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Week 17: January 18 - 22

 Welcome back! We will be learning in-person this week! Grade 7 students - please remember that you have your Probability Unit Final on Friday of this week! Please visit Ms. MacDonald's blog at :  https://msmacdonaldscience.blogspot.com/ for updates for this week's learning.

Week 16 - January 4 to January 8, 2021

Welcome back students! Ms. MacDonald is back and looking forward to working with everyone. We will continue to use this blog site as well as the Google Meet codes that Mrs. Novak has set up for this week (Week 16) but you are encourage to visit and bookmark Ms. MacDonald's blog so that you are ready to transition there next week (Week 17) Ms. MacDonald's Science Classes  -  https://msmacdonaldscience.blogspot.com   Grade 7 Math Monday  - Probability Experiments (live lesson with Ms. MacDonald) Tuesday and Wednesday  - Probability Experiment Student Activity: complete one of the following assignments based on your comfort with the content covered in the Probability Unit Best for students who need a challenge/feel very comfortable with the unit concepts: Probability Lab - A Best for students who require some additional practice with the unit concepts: Probability Lab - B Best for students who have been working with adapted assignments: Probability Lab - C Thursday...

SPIRIT WEEK!!

  We need some fun, so we are having a spirit week and we want you to join us! Here are the events: Monday, Dec.14 - Hat day - wear your favourite hat to school (if it's a holiday hat, even better!) Tuesday, Dec. 15 - Character day - dress up as your favourite holiday character (from a book or a movie) Wednesday, Dec. 16 - Ugly Christmas sweater!! - The uglier the better? Don't have one? Make one!! Thursday, Dec. 17 - Pajama Day - make sure your clothes are school appropriate! Friday, Dec. 18 - Beach Day - we can't be there, but we can pretend! Get our your best summer wear! We would love for you to take some photos of yourself and share them with us for use in the yearbook. This is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL, but if you would like to, please do the following: make sure your picture is the highest resolution you have make sure your fill the frame (don't take a picture from a long way away) make sure the photo is school appropriate make sure your parents are okay with you sendi...

Google Meet codes for online learning

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 Hi everyone, We will be having regular Google Meet sessions. The codes for each session will be the same, but will be unique for each class that I teach. Have a look below to find your class and see your code: 7-19 (Math and Science): MrsNovakSmath7-19 8-31: MrsNovakScience8-31 8-34: MrsNovakScience8-34 8-39: MrsNovakScience8-39 9-23: MrsNovakScience9-23 9-24: MrsNovakScience9-24 You can copy and paste these codes directly into the Google Meet by following these steps in Google Meet (not directly from this blog): Step 1: Click on 'Join or start a meeting' Step 2: Paste or type the code directly into the box: See you all on Monday in our first Google Meet session.

Week 15: Monday 14th December to Friday 18th December

 Hello everyone,  Please see below the schedule of lessons for this week: Grade 7 Science Monday - 1-minute Plant Presentations ( from Introduction to Plants video ) Tuesday - Seed Plants Wednesday - Plant Processes   Thursday - Making food and movement in and out of cells Friday - No Science today (Math quiz) Grade 7 Math Monday - Conducting Probability Experiments Tuesday - Theoretical and Experimental Probability Wednesday - Practice questions Thursday - Revision: Practice Test page 192-193 of the textbook Friday - Probability quiz Grade 8 Science Monday - Topic 1 and 2 Quiz          LINKS FOR GRADE 8 TOPIC QUIZ  Test 1 (Understanding) and  Test 2 (Analysing)  (you MUST complete BOTH tests) If you usually complete an  adapted task (IPP or ELL) , complete the TWO tests below: Test 1 (Adapted Understanding)  and  Test 2 (Adapted Analysing) (you MUST complete BOTH tests) Tuesday - Introduction to the Digestive Syste...

Week 14: Monday 7th December to Friday 11th December

Hello everyone,  Please see below the schedule of lessons for this week: Grade 7 Science Monday - Environmental Issues Project due today ( submission link ) and Revision for Unit Final Tuesday -  Revision Wednesday - Revision Thursday - Unit Final today                                                      LINKS FOR GRADE 7 UNIT FINAL  Test 1 (understanding) and Test 2 (analysing)  (you MUST complete BOTH tests) If you usually complete an  adapted task (IPP or ELL) , complete the TWO tests below: Test 1 (adapted understanding)  and Test 2 (adapted analysing)  (you MUST complete BOTH tests) Friday - Introduction to Plants Grade 7 Math Monday - Review of last week and Google Form link Tuesday - Probability of simple independent events Wednesday - Practice questions Thursday - No Math Today (Science Unit Final) Friday - ...

Week 13: Monday 30th November to Friday 4th December

 Hello everyone,  Please see below the schedule of lessons for this week: Grade 7 Science Monday -  Environmental Issues Project  (Due next Monday) ( Meet time: 8.45am ) Tuesday - Environmental Issues Project ( Meet time: 1.58pm ) Wednesday - Environmental Issues Project ( Meet time: 10.13am ) Thursday - Environmental Issues Project ( Meet time: 8.45am ) Friday - No School (Staff PD Day) Grade 7 Math Monday -  Introduction to Probability  ( Meet time: 9.27am ) Tuesday - Language of Probability and  activity  ( Meet time: 2.44pm ) Wednesday - Setting out answers for Probability questions ( Meet time: 10.59am ) Thursday - Organising outcomes ( Meet time: 9.27am ) Friday -  No School (Staff PD Day) Grade 8 Science Monday - Overview of Stations  and  Station 1: Review of Topic 1  and  Google Form link Meet times:  8-31 @ 2.44pm 8-34 @ 10.13am 8-39 @ 1.58pm Tuesday -  Station 2: Introduction to Microscopes  a...