9-3 M. Descoteaux

Bonjour, please make sure you look on Powerschool for marks.  In SS, this week students finished and presented their political Party poster. We also continue exploring the government of Canada and its organization. There will be a quiz on government organization chap. 1 next week on Wed. Oct 2nd.

Science: Study sheet for theme 2 module 1 was due on the 26th! Lab report (page 9) due the 27th. Test on themes 1 and 2 Monday! Math: Students have their Math test on September 30th (Rational numbers) They also have an assignment to complete on order of operation. We start a new chapter this week on exponent laws. The year is progressing well. Results for the assignment and the test should be posted shortly on Power School. ELA: Language Power 1-8 should be completed by Friday 4th. Students should also be planning & writing their own poem, based on the one we read in class: If  By Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: ...

FLA:  We have been spending the week reinforcing our review and learning of the past tense.  We will have a quiz on Wednesday September 23 for everything we have learned about the passé composé and imparfait verb tenses.  Students have a purple notes booklet they can reference. On Tuesday we will be going to the library where Ms. Fitz will remind us about the rules and systems of the learning commons.  We will also have a chance to sign out an independent reading novel or non-fiction book.  You will be expected to read this on your own time at home.  In a month or two, you will have independent conversations with me about your novel so that you can tell me about what you have been reading!

Science: Last week students built and handed in their first study sheet (Feuille d'étude thème 1 module 1) and worked on an morphological diversity activity. This week students will build and hand in a study sheet on theme 2 (Thursday), complete and hand in their first lab report (page 9 of their textbook) Do not forget to bring me a proof that you showed the Science Outline to your parents! Updates : Study sheet theme 2 due tomorrow. Lab report due Friday. Test on themes 1 and 2 Monday the 30th.  Notes de cours module1 Math : This week we are working on an assignment to practice order of operation. We are also reviewing for our test on rational numbers. The test for grade 9 students will be on Monday September 30th. I encourage parents to log on power school to see the results for the first quiz of the year. Have a great week! ELA: Language Power 5 & 6    (due Friday) We had a spelling test, Morrison & McCall, on Friday. The words start easy & g...

SS In class, we are working on the future elections. In group, students are making an information poster on a political party which they will present in class next Monday. We will continue our chapter 1 and discuss various issues with our government and our country. Federal Election tools for students and parents https://www.theglobeandmail.com/newsletters/ https://pollenize.org/fr/elections/canada-2019 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics https://votecompass.cbc.ca/canada/

Math : Students in grade 9 had their first Quiz this week. Results should soon be posted on Power School to view. Some important changes are coming to the Math STEMS. More information on this soon! We continued to work on our chapter about rational numbers this week. Students all need to practice order of operation. I strongly suggest using this amazing site to find worksheets with the answers! I did not assign homework this week end so this is a great thing to do if you're bored... https://www.math-drills.com/orderofoperations.php

LP 3 & 4 BookFlix Project & Rubric

FLA:  This week we have been reviewing the passé composé verb tense and learning some new information and exceptions to our knowledge bank (reflexive verbs in the past tense as well as the complément objet direct vs. indirect).  We will continue our work with this next week in order to reinforce our understanding of these new concepts.

LA: This week in LA, we have been writing paragraphs about our puzzle piece. This project allowed students to represent themselves symbolically. It was great to learn more about each student this way. We also got back to working on  Language Power  - lesson 1 & 2 - grammar for everyone!  Next week we will be working on LP lessons 3 & 4. We will also be writing our BOOKFLIX reviews to share with the whole school. This mean that all the students need to have a book, which they have read, in mind for the project.  Power-Up: Students need to create a 1-pager, about useful study techniques. The 1-pager will be colorful and detailed, in order to be useful when studying.

Math Grade 9 This week we continued our work on our first chapter of the year (rational numbers, Chapter 2). We played a game on Friday to practice mental math skills. Students have been very focused and worked well in the classroom. Homework is assigned almost daily and students should have completed several homework this week. I will post an update on homework completed on Power School at the end of this chapter. There will be a quiz on what we learned so far on Tuesday of next week Have a great week end! M. Tetreault Science: Study Sheet for theme 1 module 1 is due this Thursday! Just in case you are away or that you want to get a head start... Class Notes:  Biodiversité Happy Learning! Here is another link to access the Science Syllabus in the hopes that this is simpler for all of you. Science Outlin

Hi all, This week we started talking about chapter one on politics which links directly to the up coming election on October 21st. We talked about Fakes News and how to recognized proper information online.  Marks for the quiz are on Powerschool. Next week we will talk about the federal governement organization and the leaders of the main political parties. Monsieur Beaudoin

Just in case you are away or that you want to get a head start...   Biodiversité Happy Learning! Here is another link to access the Science Syllabus in the hopes that this is simpler for all of you. Science Outline