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Class
schedule is now posted
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Periods
1 and 2...Room 205
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9:00
- 9:40 am
9:40
- 10:20 am |
Grade
7: We
will train in using saws
and drills. Students who
pass the basic safety tests
will begin the Puppet Project.
This assignment is posted
on the Assignment
page.
Grade
8: We
will begin using hydraulics
and pneumatics to control
levers. Students will make
a simple lever controlled
by hydraulic pump. In pairs,
students will then make
a marble maze controlled
by hydraulics. This assignment
is posted on the Assignment
page.
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Periods
3 and 4 ...Room 32
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10:35
- 11:15 am
11:15
- 11:45 am |
Period
3: Last
in-class period for 32 SketchUp
modeling. This assignment is
posted on the Assignment
page.
Period
4: we will return to class to
take notes about the rocket
launches. This will serve as
the basis for a lab report write-up.
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Period
5
12:45
- 1:15 pm
We
will meet our computer buddies today. This is a regular
occurrence and we will be sharing our knowledge with grade
one students. Much of this work will be math based.
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Period
6...Room 32
History
1:15
- 1:55 pm
More
notes about history, including taking notes about timelines.
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Periods
7
and 8 ...Room 32
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1:55
- 2:35 pm |
2:50 - 3:30 pm |
Similes,
metaphors and figurative language as used in stories. This
involves finding examples in books and writing them in your
language book. This builds on the homework students should
have completed from the weekend.
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Agenda
Checks
All Intermediate students return
to Homeroom |
3:25
- 3:30 pm |
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Hand
this in --->
Spelling
word homework from Monday: Spelling
sentences for five of the words. Definitions for all
ten words. Please include your source
for the definitions. These should be written in your new
language notebook, or kept in your language binder.
New spelling words given each Monday
This is week 4 of the September words.
Take
this up--->Final Integer
practice page. Click
here to view or download.
Copy
the questions into your book and answer them there. Do not
print the page if you do not need to. Do not submit the
questions on the paper, rather, copy them into your math
work book.
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Re-write
the paragraph below, using the "expanded Moment"
technique learned in class. This technique is also outlined
in your "smiley-face" trick page.
"Billy
stood quietly in the store. He had been caught stealing
a chocolate bar. The manager called his mother."
Alternatively,
you could re-write this paragraph below.
"Levi
saw the kittens. He wanted one. They jumped playfully. "
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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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