Looking back & Looking ahead September 16-20

Math

In Math this week, we reviewed the results of the diagnostic test the students wrote last week. We started our unit on Integers (Unit 2). The students learned to use models to add integers and did many practice examples. Students did homework assignments based on the first two sections of this unit. Next week we will look at subtracting Integers. If you have not already done so, a reminder to please have your textbook covered by Monday Sept. 16 at the latest.

Have a great weekend! 
Mr. Soufi

Science

In Science this week we are starting our Interaction and Ecological System unit. We will learn how to make a Study Sheet and will view the theme 1 of the 1st unit of our textbook.
Notes module 1: Écosystème
Notes module 1: Écosystème (élève)
Science Outline


ELA:


Due in ELA this week were our Soundtrack projects. Once we were finished with those, we talked about classifications of Myths, Legends, Fantasy and Fairy/Folk Tales. We read our first story: "How the Thunder made Horses" and will be comparing it to "The Contest Over Athens." Following that, we will de the same with "Narcissus and Echo" and "Dragon Princess Tatsuko." Then we will do a larger comparison with a written version of the Maui Myth and the Disney film Moana.



Social Studies

This week in Social Studies we worked on some basic skills like creating timelines and finding reliable sources for current events and how to take research notes. We had timelines due this week and our 3QPOC sheets are due on Monday. We will be moving on to map reading and will be writing a quiz on that on Wednesday. We will bridge to our first official unit by talking about how our Indigenous People viewed the geography of their home.



FLA:
This week we learned about placing and according adjectives in French.  We are in the middle of a fingerprint project that students will complete on Monday and it will be due on Tuesday.  We will then prepare a small presentation in order to get to know each other a little better, and also to give me a sense of where we are starting out with regard to our verbal skills in French.  It's called <Ma vie en sac> or "my life in a bag".  In this spin on show-and-tell, we will select 3 objects that are able to fit into a bag.  These must be objects we feel best represent our values and who we are.  We will then describe each object aloud to the class and explain the importance of each!