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Learning Opportunities for Grade 8 FI
Week of May 11-15
School Vision: Motivating, Compassionate, Successful School Mission: Making a difference…. Committed to learning…. Supporting each other
Do the best you can! Focus on life skills, physical activity, mental well-being, creative expression, social responsibility and social connections. Stay healthy and safe! Try to work on the learning opportunities for
2 hours each day.
Every Day – 30 Minutes of Reading & 30 Minutes of Physical Activity
Math Learning Opportunities
Choose from these tasks for a total of 30 minutes a day. This week is all about Operations with Fractions and Mixed Numbers! If you get stuck, feel free to contact your
teacher. Once you feel you have a good understanding of the material, try out the escape room. Can you beat the
clock and escape?!?! Maybe phone a friend and try it together. Have fun!
Mechanical Math
There is lots of math around you, even in the garage!
Follow this link to learn about mechanics math.
Fraction Quilts
Create your own Fraction Quilts
from the templates or create
your own.
Calculate the fraction of each
colour of your quilt design.
Math & the Measuring Tape
- What do those lines on a measuring tape represent?
- Check out this video on: How to read a measuring tape?
Activities
- Measure and build something.
- Check out more tape measure math.
- Try adding and subtracting using a tape measure.
- Use a tape measure or ruler to measure the length and
width of doors, walls, your house,
and even yourself!
Math in the Kitchen!
Math really can be a piece of
cake! Choose a recipe to make.
Practice measuring with
fractions.
Questions to Consider:
- How would the measurements
change if you doubled the
recipe? Rewrite the
measurements for the recipe
when it’s doubled (¾ + ¾ = 6/4
= 1 ½).
- What if you tripled the recipe or divided it in ½?
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Fractions, Decimals, Percent – Calendar Questions
- What fraction of the calendar are weekend days?
- What percent of the days have a 1 in the tens place? Ones place?
- What fraction of the months make up summer?
- What fraction of the year do we go to school? What’s that as a
decimal?
- What percent of the school year are March and Christmas Breaks?
- What is the decimal value for the days of the week that have an s
in them?
Operations With Fractions: +, –, x, ÷
This week’s escape room deals with
operations with fractions, so be sure
to practice these skills before
tackling the escape room.
Videos
These videos will help remind you
how to:
- Add & Subtract Fractions (like denominators)
- Add & Subtract Fractions (unlike denominators)
- Multiplying Fractions
- Dividing Fractions
These songs may help you out too! Check them out!
Multiplin' Fractions and Dividin' Fractions.
Math Practice Questions
Want to try out some practice questions until you get the
hang of it. This link will take you to some practice pages
you can try. We have included the answers for you, but
remember to try the questions before looking at the
answers!
Escape Room – Star Trek: Ambush at New Merator
Help save the Enterprise before your enemies capture
you! Click here to try.
May you live long and prosper!
Fraction Games
Go to Tony's Fraction's Pizza Shop. Make the pizzas customers order using
fractions.
Find some other fraction games online to try out!
Science Learning Opportunities Choose from these tasks for a total of 30 minutes a day.
This week we focus on Space: The Final Frontier! Pick any of the activities you’d like to try. There are several
links within the document to help you out. Remember that science is all about discovery and trying to find
out how things work. Don’t be afraid to make your observations by taking pictures/videos. Have fun!
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Space, The Final Frontier
Star Trek is one of the most
popular science-fiction
franchises of all time. Check
out its classic opening
monologue delivered by
Canada’s own William
Shatner.
Canadians in Space
Head to the Canadian Space Agency to check out what’s
new there.
Learn about Canadian astronauts, their missions and
accomplishments.
Life in Space – Questions to Consider
What do you think it would be like living in the
International Space Station?
How would you:
- brush your teeth
- wash your hair
- sleep
- exercise
Look up some other things that make you curious.
Into the Unknown
No that’s not a Frozen reference… There is lots going on
in the field of space exploration.
From the Lunar Roving Vehicle and Canadarm, to the
International Space Station and Hubble Space Telescope,
there is no shortage of revolutionary ideas and
technologies. Check out NASA or The Canadian Space
Agency to learn more.
Built for Space, Sold on Earth!
Did you know that some inventions were built for space?
Videos
- Click here to see what space travel has done for you!
- Space inventions have made their way into our everyday
lives in ways we probably never knew.
- Check out these cool everyday inventions that were
invented for space.
Calling all Inventors!!
Build your own invention! Perhaps
it’s a rocket design or a new tool for
astronauts. Let your imagination go
wild!
Use any materials you can find to build
your prototype or draw your product
idea!
Experiment: Balloon Rockets
Build your own
balloon rocket!
Turn it into an
experiment by
testing different
variables. Have a
blast!
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Moon Journal
Keep a journal of the phases of the moon over the next
few weeks by drawing what the moon looks like every
night or every couple of nights. What do you notice?
Add a little fun
with a tasty way to
represent what
you’ve learned! Try
to replicate the
moon phases using
Oreo cookies Yum!
Get your groove on with phases of the moon or moon
phases.
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… an
astrological phenomenom!
Don’t forget to check out these events coming up in the
night sky!
Language Arts Learning Opportunities
Choose from these tasks for a total of 45 minutes per day +30 minutes per day of Reading
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Reading – Scholastic Read the following article about whether people should travel to Mars:
https://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/111819/should-humans-go-to-
mars.html#1030L
OR
Read the article about our own planet Earth having a role in Star Wars:
https://math.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/121619/far-away.html#1060L
Reading - Epic! Mrs. Elliott has signed everyone up for Epic!
This is a great website for reading.
https://www.getepic.com/sign-in
Once you have reached the site, go to student
login and use class code: iej3195
Reading Comprehension Read about why the moon is full of craters at the following site, and answer the
comprehension questions :
https://www.readworks.org/article/Why-Is-the-Moon-So-Scarred-with-
Craters/e5956a39-e00e-4bf6-91e5-f54af49ec65c#!articleTab:content/
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French Immersion Language Arts Learning Opportunities
Choose from these learning activities, for a total of 30 minutes a day. Try to complete one learning activity
from each category (Writing, Reading, and Speaking & Listening) by the end of the week.
French Movie of the week: Found on the free CBC Gem app, or on the website.
Monsieur Lazhar Drama
Spelling & Word Work –
Antonyms, Parts of
Speech & Contractions
Practice discovering the difference between antonyms (words that mean the
opposite) and synonyms (words that mean the same):
https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-
games/synonyms/synonym-or-antonym.html
Practice parts of speech-singular and plural pronouns
https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/parts-of-
speech/pronoun-proper-singular-plural.html
Practice contractions:
https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary-games/contractions/pick-
the-correct-contraction.html
Writing Prompts –
Choose One
Space Writing Prompts
1) We always dream about the possibility of life on other planets. Can you
imagine, however, what we must look like to aliens who may be watching us?
Write a story from the point of view of an alien who is observing the people of
Earth.
2) Weigh the risks and rewards of space flight by explaining why you would or
would not like to be a passenger on the Space Shuttle.
3) Make up a new planet. Describe the important features of the landscape,
what the climate is like, and what lives there. Write from the viewpoint of the
first visitor to this planet.
4) There is an argument that it is a waste to spend money on a space program
when there is so much need right here on Earth. Do you think it would be wiser
to take the billions spent on NASA and instead try to fix the world’s problems, or
do you think that exploration in space is just as important and may eventually
solve some of Earth’s problems when we are able to colonize another planet?
5) Do you believe there is life on other planets?
Log/Journal Keep a daily log/journal of what is happening in your life, your community, your
country, or around the world.
Keeping a journal not only helps your writing, but can be very therapeutic.
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At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who
committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is
revealed.
Warning: This movie has emotional scenes dealing with the aftermath of a suicide.
Category Learning
Activity
Instructions Examples & Considerations
Writing
Descriptive
paragraph
Go outside or look out a
window...what do you see?
Describe what you are seeing by
writing a short descriptive
paragraph (in French of course).
Practice using adjectives and
descriptive language!
Exemple :
En regardant par ma fenêtre aujourd’hui, je
peux voir le ciel gris avec de grands nuages.
Tout est mouillé avec la pluie de ce matin.
L’herbe devient un vert vif. La rivière est
rude à cause des vents forts. C’est un peu
apaisant, mais j’espère que demain sera
ensoleillé.
Grammar
For the following verbs in the
passé composé, choose the
correct auxiliary (avoir or être)
and finish the conjugation.
Once you have filled all the
conjugations out in your head
or on a piece of paper, read
them back to yourself.
Exemple: Elle _____ allée --> Elle est allée
Tu _____ mangé
Nous _____ tombés
Il _____ bu
Je/j’ _____ entrée
Tu _____ fini
Vous _____ sauté
Ils _____ venus
Nous _____ eu
Demander toi-meme...est-ce que ce verbe
est dans la maison d’être?
Reading
Cooking in
French
Choose a French recipe on
Kraft Canada to read and
follow and see how you do!
You can do this with a family
member and teach them
some French vocabulary along
the way.
A fun way to expand French vocabulary,
reading skills and the ability to follow
instructions in your second language.
Note: Be sure to have a parent’s permission
or supervision before completing this
activity.
Epic Books
Mrs. Elliot has signed everyone up for Epic Books! Go Epic, click on students, type in the class code, and then find your name.
There are tons of French books available on
Epic books, fiction and non-fiction. Find
something that interests you!
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Class code: iej3195
Reading
Comprehensio
n:the
Challenger
Space Shuttle
Read all about the tragedy of the Space Shuttle the Challenger here.
Complete the questions “À Résoudre”
throughout the article. What do you find
the most interesting?
Speaking
&
Listening
French Board
Game
Teach a parent or sibling how to
play one of your favorite board
games or card games in French!
Try to make your explanation as
clear and simple as possible.
This is not only great practice with your
French oral skills but is an opportunity for
you to teach a family member some French.
French TV
Shows
Look through this list of French
TV shows on CBC. Not sure
what to watch? Click on the
show image and then
“émission” to get an overview
of what the show is about.
Recommendations:
Marika: A young detective who solves mysteries with her two best friends.
Demande donc à Rosalie: A Young girl answers questions from teens like you!
Belle et Sébastien: The adventures of a young boy and his dog.
SOCIAL STUDIES Learning Opportunities
Choose from these learning activities, for a total of 1-2 hours per week. Remember that Social
Studies is all about inquiring about the world around us.
Learning
Activity
Instructions Considerations/ Follow Up
Social studies
and history
resource
Check out the Social Studies, History and
Geography content of this website.
Much of the content is focused on the US, but
there is still a wealth options including games,
biographies, reading comprehensions and
mini lessons.
Explore a
Virtual
Museum
Each week for rest of the school year, we
will be featuring a different museum
around the world to explore.
There are also puzzles, activities and
challenges that you find within the website!
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This week, visit the museum of flight in
Seattle here. Pick from a list of virtual tours
within this link!
Research the
Bay of Fundy
Use these links to do some research on
Atlantic Canada’s famous Bay of Fundy.
Britannica - North America
Tourism
Fundy
Questions to consider
What kind of landscape can be found
around the Bay?
What is the Bay’s history?
What causes the exceptionally high
tides?
Where is Woodstock situated relative
to the Bay of Fundy?
Worldwide
scavenger
hunt
Explore the idea of how things and people
are interconnected and interdependent.
Make a list of items in your house
and identify where they come from!
Choose one item from your list and
imagine how it was made and how it
got to your house.
You can also look for information in
books or online!
Here are some examples:
Item: Glass Water Bottle Origin: China
Item: Dress Origin: Indonesia
Item: Sweater Origin: Bangladesh
Check the tags of your clothes to find the
origin.
OTHER
Art: Cartooning
Check out Cartooning Club on YouTube. Students can follow tutorials and draw a variety of their favorite
characters from Marvel, Fortnite, Lego, Pokemon, etc.
PDCP: [email protected]
Practice Mindfulness
To practice mindfulness, sit quietly and focus on your breath. Breathe in and notice how the breath enters
your body. Where does the breath go? Breathe out and notice how it feels. Continue to breathe in and out
for 1-5 minutes. Notice if your mind wanders and if you catch your mind wandering, return your attention to
breathing. Try this mindful practice three times today. What do you observe each time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inpok4MKVLM&list=PLjOuLYqpSccfgAHOAeqoDC92nyvv7jq1g
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Physical Education at Home
Week of May 11-15
I hope that everyone is getting outside and enjoying the spring weather.
All types of activity outside is great and if you are outside walking,
running, catching and throwing then all those activities are beneficial.
I have included a link for the May calendar of the Canadian Olympic
School Resource and included in that calendar are many different
activities. Check it out this week!
Check out the link to access this
May 2020 Olympic Activity Calendar