Pro-D Day Friday, Nov. 20th

Just a quick reminder to families that Friday, November 20th is a Professional Development Day.  Teachers will be in school, while students have the day off.

Science Quiz Thursday

Division 1 students will write a brief Science Quiz this Thursday, Nov. 12, on Chapter 7 Content: Extreme Environments.  Students spent much of Monday's Science block learning ways to study, and they have received a study guide detailing what is on the quiz, which is listed below.

What to study from notes and the textbook:

1. Ch.7 Vocab (see duotang)
2. Life support system diagram (p.194)
3. Differences and similarities between at least 2 extreme environments
4. Stages of a space shuttle flight
5. The planets in order from the sun

Ways to study:

1. Do all Chapter 7 assignments.
2. Do the Review Assignment (included in the 7.3 assignment pack).
3. Memorize vocab and meanings (mnemonic devices, flashcards, songs, repetition, reread, write out).
4. Read the section reviews in the textbook.
5. Do the Review in your textbook (p.224-225)
6. Schedule your study time.
7. Study with a friend, parent or sibling (quiz each other on vocab and concepts)
8. Draw pictures of concepts
9. Don’t stress.  You're going to do great!

Social Studies: Canadian Culture & Governance Unit

Take a look at this collage.
Do these images represent Canada?  Do they represent you?
Why these images?  What's missing?

Now that students have had the chance to investigate their own personal histories/her-stories, we dive into a big unit on Canadian Culture, Canada's Links to the World, and Canadian Governance.

Who are we as a community, province and country?  Where did we come from?  What makes us Canadian?  What is a Canadian media stereotype?  How does the rest of the world see Canada?  What is Canada's place in the world, and how do we compare to other nations of the planet?  These are some of the questions we will ask and attempt to answer.

We will also branch into Canadian governance, comparing our form of democracy with governments in other countries of the world.

Dig deeper... take a look at these images.