Happy Holidays!

We hope you have a wonderful, warm, and safe break! We will miss you, and look forward to seeing you in 2016!!! : )

SMART review

SMART file of review today is posted under content in D2L.  Remember to go into Cougar Community to May 2012 post to see how to open a SMART file at home.

Study hard!!

Science

Here are the visual notes for Buoyancy and Pressure to help you study tonight:




Please email us if you have any questions and good luck studying!

Science Assessment

Here is the outline for your assessment on Thursday. It highly recommended that you go through your notes, highlighting key points for you to focus on and study. You should be studying every night for AT LEAST one hour (approximately 10 minutes per topic).

Remember, when taking a test to:

Science assessment Thursday

Outlines were given out today in class.  Please start creating your own set of study notes...use the blog, your journal & the online textbook to fill in each SMART thumbnail.

Science

Remember that your Mix & Flow Unit Assessment is on Thursday for the double.  Please ensure that you are reviewing this weekend.

I will try to post an outline on D2L.

HUM

You do not have any homework this weekend in Humanities besides your expected daily reading (20 mins a day). 

For those who have not brought their movie forms in, PLEASE BRING THEM IN, SIGNED, ON MONDAY as we are watching The Last Samurai on Tuesday.

Thank you and have a great weekend : )

Haiku:
The week is now done
I hope you have lots of fun
I love 84 a ton!

Math

Great job on your fractions assessment today. Take a breath and a well-deserved break from Math tonight!

HUM

You have a small assessment based on Chapter 15 tomorrow. You can use your cheat sheet made in class today. Please look over your vocabulary and terms as well as the textbook tonight.


Good luck : )

Math: Fractions Review

Today we completed our last period of Fractions Review before our Exam tomorrow.

Remember.....you will be assessed on:

1. Adding and Subtracting Fractions
2. Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
3. Modelling Multiplication of Mixed and Proper Fractions
4. Word Problems


You were given worksheets to take home and complete for review.
Here are the answer keys to check your work:

Math Extra Practice

We have a large fractions assessment coming up on Tuesday. To prepare, I would be doing some extra practice this weekend.

Here are the areas you will be assessed on:

• Adding and subtracting proper, improper, and mixed fractions.
• Multiply and dividing proper, improper, and mixed fractions.
• Modelling multiplication of proper and mixed fractions.
• Converting mixed fractions to improper and then back again

I have uploaded a worksheet to D2L for extra practice. Also, here are some links to help you this weekend:

Adding and Subtracting:

• Khan Academy Video
• IXL Practice

Multiplying and Dividing:

• Khan Academy: Multiply Fractions
• Khan Academy: Dividing Fractions
• IXL Practice

Converting Mixed to Improper and back again

I have uploaded the answer sheet to D2L!

Good Luck!

HUM

Your vocabulary cue card(s) are due on Monday. We will be doing an activity in class with them so I would definitely make sure they are ready to go as soon as class starts Monday. I (Ms. Noullett) will be at school early on Monday if anyone needs to do some last minute colour printing : )

Have a wonderful long weekend!

Math & Science Update

Density calculation check ins look pretty great so far.  Good for you...great attention to units!

Please ensure that you are reviewing this weekend for our Fraction Unit Assessment on Tuesday.  You will need a calculator & a pencil for the test.

We have posted a review sheet on D2L for fractions under content.

Math & Science Updates

Wow...amazing review today for Fractions!!  What a gift to have 3 teachers for the double period!

Quick Density check in tomorrow...4 questions all calculations.

Fractions Unit Assessment is on Tuesday, Dec 8th.

Humanities

We worked on our vocabulary frayer model cue cards today. You will have one period tomorrow to work on your vocabulary, This must be done tomorrow.

We also read The Outsiders. We will continue reading on Monday.

Science

Please complete your gizmo of water density displacement. Your lab sheets should be done.
Have a great night!

HUM

Please finish your journal page tonight.

You are required to create a VISUAL REPRESENTATION of your understanding of the poem. It must include a title as well as symbols that represent the poem.

Good luck : )



We also did a classroom discussion about the Breakdown of Edo Japan. Here are the notes for your journal:

Math/Sci

Your homework is to "pep" up your journals and pull your station work together so it can be assessed on Monday/Tuesday.

All stations and the work required for the stations has been posted to D2L.

 

HUM

We are working on our journal pages in Hum. You were asked to create a visual representation of the poem we have been analyzing from the outsiders. Please make sure you have colored your visual.


Your journal entry is due on Monday. 


You can use the following chart to help you this weekend:

Humanities

Great job today! Your check-ins look great and I loved how you all worked on the poem analysis today! We did a gallery walk of each line in the poem, and then came together and figured it all out. I think we are understanding more why this poem was chosen for this novel.

Here are your lovely posters in case you wanted to take a look/print them off for your journals! : )

 

 

SCI

Today we worked on a density gizmo and completed a lab online. Here is the website:

https://www.explorelearning.com/

Please complete the lab sheet and analysis for tomorrow. Have it pasted in your journal ready to be checked. Thank you : )

HUM

You will have a quick Chapter 13-14 vocabulary check-in tomorrow. Please study the words from your journal (also posted to D2L).

For Friday...

On Friday, leadership has something special planned for the grade 8s.

Please bring your own MUG on Friday during Cougar Community!!

Humanities

Today we read The Outsiders.

We are currently in Chapter 5 on page 75, and finished at the page break.

Edo: A Closed Society

- complete all the vocabulary for tomorrow (see below)

- the 2 BIG questions need to be answered in PEC paragraph form with SUPER SWAG sentences :-)

Chapter 14 – Edo Japan: A Closed Society

Bold & IMPORTANT words and concepts:

·        give a definition or explanation for the important people, places, and concepts

·        Draw a picture/symbol often helps you to remember.

Part 1: Locking Out the World

Ranald MacDonald (pg. 305)

per capita (pg. 306)

Threats from the west (pg. 306)

Martyrs (pg. 306)

Exclusion Laws (pg. 307)

Foreign traders (pg. 307)

Forbidden (pg. 307)

Will Adams (pg. 310)

Nakahama Manjiro (pg. 311)

Dutch Traders and Scholars (pg. 312)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Answer the following BIG QUESTION for part 1:

 Why and how did Japan isolate itself from the rest of the world?

* PEC paragraph formatting*

Point

- What's your point?

- Re-write the question as a statement.

Evidence, Example and Explanation

- Explain reasons for your point.

- What evidence do you have?

Conclusion and Comment

- Restate your point sentence.

- Comment on your topic.

Part 2: Change Within Isolation

Progress (pg. 314)

Ideal society (in relation to Edo Japan worldview) (pg. 315)

Booming Economy (pg. 315)

Prosperity (p.317)

Kabuki (pg. 317)

Japanese tea ceremony (pg. 317)

Sumo wrestling (pg. 317)

Haiku (pg. 318)

Bunraku (pg. 318)

Woodblock  (woodblock prints) (pg. 318)

Kendo (pg. 318)

The Floating World (pg. 319)

Noh (pg. 319)

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 Answer the following BIG QUESTION for part 2:

 In what ways did isolation lead to political, economic, and social changes in Japanese society?

* PEC paragraph formatting*

Point

- What's your point?

- Re-write the question as a statement.

Evidence, Example and Explanation

- Explain reasons for your point.

- What evidence do you have?

Conclusion and Comment

- Restate your point sentence.

- Comment on your topic.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Math/Sci

Please pep up your journal tonight so you are ready to go with stations tomorrow. For those who are doing their math quiz....please study using IXL tonight.

Thank you! Have a great night : )

HUM

Please finish your feudal chapter 13 work and paste it in your journal.
Please complete at least 5 vocabulary words from the sheet given to you today. Make it make sense to you.....use pictures/symbols/definitions.

Good luck : )

Humanities

Study your vocabulary and the Japanese hierarchy tonight as you will have a quiz tomorrow on both. Make sure you are all caught up with your Chapter 13 chart and questions in your HUM journal.

Here is a great website to help you study! Use the flashcards if you want quick repeat vocabulary.
Chapter 13 Vocabulary Study Tool

Happy Studying : )

Science

Today we had a great  classroom conversation about density and why things sink/float. Your ideas were amazing!!! Tonight I would look over your journal page you did today and "pep" it up. Take a look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcQR6vV1Sqo

 Make sure you have everything written from the power point today. You could also print off the power point and paste it in your journal if you want!




 
 

HUM - 1960s Research and Visual Representation

1960s Research and Visual Representation

Today we shared our 1960s research tasks. Students did a great deal of work and shared some very interesting information about various aspects of the 60s such as fashion, slang, music, great leaders like JFK and MLK, and events such as the Cold War, Cuban Missle Crisis and Apollo 11.

Please ask your student what they focused their research on and how their topic was a reflection of 1960s worldview.

Students: written evaluation of the tasks

1. Top honours
a. research: why and provide evidence/explanations/examples
b. visual: why and provide evidence/explanations/examples

2. Your own work:
a. what are you most proud of...
b. what needs to be improved...
c. What did you learn from by viewing others work and discussing their research?
d. How will you apply this to another HUM task in the future?

3. Write a statement(s) (PEC paragraph) that captures 1960s worldview...be sure to make references (where applicable) to political systems, economic systems, social systems, culture, geography, and ideas & knowledge.

Hum. - Monday, November 16

Happy Birthday Ms. Noullett!!

1960s:

• Many students did not have their 1960s research and/or visual finished so there will be numerous students completing this tonight for homework.

Japan Under the Shogun (see handout given today)

- Which means of controlling the daimyo would be most effective in ensuring loyalty?

- Which would ensure obedience? How so?

- How did the Feudal Hierarchy in Japan establish a harmonious society, one of honour and duty?

* PEC paragraph *

Point

- What's your point?- Re-write the question as a statement.Evidence, Example and Explanation- Explain reasons for your point.- What evidence do you have?Conclusion and Comment- Restate your point sentence.- Comment on your topic.

Happy Birthday Ms. Noullett

Today we had a fractions operations check in.  

Please continue working through your viscosity tasks (see previous blog entry & D2L if you need a copy of the assignment).  You will have a viscosity quiz on Thursday so this work needs to be done for Wednesday.

You will have one class to work on your demo & graph as well as to watch the Molasses Flood Video.

Thanks for making Ms. Noullett's Happy 1/4 of a Century Day so special.

Humanities

Today we did a homework check on your vocabulary. If you did not get this done, please do it this weekend. You will have an assessment on these words next week.

Your homework this weekend:

Finish your society roles chart using the textbook and power points available. 

All materials have been sent to you and are uploaded onto D2L.

Have a good weekend : )

Math

Fraction Assessment Monday

What do you need to know:

1. Adding and Subtracting Fractions
- find a common denominator

2. Multiplying Fractions
- modelling!

3. Dividing Fractions
- no modelling : )

4. Mixed and Improper Fractions
- converting

REMINDER:
Bring your calculator


**Your homework tonight is to finish the first page and up to question 3 on the second page**

ALSO:

If you DID NOT complete your Science homework, please complete it tonight.

Humanities

Today we learned about Edo Japan. We worked on a chart that outlined the Japanese hierarchy and social roles while reading the textbook in groups. We then worked on our 1960's projects.

We had a conversation about homework at the end of class. Please check the blog every day and make sure to get your homework done, otherwise you fall behind quickly in class.

Your homework for tonight is:

Finish the vocabulary sheet you received in class. Use the textbook on D2L in our 84 shell under "Japan" in the content section.


Here is the vocab if you lost your sheet:

Remember...Thursday evening is Mighty Girls Night at HDC

Thursday, November 12 - "Mighty Girls' Night" 5:45-8:00pm

• Calling all Girls/Mothers/ Female Mentors for a night OF

• Drumming

• Talk from Nutritionist

• Partner Yoga
• MAC Cosmetics

Science Homework

We were really happy with the results from your Science assessment. Great job going over your test and giving accurate feedback. We appreciate it and appreciate the effort you obviously made to do so well on your tests.

Today in Science after reviewing our test we did a task with several things to do. 

You need to complete tasks 1, 3, and 4 for Thursday.

The task sheet is on D2L and I have also inserted the task into this post below:

Hum - 1960s research & visual task

  

1960s Task - one your own or in a group of 2, create a visual representation of the the 1960s (student choice of how to present something visual and what topic they choose).... conflicts, music/artists, icons, TV/Movies, culture, main events, movements, quotes, slang, fashion, entertainment, greasers vs socs, cars...

- start a Google Doc, share it with your partner and your teacher
- identify your guiding questions related to:
Who   What   Where   When    Why   How... and then make & answer BIG questions (see examples below)
- What did your topic represent?
- What influence did your topic have on the people and their values in the 1960s?
- How did your topic reflect the worldviews of the 1960s? 
- How did it shape the world we know today? What were the lasting implications of your topic?
- What if your topic never happened? What would our world look like today?

- make sure the information you are gathering is specific to your task and gather images related to your topic
- keep track of your sources (Google and Wikipedia do not count)

Humanities - 1960s

Today students were introduced to the 1960s! Soon we will begin our novel study of The Outsiders.

1960s in pictures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYUKaV7kMLo

Music 1960s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQqCgudUJf8

If you were born in the 60s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPy8t9F6dPc

Defining Moments of the 60s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4GtCc2Z6NI

John Lennon: Imagine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwUGSYDKUxU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04FjzBuxdO8&list=PLcqpzuxhI92xRaw7Al4ZvYqSGarETLyAD&index=21

                                              

Billy Joel: We Didn’t Start the Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m50p-XScreM

Task - create a visual representation of the the 1960s (student choice of how to present something visual and what topic they choose).... conflicts, music/artists, icons, TV/Movies, culture, main events, movements, quotes, slang, fashion, entertainment, greasers vs socs, cars...

Students will have one period tomorrow to work on this and another period on Thursday. Posters will be due on Friday so that we can start our novel study.

Fractions

We sent an email home today re: fractions.  Please ensure that you are practicing adding/subtracting/multiplying fractions using the resources that we have posted on the blog.  Ensure that you are reviewing your journal notes & examples etc.

Fractions

Today we completed a lesson on multiplying fractions. Mrs.Krushel and Ms. Noullett know that only a fraction of you really like doing fractions (get it?) but with practice it should come easier to those who are having a bit of a tough time!

So what can you do tonight to help your fraction problems??

1. Watch this video:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/fractions/multiplying_fractions/v/multiplying-a-fraction-by-a-fraction

2. Practice using this:
https://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-8/multiply-and-divide-rational-numbers

3. Review your journal

4. Review adding and subtracting fractions using both Khan Academy - Fractions and IXL - Fraction practice.

4. Bake a pie and use it as a visual for helping you with fractions (and you get to eat it!)

 

Tuesday, Nov 3 - HUM

Today we:
- had an assessment related to How geography has influenced Japan's worldview
- finished and handed in our Writer's Workshop task: Super Swag Simple, Compound and Complex sentences
- had a presentation from the Calgary Public Library (ask me about it!!) and stay tuned for more information about how to make sure I have my FREE card, access research databases, how to download books (audio and text), etc.

Tomorrow we will:
- keep working with writers' workshop
- start our next Japan unit, Japan Under the Shogun
- start on our Remembrance Day tasks

HUM

Please study tonight for your Japan Chapter 12 assessment tomorrow. Your test has 8 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer. Make sure you are focusing on why geography is so influential to Japan's worldview.

Have a great night : )

Science Assessment

Today in class we completed a "cheat" sheet. Make sure you "pep" it  up tonight. Your assessment will be on Wednesday. It will be on everything we have learned so far.
Here are pictures of the topics we brainstormed in class today:

Happy SAD Day and Happy Halloween

We hope you had a great day Thursday : ) We appreciate the effort you all put into your school work and are so proud of how well you are doing!

Have a wonderful Halloween if you are participating.....please be safe and have fun!!!

See you Monday!

Humanities

Tuesday, October 27

Yesterday we had a great time at VIVO!!


Today we:
- read our independent novels

- Creative Writing: keep working on it please! Everyone needs to have 3 pages double spaced. This will be handed in next week.

- Fairy Tale #2: should be planned and started. This is homework. We really would like students to be finished their second fairy tale by Thursday and have it handed in.

- we learned and reviewed about making SUPER SWAG Sentences and reviewed simple, compound and complex sentence structures. This will translate into better writing!!!


Tomorrow we will look at parts of sentences and sentence structure, as well as finishing up or editing fairy tale #2.

Math & Science update

Just a friendly reminder that Ms. Noullett & I would like to collect your Math & Science journals tomorrow.  Firstly, it is our party night together!  Secondly, we would love to share your journals with your adults at conferences.

Please ensure that you have your new journal for Fractions for tomorrow.

Please bring in your $5 for your new Science visual journal...thank you so much.

Today

Awesome job at VIVO today : ) You all represented HDC so well and we are very proud. Such a fun day! Hope you get some rest today.....especially those who took that kickboxing class!!

BEDMAS Assessment tomorrow!

Make sure to study in your journals tonight for your BEDMAS assessment. Go over notes, create questions, test yourself and your adults, and come prepared tomorrow.

Remember to bring a calculator to class tomorrow!

We Scare Hunger

Students can trick-or-treat for non-perishable food items.

They can get more information from Room 12 .

Every item will go to Calgary's food bank.

Ma/Sci

Wow...amazing work in your stations today!!

You will have period 1 to finish up your stations and put the finishing touches on your journals.  Remember, both your Math & Science journals are coming in for assessment tomorrow at the end of class.

Check previous blog posts for dates & titles & assignment details.

Humanities - Monday

Today we reviewed story structure and tomorrow we will have a check-in assessment.

We also watched Partly Cloudy and students completed a journal page outlining the story's plot and all the elements within the plot, along with some visuals to support their understanding of the story. This is HOMEWORK if not completed.

The purpose of this was to revisit the important aspects of story structure so that when students complete their next Fairy Tale Station they will be sure to include all the elements, especially conflict and falling action (which are missing from many of the first fairy tale stations handed in last week)

Also, students are to have their Japan title page for their scrapbooks completed today, titled:
MY JOURNEY THROUGH JAPAN.

• The journal page must have the word JAPAN and at least 3 images that reflect Japan (based upon what they have learned from Chapter 12: Land of the Rising Sun and the geography research task)

Tomorrow students will begin their Scrapbook Entry #1 for their journey through Japan.