Ma/Sci Update

901 field test today for Science...please use your results to motivate you through to the end of the year.  It was great to see the many source based graphs/charts that you will see on June 22.

902 double CASH today...hope things are progressing & you are pushing forward with your policies.  Ensure that your supporting document files are well organized!!  Keep on track & keep pushing forward!

Study schedules should be in full force right now...keep on them & don't get down on yourself if you miss some time.

Please ensure that you are keeping an eye on the end of the year plan...you have had this for a week now.  Motors & Scale/Similarity tomorrow...

MidTerm Tomorrow in Science

Topics 1-5 mid-unit assessment tomorrow in class.  The test will be open notebook so please put in some big time tonight pepping up your journals.  Please get all loose paper in to your journals and update your notes with supplemental information from class.

Perhaps you might want to flag & colour code your journals to make it easier tomorrow during the assessment.

Math/Science Updates & Triathlon

I'm not sure what I just did but I seem to have deleted my blog post from this after noon!  Here is a quick recap:

Last minute triathlon forms...please get them in asap...they are way past due.

Remember to bring all your gear for triathlon:  towel, swim suit, water bottle, big lunch, runners, work out clothes.

Great work on the series/parallel circuit lab today...lots of awesome building & patience!

Hope you are balancing your daily work, studying, and CASH project work.  Please review your study schedules as well as the outline for Ma/Sci that was handed out this week.

Please ensure that your Science journals are up-to-date & organized with no loose papers.  You have an open notebook mid-term in Science on Tuesday.  You might want to pep up your notes, add examples & tab/flag sections of your journal for the test.

Science review start on Monday at lunch (noon) in Room 10.  Topic of review is Biodiversity topics 1-3.  You should be well through biodiversity for the first time this weekend & working through Space if not finished your first review of Space material.

MONDAY COMPREHENSION TEST and CASH UPDATE

WE ARE FLYING ALONG ON THE TRAIN. DO NOT GET OFF, GO PEE OR TAKE A NAP RIGHT NOW.  ALLOW YOUR EYES TO BORE HOLES IN MRS. KRUSHEL AND MYSELF BECAUSE YOU ARE SO FOCUSED!

Please review our Thursday class notes.

FOR $$$$$$$CASH$$$$$$$$ 

You should be completed your Political and Economic Systems in your written documentation.  Your tri-fold requirements should be completed as well.  Your map will be talked about later and given time to complete on June 7, 2017.

Advertisement/ Consumerism Assignment:  You will have one more class on Monday to complete this assignment and we will be enjoying the class advertisements on June 06,2017

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMPLETED BY:

JUNE 2nd, 2017 

You will get one period on Friday to work on CASH!

Linear Relations Exam tomorrow

Today we reviewed for the exam & an outline was given.  18 m/c questions and 3 written responses.

You need a calculator & a ruler for the exam.

Exam outline:
table of values to equation
graph to equation
picture to equation
scenario to equation
table of values to graph
algebraic substitutions
interpolation
extrapolation
x =  vertical line
y =  horizontal line

An outline of the plan for each day until June 23 was handed out today.

Please Vote for your Favourite Historian Choice to Represent you at Grade 9 Farewell

Use the Link below:
https://goo.gl/forms/bWgjf6VtbnxB6Y0s1

Happy Long Weekend!

Hope you are having a wonderful start to your long weekend!

1.  Linear Relations exam on Wednesday, May 24th.  One period, second class will be CASH.  Please consider the feedback from your check ins & get some prep done this weekend if you are in town.  You can be working through practice test/chapter review in Mathlinks and through the handouts from the other textbook that you have been given.

2.  Triathlon forms are past due...please attend to this & get them in to your PE teacher asap.

3.  Triathlon is all day Friday, May 26th.  It is a most awesome day!  

4.  Study Schedules have been created...please keep adding details to them as you get more info about your commitments.  Perhaps they should be shared with your adults so they are aware of your time frames.

5.  The Year End Math Cumulative Review is posted on D2L under news if you want to push forward.

6.  Please ensure that your Science is all up to date.  Your must have created study notes for Topic 4 & you need to have your own notes/plus our discussions in class documented for Topic 8.  

7.  If your journals are not up-to-date & you have loose paper everywhere, please pull your journals together as this will make the end of the school year much smoother.

Update Ma/Sc

1.  Hand in your triathlon forms.

2.  CASH launch today...you have 2 periods to work tomorrow in the library (periods 1 and 3).

3.  Linear check in tomorrow...table of values/equations/is it linear/scenario question

4.  Have a great day tomorrow with Ms. Hoskins.

GDP Explained if you MISSED it in Class!

Take the time to watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqT5I0etVKg

Remember you will receive your GDP per capita and then you will multiply it by your population to find out your Gross Domestic Product.  Your GDP is one indicator of how healthy you economy is, your society will need to represent variables.  As you plan you will have to deal with the variables given to you.  This is "why" Mrs.Krushel is always talking about the hard decisions

Also keep in mind that the map in the hallway is Mercator projected so you MUST go to an atlas to get a accurate representation of the size of your society.

(For example, Greenland looks bigger than Africa but we all know that Africa is eight times bigger in real life.  It is very hard to take our round world and lay it flat!

Important Details

Hope you have enjoyed your weekend.

1.  Triathlon forms are due...please get these in to your homeroom teacher asap.

2.  CASH launches tomorrow!!!  Hope you had a very rich discussion around Nature of Individuals, Society, and Vision of the Future.  This very important handout needs to be complete & continually reflected upon and added to.

3.  Your Science homework from Wednesday must be done for Monday so we can do a bit of review & push forward...it is a relevant for CASH & it is imperative that you are familiar with energy generation pros/cons etc.  Explore IT girls & anybody that missed on Wednesday, the handout is in D2L under news.

4.  Your Linear Relations needs to be rolling...expect an assessment this week on Tuesday while I'm away at my workshop.

5.  We will have a Linear Relations Unit Assessment on May 24th.

Get a Good Night Sleep. So EXCITED to read your works of AMAZING!

Leave your cell phone in your locker.  Bring you reading book and your favorite writing tools. It is going to be a GREAT DAY!

 

 

Tomorrow is an early dismissal and modified schedule for ALL the students in our building.  Please see below so that you know where you need to be and so that you are prepared for the morning.

 

Time	Grade 9s	Grade 8s	Grade 7
7:45-8:15	Snacks in homeroom
8:15-8:25	HR	HR	HR
8:25-9:00		Cougar K	Cougar K
9:00-10:30 (Grade 7 & 8)   8:30-11:00	Wave 1 writes Wave 2 Phys. Ed	Written assessment in HR	Written assessment in HR
11:00-12:42 (Grade 7 & 8)   11:00-1:30	Wave 2 writes Wave 1 Phys. Ed	Outside 10:45-11:42 CTF  11:45-12:42	CTF 10:45-11:42 Outside 11:45-12:42
1:30	Exam finishes

 

 

DISMISSAL FOR ALL GRADE 7&8's will be at 12:42pm.

 

Copy of Email Sent to 901/902 Families

Hi Everybody,

Here is a copy of the email that was sent to families this morning.  Thanks for taking the time to review & record all of the dates & details.

Good Morning 901/902 Families,

Hope you are enjoying the weekend.

We just wanted to send another email to keep you up-to-date with upcoming events/details/dates:

1.  Matt Fell sent an email to all of you last week outlining the plan for the ELA PAT part 1 exam that takes place on Tuesday, May 9th.  Here is a brief overview of the plan for your calendars.  Students will write in 2 waves to ensure that they receive the allotted time and have access to a computer for their exam.  Exam is 2 hours in length with 30 minutes of additional time if students need.

Wave 1:  8:30-11:00 am ELL/IPP students; last names A-Ma and any students that live in Nolan Hill

Wave 2:  11:00-1:30 pm ELL/IPP can still be writing if they need additional time; last names Me-Z

Please review Matt Fell's email from last week & take a moment to review the plan with your son/daughter.  Thank you.  A paper copy of the email will be sent home tomorrow with students as a reminder.

2.  Thursday, May 11th--all grade 9 students will be attending the Economics for Success field trip at SAIT.  We need volunteers to support this trip.  Parents/guardians, if you have a police clearance in place & are able to join us, we would love for you to come with us!  Please contact Marnie Krushel at mnkrushel@cbe.ab.ca if you are able to help.  We will leave the school by 9 am and will return by 2:30 pm.  Field trip paperwork is now past due...students, please tend to this asap and hand these forms in to your homeroom teacher asap.  Thank you!

3.  CASH Interdisciplinary project---Create a Society, however you can!  This project launches on May 15th and will tie together many of the overarching themes/concepts that students have been working on all year.  This is a very busy time of the year for students and it is important that they have a strong finish to the end of the academic year.

4.  June 13th--5:00-6:30 pm students will celebrate & present their CASH projects.  Please note this important date & start making arrangements to ensure that your child is available to showcase their learning.

5.  June 15th evening--Grade 9 Farewell Celebration.  Please free up this evening on your calendars--more details to follow.

6.  Friday, May 26th--Grade 9 triathlon...this is a fantastic grade 9 tradition at HDC!  Please watch for paperwork & details coming home from our PE department.

7.  June PAT info:
June 21 Early dismissal at 12:42 pm no exams
June 22 Science PAT
June 26 Social PAT
June 27 ELA part B PAT
June 28 Math PAT
PAT exam dates will be early dismissal days for all students.
If you have any questions concerning the PATs, please contact the office.

Thanks for reviewing this email & making note of the many important dates coming up in May/June.  Can hardly believe it is May 7th already...

As always, we appreciate all of your support.  It is a busy time for all and the kids are pushing hard to the finish line.  They are a wonderful group and we love them dearly...thanks for checking in with them around all these upcoming details.  If you have any questions/concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at Marnie Krushel mnkrushel@cbe.ab.ca or Trish Kirk thkirk@cbe.ab.ca.

Take care,
Marnie & Trish

Sailors...

Sailors, please watch Bill Nye Saves the World episode 1 (Earth is a hot mess) on Netflix & take some jots notes.

It fits beautifully with CASH!!

A great day...

Hope the track meet went well and you all ran fast, jumped high, and threw far!!

We worked really well here on taxation, math review, and conferencing for the PAT.

I have put another couple of pages of Math review on D2L under news...Hum prep is your priority so plod through this Math at your pace making sure you don't leave it until June to work out any issues.

Economics for Success paperwork needs to come in asap to your homeroom teacher.  We need volunteers so please ask your adults.

Enjoy this lovely weather...

Economics for Success Paperwork

EFS forms were handed out yesterday...please get them in to your homeroom teacher asap.

Adults, if you are able to volunteer on May 11th and have a valid police clearance in place, please contact Marnie Krushel at mnkrushel@cbe.ab.ca.  We would love for you to join us!!

Taking Care of Business

Types of Taxation

We will be finishing your Types of Taxation tomorrow in class.  DUE ON MONDAY for the track stars.
We are preparing for our PAT Write on Tuesday so please do some reviewing of format of each piece of writing and begin to think about your arsenal of examples that you relate to for your writing. And if you are think story writing allow your mind to wonder and create rich settings in your daydreams. Review your

ALL of you have a very authentic voice that the world needs to hear, write in this moment of your life with all the fibers of YOU!  Mrs. Krushel and I want the person reading your work to feel the same way we feel when we read your work . Greatly satisfied that this is the youth that will be guiding our country/world when we are old and grey.

Business Letter Pre-Write Tomorrow! Track Stars get your forms in!

Please review you business letter format for your pre-write tomorrow!
You will have 30 minutes to write it and you will not have access to your notes.  Please refer to the study tool you created in class!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jue_JlxnPGM

Do your think the original Barbie is a good toy for young girls to play with?
Why or Why not?

Poetry is due Tuesday and Chapter 8 Questions will be Due on Thursday!

Begin to commit the format into your brain as you prepare for high school and for the PAT.
Essay Format will be available on the board for Practice Write.