What a Week!

This week in Math we:

• Finished our Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Reasoning unit with a short quiz.
• Reviewed some fractions concepts, like proper, improper and mixed fractions, as well as adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators and unlike denominators.  Did a "Get Ready" assignment.
• Talked about the idea of percent.  Did a "Get Ready" assignment.

This week in Science we:

• Reviewed the ideas of Variables, Qualitative and Quantitative.
• Did some vocabulary for Mix and Flow of matter.  You got a template, a word list, and due dates.  Do you know where they are?
• Talked about Fluids.  We were interrupted by the fire alarm while doing our activity.  We try to do the activity again next week.
• Completed our introduction to Lab Safety and Experimental Method.  Did a show you know task based on the movie "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"  How did you do?

Other Stuff:

• Math Outcomes have changed.
• You all have a file folder in the classroom to organize and store your learning materials.

Coming Up

• Percent is all about 100.
• Fluid experiment.
• Mixtures and how to classify them.
• Visual Journal Entries.
• Terry Fox Run Friday September 27, 2019
• Orange Shirt Day Monday September 30, 2019

Sliding into Super Saturday 8-5!

Last Week in MATH we:

• Checked our math duotangs, only math minutes in there right?
• Talked more about RATES.  What are some examples?
• What is a UNIT RATE? What do we use it for?
• Created a word wall about RATE & UNIT RATE
• Completed 2.2 Rates and Unit Rates
• Worked on Proportional Reasoning.  What is Proportional Reasoning? (hint:  equivalent fractions)
• Completed ONE of the three levels about Proportional Reasoning:
• Level 1:  Page 67 #4, 5, 6, 8, 11
• Level 2:  Pages 67-68 #4-10, 11
• Level 3: Pages 67-68 #4-15
• Did review of our Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Reasoning Unit.
• Completed ONE of the three levels for Unit Review:
• Level 1: Page 70 #1-6, 9, 11
• Level 2: Page 70 #1-11, Page 71 #15
• Level 3: Pages 70-71 #1-18
• Looking for a Challenge?  Try the Practice Test on Pages 72-73!
• Ratios, Rates, Proportional Reasoning Unit Quiz on MONDAY!

Last Week in SCIENCE WE:

• Reviewed LAB SAFETY.  
• Looked at our feedback from the Penny Experiment, finished it up and re-submitted
• Wrote HYPOTHESES about different experiments. (2 Assignments)
• Identified VARIABLES in different experiments.  What are CONTROLLED, MANIPULATED, and RESPONDING variables? (1 Assignment)
• Started our WORD WALL for the Unit Mix and Flow of Matter.  It is due on Tuesday Sept 17th, 2019.  
• Criteria:  Word, Definition, Picture, Can see it clearly and read it from 2 meters away.  

Other Stuff:

• Got our VISUAL JOURNALS!  First page is all about YOU.  Second page will be goal setting!
• Remember you can access all of your textbooks through Brightspace by d2l.  See the link on the side.
• Your MATH OUTCOMES have changed!  Stay Tuned for More Details!

Coming Up:

• Math Unit Quiz on MONDAY - RATIOS, RATES, PROPORTIONAL REASONING.
• Next Math Unit - FRACTIONS
• What is a Fluid?  
• Particle Model of Matter.
• Applying the Scientific Method.
• Terry Fox Run on September 27, 2019.
• Orange Shirt Day is on September 30, 2019.  Why do we recognize this day?

Happy Friday 8-5!

This week in Math we:

• continued building our math duotangs
• caught up with our ratios and rates definitions in our math notebooks
• worked with a partner to complete pages 59-60 #1-3 as a TEAM.
• worked with the Cartesian plane to make a picture
• reviewed ratios
• worked with percents.  Completed an assignment.  What can we do with percent?  What is your magic number with percent.
• converted fractions to decimals
• talked about using RATES - how and why
• what has to be different to calculate a rate?
• completed ONE of the levels about rates:
• Level 1 pages 60-62 #4, 6, 7, 7, 10, 13
• Level 2 pages 60-62 #4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
• Level 3 pages 60-62 #4, 7, 14, 15, 17, 18

This week in Science we:

• completed our unit on Safety.  We will be SAFE all year long.  We know how.
• Items that should be completed and handed in:
• WHMIS poster
• What not to do in the lab sheet
• Lab safety rule poster
• Started our unit on the Scientific Method
• worked on observations, inferences, qualitative and quantitative
• Did the penny experiment.  Will finish on Monday.

Other Stuff:

• are you formatting your work properly?  Name, Date, Class, Title?
• your textbooks are on Brightspace by d2l for you.  You have been registered in the Wilson & Schultz class.
• Alvin Law presentation.  Was amazing.  

Coming up:

• Rates and proportional reasoning
• Hypotheses & Variables & More Scientific Method

Greetings 8-5!  
Hope your school year is off to a great start.
Just a quick update of our progress so far this year.
A reminder that weekly updates will begin on Friday.
Textbooks stay in the classroom.  You will have access to the them online through Brightspace if you need.

So far in MATH we have:

• Reviewed the Cartesian plane and coordinate geometry.  What character did you do?
• Started our Math Minute duotangs.  As you walk in the door you pick up a Math Minute, do it and put it in your duotang.  Don't feel like doing it that day?  No problem, put it in your duotang and do it another day.  No calculators, just a little practice for your brain.  We are up to Math Minute #10.
• Talked about our first topic:  Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Reasoning
• Started our Math Notebook.  We found the key words for our topic on page 43 of our MathLinks 8 textbook.  We then found their definitions and recorded them in our notebook.
• We learned 3 ways to write ratios.
• We can represent ratios part to part or part to whole.
• We can write 2 and 3 term ratios.
• We can write the ratio in LOWEST terms.
• Completed the Get Ready handout.
• Completed 2.1 Two-Term and Three-Term Ratios
• Illustrated an example of ratios from our world that did NOT include a boy/girl count.
• Completed and handed in Level 1, 2 OR 3 in our MathLinks 8 Textbook:
• Level 1:  Page 51 #5, 7, 10, 12
• Level 2:  Pages 51-52 #5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12
• Level 3:  Pages 51-52 #5-15

So far in SCIENCE we have:

• Explored WHMIS 2015.  Compared it to old WHMIS.  What are the differences?
• Made and handed in a WHMIS poster.  Chose one symbol, made a slogan and created an informative poster.  What does WHMIS stand for?
• Talked about Lab Safety.  Looked a Zombie Lab Safety Video.
• When you think about Lab Safety what are the 3 most important things?
• What is PPE? Where is the eyewash station?  Where is the fire extinguisher?  The fire exit?
• We reviewed page 11 of our Science in Action 8 text books.  There is a list of important Lab Safety rules to follow.
• Started our Lab Safety Poster.

Other Stuff:

• Puzzle Piece - your name and at least 2 positive things about yourself.
• Get to know you form completed and handed in.
• Had a fire drill.  Well done 8-5.  

Coming Up:

• Math - number line fractions, Percents, Rates
• Science - Scientific Method