Oct. 29 - Nov. 02

Oct.22-26

This week we are working on...

• Reading/Writing: handwritten draft copy of letter to author Paul Fleishman (due by Friday)
• Drama/Media Literacy: handwritten plan for either Seedfolks movie trailer or chapter scene (due by Friday)
• Math: data management (collecting, bias, database, spreadsheet, frequency, mean/median/mode) + knowledgehook mission 3 key assessment 2
• Science: solutes vs solvents check your understanding & lab 5 comparing solvents
• Health: sugar rate calculations for a processed food & beverage following our examples

Oct.15-19

This week we are working away at the following tasks...

• Art:  collaborative acrylic on canvas autumn scene in perspective
• Science:  lab 4 mechanical mixtures vs solutions (submit Friday hardcopy or GoogleDocs)
• Geography:  3 Toronto districts/neighbourhoods (submit Friday following Kingsway exemplar)
• Math:  take-home task 2 ratios, rates, percents (submit Thursday); key assessment on Thursday & Friday
• Task Tracker: parent letter (return by Monday)
• Reading: Seedfolks refections on Maricela, Amir, and Florence; we begin writing a personal letter to author to express opinions as readers (see exemplar) 

Oct. 07-10

Oct 7 thru 10

This week we are working on...

-completing and submitting any past due tasks, namely, Geography Special Place, Science Lab 3, Reading Seedfolks Lesson Chart, and Writing Colour Poem

-Geography Human Regions: Trendy and Cultural Districts of Toronto
3 links to get you going:

https://caen-keepexploring.canada.travel/things-to-do/5-trendy-toronto-neighbourhoods-youll-want-explore

https://gomadnomad.com/2014/08/27/guide-toronto-ethnic-neighborhoods/

https://www.seetorontonow.com/explore-toronto/neighbourhoods/#sm.000c4b67z1325f86zrm1gsvw7slyw

-Math team task: Road Trip Rates (hall display); begin math test yourself take-home task have it completed for Friday

-Seedfolks Chp9 "Curtis" & Chp10 "Nora" follow-up reflection questions

-begin Knowledgehook pogo3767 "Di Croce Mission 2: ratios, rates, percents" (due Oct.13)

-Science begin Mechanical Mixtures & Solutions check your understanding

Solving Percent Problem Corrections pgs18-19 (check your work over)

Revise/Edit Curtis:

Before his break-up, Curtis was self-absorbed with his body image, conceited,
the center-of-attention, cocky, arrogant, he took things and people for granted,
living in the moment.

After his break-up Curtis becomes selfless, goal-oriented, and resourceful,
shifting all his effort and attention to winning back the heart of ex-girlfriend,
who is looking to the future with hopes of establishing a family.  

Themes: sometimes we don’t realize all the good we have in our lives until we
permanently loose it, then you look at things differently, and appreciate, respect,
and care more; we need to be resourceful and show out-of-the-box thinking
(besides working hard) to reach a desired goal; life is about being selfless
not always selfish.

Curtis strikes a deal with Royce; in exchange for protecting his tomato plants
during the night, Curtis provides him with a sleeping bag, private corner in
garden, and food; this shows his resourcefulness.

Nora is Mr Myles personal nurse, as he suffered a stroke and is in a wheelchair.
She is helpful, caring, and selfless by helping him to get actively involved in the
Gibb Street Garden.
Nora helps him to remember and reconnect with his mother's garden from
many years past.

Nora is educated and cultured because she compares the garden to:
-a "miniature city"
-a "soap opera"
-a "cure for the mad" (emotional & mental therapy)
-Pioneers/Pilgrims colonizing land

Theme: Nora encourages Mr Myles & us to live life to the fullest; we can't vegetate
or remain stagnant; we must have a life purpose, goals, and grow to our
full potential. She says "his eyes gained back some of their life" when he smelled
and touched the garden.

Oct 1-5

This week we are working on completing the following tasks:

• Math unit 2: ratios, rates, percents (18-19) begin problem solving team task rates
• Geography: our special place due Tuesday; begin GTA Regions
• Science: pure substances & mixtures (check your understanding and lab #3) Lab #3 due Wednesday
• Reading: seedfolks key lesson table Kim to Virgil (if you don't have enough room, you are always welcome to create table on GoogleDocs) due Tuesday; begin Curtis
• Writing: your version of shades of red due Tuesday

Science: Pure Substances & Mixtures Check Your Understanding

1.

2.

Aluminum foil, table salt, and distilled water are all examples of pure substances.

3.

Batteries (like paint, ink cartridges, spray cans, pesticides, propane tanks) are a “hazardous waste” toxic material that can leak mercury and lead into the earth/water and need to be recycled in a separate area than regular garbage bins.

4.

Pure substances contain only 1 particle type whereas mixtures have 2 or more different particles.

1c.

Cookies are a mixture of different ingredients (eggs, flour, sugar…)

1d.

Sugar is a pure substance made up of only 1 particle type.

1e.

Aluminum is a pure substance made up of only 1 particle type.

1f.

Steel is a mixture of iron, carbon, nickel…

1g.

apple juice can be both pure and a mixture of sugar, citric acid, preservatives
to stabilize it for the grocery shelf...

1h.

Tap water is a mixture of other contaminants, minerals, chemicals, bacteria,
pharmaceuticals…

1i.

Lead is pure made up of only 1 particle type; it’s an element on the periodic table

1j.

Air is a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, other contaminants

1k.

Mercury is a pure substance made of 1 particle; it’s an element

1l.

Sweetened water is a mixture of water and sugar

2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e4CEm9yybo

If it’s not freshly squeezed, then OJ is an engineered, processed mixture with
added fragrance and flavour from chemists to immitate the natural aroma and
taste of oranges, after they have lost all this during storage.

Begin Ratios & Percents pgs.16-17

Begin Seedfolks chp8 Sae Young follow-up questions.

Begin science lab 3 pure substances vs mixtures.

Wednesday's math corrections:

Begin Solving Percent Problems pg.18-19

Seedfolks corrections to chp.8 (revise/edit)

Sae Young is a Korean immigrant and dry clean owner.

Listening to her, we can see that she is a gentle soul and kind lady.  

She wants to be maternal (to love and care for a child) but was unsuccessful with pregnancy.

She has experienced 2 negative events: the sudden death of her young husband (leaving her lonely)
and a robbery/assault at her business (leaving her emotionally scarred)

As a result, she was traumatized and lived in seclusion, anxious and fearful; it took her a long time
to leave her apartment and face the world again.

The garden helped her build her self-confidence and trust others again; by offering water funnels
to the gardeners and seeing others use them, Sae Young began to feel happy and connected
once again to her community.

Theme/lesson: we need to live in relationship with others to feel a sense of belonging and to feel
valued; these relationships need to be positive and encouraging to feed our soul.