Thursday, February 28, 2013

Prominent Leaders in Canada.  View the video in Voicethread and consider the Big Idea question due Monday March 4th (respond in your own words, do not plagiarize).
  • Identify the achievements and contributions of a prominent leader/figure in the Black community.  How did their achievements and contributions influence modern day society and young Canadians? 
SOCIAL STUDIES:  Continuity and Change google docs group discussion in-class and complete questions at-home due Friday March 1st.

MATH: Entrance Pass due tomorrow, focussing on surface area of a triangular prism


  • Create a mission statement page
  • Each member of the team will research their favourite company and browse through their website-find their mission statement and paste into your wiki (also hyperlink the company website to your wiki page)
Business Day due Friday:
  • further research what your roles/responsibilities are as a leader
  • finalize: customer survey analysis
  • finalize: research on related businesses and business contacts

SCIENCE: Scientists in the School (SIS) guest Sandy joined us today and engaged students in a variety of experiments focussing on electricity (simple/series/parallel circuits).
 

 

 

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Prominent Leaders in Canada.  View the video in Voicethread and consider the Big Idea question due Monday March 4th (respond in your own words, do not plagiarize).

  • Identify the achievements and contributions of a prominent leader/figure in the Black community.  How did their achievements and contributions influence modern day society and young Canadians? 
SOCIAL STUDIES:  Continuity and Change google docs group discussion in-class and complete questions at-home due Friday March 1st.

  • Create a mission statement page
  • Each member of the team will research their favourite company and browse through their website-find their mission statement and paste into your wiki (also hyperlink the company website to your wiki page)
Business Day due Friday:
  • further research what your roles/responsibilities are as a leader
  • finalize: customer survey analysis
  • finalize: research on related businesses and business contacts
PAST DUE: 
  • Heritage & Citizenship Wiki in your research, examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between Europeans and First Nation Peoples (focussing on your assigned perspective: religion / trade / food / education / medicine / natural resources / government needs / social needs / physical needs).
  • Social Studies: view the videos on the Social Studies Blog and respond to the guiding question (one original response and comment on another students response).

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Prominent Leaders in Canada.  View the video in Voicethread and consider the Big Idea question due Monday March 4th (respond in your own words, do not plagiarize).
  • Identify the achievements and contributions of a prominent leader/figure in the Black community.  How did their achievements and contributions influence modern day society and young Canadians? 
SOCIAL STUDIES:  Continuity and Change google docs group discussion in-class and complete questions at-home due Friday March 1st.


  




MATH: 
  • Entrance Pass: using the knowledge co-constructed in the measurement blog and the discussions in class today, complete the Chocolongo Bar challenge on your own for tomorrow; 
  • In your measurement blog cycle 2-reflect on process leading up to the Performance Task (collaborating on the blog, placemat activity, and math talk in class) and how it helped you to extend and analyze the question.

  • further research what your roles/responsibilities are as a leader
  • finalize: customer survey analysis
  • finalize: research on related businesses and business contacts
PAST DUE: 
  • Heritage & Citizenship Wiki in your research, examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between Europeans and First Nation Peoples (focussing on your assigned perspective: religion / trade / food / education / medicine / natural resources / government needs / social needs / physical needs).
  • Social Studies: view the videos on the Social Studies Blog and respond to the guiding question (one original response and comment on another students response).


Monday, February 25, 2013

"If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our students of tomorrow"  John Dewey

Read the above quote.  This will be our discussion opener for tomorrow morning  :o)
SOCIAL STUDIES: 
  • Heritage & Citizenship Wiki in your research, examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between Europeans and First Nation Peoples (focussing on your assigned perspective: religion / trade / food / education / medicine / natural resources / government needs / social needs / physical needs).
  • Social Studies: view the videos on the Social Studies Blog and respond to the guiding question (one original response and comment on another students response).
MATH: 
  • Entrance Pass: surface area, wallpapering a bedroom use feedback from discussion today to review and revise your math thinking

  • further research what your roles/responsibilities are as a leader (include links)
  • finalize: customer survey analysis
  • finalize: research on related businesses and business contacts

Friday, February 22, 2013

SOCIAL STUDIES: 
  • Heritage & Citizenship Wiki in your research, examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between Europeans and First Nation Peoples (focussing on your assigned perspective: religion / trade / food / education / medicine / natural resources / government needs / social needs / physical needs).
  • Social Studies: view the videos on the Social Studies Blog and respond to the guiding question (one original response and comment on another students response).
MATH: 
  • Entrance Pass: surface area, wallpapering a bedroom
  • Monday: groups will be presenting their findings/justifications of the Packaging the Chocolongo Bar.
 

 

 


  • further research what your roles/responsibilities are as a leader
  • finalize: customer survey analysis
  • finalize: research on related businesses and business contacts





Thursday, February 21, 2013

SOCIAL STUDIES: 
  • Heritage & Citizenship Wiki in your research, examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between Europeans and First Nation Peoples (focussing on your assigned perspective: religion / trade / food / education / medicine / natural resources / government needs / social needs / physical needs).
  • Social Studies: view the videos on the Social Studies Blog and respond to the guiding question (one original response and comment on another students response).
MATH: 
  • The data collected will be organized into graphs, analyzed and evalated prior to presenting it in our first Business Day group meeting TOMORROW (dress for success)   
  • use the guiding questions to analyze the information provided in the graphs

PAST DUE:
Entrance Pass: using perimeter and area to solve the surface area of a cube

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

SOCIAL STUDIES: 
  • Heritage & Citizenship Wiki in your research, examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between Europeans and First Nation Peoples (focussing on your assigned perspective: religion / trade / food / education / medicine / natural resources / government needs / social needs / physical needs).
  • Social Studies: view the videos on the Social Studies Blog and respond to the guiding question (one original response and comment on another students response).
MATH: 
  • Entrance Pass: using perimeter and area for solve the surface area of a cube
  • share your ideas and strategies on how you would go about solving Packaging the Chocolongo Bar.
  • The data collected will be organized into graphs, analyzed and evalated prior to presenting it in our first Business Day group meeting this Friday  :o)
  • use the guiding questions to analyze the information provided in the graphs
PAST DUE:
Entrance Pass: complete your Reflection from Term 1 to Goal Setting for Term 2 sheet

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Entrance Pass: complete your Reflection from Term 1 to Goal Setting for Term 2 sheet for tomorrow.

SOCIAL STUDIES: 
  • Heritage & Citizenship Wiki in your research, examine the positive and negative effects of interactions between Europeans and First Nation Peoples (focussing on your assigned perspective: religion / trade / food / education / medicine / natural resources / government needs / social needs / physical needs).
  • view the videos on the Social Studies Blog and respond to the guiding question.

MATH: 
  • Continue to survey your top three potential business concepts / correction on my part, Marketing is taking the lead on the survey presentation 
  • The data collected will be organized into graphs, analyzed and evalated prior to presenting it in our first Business Day group meeting this Friday  :o)