Patterning Practice.

Try these links below to explore the concept of finding patterns in numbers!
Pattern Quest
Cyber Pattern Player
Choose the next pattern
Crack the Code
BBC

How will you remember?

Follow the link to the "Canada Remembers Times", and read page two of the virtual paper. Continue creating your list of "I will remember", "I will never forget", statements regarding the sacrifices our men and women in the armed services have made for us throughout the years. We will be recording your best statements in the creation of a multimedia show for the Remembrance Day Assembly on November 11th.

IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER AS WELL

• MEDICAL FORMS RETURNED TOMORROW


• SHOTS ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 15TH


• AIRPLANES ANALYSIS DUE TOMORROW


• BOBBY FISCHER FOR TOMORROW


• INTERMEDIATE X-COUNTRY TOMORROW!!!!!

PEMDAS...say what????

Check out these two videos that highlight order of operations in math. You have probably seen or heard of the acronym BEDMAS, this is the same concept. The difference is that we are calling the brackets by their true mathematical name... parentheses.

Therefore, from this day forth we will use PEMDAS in order to follow the correct order of operations. Check out the videos below.
Mr. Speer

PEDMAS video#1
PEDMAS video #2

Tonight's assignment, start remembering...

Tonight your task will be to read page one of the "Canada Remembers Times" (click on this link) and post a comment about how this makes you feel. Start to make a collection of the things you will remember, or that you will never forget as we continue towards Rememberance Day. In class we will be studying song lyrics and discussing the feelings of soldiers and their loved ones. We will be reading letters to soldiers, and letters sent from soldiers home.

We will take a closer look at the following videos in class as inspiration for letters we will be writing from different perspectives:

Letters from home

Letters from war

Our Greatest Canadian Hero...

Watch this video tribute to Terry Fox and then create a wordle that represents how he fits the definition of a hero. Print out you wordle for me and hand it in. When we get back to class you will be writing a letter in your Response Journals to Terry Fox conveying your feelings about his Marathon of Hope, and the effect it had on ALL Canadians. The links below will provide you with some information on Terry Fox and his courageous journey. Make notes.

Video Tribute to Terry Fox

Terry Fox Legacy article

Dictionary definition of a hero

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Prime numbers

Here is a link to a prime numbers calculator. This should help 7A with their homework. It is also located in the math links on the sidebar.

Prime number calculator link

Important Dates

• Thursday is the Terry Fox Run
• Friday, Metcalfe Fair
• Cross Country upcoming
• Personal Bio due Thursday
• Learning Profile due Thursday

Mr. Speer

Vote for our first read aloud...

Check out the following links to review the books I introduced in class today. Use your classes poll to vote for the book you want me to read first.

Mr.Speer

Life of Pi

United We Stand

Thunder Over Kandahar

Beverly Hills Masaii