Thursday

*I hope everyone had a great time on our Skating trip today! A special thanks to all those who lent out extra helmets and skates to classmates

Math

-Small quiz tomorrow on solving one-step and two-step equations

-Review the examples we all did in class yesterday

Wednesday

*Our skating trip is tomorrow after lunch. Bring skates and helmets.
*If you have any extra skates or helmets that will fit students in our class, please bring them!!!

Math
-Excellent work on our two learning goals today! Solving one-step equations involving multiplication and division AND solving two-step equations
-Make sure you finished and understand all 10 questions from class today AND have created your own TWO-STEP equations (with solution - no decimals or negative answers please)

Geography
-Continue research for your man-made and natural landmarks project

Tuesday

*Our skating trip will be Thursday afternoon (Forms are due by Wednesday. Please note that you can not join if you have incomplete work)
*If you have any extra helmets or skates that would fit classmates, please bring them on WEDNESDAY (tomorrow!)

*There will be extra help and work time this Wednesday at lunch

English
-Make sure you have completed your three open-ended questions for the article we read in class today
http://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/02/26/nasa-discovery-7-earth-sized-planets/

Math
-Great job on your quizzes today (out of 12) on solving one-step equations using addition and subtraction
Tomorrow's Learning Goal: Solving one-step equations using multiplication and division
-Try the first two worksheets below for "warm-up" (the third sheet is a bit more challenging and NOT mandatory)

Geography

-Keep working on your man-made vs. natural landmarks projects

Monday

*Skating trip Thursday afternoon (forms due by Wednesday)
*If you have any extra helmets or skates that would fit classmates, please bring them on TUESDAY
*There will be extra help and work time this Wednesday and Thursday

Math
-Today's Learning Goal: To solve one-step equations involving addition and subtraction / zero principle
-Complete the "easier (non-decimal)" side of the equations worksheet from today as practice
-We will go over any questions in class tomorrow (make note of any questions you have trouble with)

English
-Make sure you have completed your two closed and three open-ended questions for the article we read in class today (Arctic Ice Cap)
http://teachingkidsnews.com/2017/03/05/scientists-working-save-arctic-ice-cap/


Geography
-Good work on your Earth layers/Atmosphere layers quizzes today
-Keep working on your man-made/natural landmark powerpoints/slides presentations

Suggested sources:
misadventuresmag.com natural landmarks
http://misadventuresmag.com/stunning-natural-landmarks-asia/

https://dayzeroproject.com/man-made-wonders/

Weekend!

*We will be going skating next Thursday afternoon! To join, all students MUST have skates and helmets. If you or someone you know has extras, please arrange to bring them in. We need 9 extra pairs of skates and 6 extra helmets. Thank you!
*Permission forms will go home on Monday

English

From class today: Make sure you have finished creating two closed and two open-ended questions from the article we read together in class today - https://newsela.com/articles/catholic-youth-bball-gender/id/26978/

OVERDUE WORK: Articles should be done and sent to Mr. Mak with all expectations met (see the post from earlier this week)

-NEW WORK: Find an interesting, fairly-short (1-3 pages) article online and create 5 closed and two good quality open-ended questions for it and answer them
-You will be sharing this article and your questions with the class

Media

OVERDUE WORK: Cover designs for 212 Magazine (February edition) - tagul.com, powerpoint, slides or hand-drawn (visually appealing, visible title, month, year, reflects some of the content/articles)

Math
-Final Learning goal for our Algebra unit: Starting to solve simple equations next week!
-Some "warm-up"

Geography
-Complete the Layers of the Earth worksheet and article to review our lesson from class
-Complete the Layers of the Atmosphere worksheet and article to review our lesson from class
-Small quiz next class on all layers of Earth and Atmosphere, and a bit of basic knowledge about them

Thursday

English
-Thank you to those that have sent their articles already - some very interesting writing!
-Any remaining articles should be complete and SENT to Mr. Mak as soon as possible (they are late)
-Make sure you have included all elements we discussed in class (see yesterday's blog post for a list)

-Cell phone open-ended questions responses will be collected tomorrow

Media
-Magazine covers (using tagul.com, powerpoint, slides or by hand) are due tomorrow
-The covers I have received s far look amazing! It's going to be a tough choice!

Math
-Please complete textbook questions assigned today
-pg. 340 #11,14,15,16,18,19,20,22,23

Geography
-Review for our upcoming test (details will be posted on the Hist/Geography website this weekend)
-Make sure you have completed the three-page booklet from class last Monday as part of your review

Wednesday

English
-Completed articles for our February magazine are due tomorrow (don't forget all the elements we reviewed in class today: interesting title, author, strong/catchy introduction and conclusion, paragraphs, proper grammar/spelling/punctuation, awesome vocabulary, images with captions, references for images and information)
-Cell phone (open-ended and closed questions) - see yesterday's blog post if not finished

Media
-Design a cover for our February magazine (best cover will be used!)
-Feel free to use tagul.com or powerpoint/slides or draw by hand

Math
-Finish the "Butterfly" problem from class
-Make sure you can solve and understand the final two problems we took up in class today from "Spy Guy": http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons&lesson=m6lessonshell08.swf

Geography
-Make sure you have completed the diagnostic packages from last class (continents, oceans, provinces, territories, capitals, great lakes, latitude, longitude, co-ordinates)