Math:
This week we looked at the test on Rational Numbers together and reviewed the questions that were more difficult for students. I encourage students to come in at lunch if they still have difficulties. For the rest of the week, we will continue our chapter on exponents and students have a We will play an exponent bingo on Thursday to review exponents before the quiz which will take place next week
Science:
Students have now had 4 of 10 days to work on their space
research projects. They have some very interesting questions they are
exploring. They are also learning about telescopes, spectroscopy and the
history of ideas about space.
Textbooks or math workbooks
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LA:
Language Power 9
This week we read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and next week we will be writing our own dream sequence short story. Students wrote amazing poetry based off of Kipling's "If". The work was insightful!
SOCIAL- FEDCHUN- This week we continued to look at and discuss the Federal Election. We watched the 2019 Federal Debate, which you can find on the link below. We filled in a graphic organizer to get a better understanding of the candidates political platforms and their perspectives on current issues. We ran out of time, so students are strongly encouraged to finish watching the debate. Next week we will finish our unit on Federal Government and have a Unit Test on Tuesday, Oct 22, 2019.
Homework: Federal Election Scrapbook is due Oct 15th.
Student Vote will take place on Oct 18th.
Federal Debate 2019
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