Yearbook update for IP 20/30

IP 20/30 girls:

The school portraits have now been uploaded to the Lifetouch website and are ready for us to plug into our yearbook class templates! Check it out!

You can't imagine how beautiful it was.....

..... you had to be there in Narnia to know!

Thanks to all for a good first rehearsal. Please check the drama blog (www.rivierplayers.blogspot.com - linked on the left) to see the rehearsal schedule for all the musical numbers. Please make a note of when you are required and ensure that you are in attendance for those evenings. The music is difficult and requires every minute of rehearsal time that we can get!

And so it begins!

Playing tests

Just a reminder for Level 1, 2, and 4 bands to practice for playing tests, which will continue this week. Level 3, stay tuned (no pun intended) - yours are coming soon!

Level 4 - scale tests - Concert Bb, Eb, F, Ab, C

Level 1 - first 5 notes of concert Bb scale (ascending and descending), "Rolling Along"

Level 2 - Concert Bb #1, Concert Bb #4, Concert Eb #1 (percussionists - substitute Eb #1 for snare roll or Eb scale on mallets - your choice). If you are a beginner on your instrument and cannot yet play these scales, please be prepared to show me a piece from your method book that you have been working on in your practice time.

Science 7 - Unit 1 - Topics 1-4 Study Questions

Vocabulary to define, understand, and give examples where appropriate:

- habitat
- species
- producer
- consumer
- decomposer
- scavenger
- ecosystem
- biotic
- abiotic
- interaction
- chlorophyll
- photosynthesis
- by-product
- carnivore
- herbivore
- omnivore
- food chain
- water cycle
- evaporation
- condensation
- precipitation

Sample study questions:

1. What is meant by the term “seventh generation”? How can we help to ensure the survival of the seventh generation by our actions today?
2. List three beliefs held by the First Nations/Metis people of Saskatchewan regarding nature and the environment.
3. What happens, in scientific terms, to the body of an animal who dies in its natural habitat?
4. What are the six basic needs of all living things?
5. How can biotic and abiotic things interact with each other? Give at least 5 examples.
6. Explain how a puddle can be considered an ecosystem.
7. Draw 3 different food chains that have at least 4 steps in them (remember, they must always begin with a primary producer).
8. Describe how decomposers can be both beneficial and/or harmful to the environment/the human body.
9. What is photosynthesis? Draw a picture and describe in words how this process works.
10. How can human beings create and contribute water vapour to the atmosphere?
11. List 3 examples each of: carnivores, herbivores, omnivores.
12. Life on Earth would cease to exist without producers. Explain why, using as much detail as you can. Support your answer with examples.
13. What happens to the water that falls to the ground in the form of various types of precipitation (rain, snow, hail, etc.)? How is the water cycle completed?
14. List 5 biotic and 5 abiotic components of our classroom ecosystem.
15. What is the main purpose of photosynthesis? How do humans benefit from this process (at least 2 reasons)?

Sc 7 homework check reminder

For Wednesday:

P. 36 - "Communicate" - #1

P. 38 - 3.5 "Check Your Progress" - #1 a,b,c; #3

P. 53 - "Communicate" - #1 / 4.4 "Check Your Progress" # 1 a,b,c

P. 54 - #3, 4, 5

How to eject a USB

To eject a USB:

1. 1. Click on USB icon on the desktop and use Apple + E on keyboard

2. 2. Drag USB icon to trash can on dock

3. 3. Press “eject” button in finder window

4. 4. Right click on USB icon (on the desktop) and select “Eject ______ (name of USB)”

IP 10 resume categories/brainstorm

Name (first and last, middle optional)

Full mailing address – street, apt. number, etc.

City

Postal Code

Phone number (with area code)

E-mail address

Education: (Year(s) attended, Name of School, Location)

Work Experience:

Volunteer Experience:

Skills and Abilities:

Training:

Hobbies and Interests:

Awards and Accomplishments:

References (about 3):

Oh yeah? Well I could do that when I was 3 years old too!

Just kidding.

Also, check out his little sister pretending to play along with him in the background. So cute!

Also, on a school project-related note, here's what will be happening with IP10 and 20/30 classes starting tomorrow:

IP 10 - portfolio introduction/beginning creating resumes

IP 20/30 - brainstorming and starting the planning stages of the commercial/advertisement video assignment (we will record a list of group members tomorrow)

Also, on the IP 20/30 note, I was thinking that we should save iDVD until we have a large number of video projects completed. That way we can take that opportunity to make a giant compilation project that we can then burn to DVD at a later point in the year. Fun!

Introducing......

.... my beautiful little fraternal twin nieces, Avery and Emily!!!! I love them so much and love to share they joy (aka show them off) whenever I can! I am a giant puddle of mush when I think about them, and I can hardly wait for the long weekend so I can go visit and hold them again!

PS - Just a reminder that your band practice charts are due by tomorrow - don't be late!