What We Learned Today...November 14th

Intense Trade Negotiations!

This morning instead of our usual AR period, we switched things up and had a quick French class for the first half hour of the morning.  We continued to examine the various Musical Genres en francais by listening to various artists and examining the particular instruments and style demonstrated in each song.  From 9:30 - 10:30 we continued to practice editing paragraphs with a focus on correcting comma and period grammatical errors. At 10:00 the students took a break from editing and participated in an interpretation exercise that relied on using the students writing and drawing skills.


In Grade 8 Math we began to explore how to convert Percentages to Decimals and Fractions as well as Decimals to Percentages and Fractions.  If you are having any trouble with this material or would just like a refresher, I've added a video below which also explains how to convert among the three terms.

 

If you would like to view anymore instructional Math videos check out the Khan Academy website.  (It's loaded with great instructional videos that can help you out while doing your homework!)


After lunch the students continued to work on their Saint Poster Assignment.  For this assignments students had the option to create an informational poster or create a glog online.  (A glog is essentially a digital poster that allows you to import pictures, video, sound, and much more) If you would like to see some examples of "glogs" "glog" be sure to check out the glogster homepage.
From 1:15-2:15 the students had Health with Mr. McCulloch and the students were assigned a new assignment that is due Friday.  (More details to follow on tomorrow's post)
During Social Studies the students got back into their country groups from last class and reviewed what goods/services their countries had to export.  Once they completed their lists, they sent ambassadors to each country to investigate what goods/services each was exporting.  After the students finished investigating, they had to discuss within their groups which countries they would want to create a trading plan with based on the needs of their countries.

Some more pictures from the Trade lesson today:

El Presidente's of Autoland

Trying to get the scoop on Waterland!

Trying to find Rainland on a map...Good Luck!

Checking out the goods from Sunland

Upcoming Due Dates & Homework:

Math

Grade 8


Grade 7

McCulloch:

Weber: Pg. 92 #4, 5


Health:
New Health Assignment due Friday

Overdue Assignments:

1) 1st Draft of Ghost Story

2) Unit 1 French Review