Tuesday, April 6, 2021
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- Week at a glance - time around PCSS
- Birds - week 8
- Chemistry review with Kahoot - naming compounds
- Geography of North America - regions, changes/ continuity in the land, geologic processes, worksheet and map
- Geographic regions and climbing
- Food web assignment for Ms. Sands if not complete
- We are around PCSS all week
Friday, March 5th, 2021
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- Aunt Jemima syrup name change article and discussion
- UTM coordinates, interpreting contour lines on topographic maps and practice/ assignment
- Afternoon bird watching outing - McIntyre Marsh, Yukon River intake, Shipyards Park
- Meal planning with trip partner
- Come with gear for trip on Monday
- Purchase/ prepare food for your trip
- Complete your notes highlighting significant people, places, events and ideas of the French Revolution - open book quiz on Monday (pp 72-85 in old social studies text book, excluding pp 78-79). Forgot the text book at school? Here's a link
- We are around PCSS on Monday
- Snowshoe trip next week Tuesday-Thursday
- No school on Friday - it's the start of March break!
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
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- Bird review and bingo
- Navigation intro, topographic maps and latitude/ longitude
- Finish French Revolution notes
- Sewing our pualuk
- Complete your French Revolution notes on pages 72-85 in the old social studies text book *skip pages 78-79
- Get your trip permission forms signed
- Work on your pualuk (tonight/ this weekend)
- Outing tomorrow afternoon - come dressed for the weather with appropriate footwear and clothing
- Snowshoe trip into Bonneville Lakes is scheduled for next Tuesday-Thursday
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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- Review birds from this week and prior weeks
- French revolutions part 2
- Reading and notes - French revolution ***due by Monday as you will be using these notes to write a quiz
- Trip prep - area/ route overview with Google maps, equipment list, itinerary, partner survey and game, journal overview
- Lu zil man readings and questions
- Pualuk sewing
- Finish up France map if you weren't here yesterday
- Finish pualuk (mitten) liners if not yet complete
- Academics tomorrow morning, sewing tomorrow afternoon
- Snowshoe trip next Tuesday-Thursday
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
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- 5 new birds! ...including the highly popular marbled murrelet
- Geography of France - mapping activity; soundtrack - Joseph Haydn's "The Queen"
- French Revolution video - teasing out significant people, places and events
- Course selection
- Tent set-up in prep for next week's trip
- Skate skiing introduction at Mount McIntyre
- Finish France map if not complete
- Possible outing tomorrow afternoon - come with appropriate footwear and clothing
Tues, Feb 22 to Thurs Feb 24, 2021
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- Ta'an man ski trip
- Finish trip journals
- Monday is a comp day
- Afternoon skiing next Tuesday
Monday, February 22, 2021
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- LEAD and ACES presentations - applications due March 11th
- Bird call consolidation - naming and bingo
- Trip prep - master list, snow science, review journal, equipment organization
- Mitten sewing with Lorraine and elder Roger
- Finish trip prep
- Ski trip - we leave tomorrow! Woohoo!
- Friday is a holiday, Monday is a comp day. Long weekend ahead!
Friday, February 19, 2021
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- CHAOS 10 presentation
- Birds quiz
- Using Excel to graph - multi line graph for water bottle lab and re-design
- Prep for trip - cook food, get the rest of your gear organized
- We are around the school on Monday
- Trip next week Tues-Thurs
Thursday, February 18, 2021
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- Black history month - timeline and connections to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X
- Water bottle redesign
- Cross-country skiing @ Mount Mac
- Duffel bags in tomorrow
- Sima tomorrow
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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- Caribou and food chains with Ms. Sands
- Cross-country skiing @ Mount Mac - downhill turns practice, Olympic loop tour and games
- Pages 184-185 of workbook
- Unit 2 of workbook if you're not done yet
- Journal entry for today (except weather)
- Cross-country ski outing tomorrow @ Mount Mac ***Bring lunch, water and extra layers in your backpack
- Tele ski outing Friday @ Mount Sima
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
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- Finish People of Feather video/ notes
- Science workbook session
- Social studies essay - comparing Covid 19 and the Spanish flu
- Shovel-fest
- Mitten making
- Hand in science workbooks with unit 2 complete for tomorrow
- Cross-country skiing tomorrow afternoon @ Mount Mac
Monday, February 15, 2021
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- Week at a glance
- Soft start - 5 new bird calls, black history month, reading
- Science workbook - independent work
- Essay writing - Covid-19/ Spanish flu
- People of a Feather film and notes
- Mitten sewing
- Complete section 2.5 in your science workbook
- We are staying around PCSS tomorrow but will be going outside tomorrow afternoon - come with appropriate clothing/ winter boots
Friday, February 12, 2021
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- Birds quiz - week 4 + 5 others
- Black history month meets periodic table
- Chemistry compounds feedback and quiz
- Chemical hand warmer reaction analysis and POE (predict, observe, explain) chart
- Snowshoe @ Wolf Creek
- Journal entry for today
- Water bottle labs due Monday
- Science workbook sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 - correct your mistakes and complete any unfinished parts for Monday
- We are at PCSS all day Monday
- Outings planned next week for Tuesday afternoon, Thursday all day and Friday all day
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
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- Soft start - ski trip postponed, birds review, Rosa Parks
- Return work and organize binders
- Chemistry compounds - multivalent metals review and polyatomic ions
- Comparing the Spanish Flu of 1918 and Covid-19
- Mitten making
- Complete compound worksheet pages (multivalent #3 and polyatomic #2) and hand in tomorrow
- Finish your water bottle insulation labs for Monday
- Trip cancelled this week - will be rescheduled for next week or the week after
- Outing tomorrow cancelled due to cold temperatures
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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- Soft start - birds review, ski trip overview with journal part 2
- Whitehatter presentation part 2
- Water bottle lab writeup
- Sexual health quiz
- Quinzhee construction and staying warm while winter camping tips
- Trip master list
- Waterbottle labs due Friday
- Prep for trip
Monday, February 8, 2021
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- Week at a glance
- Water bottle insulation lab
- Birds! Week 4
- Chemistry compounds - multivalent metals
- Sexual health presentation with Adria and Shannon
- Shoveling and sewing
Friday, February 5, 2021
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- Waterbottle insulation intro
- Black history month - Mae Carol Jamieson
- Bird quiz
- Journals - duct tape/ decorating session
- Sima ski day
Thursday, February 4, 2021
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- Telemark ski outing on Grey Mountain
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
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- Black history month - music by Miles Davis and feature on Mary Ann Shadd Cary
- Whitehatter presentation on social media and digital literacy
- Chemistry - ionic compounds review
- Social studies book tasting event
- Reading - "Brotherhood" as a class and individual books
- Trip prep - trip overview, partner interview and food planning
- None
- Telemark ski tour outing tomorrow at Grey Mountain. Come dressed for the weather (layers, warm mitts, scarf/ buff) - it's going to be chilly! Bring a backpack with a lunch, water and a warm drink/ soup.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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- Black history month - music by Sly and the Family Stone and feature on Viola Davis
- Birds! Week 3 review
- Science - review Bohr diagrams, ions and introduce naming and writing formulas for binary ionic compounds
- Size up cross-country ski poles
- Cross-country ski outing @ Father Mouchet Trails ***Meet Gary Bailie and learn about the trails and the Kwanlin Koyotes program, learn how to use poles for forward movement and balance
- None
- Classroom day tomorrow; full-day outings planned for Thursday and Friday
Monday, February 1, 2021
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- Week at a glance
- Black history month - music by Nina Simone and feature on Harriet Tubman
- Birds! Week 3
- Science – go over workbook questions
- Chemistry – Bohr diagrams for atoms and ions
- Social studies – cause and consequence of major historical events
- Pualuk mittens - into to Inuit culture, the importance of sewing, trace fleece liner patterns, cut out, attach and begin sewing
- Complete science workbooks pages 44-73 if not already done
- Cross-country skiing tomorrow afternoon
Friday, January 29, 2021
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- Bird quiz - weeks 1 and 2
- Fire video and discussion
- Snowshoe to Valerie Lake
- Fire lesson and practice
- Earth's 4 spheres introduction
- Complete political map of Canada
- Complete science workbook pages 44-73
- We are around the school on Monday but bring clothing/ footwear to go outside for part of the afternoon
Thursday, January 28, 2021
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- Covid-19 vaccine activity, readings, questions
- DNA, RNA and proteins - videos and models
- Class code of conduct - revisit
- Games outside
- Get any outstanding assignments done
- Complete some of your science workbook if you are not quite done
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
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- McDade/ Sands away
- Political map of Canada activity
- Science workbook
- Hand in Trangia lab and Canada map tomorrow
- All-day snowshoeing outing tomorrow cancelled; come prepared for a possible 1-hour snowshoe outing leaving from the school
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
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- Review from yesterday - birds, chemistry, heat loss mechanisms
- Chemistry continued... (atomic theory, periodic table exploration, Bohr diagrams)
- Cross-country ski outing @ Mount McIntyre (Dog/ Sundog trails)
- Trangia lab due Thursday
- McDade away tomorrow
- Come prepared for a full day snowshoe outing on Thursday (bring appropriate layered clothing, winter boots, a good hat, a scarf/ buff/ face covering, a lunch, water and a backpack
Monday, January 25, 2021
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- Birds
- Science lab write-up
- Chemistry topics
- Survival kits
- Heat loss skits
- Knots - double overhand, half hitch
- Finish your science lab - due Thursday
- Collecting journals tomorrow - have yours updated
- Plan to cross-country ski tomorrow afternoon. Dress for cold temperatures with layers and a backpack. Have a face covering (buff, scarf) and good mitts and a warm toque.
Friday, January 22nd, 2021
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- Risk
- Telemark skiing @ Sima
- Complete journal entry for today
- @ school Monday
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
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- Amanda Gorman poem
- Science lab write-up overview
- Snowshoe outing - Stinky Lake
- Journal activity and self assessments
- Introduction to risk
- Finish personal timelines (due Friday)
- Telemark ski day tomorrow. See parent letter for required clothing/ gear.
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
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- Revisit birds – week 1
- Self assessments/ finish journal
- Personal timelines
- Frostbite presentation - Josianne Gauthier
- Wicked wicks
- Trangia lab
- Journal activity
- Self assessments
- Finish personal timelines (due Friday)
- We are snowshoeing tomorrow for most of the day. Dress for the weather (long johns, winter jacket, snowpants, winter boots, mitts, hatt, face covering, pack lunch, water bottle (filled), thermos, backpack)
Tuesday, January 19th, 2021
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- Revisit class code of conduct and character attributes
- Hand in Welcome Package from yesterday
- Birds! – presentation and week 1 bird calls
- Prepare cross-country skis
- Afternoon cross-country ski @ Mount McIntyre
- Journal activity
- Parent meeting tonight @ 7pm ***Give envelopes with documents/ forms to your parents
Monday, January 18th, 2021
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- Welcome and introductions
- Housekeeping; code of conduct co-creation
- Course information; social studies personal timeline; ski and boot fitting
- Birds!
- Plan for tomorrow
- Complete welcome pages 6, 7 and 9 of your welcome package if not done already
- Skiing at Mount McIntyre tomorrow afternoon - light clothing, layers, light mitts/ gloves, toque, buff, snowpants, wind jacket
More information on next semester's SASE 9 program to come soon!
Make sure you are doing daily physical activity in preparation for our semester together, especially over the winter break.
Make sure you are doing daily physical activity in preparation for our semester together, especially over the winter break.