I forgot to
hit ‘publish’ with yesterday’s blog – sorry about that. You will find yesterday’s
blog at the end of today’s blog.
As usual, we
began our day with math. Today we divided to find percents. This was
challenging at the start of the class time, but became easier with more
practice. Students who did not complete this work in class are asked to complete
pages 173 – 178 of the MMS 7 practice book for homework. Students will be
writing a unit test on fractions and percents on Tuesday, March 6th.
We continued
with our safety in flight presentations today as well as a presentation on
eclipses. These are all now complete.
At the end
of the day we worked on the flight summative task. We reviewed what is meant by
the control variables, the independent variable, and the dependent variable.
Students heard how the problem/question and hypothesis statement must include
the independent and dependent variables. Students then worked on their
background research to gain a better understanding of what makes a paper plane
fly further. This information gave them direction on how to compose their question
and how to state a hypothesis.
Students
attended gym and French class today.
Look out for
an exciting letter coming home today announcing the St. Jude’s Soccer Club.
Look out for
a note about a DP information session taking place on Thursday, March 8th.
Next week is
Spirit Week. Students are asked to wear their PJs to school on Monday.
Day 1 – Flight Safety Presentations
We began our
day with math. Students applied their knowledge and understanding of decimals
and percents to drawing circle graphs to represent data. This involved a few
steps. First the data was converted to a fraction and a decimal. The decimal
was multiplied by 360° to find the size of the sector in the graph. Students
used compasses and protractors to construct the circles and sectors within the
circle graphs. They finally assigned the graph a title and labeled each sector
(including the % it represented). Students who did not complete this work in
class are asked to complete pages 170 – 172 of the MMS 7 practice book for
homework. Students will be writing a unit test on fractions and percents on
Tuesday, March 6th.
During our
flight inquiry time, students began their safety in flight presentations. We
did not get through all these presentations today. We will continue with them
tomorrow. Devices will be needed for this task.
Tomorrow,
students will be conducting research on what design makes the best paper planes
(i.e. the ones that fly the farthest). Devices will be needed for this.
Students
attended gym, music, and French class today.
Ms. Roe-Etter
will be presenting an information session on the Diploma Programme (DP), next
Thursday, March 8th and 7 pm.
Homework and Reminders
·
Complete your background research on
what makes paper planes fly further if you did not complete this in class today
·
Math 7 – Complete pages 173 – 178, math test
on Tuesday
·
March 5 – March 9: Spirit Week
o
Monday
- PJ Day
o
Tuesday
- Superhero/Princess Day
o
Wednesday
- Whacky Wednesday
o
Thursday
- Sports Day
o
Friday
- St. Patrick’s Day
·
Monday, March 5 – Grade 10 Personal Project
Presentations
·
Wednesday, March 7 – U20 Soccer Trip
·
Thursday, March 8 – DP Information Session at 7 pm
·
Friday, March 9th – Skiing trip
·
March 12 – March 25: March Break
·
March 26 – Back to School
·
March 27 – Sibling & Grad pictures
·
March 28 – Casual Day
·
March 29 – Term 2 Report Cards, Autism
Awareness Day, Silent Dance
·
March 30 – Good Friday – No school
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