion Essay now due on January 15 
Reading: 
Grade 7/8 
Nelson Literacy 7b/8b -  
Grade 7/8 


       
Novel Studies: This novel will focus on inference, asking questions and literary devices
Grade 7s/8s -
hwk: Read 15-25 pages daily for the next 21 days-depending on the book talk group
Discussion regarding the resolution (end) of the novel were shared in book talk groups today.
hwk: Write a paragraph inferring the ending of the novel.  Use your own knowledge and the clues from your group members and the text to help you with your response.  
Media:
Grade 7/8Changes made Photo Essay now due on the 25th
Oral: 
Grade 7/8 -      
Financial Literacy:
Grade 7 /8 -
Grammar: 
Grade 7/8 - Lessons
Science:
Grade 7 - teacher directed lesson on "Structure Strength and Stability"
hwk: in class complete worksheets
Study Notes: (I will collect study on Monday in order to provide you feedback)
Please know the following for the test...
Terms:
Chapter 10
- force
- torsion
- dead load
- gravity
- magnitude
- mass
- internal and external forces
- know the story of the three little pigs (how did the wolf apply force, explain house structure, function and form, any other terms used from chapters 10 and 11)
Chapter 11
- arch and dome compared and contrast
- rebar
- truss
- cantilever
- corrugation
Grade 8 - teacher directed lesson with notes on Chapter 2 "Getting it to Work"
hwk: complete worksheets in the package
Study Notes: (I will collect study on Monday in order to provide you feedback)
Please know the following for the test...
Terms:
Chapter 1
- physical system with example and compare and contrast with the social system
- mechanical, optical, electrical systems with example
- social system with examples
- purpose of systems
- input, output and side effects
- consumerism
- evolution of the school system
- evolution of the telephone
Chapter 2
- six simple machines with example
- force
- work
- energy
- compare and contrast between a doorknob door opener and a lever style door opener
hwk: page 16 Questions 1 and 2
Religion/Fully Alive: "Stressed out to Chilled Out" focus on the teenage brain
Health/Physical Education-Basketball: Substance Use and Abuse in class understanding difference substances in class assignment presented today
Monthly Calendar
                
Changes made Photo Essay now due on the 25th
 and the Opinion Essay due on the 15
School Related
English Related
Science Related

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