Primary Industries

What are primary industries? Primary Industries are businesses that involve the making of goods from raw materials into semi-finished products or the extraction of natural resources from the environment to prepare them for manufacturing. (e.g. farming, fishing, forestry, mining)
-Carlee

Slave terms. Breanna

This week while reading the underground to Canada we learned some slave terms like

Freight- runaway slaves

Dry goods- runaway slaves that are girls

Hardware- runaway slaves that are men

Railway stations- an abolitionist home

Tracks- the paths that the slaves will follow

Social

A cobbler is someone who made shoes
Shane

Spelling

the definition of fracture: the breaking or cracking of a strong or hard material

Eric

Making a living 125 years ago

125 years ago most people work processing natural recourses. Ex farming, mining, cutting trees. Most families are self-sufficient in food and buy only a few household items such such as sugar, tea, and cloth at stores.
Carmen

1891

In 1891 the town of virden would of had a general store with a cooper and a blacksmith
Danika

125 years ago

Did you know that 125 years ago, there were very few businesses in a town?  There were usually only a general store, an inn and a few smaller shops.  Most people's job was farming, mining or cutting trees.  Most families bought very little from the store, usually only sugar, tea and cloth.

Hannah

Cobblers are cool

A cobbler makes shoes




Grady

125 years ago

In  1891 most towns would have a blacksmith, a cooper (barrel maker) and a cobbler (shoe maker). There would only be a few businesses and family's would be self-sufficient.
Trista

Did you know

Did you know that in the year 1891, there was a cobbler (shoemaker), a blacksmith, and a cooper(barrelmaker)


Seth

Science

A solar powered calculators original form is light energy and new form is electrical energy

Avery

Spelling

Bluffed- misled by a false show of confidence: bluffed during the game
Shane

Spelling

the definition of usher: a person who shows people to their seats, especially in a theatre or at a wedding

Eric

Multiplying integers

Multiplying integers there are 4 rules
1 [+] times [+]= [+]
2 [-[ times [-]= [+]
3[+]times [-]= [-]
4[-] times [+]=[-]
Cole

danika

One of the 4rules to divide integers is a positive multiplied by a positive always equals a positive number.

Spelling Word Definitions

luncheon: A meal that is eaten around midday.
bluffed: misled by a false show of confidence.
usher: a person who guides people to their seats in a theatre, auditorium, etc.
underdog: the contestant believed least likely to win.
Trista

Subtracting Integers

To subtract integers, you must add the opposite. For example:
(-5) - (+9) = (  )
(-5) + (-9) = (-14)
-Carlee

Socially Acceptable Behaviors

This is a list of socially acceptable behaviors, that are accepted and expected by society.
- adaptability
- attentiveness
- dependability
- fairplay
- openmindness
- adjustment
- communication
- effort
- flexibility
- self awareness
- appearance
- cooperation
- enthusiasm
- leadership
- self control

Hannah

math is cool

when you divide a positive by a negative, or a negative by a positive the answer is always a negative number.

Avery

Integers Cole

In class we have been learning about integers integers are positive and negative numbers
Ex. T3 and -3 these are integers

Democracy

This week I learnt that the word democracy means the type of government in which the power belongs to the people, who use elected representatives to act for them. Other word forms are democracies and democratic.

Carmen

Matter

Matter is everything and anything that takes up space. The earth is matter. Your device or computer is matter. You are matter. Trista

Integers

Integers are positive and negative numbers like: -2 and +2 those are what you would call opposite numbers. Zero isn't a positive or negotiate number its neutral by: Breanna 

Integers

Integers are positive and negative numbers. If you have these five integers, -32, -52, +6, -12, +3 and you need to order them from least to greatest, you would start with the negative numbers.  -52 is farthest from zero, so it is the smallest.  -32 is the second smallest and -12 is the third smallest.  Then you need to order the positive numbers, and +3 is smaller than +6 so you order them -52, -32, -12, +3, +6. 

 

Hannah

Did you know

did you know the opposite number of -5 is +5
Shane

Did you know?

Did you know that in basketball, you can take 3 steps without dribbling when going for a layup?

Seth

Writing Fractions as Decimals

To write a fraction as a decimal you must put it over a denominator that is a power of 10. For example, 1/5 = 0.2 because 1/5 = 2/10.
Try to write 5/20, 1/4, and 6/10 as decimals.
If, however, you are unable to put the number over a denominator that is a power of 10, you must divide the numerator by the denominator.7/8 doesn't evenly go into a power of 10 so you must divide 7 by 8 and your answer is then 0.875. If you have a mixed number like 4 3/9 you carry over the_whole number and divide if you have to, then this number becomes 4.3 (this uses bar notation to describe a repeating decimal.
-Carlee

Quinzee

A quinzee is a large pile of snow that has had all the snow dug out of it.

Avery

Writing fractions as decimals

To write a decimal as a fraction you write down what you say so like 0.55 would be 55/100




Grady

Did you know

Did you know that Mr. Alexander Ross was an abolitionist of slavery and freed many slaves.

Seth

Social Studies

Today in social studies we are having a test. Some of the topics are pollution, garbage, land use, and hazardous building sites.
-Carlee

The meaning of Wither

Wither: to shrivel; fade; decay.

Trista

Did you know?

Did you know that a plantation was an estate or farm tended by slaves that the master owned?

Seth

PLODDING

The definition of plodding is when something is going slowly and is unexciting
 DANIKA

slavery breanna

Did you know that slaves had secret codes luck the drinking gourd and heaven. Heaven meant Canada and the drinking gourd meant the the Big Dipper

Grim

Grim means a grim tail

Shane 

permafrost

Permafrost is ground that is permanently frozen

Avery

Mischief

Mischief means to cause trouble


Grady

Land Use

Did you know that in a typical city, 40% of the land is used for residential purposes and 32% is used for transportation.  10% of the land is used for institutional and public buildings, 7% is open space and recreational, 6% is used for industrial and 5% is used for commercial.

Hannah