welcome to grade 8 presentation

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Welcome,Parents & Guardians

of Grade 8s

Camp Sweet

- September 13 - 15 (8.3 & 8.4)

- September 15 - 17 (8.1 & 8.2)

Parent Information Meeting - Thursday,

August 26

Circle Tour

- Tuesday, May 24 - Friday, May 27

Parent Information Meeting - TBA

FIELD TRIPS

VolunteeringIf you are interested in volunteering at

any time this year, please make sure that

you have filled out the forms in the office

and had your Criminal Record Check

completed.

Agenda UsagePlease decide with your child what

method of organization would benefit

them the most.

E.g.

- digital or book-type

- iCal or Google Calendar subscription

Student AbsencesHomework &Study Time

new lessons - study

overlapping homework

Extra Help if experiencing difficulty we

encourage students to

approach us

morning or lunch recess

availability


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Learning StrategiesThisblockwillprovide structured time forstudents to develop strategies to ensuresuccess for all students at CSS.

This includes: accurate speed typing,note-taking, decoding text, study skills,

organizational strategies, etc.

Laptops Return all appropriate forms as soon as

possible

Students are to have their laptops

charged in the morning Appropriate use

Parent Information Night - Wednesday,

September 1

Student Absences- email us (we can forward the

note to the office)

- or email the office directly Curriculum

Humanities


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Worldviews:

factors that shape worldviews

changes in worldviews

Case studies comparing our world today tochanges and origins of worldviews during:

The Italian Renaissance

Isolation to adaptation in Japan

Conflict between the Spanish and Aztecs

Enduring Understandings Content Worldview inquiry unit: What can artifacts andstories tell us about our and another culture's worldview?

Independent and graphic novel study

Renaissance: A Renaissance in our own times?

Japan: Create a textbook aligned to the learningneeds of the 21st century

Spanish/Aztec (Worldviews in Conflict)


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Writing

Creative Writing; poetry, scripts, short stories Expository; paragraph, essay, research, persuasive

Reading

Vocabulary building

Reading comprehension Strategies for understanding theme, character, plot etc.

Using novels to help explore essential questions

Speaking Debating

Presenting

Listening

Note taking (listening comprehension)

Viewing

Deconstructing media

Visually Representing Creating iMovies (documentaries, PSA)

Fireworks ( collage, symbolic representations of ideas)

Skills & Processes Welcome,Parents & Guardians

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Throughline Question: How

should our/my current worldview

change to adapt to the

challenges of the 21st

century?

Humanities

Science

Unit 1:

Mix & Flow of MatterFocusing Questions: What are fluids: what are they made of

and how do we use them?

What properties of fluids, and what

interaction between fluids and other

materials, are important to their use?

Edquest Link


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Unit 2:Cells & Systems

Focusing Questions: How can we make sense of the vast

diversity of living things?

What do living things have in common-

from the smallest to the largest-and

what variations do we find in their

structure and function?


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Unit 3:Light & Optical Systems

Focusing Questions: What do we know about the nature of

light?

What technologies have been

developed that use light, and what

principles of light do they show?


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Unit 4:Mechanical Systems

Focusing Questions: How is energy transferred in mechanical

devices?

How do they provide for controlled

application of energy in ways that are

efficient, effective and responsible?

Unit 5:Fresh&Salt wat er Sys tems

Focusing Questions: What are the characteristics and

dynamics of fresh and saltwater

systems?

How do these systems interact with the

atmosphere and Earth, and with the

actions of humans?

Unit 5:Fresh & Salt Water Systems

Math%

Statistics & Probability critique ways in which data is presented

graphs

solve problems involving the probability of

independent events


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Numbers perfect squares, square roots

percents

ratio & ratio

multiplying & dividing positive fractions

and mixed numbers

multiplying & dividing integers

Patterns & Relations graph and analyze two-variable linear

relations

model and solve problems using linear

equations

Shapes & Space develop and apply Pythagorean

theorem to solve problems

draw and construct nets of 3 -D objects

surface area of: right rectangular prisms,

right triangular prisms, right cylinders

volume of: right rectangular prisms, right

triangular prisms and right cylinders

congruence of polygons

8.1 & 8.2WEBSITE ORIENTATION& COMMUNICATION

Grade 8 Website

Questions?Feedback Form

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