Day 110: Alexander Paul...you're 4 days into the world buddy...cool!

HOMEWORK

REMINDERS:

(a) Bring permission form for the Raptors Open Practice by tomorrow

(b) Bring permission form for the ROM Trip by next Monday


Independent Reading
(read for at least 30 minutes)

Language
(2 is a charm: You will write down 2 THESIS Statements of your choice)

For each THESIS Statement, you are going to create a brainstorm page...for each brainstorm page you will list as many reasons supporting your THESIS statement.

On a separate sheet of paper (for each THESIS statement), you will write your THESIS Statement, then write your top 3 supporting sentences/body paragraphs below the THESIS statement...it should look like the following:

THESIS: Fish, although eaten by some, is a food not liked by many people

BODY PARAGRAPH #1: Some people don't eat fish because of its distinct odour.

BODY PARAGRAPH #2: Antoher reason why people dislike eating fish is its unusual taste.

BODY PARAGRAPH #3: The final reason why people don't like eating fish is the amount of bones (it's an obstacle to eat).

Day 109: 31...Wow, it feels like......nothing really, haha

HOMEWORK

Read: (30 minutes)

Science
(Textbook, create C-Notes on the following pages:)

(DUE DATE: Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011)

pgs. 214 Expansion and Contraction (don't do the 'Pause & Reflect')
215 only Expansion and Contraction of Solids (don't do Career Connect)
218 only Expansion and Contraction in Gases (don't do Pause & Reflect)
219 only Expansion and Contraction in Liquids (don't do At Home ACTIVITY)
226 only Temperature and Thermal Energy (don't do Check Your Understanding)
227 Changes of State (don't do Did You Know?)
231 Melting and Boiling Points (don't do Word CONNECT & STRETCH Your Mind)
234 all of it
235 Potential Energy (don't do Find Out ACTIVITY)
236 the paragraph above (don't do Check Your Understanding)

Day 107: Plyometrics...sooo cool!

HOMEWORK

Math
(Workbook 8.1)

Journal
Title: Changes
(If you could change two things in this school year, what would they be?)

Geography
(Textbook, pg. 12 #1-4)

Day 106: I hope the long weekend was good to you as it was to me

HOMEWORK

Math (Complete these integer questions -- SHOW ALL YOUR WORK)
Addition.
1. -3 + 2 2. 99 + (-23) 3. 25 + (-102) 4. -17 + (-75) 5. -476 + (-354)

Subtraction.
6. -3 - (+7) 7. 8 - (-11) 8. -99 - (9) 9. 464 - (-865) 10. -399 - (3987)

Multiplication.
11. -7 x -7 12. 8 x (-11) 13. 25 x (-25) 14. 45 x 3 15. -65 x (-10)

Division.
16. -48 ÷ 6 17. -55 ÷ -11 18. 25 ÷ -5 19. -81 ÷ 9 20. 45 ÷ 9

Mixed.
21. -5 x -2 ÷ (5) 22. -8 + (-2) x 9 23. 5 x 2 + 11 24. 16 ÷ 4 x 7 25. -18 ÷ (-2) x 9



Language
(Write a "Thesis Statement" for the following topics and under each Thesis Statement, you are going to write three supporting paragraphs:

1. School Uniforms
2. Personal Electronics in the school
3. Homework

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SAMPLE

Topic: Facebook

Thesis Statement: People under the age of 18 should not be allowed to have a facebook account.

Supporting Paragraphs:

1. People under the age of 18 are not mature enough to have an account
2. Inappropriate conversations with strangers
3. May pose a safety issue (interacting with people you haven't met in person)

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Day 105: PA Day!!! Woo hoo!

HOMEWORK for the weekend is yesterday's post...remember, make the best use of your time. The earlier you finish ALL of your work, the more time you'll have to yourself for this long weekend!

Message from Mr. Contiga:

First and foremost, I would like to thank all of the parent(s)/guardian(s) for your continued support. To all of my students: I would like all of you to give your best effort in this second and final term. Come prepared to class and stay focused. At the end of the day, this is all that I can really ask of you. The next 4 1/2 months will fly by fairly quickly so I would like to see your best effort in class. Thank you for your hard work and let's finish strong...as a class...as one big family!

Day 104: Bazooka Gum Time

HOMEWORK

***Reminder: NO SCHOOL Tomorrow & Monday (Family Day)

Math
(*Textbook, read Lessons 8.1, 8.2, 8.3....in one paragraph for each lesson, summarize what the lesson is about...write this in your Math notebook)

Journal
(Imagine you are walking home and it's around 7:00pm. You notice that there are no cars on the road, no people walking, nor are there pets walking around. It seems like a ghost-town. Then suddenly, you hear footsteps behind you...you turn and see 3 of your classmates from Mr. C's class. They look terrified, before they can even talk, you notice a group of monsters (vampire, werewolf, mutant, and a walking squid) running after you. Tell me a quick short story on what happened thereafter....remember, no violence, no weapons, etc.)

Day 103: P-T Interviews tomorrow! Don't forget to remind your parents! Thank You!

HOMEWORK

Math
(Workbook --- 6.8, pg. 64 & Test Yourself pgs. 65-66)

Language
(Newspaper Article: find a newspaper article either online or a local paper. Read and summarize the article in your Language notebook...staple/glue/tape the article you found in your notebook)

Computer Keyboarding/Typing
(using the typing tutor link on the blog, practice your keyboarding/typing skills for at least 20 minutes...remember, make the mistakes and try not to look at the keyboard too much...you will get better and improve your skills if you do this)