Wednesday!

Hello families and friends!
We had a great morning of learning today.

In Math, we continued learning about factor trees. We also completed our first word problem, going through a specific checklist to ensure our work was complete before submitting.

In Français, we had a work period to continue editing and writing the good copies of our goals for the school year. Many of us have now started creating our accompanying inspiration boards using the PicCollage app on the iPads. We reviewed the criteria of what should be included on our inspiration boards together as a group before getting to work. We will have two more work periods this week in order to meet our Friday due date.

In Science, we continued our investigation of the five Kingdoms, focusing on Protista (protiste) and Fungi (mycète). After looking at picture example of each Kingdom, we watch a series of short videos before identifying the main characteristics of each group. Today we learned that Protista are microscopic (with a few exceptions), unicellular, and have a nucleus. We also learned that the examples in the Fungi group are quite varied, ranging from Penicillin and Trichophyton (the fungus causing Athlete's Foot) to mushrooms. We'll learn more about the characteristics of Fungi tomorrow in class.

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Agenda items:
1. Good copy and inspiration board for our 2017-18 goals due Friday.
2. CFOO - Monday, November 20.
3. Scholastic orders - due Friday, November 17.
4. Additions/improvements to Science Design Process projects - Monday, November 20.

Have a great afternoon! :)