8-4 & 8-7 SCIENCE

We completed the WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ALIVE checklist in class. 

It is called, "MR. C. GREEN".  Each letter stands for a characteristic of what it means to be alive.
  That link is to the class notes.


Please download the marking rubric for the MR. C. GREEN assignment here. 

It is due FRIDAY, October 1st in class.  Most of the projects have an IN-CLASS presentation piece to them. At the least, the student needs to post their poster, story or other work in the class for peer viewing.  I expect most students are doing songs, videos, skits, powerpoints or puppet shows to show their learning about making something that is NOT ALIVE come alive.

Presentations will occur FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st, in class.  Also, students handing in pieces need to hand in what they have at that time, so Mrs. Smith and I can try to see where you are at over the weekend.  Don't forget this deadline!

8-4 & 8-7 Math Sept. 27 - October.8

We are DONE working with the geoboards and figuring out what types of triangles exist.

Here is a picture of what our class came up with.

We are working on:
a) pythagoras question booklet in our binders  (first 20 pages only!!!!)

b) assignments from your math textbook (use it online)  
*We have checked & completed   Pg. 8,9 #, 1, (2, 3,see below for answers) 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18

***Assignment from Monday, Sept. 27th 

Pg. 15/16 #9, 11, 13, 19 and 22   Go over using the answers in the back of your booklet Tuesday, Oct. 5th (in the afternoon)

Here is the in-class labelling triangles activity.

Here is the hand-in assignment from class Thursday, Sept. 30

*****The next assignment in the textbook that will be homework checked is
:  Page 25 # 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 16, 23 checked on Tuesday, October 5th in class.

*****Finish for Thursday, October 7th in class......Practice using asquared + b squared = c squared on PAGE 7 & 9 of your math booklet handouts.
*****Do page 29 with your calculator to make sure you know how to use the square root button.



We will use DISCOVERY EDUCATION to view some videos about how to use the pythagorean theorem
Your username/password should be saved in your MY DOCUMENTS.
We'll use our classes on Wednesday & Thursday, Oct. 6 &7th for this!


Assigned FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th..........................


*****On textbook pages 34, 35, 36 try #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14

*****On textbook pages 43, 44 try #3, 4, 6 (do only a, c, e, g), 7, 9, 11, and 12

*****On textbook pages 48, 49,50, 51 try #2, 3, 6, 8, 11, 16, 21



Before our unit test on Square Roots and the Pythagorean Theorem, please check over page 54 the UNIT REVIEW and look at the 3 main concepts from the unit. 

Also, try pages 54, 55, 56, 57 # 1 - 27, as you need to practice your skills before the unit test (the answers are on page 499 in the back).

Finally, try the PRACTICE TEST on pages 58-59 #1-10 (answers on page 499) ANY night you don't have homework already.  Come see me when you have any questions about what is going on in math!  :-)

9-1 Math - Sept. 27th to October 8th

Hey 9-1!  We are on track with Chapter 3 in our text. 

3.1 - talks about What are RATIONAL NUMBERS?
         Study your notes from class (see the picture in this post)
                    Assignment Sept. 25th:  Page 100/101 #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8  (Basic facts)
                    Assignment Sept. 26th:  Page 102 # 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27
                                                  (Putting together concepts & Problem Solving)

Adding rationals introductory handout (1 page front and back) handed out in class Sept. 28th (Tuesday)

Adding rationals assessment FOR learning from Sept. 29th (Wednesday)

3.2 - talks about ADDING rational numbers (decimals, fractions, integers)
        Study your notes from ADDING RATONALS
                   Assignment:  Pages 111-113 # 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22

3.3  -  talks about SUBTRACTING rational numbers
           Study your notes from SUBTRACTING RATIONALS
                    Assignment Pages 114 - 118 # 2 to 11 inclusive, 13, 15, 16

Adding & Subtracting assessment FOR learning from October ___ ?


3.4  -  talks about MULTIPLYING rational numbers
           Study your notes from MULTIPLYING RATIONALS
                     Assignment Pages 127-129 #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17

3.5 - talks about DIVIDING rational numbers
         Study your notes from DIVIDING RATIONALS
                     Assignment Pages 134-136 #3 to 13 inclusive, 17, 18, 21

3.6 - talks about ORDER OF OPERATIONS (BEDMAS) with rational numbers
         Study your notes from Order of Operations with rationals in your binder!
                     Assignment: Pages 140 - 142 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

I reccommend doing the mid-unit review questions on page 121 #1-10 all (Answers on page 483) when you are done everything as review before a quiz or test.

Before the unit test, it would be good to do the review on pages 144-145 #all (but do every 2nd letter in each question starting with a) then c) then e), etc. so you don't overdo your practice!)  The answers are on page485/486.

There is also a PRACTICE TEST on page 146 #1-7, with the answer key on page 486, that would be a good review when you are done 3.1 to 3.6 in your text before the Unit Test!  Expect the unit test in the first 2 weeks in October.  Date yet to be determined, but bring your agenda to class to pencil it in!

9-1 Math Sept. 13 - 23

Wednesday, Sept. 22nd, we started RATIONAL NUMBERS in class (Chapter 3 in the textbook).  We created a diagram showing the FAMILY OF ALL NUMBERS in class in our binders.

We also started to write some definitions for: 

A rational number is..................
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Come up with 4 points by Monday, Sept. 27th to share with a partner in class.  You can come up with more and fill your page with what other "experts" say RATIONAL numbers are. :-)


Hey 9-1.  Welcome back to school.  So far, we have briefly looked at :

a) families of squares (& square roots)
b) perfect square numbers
c) page 2 & 3 of your textbook
d)  Page 11, 12 #4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14
e)  Practice sheets #1, #2 for square roots (perfect & non-perfect) corrected in class

Please make sure you have your course yellow tracking sheets in the front of your math binder, followed by your The Real ME (multiple intelligences inventory), your family of squares notes & sketches, and your problem solving EFFORT chart.

On Tuesday, Sept. 14th, we spent 2 periods in the library doing the following:
a)  signing up for homework online updates from Mrs. Snyder's homework online page (click on NOTIFY ME)
b)  going to the blog and making an introductory comment under the post for 9-1 this week
c)  completing the beginning of the year survey at this link  Click here to take the 9-1 Homeroom survey!
d)  starting a wiki page for grade 9 math and linking it on Mrs. Snyder's 9-1 Homeroom & Math page at this link
Sign in with your user name and password given by Mrs. Snyder.  Type in that user name and password into your DATABASES file saved in your My Documents from last year.

Create a page named by your initials and 9-1 like this:  I would be     ss9-1.  Write 10 perfect square numbers that you know on that page.  Paste a link on the 9-1 wiki homepage that links to your page and maybe comment on a classmate's numbers if you have time.

Wow, that was a lot for one day.  Now I feel that we are digitally linked. :-)

8-4 & 8-7 Math September 13 - 23

On Tuesday, Sept. 21 & 22 in class....
*Students worked on prime factors and square roots on worksheets with Mr. Indergit.
*Students played with geoboards and made different types of triangles.  Please see the pictures  above for the notes you should have in your binder!

On Friday, Sept. 17 & Monday, Sept. 20 in class....
*Students were assigned & worked on their TEXTBOOK assignment of pages 8 & 9 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 18 about square roots! 
*It is due for marking in class on Wednesday, Sept. 22nd in class.

Students have their math outlines and should bring back a signed sheet from parents and guardians with CONTACT INFO by Thursday, September 16th, 3:30!

8-4....clicked here to do their class survey.  Link was removed because we should be done it!

8-7....clicked here to do their class survey.  Link was removed because we should be done it!

Please make sure to go to your PTSD email account and send me an email at ssnyder@pembinatrails.ca
Click here to get to the PTSD Student email link page.  The username and password is the same as your computer access at school.  I will know if you did this when I get your email!  You are welcome to email me from a Gmail account if you have one of those and Goodle Follow my blog as well.  (If you don't know what that is ASK ME! :-)   )



We are starting SQUARE ROOTS & Pythagoras's Theorem.  We have taken notes in class and started introducing problem solving (see the pictures above).  Please make sure these notes are in your math binders everyone!

We will start working with the textbooks on Wednesday, Sept. 15th. Students have access to texts in the classroom, but we ask that they use the ONLINE textbook at home.

You can access it by going to mathmakessense.ca and

*select the .pdf book (not web book)
*select the grade 8 book

The students have been given the username and password in class, as we cannot give it online. Please email me at Stacey Snyder to get another copy of the username and password if it has been lost. I have asked students to tape the information by their computers at home and they will practice going to the text online in class.

8-4 & 8-7 Science September 8 - 23

We have been exploring science versus pseudo-science, talking about the body and various health conditions, organizing the structure of life from organisms - organ systems - organs - tissues - cells and learning about what it means to be alive.

We have completed a green exit slip about the 3 videos & DVD's that we watched about stimulus & response, the scientific method, the systems of the human body and ANTIBIOTICS!

MR.C.GREEN assignment was given out in class on Thursday, Sept. 23rd.  Students can download the rubric here if they have lost it.  They may show in a variety of ways how they understand if something is alive by creating their own "organism" that is alive and demonstrate that they know what each of the letters in MR.C.GREEN stand for - because that's being alive!



Title Pages were assigned on Friday, Sept. 10th.
8-4 - your title pages are due on FRIDAY, September 17th  (you will hand them in during one of our math classes that day).  If you forget for some reason, you have to fill out a HOMEWORK COMPLETION AGREEMENT and give it to Ms. Smith. 

Here is your download page for an EXTRA COPY of the TITLE PAGE assignment.