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Spring 2009 Lesson Journal

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February     |     March     |     April     |     May     |     June

February 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2

Assessment and Evaluation Day.

3


Snow Day

4

Handed out course outline.  My 2008 Annual Report.  Graphs Handout - Bar, Line and Pie graphs.

5

Pictographs in Airports and on Fire Exit signs.  Handed out Worksheet - Reading graphs.

6

Hand out - Double Bar Graphs and Double Line Graphs.  Also handed out Worksheet - Reading Double Bar and Line graphs.

9

Creating Bar and Line graphs.  Handed out Worksheet - Creating Bar and Line Graphs.

 

10

Hans Rosling video on displaying statistics.  Finish yesterdays worksheet.

11

Creating more bar and line graphs.  Triple bar and line graphs.  Handed out worksheet - Creating Bar and Line graphs part 2.

12


Snow Day

13

Handed out worksheet - Working with Percents.

16

PD Day (Bus Cluster #2)

17

Handed out worksheet - Making Pie Graphs.  Percentages Game.

18

Using Microsoft Excel to make bar and line graphs.

19

Misleading GraphsHanded out worksheet - Misleading Graphs (#1-4).

20

Catch up day.

23

UFO Sightings in Canada graphs.  Handed out worksheet - The Shoe Store. 

24

Collecting Data With Surveys.  Handed out worksheet - Surveys.

25

Portfolio Day - Passed back all completed assignments and portfolio table of contents.

26

Math Basketball Test Review.

26

Data Management Test.  Completed the Student PFI Survey.

 

March 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2


Snow Day

3

Dark Secrets of Debit.

Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.

Handed out Ways to Pay notes page.

4

Credit Card Catch from CBC's Marketplace.

Handed out Credit Card worksheet.

5

Secret History of the Credit Card from Frontline.

6

Handed out Credit Card Rights and Responsibilities worksheet.

9

CBC Young and In Debt.

Simple and Compound Interest.

10

Compound Interest

11

Handed out Working with Compound Interest worksheet.

12

Short Term Borrowing.  Amortization CalculatorHome Search.

13

Credit Insurance. Pi Day Celebration (A day early)

 March Break  (14th - 22nd)

23

Types of Investments Handout. Top 200 Cdn Stocks

24

Markets Surge.  Stock Market Activity. 

25

Markets Pull Back.  Stock Market Activity.

26

RRSP and RESP notes.

27

Finish RRSP and RESP notes.  Finish Stock Market Activity.

30

Risk Tolerance (low risk vs. high risk investments).  Handed out Chapter Review (Worksheet #5)

31


Snow Day

 

 

April 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

Test Review

2

Banking Test

3

Do You Rent?  Renting in Nova Scotia.

6

Hbus! The Coast story about HbusHanded out Finding and Apartment Worksheet

7

Handed out Tenancy Worksheet.

8

Renter's/Liability Insurance.  Handed out Apartment Costs worksheet.

9

Worked on the Apartment Costs worksheet

10

Good Friday
(no classes)

13

Easter Monday
(no classes)

14

Housing Terms and Styles of Architecture.

 

15

Average Home PriceBuying a Home. Closing Costs. Property Tax RatesMuniciple Taxes.

16

Handed out House Pricing Worksheet.

17

Handed out Buying a House Worksheet.

20

Housing Test Review

21

Housing Test

22

Pythagorean Theorem.  Framing Square or hereRafter layout.

23

Pythagorean triples.  Angles.

24

Go watch the school musical!

27

Polygon vocabulary.  Area and Perimeter Formula sheet.

28

Perimeter and Area.  Handed out Perimeter Worksheet.

29

Perimeter and Area.

30

Radius, Diameter and Circumference.  Handed out Circumference Worksheet.

 

 

May 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

Radius, Diameter and Circumference

4

Handed out Areas Worksheet.

5

Formulas QuizHanded out Area and Perimeter worksheet.

6

Work on Area and Perimeter assignment.

7

The metric system and building supplies.  Small blue printerHouse Plans.   Handed out House Design worksheet.

8

PD Day
(no classes)

11

Rectangular Prisms and Cylinders.  Volume of Cubes Quiz.

 

12

Working with Volume.

13

Finish the House Design Project.  Working with Volume.

14

Working with Volume.

15

Volume and surface area demonstration.  Mental Math.

18

Victoria Day
(no classes)

19

Volume of a Cylinder

20

Volume of a Cylinder

21

Test Review

22

Measurement Test.

25

Start Planning a Trip unit.  Trip Maker.

26

Planning a Trip Project.

27

Planning a Trip Project.

28

Time Zones

29

Time Zone Trivia.  Finish the Canada Day Road Trip Project.

 

June 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1

Bank of Canada Currency Converter.  New Passport Rules at Border.

 

2

Currency Exchange Rates Worksheet.

3

No class.  Awards Assembly.

4

Foreign Affairs and International Trade CanadaPassport Information. Tourist visas and the Schengen Area.  Travel/Medical Insurance.

5

Planning a Vacation Project

8

Planning a Vacation Project

9

Planning a Vacation Project

10

Planning a Vacation Project

11

Travel Unit Test.

12

 

 

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22 23 24 25

Assessment and Evaluation Day

Graduation Rehearsal @ 10am

26

Assessment and Evaluation Day

Graduation @ 2pm

29

Last Day of School