By tomorrow, your personal crest & all about me is to be completed and posted on wall.
Come prepared to work on your silhouette art task, as discussed.
St. Simon Catholic Elementary School TCDSB 24 Strathburn Blvd. Mr. Nicola Di Croce, OCT Grade 7 Contact: stsimongr7@gmail.com or nicola.dicroce@tcdsb.org or
gr7
Thursday, 4 September 2014
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Sept. 3
TEAM: ______________________________________________
Team Task: Marshmallow Challenge
Goals: collaboration, creativity & innovation
In a team of 4 and within 1 hour (60minutes), you are to build the tallest free-standing structure you can using as much or as little of the following supplies as you wish:
1. 30 sticks of spaghetti
2. 2m (200cm) of tape
3. 2m (200cm) of string
4. 1 marshmallow on top
Success Criteria:
• Manage your time efficiently
• Brainstorm ideas
• Sketch possible prototype(s)
• Use your knowledge of geometric shapes
• Refer to science textbook structures chapter
• Refer online to Marshmallow Challenge Google Images
• Collaborate: learning together, sharing/respecting ideas
• Shared Responsibility: equal load, responsibility
• Consensus: making decisions together, everyone agreeing
• Interdependence: relying on each other to reach your goal
• Proper use of digital tools during the learning activity
Follow-up:
Document key events of the build process with a few pictures.
What do you predict the height of your structure to be?
What is the actual height of your free-standing structure?
Reflecting upon the success criteria above, what did you do well as team? What could you continue to improve as a team?
The Build Process:
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The Results:
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Team Task: Marshmallow Challenge
Goals: collaboration, creativity & innovation
In a team of 4 and within 1 hour (60minutes), you are to build the tallest free-standing structure you can using as much or as little of the following supplies as you wish:
1. 30 sticks of spaghetti
2. 2m (200cm) of tape
3. 2m (200cm) of string
4. 1 marshmallow on top
Success Criteria:
• Manage your time efficiently
• Brainstorm ideas
• Sketch possible prototype(s)
• Use your knowledge of geometric shapes
• Refer to science textbook structures chapter
• Refer online to Marshmallow Challenge Google Images
• Collaborate: learning together, sharing/respecting ideas
• Shared Responsibility: equal load, responsibility
• Consensus: making decisions together, everyone agreeing
• Interdependence: relying on each other to reach your goal
• Proper use of digital tools during the learning activity
Follow-up:
Document key events of the build process with a few pictures.
What do you predict the height of your structure to be?
What is the actual height of your free-standing structure?
Reflecting upon the success criteria above, what did you do well as team? What could you continue to improve as a team?
The Build Process:
The Results:
Team Turquoise
As a team, we excelled in collaborating and including everyone's ideas.
We will continue to work on our brainstorming and developing a prototype.
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Team Blue
As a team, we collaborated well using what we know about geometry, we used google images for ideas and we respectfully shared ideas amongst ourselves. We thought we could have a built a much stronger foundation.
Team White
As a team, we work well with each other sharing ideas and we managed our time wisely. We tried many different strategies to support the marshmallow and we continuously strived to make the structure taller and stronger. Next time, we would refer to our science textbook structures chapter to improve our design.
Team Pink
As a team, we worked well together including everyone's ideas and had fun with the task. We will continue to listening to and respecting each other's ideas and creativity.
Team Orange
As a team, we worked well to ensure our structure was as stable as possible - we did this by communicating and sharing our ideas while managing our time efficiently. Next time we could improve the structure by spending more time on brainstorming and sketching a prototype.
Team Green
As a team, we think we did a very good job making decisions together and agreeing on a plan of action. We think we could have managed our time a little better and made our structure a little more stable. Otherwise, it was an enjoyable task.
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
Sept. 2
Welcome Back to St. Simon & to Grade 7!
Review with parents some of our class expectations:
This week we are working in class on a Personal Crest & All About Me collage. Be creative, make it your own, use whatever media you wish. Brainstorm ideas, layout, sketch before doing anything, as discussed.
Morning Portable Recess: 9.55-10.10
French: 10.25-10.55
Italian: 12.35-1.05
Afternoon Portable Recess: 2.00-2.15
We will work this week on Math package covering key concepts in Numeracy, Measurement and Patterning. It is not a test. Some is a review, some will give you an idea of what to expect. We will work on it little by little each day in class.
We will work this week on Math package covering key concepts in Numeracy, Measurement and Patterning. It is not a test. Some is a review, some will give you an idea of what to expect. We will work on it little by little each day in class.
Friday, 27 June 2014
June 27
Best Wishes 7s to you & your families for a super summer :)
Thank you kindly for all your generous tokens of appreciation :)
Thanks for a great year of fun & learning :)
See you in September :)
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Jun 17
landscape it vertically on legal sheet paper as pictured above.
*tip* you could also do 1 sheet per body style then multiply
those total outcomes x 4 different body styles to find total possible car combinations ;)
PROBABILITY
FINAL TASK: car configurator
Draw a tree diagram to show all the possible
combinations for the new car Tom plans to buy:
-body style
choices: sedan, coupe, sportwagon, cabriolet.
-engine choices:
2.0T, 3.0V6, Hybrid
-transmission
choices: manual, automatic
-options available: navigation pkg., aero pkg.,
performance pkg.
-color choices:
ruby red, midnight black, rally blue, pearl white
Use your tree diagram to answer the following:
-what are the total possible car combinations Tom can
choose from?
-P(Tom buys a red car with a manual transmission)? express
as a fraction, decimal & percentage.
-P(Tom buys a car with a V6 engine and performance
pkg)? express as a fraction, decimal & percentage.
-P(Tom buys a red cabrio with a manual transmission and
navi pkg)? express as a fraction, decimal & percentage.
-P(Tom buys a black coupe with a hybrid engine)? express
as a fraction, decimal & percentage.
-P(Tom buys a hybrid sportwagon with navi pkg)? express
as a fraction, decimal & percentage.
-P(Tom buys a rally blue
sedan with manual transmission and aero pkg)? express as fraction, decimal
& percentage.
Monday, 16 June 2014
Friday, 13 June 2014
Thursday, 15 May 2014
May 15
letters to Mr. Mark Kelly @ CBC the fifth estate
in response to his social justice documentary
Made in Bangladesh
with exposes the horrific working conditions of the garment industry
we look forward to his reply!
History: British vs French Struggle for Control of early North America
by Beatriz, Meagan & Melissa
by Daniel, Mario, Adam
by Alona & Rebecca
by Christian, Johan & Matthew
by Jessica & Miranda
by Jorel, Colin, Jaden
by Sophia & Sarah
by Austin, Dale & Michael
by Jessica Hawil
Health: Sugar Consumption Calculations
by Miranda, Sarah & Jessica
Geometry: Transformations How-to Video
by Matthew, Martin, Jaden & Daniel
by Jorel & Christian
by Jacob, Julian, Lucas, Mario
by Emily, Miranda, Hillary, Nikki
by Renzo, Johan, Juan, Austin
by Isabelle, Gabrielle, Cynthia, Nathaly
by Sophia, Cristina, Meagan , Jessica M.
by Madeline, Victoria C, Jessica H, Olivia
Numeracy: +/- Integers in Real-life How-to Video
Monday, 12 May 2014
May 12
Gr.7s, work cooperatively with one another and be courteous to your substitute teacher - no negative reports!
As discussed Friday, today is your final day to submit the following completed tasks:
1. History Prezi British vs French
2. Health Prezi Sugar Consumption
3. MS Word typed file letter to Mr. Mark Kelley
4. If you did not submit fraction quiz on Friday please do so today on my desk with others in textbook.
There is no extension on any of these tasks since we've been working on them for 1+ week now. Use your time wisely, wrap them completely up today and email to stsimongr7@gmail.com by end of day.
As discussed Friday, today is your final day to submit the following completed tasks:
1. History Prezi British vs French
2. Health Prezi Sugar Consumption
3. MS Word typed file letter to Mr. Mark Kelley
4. If you did not submit fraction quiz on Friday please do so today on my desk with others in textbook.
There is no extension on any of these tasks since we've been working on them for 1+ week now. Use your time wisely, wrap them completely up today and email to stsimongr7@gmail.com by end of day.
Monday, 5 May 2014
May 5
Follow-up to today's discussion of collaborative health task involving math volume, follow this example:
http://prezi.com/ldie7edilass/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
I chose Prezi, your group is free to choose your own method of presentation, including simple bristol board display w/calculations.
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