Thursday 27 February 2020

Thursday, February 27

English
Spelling Lesson #21 test on Friday.
Read to the end of Ch.9 and write a Reading Response (due Friday)

Math
Nelson Text: Chapter 12, Lesson 5: Equivalent Ratios, all questions
Knowledgehook: Ratios activity



Wednesday 26 February 2020

Wednesday, February 26

English
Spelling test on Lesson 21 on Friday.
Ch. 8 Reading Response (4 sentences minimum) due tomorrow.

Math
Exploring Ratios.  p. 320-323 (blue textbook) #1-9, plus Reflect.

Social Studies
Flow maps (Imports and Exports) due Friday.

Thursday 20 February 2020

Thursday, February 20

English
Hand in your writing tomorrow in the Writing Classroom.
Ch. 1-5 questions due Monday.  Note that we are now only doing 1 question of your choice per chapter for this week (due to starting late).

Math
Today we did this worksheet on comparing and ordering fractions.  You can check your answers here.

Science
Today we finished our experiment on the effect of Bernoulli's principle on different grades of paper.  We tested 4 types of paper, with and without flaps added, wrote observations, and then create a double bar graph that shows all of the outcomes.  Due Monday.

Art
Hana's Suitcase art project due in 2 weeks.

Wednesday 19 February 2020

Wednesday, February 19

Reminders
Pizza lunch tomorrow.

English
Read novel to end of Ch. 5
Respond to Ch. 1 to 5 questions due Monday (see Reading Classroom)
Writing Task due Friday (see Writing Classroom)

Math
Ch. 12, Lesson 1, #3-6.  We also did the lesson problem.  Due tomorrow.
Get Area test signed and return it asap.

Art
Hana's Suitcase art assignment due in 2 weeks.  Remember you are creating an art project based on one or more of the themes in the novel: hope, survival, liberation, freedom, danger, hatred, war, peace, safety, genocide, social justice.

The project can be in any form, but here are some ideas: reflective poem; short story; mind map; sculpture; painting; suitcase filled with artifacts; write a letter to Hana, the author Karen
Levine, or Fumiko; create new lyrics to an existing song or write your own original song; digital slide show.

Remember to include a brief description of your project when you hand it in.

Tuesday 18 February 2020

Tuesday, February 18

Reminders
Pizza lunch on Thursday

English
1) Read to the end of chapter 5 in your assigned novel.  Answer two questions per chapter (see Reading Classroom).  Due Monday.
2) Writing Task due Friday.  Remember that you need to have at least one teacher conference before you hand in your work.

Math
Unit 12, Getting Started, #1-5.  Due tomorrow.

Social Studies
Nine definitions: fair trade, goods, services, trade, invest, profit, exports, imports, surplus. Due Monday.



Tuesday 4 February 2020

Tuesday, February 4th

English
1) Read Hana's Suitcase to p. 73.  Respond to Ch. 16-20 questions in Google Classroom.  Monday's work.
2) Go to Newsela.com.  Sign in with Google.  Read and annotate the article.  Answer the writing prompts and take the quiz.
3) There is a writing prompt for this week in Google Classroom.  Due Friday.

Math
Chapter 10, Lesson 3, #1-10.

Science
Today we finished the properties of air experiments.  This website explains all 6 properties in detail.