daily update – December 12
Social Studies 9-E/F
Napoleonic Era
Activity: Lecture/Notes – Life Under Napoleon
Assignment: How Did France Change Under Napoleon?
English 7
Collaborative Story Writing
Activity: Students continued working on their collaborative stories.
daily update – December 11
Social Studies 9-A
Napoleonic Era
Activity: Lecture/Notes – Life Under Napoleon
Assignment: How Did France Change Under Napoleon?
Science 7
Ecology
Activity: Students continued with their research on Endangered Species. They should now be finished gathering information and final assembly of their brochures should be underway.
Math 7
Percent
Activity: Introduction to Percent; do text pp. 156-157 #3-14
Assignment: 4.1 – Percents as Fractions and Decimals
daily update – December 10
Social Studies 7
Current Events
Assignment: Current Events – Hurricane Sandy
English 7
Collaborative Writing
Activity: Students continued with collaborative story writing project
Social Studies 9-E/F
Napoleonic Era
Activity: view Khan’s Academy video, French Revolution, part 4 (rise of Napoleon Bonaparte)
Assignment: Napoleon’s Early Career
daily update – December 7
Math 7
Decimals
Activity: Chapter 3 Quiz
Science 7
Ecology
Project Work: Endangered Species research
Social Studies 9-A
Napoleonic Era
Activity: view Khan’s Academy video, French Revolution, part 4 (rise of Napoleon Bonaparte)
Assignment: Napoleon’s Early Career
daily update – December 6
Social Studies 9-E/F
French Revolution
Activity: Chapter 3 Quiz
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
Assignment: Read pages 72-75; class discussion on importance of trade in Ancient Mesopotamia. Do Voyage to Nippur organizer.
Science 7
Ecology
Project: Continue research on endangered species.
daily update – December 5
Social Studies 9-A
French Revolution
Activity: Chapter 3 Quiz – The French Revolution
Math 7
Decimals
Activity: Chapter 3 Review pp. 145-146 #1-5, 6ab, 9ab, 15, 16, 17a-d, 18a-d, 20,
Reminder: Chapter 3 Quiz on Friday, December 7
English 7
Collaborative Story Writing
Activity: Students self-selected groups today to begin planning & brainstorming for a new collaborative story writing project.
daily update – December 4
English 7
Responding to Literature – Fears & Phobias
Activity: Read non-fiction article, “Phobia Factor”
Assignment: My Worst Fear expository paragraph
Social Studies 7
Mesopotamia
Activity: Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia
Assignment: Climagraph Activity – Baghdad & Vancouver
Social Studies 9-E/F
French Revolution
Activity: Finish viewing movie, “Les Miserables”; do chapter 3 review
REMINDER** Chapter 3 Quiz Thursday, December 6
daily update – November 30
Science 7
Human Survival Depends on Sustainable Ecosystems
Project: Endangered Species research
Math 7
Decimals
Activity: p. 140 #1-5
Assignment: 3.10 – Expressing Fractions as Decimals
Social Studies 9-A
French Revolution
Activity: Finish viewing movie, “Les Miserables”; do chapter 3 review
REMINDER** Chapter 3 Quiz Wednesday, December 5
daily update – November 29
Social Studies 9-E/F
French Revolution
Activity: view movie, “Les Miserables”
NOTE** Begin reviewing for upcoming Chapter 3 quiz (Thursday, Dec 6)
Social Studies 7
Current Events
Assignment: Read article, “Activist Teen Shot by Taliban.” Answer comprehension questions.
English 7
Novel Study
Activity: view movie, “The Mighty”
daily update – November 28
Social Studies 9-A
French Revolution
Activity: view movie, “Les Miserables”
Science 7
Human Survival Depends on Sustainable Ecosystems
Activity: Introduced new RESEARCH PROJECT on Endangered Species. Students worked on iPads researching an endangered or threatened animal species in Canada. This project will be worth 30% of the term mark. Due: December 17
Math 7
Decimals
Activity: text pp. 136-137 #3-6, 12, 13, 15, 17
Assignment: 3.9 – Expressing Fractions as Decimals