Happy Holidays

Didn't really get a chance to wish you all the best with all the special events this week.

Take care & enjoy some nice time together with your family and friends.

See you in the New Year.  Be safe!

Love,
Mrs. Krushel

Humanities

Please be sure to have your Chapter 4 Review completed for tomorrow so we can go over it.

Many of you are in the concert tomorrow night at 7 but for those of you are not you are welcome to come and bring your family too!

Enjoy your holiday and the extra time with your family!

Merry Christmas!

SMART file

Our review from today is posted in D2L...

Science Exam tomorrow

Please make sure that you are reviewing tonight for your exam tomorrow...great work in your review session today.

Exam format is 50 multiple choice questions...you will need to bring a calculator.

I will be collecting journals tomorrow after the exam.  Thanks!

Science Exam

Unit Test for Mix & Flow will happen on Wednesday.  Please ensure that you are reviewing this weekend.  A review checklist will be handed out on Monday & I expect that you go through your journals to find evidence to match each point.

Please have a very strong grasp of where you are weak & where you are strong in this unit.  We will do a huge review on Tuesday...please ensure that you studied this weekend.

Math & Science Update

Hi Everybody,

Sorry I did not blog yesterday.  I did not have internet access at home for some reason...seems to be up and running this morning.

Fraction exams were handed back & reviewed yesterday in class.  I did recollect the exams as there is a handful of students that have been absent and missed the test on Monday.

We are starting our Rates, Ratios, & Percent Unit in Math.  Please bring in a new journal for this unit...thanks.

We did some station work yesterday looking at:
-Pressure scenarios in Science
-multiples/factors/equivalent fractions
-converting between fractions/percents/decimals
-making a foldable to organize notes/ideas for our Ratio Unit

Math review

Hi Everybody,

Math has to be your focus this weekend to get ready for your Unit Test on Monday.

I have created another review file and posted it in D2L for you to access.

Take care & enjoy having an extra day off.  Stay warm!!

Italian City-States

It is amazing to see what you are creating in your visual journal!  The techniques you are using to illustrate and highlight your knowledge are very effective.  We will have tomorrow's class to  work on your pages and they are due on Monday.  That will give you the weekend if you need to do anything more on your chosen City-State.

Enjoy your long weekend!!

Math review

You will be receiving a Fractions Review tomorrow...I will put a copy on D2L in case you forget your copy.

Math & Science

I'm so looking forward to reading through your Diet Coke/Coke buoyancy performance based assessments!

Dividing fractions mini-assignment was handed back & reviewed today...I am available in Study Stop every Wednesday.

Your fractions exam has been moved to Monday...

Math & Science

Great work on your density/buoyancy responses to our floating/sinking egg scenario.  You will have a performance based assessment tomorrow on buoyancy...remember there will be 3 density calculation questions on the front page (show all your work/units etc).

Math dividing fractions mini-assignment today was handed in at the end of the day.  Please be working towards ramping up for your unit exam on Thursday.  There are practice tests/chapter reviews in our textbook for you to work through.

Here is a copy of the 4 level response that we discussed today:

Egg sink or float.

4 level response for floating or sinking egg

solution 1 - - tap water - - Density aprox - 1g/ml

solution 2 - - high concentration sugar solution - - density aprox - 1.12g/ml

The first egg sinks to the bottom of the solution. This is because a raw egg has a greater density than regular tap water. Essentially, the egg has more matter stuffed into a specific area (volume) than the same amount of water.  Gravity pulls the egg down; the buoyant force of the solution is not large enough to float the egg.  When the egg is placed in the second solution, the egg floats. The density of the second solution is greater than the egg, allowing the egg to float.  The second solution creates a larger buoyant force than gravity is pulling down, so there is greater force pushing the egg up.  Based upon my observations I estimate the density of the egg to be 1.09g/ml.

Math & Science update

Please ensure that you review our notes on Buoyancy.

Math Fractions exam will be on Thursday Dec 4th.  Please ensure that you get your dividing fractions homework finished this weekend and start a bit of a review plan for your upcoming test.

p. 227 #5-10 for 5 & 6 no models necessary :)

Stay warm...

Math & Science update

Hi Everybody,

Multiplying fraction quizzes were handed back today & reviewed as a class.

We worked again on the Learn Alberta Buoyancy gizmo.  Please put this to the side tonight and we will walk slowly through buoyancy tomorrow as a class.

Short version...take the evening off & we'll pull it together tomorrow :)

Math & Science

Today we worked on a Archimedes' Principle Gizmo through Learn Alberta.  Students had the opportunity to check their stock portfolios & make trades.

Please ensure that your integer Math review from the board is complete.  If you missed class last Thursday, please find a friend and get the questions from them.  Thanks.

Science procedure update

Hi Everybody,

Please ensure that your density procedure is shared with me via google mail at mnkrushel@educbe.ca or completed on separate paper to be handed in tomorrow.  Typed or hand written in pen is fine.

I will away tomorrow afternoon at a meeting.

You will have a density quiz on Wednesday.

BOYS' NIGHT THIS THURSDAY NOV 27TH 5:45-8:30 PM

Boys' night is happening this Thursday evening.  Looks fantastic with an amazing guest speaker and a great workout opportunity!  Gentlemen, bring your dad, step-dad, grampa, brother, uncle, or other male role model and join us for a great evening.  Please RSVP to hdcartwright@cbe.ab.ca.

Humanities

Just a reminder that we are going to Cardel on Monday and to bring your gym strip and the appropriate equipment and clothes for the activities you signed up for.  Don't forget your snacks and a water bottle...there is a place to buy food but we only have 25 minutes for lunch so you may want to bring a lunch instead.
Remember to review one of the city states for our journal assignment on Tuesday and to review everything we have done, to prepare for your quiz on Thursday.

Enjoy your weekend!

Science procedure

Hi Everybody,

Have a great weekend.

Science:  type or write up your problem, procedure, data table, calculations for Tuesday please.

Remember, procedure should be past tense & numbered.  Please use a ruler for your data table & pay close attention to units on your calculations.

Please ensure that your mini-math review is complete for Tuesday.

Have a great time at Cardel on Monday.

Math & Science

Math quiz multiplying fractions tomorrow...see your assignment & review notes from today.

Math & Science Density/Multiplying Fractions

Math/Science for tomorrow:
-visual journal page for density (mass, volume (traditional & displacement technique), sink, float, crowdedness)
-multiplying mixed number worksheet

Math quiz Wednesday on multiplying fractions

Humanities

The novel, A Company of Fools by Debra Ellis was a good illustration of the the middle ages and the impact of the black plague on the worldview of the people in Europe at that time. Be sure to complete your summary of the novel for tomorrow.  We will be continuing on our investigation of the Italian City States and trade.

Math & Science check in

Hi Everybody,

Please share your density activities and assessments with your adults.

Some math homework due for Tuesday.  Please don't leave it until Monday night.

Assignment:

p. 220 -221 Q 3-5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 21

Have a good weekend.

Reminder Thursday Evening November 13th is Girls' Night

Ladies,

Sure hope you can join for girls' night.  Bring your mothers, aunties, grammas, or female role models and enjoy the evening together.  5:45-8:30 pm at the school.

Ma/Sci checking in

Hi Everybody,

Density activities are the priority this evening please...all work is due tomorrow.  Make sure that you look over your fraction review and see which skills you need support with and which skills you are flying through.

You will have a multiplying fractions assignment tomorrow which will be due on Friday.

Math & Science Check In---REMINDER GIRLS' NIGHT THURSDAY EVENING NOV 13TH

Math Review is due Wednesday.

Density Activities due Thursday.

Happy Long Weekend

Great work again on the density activities today!

Fraction Math Review due Wednesday please.

Take care...

Math & Science Update

Another great day with the density activities & stock trading simulation!

Your density activities will be due next Thursday so please adjust your homework load accordingly.  We will get another 4 groups through the lab hopefully tomorrow if the assembly doesn't run late.

You will have a math review on fractions to complete over the long weekend.

Checking In

Hi Everybody,

Sorry for the late post...

I was very impressed by your contributions in class today around our intro to density!!!  Fantastic work!  We will jump into labs/activities tomorrow.

You were all so engaged in researching stocks today it was wonderful.  We will start trading in the morning.  Hopefully you will start to listen to the business reports on the news or pick up the newspaper and flip to the business section.  Ask your adults for guidance/thoughts/hints/tips etc and continue to research your stocks to ensure that you are making the best decisions for your trades & portfolio!

I'm not sure we will have much time together on Friday as the Remembrance Day assembly will fall during our block rotation.  We will need to be flexible around this and perhaps pick up a bit of extra homework load this weekend.

Math & Science

Hi Everybody,

Please make sure that your viscosity rubrics & activities are pasted into your journals.

Please work through the fraction multiplication worksheet and be ready to go over them tomorrow. Thank you!!

Check In

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Was really nice to meet your adults!!

No official Ma/Sci HW this weekend....yahoo!

Humanities

It has been wonderful watching you students telling your parents about what you have learned in humanities at the student led conferences.  

I would like to remind you that the A Day in the Life...assignment needs to be completed and ready to present on Tuesday..

Have a good weekend!

Oct 29th Math & Science

Hope you had a great afternoon with Ms. Speciale!

Please work through and finish your viscosity tasks...they are due tomorrow and you will have a quiz on viscosity.

Oct 27/14 Math & Science

Math HW p. 202-203 #4-9, 12, 16, 17

Please work through your Science in your journals...due Thursday please...be ready for a quiz on viscosity on Thursday.

Science 8:  Viscosity

Please complete the following tasks in your Science journal.  You will have a quiz on Thursday on viscosity.  Please ensure that your work is neat, complete, organized, supported with detail, and in order.

1.       Watch the Pitch Test video…take a few jot notes.

2.       Create a visual journal page for the words viscosity, viscous, flow rate.  Include definitions, diagrams, examples.  Use each word in a sentence.

3.       Complete Determining Flow Rate Demo…we will do this as a class on Tuesday.  Calculate flow rate for each liquid.

4.       Take some notes from your textbook from p. 45-49.  Pay close attention to:

Product performance                                    viscosity of liquids & temperature

Viscosity of gases & temperature             superfluids

5.       How does temperature affect the flow rate of liquids?  Explain using particles.

6.       How does temperature affect the viscosity of gasses?  Try your best to explain using particles.

7.       Read Investigation 1-G Flowing Fluid Floods City.  Answer questions #1-4.

8.       How are viscosity, the size and shape of particles, and internal friction related?

9.       Asphalt is the black, sticky material that binds gravel in the pavement that covers streets and highways.  Explain why paving is almost always done during the summer months.

10.   The lower the SAE (10,20,30,40,50) grade of oil, the faster the flow rate of the oil.  Explain which type of oil you should use in a car engine in the summer.  Explain why you chose this grade of oil.  Explain which type of oil you should use in a car engine in the winter.  Explain why you chose this grade of oil.  Remember to connect your responses to particles!!

Humanities

This term we have been looking at worldview and specifically the worldview of the people in the middle ages.  You have just handed in an essay analysing the elements of worldview that are accurate in the movie, Ever After.  Today you compared and contrasted Ebola and The Black Death in a venn diagram.  This is due tomorrow.  Your test for the middle ages (Chapter 1)  is on  Thursday, October 30th.  Be sure to review your journals, binders and read chapter 1 in the textbook to help you to prepare for the test.
Enjoy your evening!!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Great work in Science

Hi Everybody,

Great work on your Science assessment today!!

Please make sure that you have completed the Fraction Check Up for Monday.  You are my double drop class tomorrow so have a great weekend.

Please ensure that you are organizing both of your journals--this is ongoing work.  Thanks.

Take care.

Oct 22--Math & Science

I have posted our SMART review notes in D2L for our assessment tomorrow.  Please prioritize your Science studying tonight.

Finish your Math over the weekend as our test will take the double and you are my double drop on Friday.

Take care.

Math & Science Oct 21/14

Sorry for the late post...technical difficulties!!

Science assessment on Thursday (will need the double)...outline will be given out tomorrow in class.

Great work on your fraction intro stations today.

If you have not handed in your Science journals, I need them on Thursday please.  Integer journals should be handed in for Student Led Conferences.

Oct 20/14 Math & Science

Great work today on the separation labs--please continue to revisit these responses and continue to make them better as we learn more each day.

Please ensure that your review sheet is complete for tomorrow.  On the back of the review sheet, please answer p. 23 #3 a-d, p. 26 #1, 7, 11.

Mid unit assessment for Science is scheduled for Thursday.  It will take the double.

Fractions unit starts tomorrow...please ensure that you have a new journal for this new unit (if you haven't handed one in to me, please bring one from home.)

Take care.

Checking In

Hi Everybody,

I hope you all get some rest today after your homeroom Dare To Care workshop.

Your math assessment will take the double tomorrow...bring your calculator, red/blue pencil crayons, pencils.

I would like you to hand in your Math journals after the exam as well your solubility graph assignment.  Thank you.

Math Assessment on Thursday

Hi Everybody,

Great work today in class with BEDMAS...wow, I was impressed!  Please log into D2L to find the answer keys for the reviews you received today.

Math Integers Assessment on Thursday (it will take you the double period)...I will be collecting your integer journals so your adults can see them at student-led conferences.  On Thursday, please also hand in your solubility curves if you have not done so already.  Thank you!

Take care & I will be thinking of you tomorrow afternoon.  Remember, I am in Study Stop Wednesday after school if you need me.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope you all work hard tomorrow for Mr. Hall and Mrs. Martin.  You need to get through your Math Review and get your solubility graphs done so you don't have homework for the long weekend.

Take care & see you on Tuesday.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Oct 8/14

Please make sure that your Solubility Lab analysis questions are ready to go for tomorrow.  Please make sure that you have watched the video that I linked to our blog yesterday--thanks.

Just a wee Science class tomorrow...our focus will be on Math.

Please try your best to share the message of our assembly with your adults tonight.

Enjoy the evening...see you tomorrow.

Please watch the solubility curve video from today's lesson.

Please go back to your Solubility Labs and rework your analysis questions after our class discussion today.

Checking in from Math & Science

Hi Everybody,

Awesome work in the lab again today!!

Please finish your solubility lab analysis questions for homework tonight.

You have a division of integers check in tomorrow--please work through some word problems tonight.

Science journals are coming in for assessment this week a few each day so it is manageable.  Please ensure that your journals are up-to-date, organized, complete, and easy to read.

Take care.

Happy Friday!

Another great class today.

Thank you for finishing your Solubility Stations for Monday...see attachment on D2L from yesterday's post if you need it.

Please ensure that you go through your responses and pep up your work to the best of your ability.  Ensure that all your responses bring it back to what is happening with the particles.

For Math...awesome work on division of integers...I thought you made some fantastic connections today.

Textbook homework (remember textbook can be accessed through Cougar Community shell on D2L) due for Monday:
-p. 303 #3-7, 9-12, 14-15
-p.309-311 #5-15

See attached SMART files on 804 D2L shell for a reference if you need...ensure that you follow the directions to open a SMART file at home on D2L under Cougar Community from May 2012.

Take care & enjoy your weekend.

Humanities - Worldview Posters

We have been learning about worldview elements and have been in groups displaying your understanding on posters. You will have one more period on Monday to finalize the work and to practice for your presentation.  The poster is due on Monday.

Be sure to include:
Title
Definition
Symbol
How your element is related to Worldview
Example

Enjoy your weekend!

Visual Journal Solubility Page

Hi Everybody,

Great class today.

I hope you are feeling more comfortable with the Science rubric and that you received some valuable feedback on your 4 solubility responses.

Check out the clip we watched today:
go to youtube type in solutions and dissolving and scroll down to the clip that says lesson 6.3

For Thursday:

You will have the double period tomorrow to work on your interactive visual journal page on solubility...be sure to include the following terms:

soluble                solution                agitation
solvent                supersaturated      solution
particle attraction
solute                   saturated solution
particle collisions
solubility             unsaturated solution
solution                dissolving
insoluble              factors that affect dissolving

Your double page journal spread needs to include colour, text (definitions/examples), and pictures.

Journal Response:

How did the Tide to Go get out the lipstick stain?

What do you suppose raincoats are coated with? Where did scientists get this idea? Explain in detail what happens when raindrops fall on to a raincoat (refer to particles).

I am away tomorrow so please use your class time effectively.

Happy Almost Friday

Hi Everybody,

Great work reviewing your labs today and class and taking the time to rework through your conclusions.  Please be ready to hand in your journals on Tues...I will take about 5-8 at a time so they are manageable.  This way they can be fully assessed using our new rubric.

I thought you did a wonderful job on going through your multiplying integer quizzes question by question and providing feedback.

For Tuesday...
-please look through Mix & Flow of MatterTopic 2 in your Sci textbook and answer the following questions in your journals

1.  What makes materials dissolve?
2.  What is a solvent?
3.  What is a solute?
4.  Why is water considered the universal solvent?  Positive and negative implications must be stated in your argument.

-perhaps a little bit of review on adding/subtracting integers, and your multiplication tables might be a good idea as we dig deeper into division

Have lots of fun at Fall Field Day tomorrow. 

Enjoy your weekend and the extra day off on Monday.

Take care,
Ms. Krushel

Great work in the lab today!

Hi Everybody,
Great work on your classifying lab today.  Please review your notes & pep up your observations & reasons in your data table.

Please work through page 3 of the Math assignment & prepare for your multiplying integer quiz on Wednesday.

Take care & enjoy the beautiful evening.