January 27

Announcements:

• Half Day Thursday, January 30th
• No School Friday, January 31st
• Parent Teacher Interviews are Thursday, January 30th, from 1-4pm and 5-8pm and Friday January 31st from 10am-2pm
• Bell Let's Talk Mental Health Day Wednesday, January 29th 

Math:

Percent Word Problem Quiz: Wednesday, January 29th

Students are encouraged to do the practice problems we have been working on in class to be well prepared.

When solving:

• identify what you know and what the question is asking
• use the unit square and/or another strategy (e.g equivalent fractions)
• determine the value of one square (1%)
• if you know the whole write it at the top of the 100's grid
• show your calculations and solutions clearly

Here is a sample question from the practice problems:

Science:

We are learning about the theories of Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics. Today we watched Continents Adrift An Introduction to Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics.
For more information watch videos linked to the January 23rd post.