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April 29 , 2013


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New spelling words are given each Monday

For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

  • Monday- Spelling
  • Tuesday- Math
  • Wednesday- Writing
  • Thursday - math and spelling test study
  • Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.

 

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Period 1 Math ...Room 32

9:00 - 9:40 am

Students have made board games. They should play these games and then provide written feedback for every game they play. They, personally, will be judged on the quality of their feedback. As the board game creator, that person should make sure at least three pieces of feedback were gathered about their own game. Each student will fill in their own feedback sheet. The more games they play, the better their mark will be, as long their feedback is thoughtful, accurate and considerate.

 

Period 2 English ...Room 32


9:40 - 10:05 am

Math games and feedback continued. .

 

Period 3 English ...Room 32

10:20 - 11:05 am

Geography. This may be done over the next two days. Work as far as you can in the book. Use the laptops if necessary.. Read p 190-192. Research and answer the questions on p 192, #1,2,3
Read 193-195. Define any terms written in BOLD. Answer questions on p 195, #1,2,3,4 on the chart

Drama and Dance 11:05 - 11:45 am
Period 4 ... in Room 206

Planning time for Mr. Winship

Ms. da Costa provides the programme

12:45 - 1:35 pm
Periods 5 and 6 ...Room 205

Please have one of the students take attendance with the blue folder, show it to you and then take it to the office.

Working Day
Please visit this link to use Audacity. This is a sound recording programme that may be used to record multiple tracks in one file. You can add sound effects and layers of sound to create a complete MP3 or Wav audio file.

Audacity tutorial support and Sound FX Page


Normally this would be workshop time, but since I am away, the students will work on their technology project. They will use computer laptops for this. The project is posted online and involves making a Podcast with a science theme. On the laptops, the student use AUDACITY. Students may also be using Garageband on the Mac computers.


Period 7 ...Room 32

 

Working Day
Please visit this link to use Audacity. This is a sound recording programme that may be used to record multiple tracks in one file. You can add sound effects and layers of sound to create a complete MP3 or Wav audio file.

Audacity tutorial support and Sound FX Page

Period 8 ...Room 32

Homeroom :Continued with Audacity

 

 

Agenda Checks
All Intermediate students return to Homeroom
3:00 - 3:30 pm

 

 



Spelling

Homework: Spelling definitions for all ten words, including sentences. The words are posted on the site on week 5 of April. Here they are for you:


commiserate, trajectory, superficial, sanguine, acquisition, inhibition, dearth , embellish, impunity, elucidation


For parents: the basic homework schedule for homeroom is as follows:

  • Monday- Spelling
  • Tuesday- Math
  • Wednesday- Writing
  • Thursday - math and spelling test study
  • Every evening should include at least a half hour of sustained reading.

Friday's Spelling test should come home on Friday to share with parents.

Friday's math test should come home on Monday to share with parents.

Videolink: NewScientist video -> robotics


Links to helpful websites
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.algebrahelp.com/lessons/
http://mathforum.org/library/topics/basic_algebra/


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