SMART file on D2L

I will post the biodiversity SMART file under news in our D2L shell.  Remember, in order to open a SMART file at home, you need to go into the Cougar Community shell on D2L then scroll down (way down) to March or May of 2012 to see the instructions that Mr. Moses wrote.

Hope this helps with your prep...

Lots on the go...

PARTY forms...first come; first serve.  First 55 forms into the office will have a chance to go to Foothills.

Science quiz tomorrow.  Textbook is on D2L under Cougar Community...make sure you can answer topic 1 & 2 review questions.  All questions will be scenario based so ensure that you are making big connections like we do in class discussions.

Math check in on Friday...3D composite shapes...rectangular prisms & cylinders only.

D2L malfunction at the junction

Mr. Perritt and I have identified the problem on D2L with the online textbooks...we will sort it out tomorrow.

Please solve the double cylinder question for tomorrow.  If the graphic organizer from today is helpful, great...please use it!!  Remember, you have a Math check in on composite surface area on Friday.  Nothing major...just a couple of questions to work through.

Science quiz is Thursday...ensure that you are reviewing your notes & making those big connections. If you didn't come to class with your web done, you missed a bunch of feedback & missed the opportunity to hear the perspectives of others.  Think about that awesome audio lice clip that we listened to today in class (from CBC) and think about all the connections already to our curriculum...so awesome!!!

Humanities

Hello 903... I now know the secret to a successful Humanities class..chocolate!!! :-)

Today for homework: all work in your journal please
- think about and reply to the following in your journals:
.....if you can dream it, you can accomplish it.
.....if you believe you can, you will.
.....Do you believe in the power of positive thinking?
- review Stuart McLean's article "The Adventurous Life of John Goddard"
- find and identify at least 3 pieces of advice that John Goddard gives about setting and achieving goals. Then give a brief explanation about what you choose those pieces of advice, why what he says is important to you or what those nuggets of advice mean to you or how they reflect the choices you make or the goals you set.....

Homeroom

Terry Fox pledges due tomorrow.  Ensure that you are wearing red & blue for the HR competitions!!

Thanks for working through the questions on IRIS with your adults in advance of interviews...please see the email that was sent out last week for further instructions.

For Tuesday...

Here is your task due for Tuesday...it will be good prep work for your first Science quiz which will be on Thursday. 

Vocabulary:

• competition
• environment
• specialists
• generalists
• narrow niche
• broad niche
• specialization
• resource partitioning
• variation

Give your own definition for the vocabulary words and create a mindmap/web/word cycle to connect all 9 vocabulary words.

Please ensure that you are reviewing SA for cylinders (circles/rectangle/circumference)...thanks.

Homeroom Reminders

Fall field day/Terry Fox Run...Thursday, Sept 24th...please bring in your pledge sheets & remember to wear red & blue.  This is our first homeroom challenge of the year.

Immunization forms are due back asap.

A couple last field trip forms to come in for tomorrow.

Math homework

Double Math today!!

Please complete the questions from today p. 32-35 Mathlinks 9 #4,6,8,9,12

Making of Treaty 7 tomorrow...we leave at 11:30 am...please bring a bagged lunch as we will eat before we leave on the bus.

Ma/Sci

Please see previous blog post for homeroom reminders...lots of forms needed asap.  Thanks.

Finish off your cake SA question...make sure your work is easy to follow & organized.

Look over you Science responses and be ready to give feedback on where your work needs to improve.

Humanities

Welcome to Government and Democracy! (check out the video again)
- beef up your notes in your journal

• What is the role of government?
• What types of governments exist around the world?
• How do other forms of government compare to democracy?
• What are some key principles of democracy?
• Why is democracy important?


HOMEWORK:
Principals of Democracy - you and your buddy(ies) have ONE principal that you are responsible for
- you are to familiarize yourself with your principle and design a brief presentation to inform the rest of the class about the principle. Students can design a poster, symbol or graphic, create a skit, or provide actual examples that demonstrate the principle working or not working.

Keep working on.....lnfluences and Inspirations

Make a list of five to ten people in your life--real people like family, friends, neighbors, community members, public figures (celebrities, singers, athletes), and fictional characters from books, television or movies - - who have influenced or inspired you in some way positively or negatively. Try to include at least one person you feel may have influenced you negatively. At least three of these people should be literary characters. Following each character or person in your list, identify the main values each stands for in your mind. How do you think this person or character sees life? What does she or he stand for? (To help you get started, respond to your choice of the questions below.) Which characters or people do you know have gone through a change in values? Compare the causes of these changes, if you know them. What conditions and forces do you think cause a person’s vision of life and, thereby, values to change?

Reminders

Terry Fox pledge sheets due on Thursday, Sept 24th (Terry Fox Run/Fall Field Day/interviews)...a busy day!!

Making of Treaty 7 forms & $5 are due asap...this field trip is on Wednesday, Sept 23rd.

Immunization forms were handed out on Friday...please return them asap so they can be passed in to our school nurse.  Thanks.

Take a look over your Math so you are familiar with surface area.  You might want to review formulae for SA of circle, rectangle, square, triangle, and have a peek in your Math 8 journals at Pythag. Theorem examples.

Your priority this weekend is your adaptation responses for Science.  Please ensure these are in your journals for class time on Monday so we can look at them together & receive some feedback.  Thanks.  If you need to email them to me, please do so prior to 7:30 am on Monday.  Thanks.  It is day 1 on Monday so we all start the day in PE.

Homeroom

Terry Fox pledge sheets were handed out today...our Terry Fox Run/Fall Field Day is happening on Thursday, Sept 24th.

Making of Treaty 7 field trip paperwork was handed out today...please hand in your forms & $5 asap to Mrs. Krushel.  The field trip is on Wednesday so please ensure that these important forms are not sitting on the bottom of your back packs!!  Thanks.

School forms...many are still missing...please hand them in asap.  Thank you so much for your immediate attention to this important matter.

Ma/Sci

Translation assignment is due tomorrow in Math.  Adaptations research responses need to be in your journal for Monday...we will share & receive feedback in class.

Humanities

Hi everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful day.

Today we...

1. worked on our Critical Response: students choose 1 - DUE TOMORROW (share jepeterson@educbe.ca)

(required: introduction, arguments with evidence to support their ideas, conclusion)

What does citizenship mean to you?

How could being a Canadian citizen affect your individual or collective identity?

How do government decisions affect quality of life, citizenship and identity in Canada?

How do healthcare services connect to citizenship and quality of life?

 How do rights and freedoms affect your identity and quality of life?

How might factors such as identity and citizenship affect your behaviour as a consumer?

-       Your response needs to be thoughtful and mature

-       Include your own beliefs, values, thoughts about the topic

-       Include your understanding of the vocabulary

-       Can you offer perspectives

-       Explain why and how and provide examples

2. worked on a task (lnfluences and Inspirations) connected to our CREED unit

- all work in your journals (including the handout)

- we will have a little nit of time to put finishing touches on responses tomorrow however journal MUST be handed in tomorrow

lnfluences and Inspirations: Real People and Literary Characters

Make a list of seven to ten people in your life--real people like family, friends, neighbors, community members, public figures (celebrities, singers, athletes), and fictional characters from books, television or movies - - who have influenced or inspired you in some way positively or negatively. Try to include at least one person you feel may have influenced you negatively. At least three of these people should be literary characters.

Following each character or person in your list, identify the main values each stands for in your mind. How do you think this person or character sees life? What does she or he stand for? Which characters or people do you know have gone through a change in values? Compare the causes of these changes, if you know them. What conditions and forces do you think cause a person’s vision of life and, thereby, values to change?

 Most and Least Admirable

Look over your list from number 1. Which of these characters or real people do you most admire for her or his vision or values? Why? Give specific examples. What other characters from your list do you admire? What person or character do you least admire? Explain by giving specific and detailed examples. What  other characters or people from your list do you not admire much? Why? What do you suppose your choices of most and least admirable person say about your own values?

Ma/Sci

Variation labs are due tomorrow.  3 histograms & #1-4 on p. 9 in Science Focus 9.

Here are the analysis questions if you need:
1. Are there any similarities between the graphs?
2. Can you explain the shapes of the graphs?
3. Is there any reason why a graph for right wrist measurements might be different from left wrist measurements?
4. What are some of the factors that might cause variations between you and your classmates?

Math translation assignment is due Friday.

Adaptations research questions are due on Monday...ready to get feedback in class.

You worked very well today in the library...I was very proud of you.

Old Hum journals

Please bring in your Hum journal from Gr 8 or 7...whichever one has the most pages left.  ASAP...thanks.

Ma/Sci

Reminder that we have a quick Math check in tomorrow...2 shapes (line/rotational/both), lines of symmetry, order of rotation, angle of rotational.

Translation/rotational assignment due on Friday.

Variation labs are due on Thursday...histograms/analysis questions #1-4 p. 9.  Science Focus 9 is online in D2L under content in the Cougar Community.

Humanities

Hi everyone,

You did great work today with understanding some of our big concepts in Social Studies. See the pictures below and cross reference with your notes (journal work and yellow handout). We will discuss these tomorrow and prep for writing a critical response.

Also, we read "If" by Rudyard Kipling and began work on analyzing the poem.

“If” consists of advice given by a father to his son on what it means to “be a Man”. Various attributes are listed including: self-belief, patience, truthfulness, kindness and modesty. The advice is presented in a series of statements each beginning with the conditional word “if”. Each statement contains a pair of opposites which build up into a strong guide as to how the father feels life should be lived.

Tomorrow we will further our conversation and add to the work on your own Creed. See the handout from today (make sure it goes into your journals) to give you a heads up as to what we will be discussing tomorrow.

 

  

 

Math & Science

There will be a quick Math check in on Wednesday covering line & rotational symmetry.

Variation labs are due for Thursday please.  Please ensure that you are putting in the effort to create histograms that are clear, labeled, titled, easy to read.  Please paste these in your journals & answer the analysis questions on page 9.  

Have a great weekend

Please finish up your critical thinking responses for Monday...no more than 30 minutes of work this weekend please.  Just want to read your thoughts!

Pancake Breakfast in the Morning!!!!

Great classes today!!

We reviewed line symmetry & moved into the order of rotation for a variety of shapes.

You will have a critical thinking response to complete tomorrow in class.  Please just mull it over tonight..

We know approximately 13% of species on Earth...

If more money is made by getting medicine from trees, then why are trees still used for agricultural purposes?  And why are they still being cut down?

Humanities

We have just started our CREED unit. Creed comes from the Latin word Credo which means "I believe". At the end of our unit, students will create a their own Creed via a project of their choosing...more information related to this will come next week. Throughout this unit we will view videos, read short stories, poems and articles, as well as many discussions. 

Questions that students have begun to work on... (minimum of 3 answered in journals...)
1. What is my creed?
2. How does my creed impact my life?
3. How do outside forces affect my creed?
4. Do we have conscious control over it or are we a product of our environment?
5. Where did my creed come from?
6. Does my creed stay the same or change over time?
7. Can a creed be sold or bought?
8. Can you/how will you defend your creed?
9. How will you fulfill it?



Issues for Canadians

Intro to Issues for Canadians

Today we started to look at our overarching themes in Grade 9 Social Studies. Students received a handout and will continue to work on vocabulary and big questions today and tomorrow.

Homework expectations for today:
- review the introduction to the textbook to get a feel for all the big ideas in Grade 9 Social
- KEY TERMS: have an understanding of and a definition for each (this will not be assessed, however the use of these terms in a critical response will be :-))

Key terms: write or sketch ideas or definitions for each of the following terms below.

Issue                                                   Perspective                                         Point of view

Quality of life                                       Rights                                                  Society

Governance                                        Political system                                   Economic system

Opinion                                                Criteria                                                            Citizenship

Individual identity                                 Collective Identity

Ma/Sci check in

Today in Science we started some notes on biodiversity.  What is it?  What does it look like?

In Math, we reviewed line symmetry & pushed into rotational symmetry.

Please get your forms & fees into the school...thanks.

If you have your old Hum journal, please rip out the papers so you can use it for Science this year...thanks.

Math & Science check in

Hi Everybody,

Awesome work today in Math & Science.  Please take a look at the biodiversity intro activity feedback that you received on your rubrics & think about where you would like to move toward this year.  I thought your feedback was insightful & constructive.

We introduced the concepts of line symmetry today in Math.  A copy of my SMART file was given with examples.  Take a moment to draw in the lines of symmetry that you can see.  We will review them tomorrow & push forward.

Remember to bring in your forms asap.

Please ensure that you have the Hilroy notebooks for Math & I will work towards trying to get visual journals for you for Science.  In the meantime, no loose paper in Science or Math please.  You need a glue stick in your pencil cases. 

Thanks for the great start up...it has been so smooth!  What an awesome group!

Humanities work for Tuesday, September 8

1. Today we signed out library books and everyone should have a novel. Even though it is expected that reading takes place at home each evening, novels also need to come to class each day.

Reading journal task: (answer the following questions in your journal)

- Why Read?

- Why am I reading this book? (why did you choose the book you signed out?)

- What do I already know about the book, the author, the theme...(look for clues...title, summary, etc)

- What details do I think the author will include in the the text...make PREDICTIONS. 

2. Writing task to be completed in journals... What does HAPPY look like?

- at least a paragraph of writing is required (this means you have 1 introductory sentence, at least 3 detail sentences, and 1 concluding sentence)

- you may have more writing :-)

- you may create lists or word webs...you may include pictures/visuals/drawings

- borders and/or backgrounds are ALWAYS a good idea when working in your journals

An awesome first day...!

Thank you for a great first day.  We are both so very excited to be teaching all of you.  Thanks for returning your forms & fees asap.