Saturday 23 February 2019

February 23, 2019

Grade 7

This week we begin Chapter 3 and focus on regions in the world. We look at the "Moyen-Orient", the Middle East and its uniqueness. We will discuss the physical regions of Canada (forests, frontiers, and natural vegetation). Students will have an assignment where they will be designing a floor plan of the classroom. (P. 52-53 in the text)

Grade 8

This week we begin Chapter 3 and focus on comparing the constants of development in Canada and other countries. We will look at the quality of life here and discuss the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Students will be charting and interpreting a correlation graph with regards to the rate of births and the annual revenue of various countries including Canada and the USA. (P. 50-51 in the text)

Monday 18 February 2019

February 18, 2019  Happy Family Day everyone.

Grade 7

Students will receive a chapter review and will be having a test this week. The test will focus on new vocabulary;  "les reliefs" and an animal that lives in each one; the factors that affect, "la crise de la morue"; and the two sides (les environnementalistes, les entreprises) of the "la coupe à blanc".

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      la morue - cod fish                                       la coupe à blanc

Grade 8

The students will be competing an assignment where they will create an pyramid of ages graph with the population of Canada in 2006 and compare that information with the population in 1999. They will also have a review day and a chapter test this week. The test will focus on new vocabulary; "la densité de la population", "le taux d'accreusement naturel"; and a pyramid of ages graph. 

Population of Canada (2019 and historical)
YearPopulationDensity (P/Km²)
201836,953,7654
201736,624,1994
201636,289,8224
201535,949,7094
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age pyramid of Cananda, 2018





Sunday 10 February 2019

February 10, 2019

Grade 7

Students will be bringing home a unit 1 Geography test, this week. Please look it over, sign it and return it to school.  This week we will begin Chapter 2 and look at the environment and its interactions. We will discuss 5 characteristics of natural environments and the animals that are able to live in those special environments. We will look at the 1992 stoppage of cod fishing in Newfoundland and what happened to this industry; as well as, how animals, plants, and natural phenomenons interact with each other in the environment.


Grade 8

Students will be bringing home a unit 1 Geography test this week. Please look it over, sign it and return it to school. This week we will begin Chapter 2 and look at various demographic constants in the world. We will discuss the distribution and density of populations of various countries in the world and how this information is useful. We will also look at the factors that influence a population (history, migration, technology, politics and environment); as well as, the historical revolutions that caused a large fluctuation in population, in the world.

Sunday 3 February 2019

February 3, 2019

Grade 7

Students worked on an open book assignment to determine absolute and relative locations of various cities in Ontario.  They were asked to use a scale, measure and determine the distance between 2 cities. They used a legend to describe major cities and the relative location of national parks on a map. 

Students will be tested this week on vocabulary; 2 methods to determine absolute location (la localisation absolute); and public transportation (la transportation en commun), as well as, 1 advantage and inconvenience of it. The second part of the unit test will be an open-book question.

Grade 8 

Students worked on an open book assignment to determine absolute and relative locations of various cities in Ontario.  They used a scale to determine the distance between 2 cities and were asked to use a legend to describe physical (natural) and human (human-made) characteristics seen on the map. 

Students will be tested this week on vocabulary and identifying 3 differences between rural and urban communities.  The second part of the unit test will be an open-book question concerning community planning and the 4 sites that are taken into consideration during the process.


Hoping everyone enjoys the Superbowl (if you are a football fan, like me).