Feb 28

• No negative reports from substitute.  Be cooperative and respectful.
• No unnecessary use of electronics for gaming/texting during class.
• Work cooperatively with a partner on integer handout (copies are to be distributed also to Tassone/Bucci students).
• Work on your eco-alphabet letter.
• If you have not presented your math/history prezi, complete and email it to stsimongr7@gmail.com as it's overdue.

Feb 24

History: New France & Aboriginal Interaction

Criteria	Adequate Satisfactory 60-65-68+	Competent Very Good 70-75-78+	Successful Superb 80-85-90+
Topic ·         Clearly identified ·         Focused, specific
Content ·         Use of video & text ·         Chronological order
Creativity ·         Engages interest ·         Easy to follow
Oral ·         Confident ·         Audience Interaction

Math: Integers Are Everywhere

Criteria	Adequate Satisfactory 60-65-68+	Competent Very Good 70-75-78+	Successful Superb 80-85-90+
Topic ·         Clearly Identified ·         Focused, specific
Content ·         Real-life connections ·         Temperature, weather, banking/finances, business net profit/loss, sports, fitness, vehicle acceration/deacceleration
Creativity ·         Engages interest ·         Use of ICT

Feb 20

Feb 18

Ski Trip forms due Thursday Feb 20th

History New France & Aboriginals presentations due this week.

Math Integer Unit Task

Goal:  Addition & subtraction of Integers in a real-life context

Working collaboratively in a group of minimum 2, maximum 4 using ICT (i.e. Educreations, Prezi, Evernote, MovieMaker) or chart paper, you are to show 2-3 examples of the addition and subtraction of integers for each of the real-life contexts below:

1. weather temperatures
2. money (banking debit/credit, banking investment, debts, shopping)
3. fitness
4. sports
5. school grades
6. business profit/loss
7. car travel accelerate/decelerate
8. time zones
9. other?

Below is a sample:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2HonCBIp6M&feature=youtu.be

Feb 14

Join Evernote and create your 1st online math notebook at:

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s378/sh/9ba8ce02-2d30-4b36-9740-4b9af7a05c1e/f7db5a2309cf4114fd0fa219bf25339d

Feb 13

6.2 An Integer Experiment pg.190-1

Skype w/St. Maria Goretti Ms D'costa Gr.7

Feb 10

Feb 6

Integers

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/absolute-value/adding_subtracting_negatives/e/number-opposites

Feb 5

Exploring integers in a real-life context:

Science pg.156-159 read & answer questions #1-5

Feb 4

February 4

Welcome Ms Nini to our class.  Be cooperative and respectful.  No negative reports ;)

8.30-8.35
Attendance

8.35-9.40
Continue w/ History Task following success criteria below:

• Topic: focused and specific from list provided
• Content: combination of key facts from video review sheet & textbook pages provided
• Creativity: use of digital tools to showcase (prezi, video, publisher, bitstrips, twitter, blogger)
• Collaboration: sharing ideas, working constructively, interdependent

10.15-10.30
Recess

10.30-11.00 
Italian

11.00-11.35
3 page friendship/relationship handout on desk
make extra copies, incomplete from last week

11.35-12.35  
Lunch

12.35-1.05   
French

1.05-1.40 math rotary boys
Write integers using an addition/subtraction statement
for example:
earn $54, spend $22
$54 - $22 = $32  or  $54 + (-$22) = $32

• bank account $156, credit card purchase $200, overdraft charge $5
• yesterday 0°C, today -7°C
• wind chill today -19°C, yesterday wind chill -11°C
• debt $125, paid $80
• salary $250, atm charge $2.25, cell bill $85, lunch $12
• gas on visa $52, coffee on visa $3, groceries on visa $78, paycheck $105
• yesterday 5°C, today -3°C
• owed $10, paid back $10
• debt $10 250, visa purchase $525, paid back $4500

correct 5.1 workbook, work on 5.2 workbook

1.40-1.55
Recess

1.55-2.25

2.30-3.10
math rotary girls

3.30
Bus Duty Weston 1

Feb 3

Excellent Measurement Problem-Solving