Monday, November 28, 2011

November 28 - December 2, 2011

The students had a terrific time on our trip to Mono Cliffs. I was especially pleased with the behaviour of the boys in my dormitory.  They were good as gold.  I really enjoyed the experience!

Friday HW
1.  Math Quiz on Unit 4 Lessons 6 and 7 on Tuesday December 6.
2.  Please bring your trading partner country research materials to class starting on Monday so we can begin using organizers to take notes and build the presentation.  Project due January 20.  Details of the project requirements are at the back of the "Canada and its Links to The World" in-class booklet.
3.  Book report Reading.  Report due January 18.

Thursday HW
1.  Math Quiz Unit 4 Lessons 1-5 on Friday
2.  Math Quiz 2 on Unit 4 Lessons 6 and 7 on Tuesday, December 6.
3.  Math HW Book pages 58-59.
4.  Book Report reading.
5.  Have research for Trading Partner project in class for Monday when we begin note taking.

Wednesday HW
1.  Diversity Booklet and Text due in class tomorrow.
2.  Math Quiz Unit 4 Lessons 1-5 on Friday.
3.  Math Quiz 2 on Unit 4, Lessons 6 and 7 on Tuesday December 6.
3.  Math HW book page 57.
4.  Begin gathering research material for your country for the Trading Partners project.  We will start in-class work with our organizers on Monday.  The project is due on January 20.
We continued our Inferencing activities in class today with a Media Literacy focus.  We are looking at overt and implied meanings and audience.  The medium is movie posters and TV ads.

Tuesday HW
1  Diversity booklet and text due in class on Thursday.
2.  Math Quiz unit 4 Lessons 1-5 on Friday December 2.
3.  Book report reading 20 minutes.
4.  Math HW Book page 56.
5.  Begin gathering research for Trading Partners powerpoint project.  It is due on January 20. 
We will spend a fair amount of class time on this Trading Partners assignment before the Christmas break to avoid having students do the work on the holidays.  Students should remember though that they must be prepared for class time work (rather than rely on class time for all research efforts) and use it well to avoid "crunch-time" pressures.  There is a book report due at the same time (January 18) so students need to plan accordingly.

Monday HW
1.  Math HW book pages 54-55.
2.  Math quiz on Friday December 2 on Unit 4 Lessons 1 to 5.
3.  Diversity presentations are ongoing.  Please be prepared to deliver yours when it is your turn.
4.  Diveristy booklets are due in class for marking on Thursday this week.  Be ready to hand them in as well as the text books.