Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Monday / Last Friday

*Ultimate practice - Thursday 7:45am
*Rock Band - Tuesday 3-4:30pm
*Guitar/Longboard Building - Wednesday (D&T room 11:50am)

*Math Extra help/enrichment Wednesday after school 3-3:30pm (rm. 212)


English
-Novel Study - Section #4 is due Wednesday (summary/use five words in a sentence/two open-ended questions)
-Novel Study - Section #5 is due Friday (summary/use five words in a sentence/two open-ended questions)
-Novel Study - Section #6 is due Monday (summary/use five words in a sentence/two open-ended questions)

Math
-Measurement Unit Test on Friday or next Monday (depending on how the week goes)
-Extra help/enrichment Wednesday after school 3-3:30pm (rm. 212)

Learning Goals
-Developing and applying the formula for the volume and surface area of a rectangular and triangular prism
-Sketch different prisms that share the same volume or surface area
-Solve problems that involve the surface area and volume of right prisms
-Understand the difference between capacity and volume (including units for each)
-Conversion between metric measures of capacity and volume (i.e., millilitres and cubic centimetres)
-Converting between metric units, including converting between square centimetres and square metres
-Vocabulary: edge, face, vertex, vertices, polygon, regular polygon, polyhedron, prism, pyramid, rectangular prism, triangular prism, net, volume, capacity, surface area

Geography
-Renewable energy strategy presentations start next Tuesday NO EXTENSION - you present what you have completed
-If you need any extra time please speak to me this week

*I accidentally put last Friday's homework update on our Geography website! It is listed below.


Friday, 19 May 2017


English
-Novel Study - Section #4 is due Wednesday (summary/use five words in a sentence/two open-ended questions)
-If you are behind, please use the long weekend to catch up!

Math
-Great work on the quizzes today!
-Unit test next Friday
-Can you determine eight different ways (dimensions) to create a rectangular prism with a volume of 600 centimetres cubed?)
-What about a triangular prism with the same volume?
-If you get a chance, show your families how to play "SKUNK"

Geography
-Renewable energy strategy presentations begin on Wednesday