Jan 7-11 2019

Welcome Back!  Happy New Year!

This week, we pick up where we left off and chisel away at the following:

-Creative Writing: The Outsiders newspaper article:  we begin by looking at the text features and writing style of actual newspaper articles before we apply these same principles to our assignment.

-Math:  we look at Integers (gains & losses) in real-world applications i.e. weather, sports, speed, banking, landform elevation and showcase it.

-History: we begin exploring The First People (Aboriginals) & European exploration/colonization in early Canada.

-Science: we wrap up Separating Mixtures units by looking at evaporation, distillation, purifying, and refinement.


Newspaper Success Criteria we discussed when analyzing article text features:

See layout templates on MS Word, MS Publisher, GoogleDocs newsletter templates
Real-world integers sample:

Some things to note from math shown above:

(+) positive + (+) positive = more positive

(-) negative + (-) negative = more negative

(+) positive + (-) negative = less positive

(-) negative + (+) positive = less negative

(+) positive - (+) positive = negative

(+) positive - (-) negative = more positive

(-) negative - (+) positive = more negative

Besides temperature, consider showcasing any of the following to illustrate positive & negative:

-banking debits/withdrawl (-) vs credits/deposits (+)

-elevator up/down floors

-land elevation below sea level (-), above sea level (+)

-airplane ascending (+), descending (-)

-speedometer accelerating (+), deceleration (-)

-football gaining yards on a play (+), losing yards on a play (-)

-salary/tax increments over years (+) 2% every year or reductions (-) over the years

BE SURE TO SHOW THE MATH, BE SURE TO USE THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE

Science:

Reminders for Science, History, & Math tasks:

In terms of due dates:

• Creative Writing - Fri Jan 11
• Math - Fri Jan 11
• History - Mon Jan 14
• Science - Mon Jan 14

Dec.10-14

This week we are working on:

Task Tracker To-Do List:

• Science: separating mechanical mixtures (check your understanding + mini lab)
• Geography: movement review questions
• Drama: outsiders scence
• Art: 4 pieces (autumn perspective, geometric, urban sunset, outsiders shirt)

Math:  2D Measurement task 2 & knowledgehook mission (due Friday)

Reading:  The Outsiders plot diagram & dramatize noteworthy conversation scene

Geography:  Movement review pgs.48-70 questions (due Friday)

Dec 3-6

Math:  we wrap up area & perimeter of parallelogram, triangle, trapezoid, & complex shapes and begin practice before key assessment

Reading: plot diagram for The Outsiders: exposition, inciting conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, themes (select any 3 from prompts to elaborate on).  Due Monday.

Geography:  theme of movement presentations underway

Science:  submit "Solutions Unit Review".  Begin "Separating Mechanical Mixtures" check your understanding & lab 7

Art piece:  your interpretation of urban sunset color blending & silhouette buildings

Nov.26-30

This week we are working on....

Reading/Writing:  expressing our personal opinion on The Outsiders' theme of "nothing gold can stay".  You will submit in my opinion task on Monday.

Math/Measurement:  calculating areas of parallelogram, triangle, & trapezoid using algebraic formula, substitution of variables, and calculation.

Geography:  theme of "movement" prezi continued (3-4 slides: definition, map of affected areas, news video if available).

Art:  geometric art piece to be completed & posted

Science: concentration & solubility lab 6 to be submitted + review of solutes, solvents, solubility, concentrated solutions, unsaturated solutions, and saturated solutions.

Nov.19-23

Nov.19-23

Math: patterning/algebra take-home task #2, knowledgehook key assessment 1 now with "upload your thinking" show your work feature for each question; key assessment 2 written

Reading:  The Outsiders Reflection 2, 3 + vocabulary; begin generating ideas of "gold" for team task

Science:  concentration & solubility check your understanding & drink crystal lab

Geography:  theme of movement team prezi task

Art: geometric piece

Your personal task tracker: ensure it's up-to-date, no blanks, no incompletes

Nov.12-15

This week:

• Parent-Teacher interviews Nov.14 & 15; P.A. Day Friday;
• The Niagara Escarpment, Seedfolks movie trailer, and Science Review Unit 1 now all due;
• We begin S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders Reflection 1 (due Monday), Reflection 2, and Vocab.
• We begin Patterning/Algebra pgs.35-43.  Begin take-home 1 test yourself.
• We complete a follow-up to Lab #5 Solvents vs Solutes with handout 2.2 Dissolving the Particle Theory (due Thursday)
• We complete Geography Review Unit 1 (due Thursday).
• Many Autumn art pieces remain incomplete 

Math corrections below:

Nov 05-09

This week we are working on...

• Math: data management Key Assessment (pencil/paper task due Wed)
• Math: knowledgehook pogo3767 "Di Croce Mission 4: Data Management Key Assessment 2" due Friday.
• Geography:  The Niagara Escarpment brochure (showcasing key ideas from handout provided; see Publisher examples on board) due Monday.
• Drama/Media: Seedfolks movie trailer/short slide show due Friday (see YouTube examples) due Monday.
• GoogleDocs Task Tracker: any incompletes and/or any "revise/edit/resubmits"
• Science: chapter 1 review text pg.32 questions with 1 partner only: questions 1b, 3a, 3b, 4, 6, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21 

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)