Feb 22 Math 7.5 Congruence & Similarity

complete table below with 2 shapes that are congruent and/or similar (size, angle, side lengths)

Triangle Type	Pic 1	Pic 2
Equilateral 4cm sides
Scalene 3-6-4cm sides
Isosceles 2cm sides, 40degree angles
etc. etc. pg.244 text

Feb 22 French

Fractal

click on my youtube video to create your fractal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVJYnfGzV-0

Feb 21 Substitute Agenda

Gr.7s I'm up the road at St. Jude's for a math workshop with Astudillo & Vago.  I trust you will all be courteous and cooperative with your substitute teacher ;)

8.45-9.30
Instrumental music.

Recess - everyone please exit portable, substitute has yard duty.

French

10.25-11.35
Complete novel study questions and/or stained glass math investigation which are do tomorrow, as per instructions:

Novel study success criteria:
-vocabulary can be explained in context using a combination of synonyms and/or definitions generated by you.
-reading comprehension short answers are to be answered in a complete sentence beginning with words direct from posed question with a supporting detail.
-email ms docx.

Stained glass success criteria:
-a short Prezi that showcases your team's creative process or approaches you took using a combination of pictures with captions from start to finish and that demonstrates you've understood 2 key concepts, namely, measurement (be it perimeter, be it area) and geometry (be it symmetry or a combo of shape flips, turns, slides)
-email link to your Prezi

Fractal
this works!!! i'm trying it and it's coming along nicely, give it a shot!!
i did this in under 10 minutes if you follow the steps below (the last point always gets marked as center of rotation)

Building the fractal in Geometer's Sketchpad: Follow the following steps.

1. Draw a vertical line segment and label the top point.
2. Double click on the bottom point to select it as the rotation center, highlight the entire drawing, and rotate it 90 degrees.
3. Hide the rotation point, select the non-labelled end point as the rotation center, highlight the entire drawing, and rotate 90 degrees.

You can repeat the final step as many times as you wish.
Problem 1. Perform 15 iterations of the process above to get a good dragon fractal. You may wish to shrink your original line segment as you get further along in the process.



Lunch
Italian

1.05-3.30
Math investigation you read about the other night.  Text 7.5 pg.244 Congruence & Similarity.  A, B, C only.  Complete on chart paper in groups of 2-3 of your choice.  Upon completion, staple along cork strip below I love bansho.  At this point, if you need to go back to completing the novel study or stained glass, feel free to do so.

GEOMETRY: JURASSIC PARK DRAGON FRACTAL

scroll towards bottom for 3 steps using Geometer's Sketchpad:

http://sierra.nmsu.edu/morandi/coursematerials/JurassicParkFractal.html

BYOD FYI

TCDSB allows and encourages BYOD, that is, bring your own device - be it a laptop, tablet, ipad, ipod, kobo reader, smartphone etc. to facilitate your school work only; you have permission from our school board to use these wi-fi electronic devices to assist you in completing any multi-media, literacy or numeracy assignment while in class - any misuse of these gadget for any other purpose other than school related tasks, will result in loss of priviledges.  Take advantage of this opportunity as we engage in more 21st century learning opportunities :)

SKYPE FYI

Tomorrow, following Italian, we will be skyping with Ms. D'Costa's gr.7 class from St. Maria Goretti.  For this skype session, we will introduce ourselves, showcase our classroom, talk about what we're learning, novels we've read and are currently reading and talk about how we can learn from each other in future skype sessions.  Before starting the session, we will talk about the proper online etiquette Ms. D'Costa and I expect from everyone.  Looking forward to this new experience!

Feb 19 FYI

• Transformational geometry corrections below 
• Continue working on The Breadwinner reading comprehension/vocabulary questions chp 1 to 9 from Feb 14 w/partner - due Friday (email as ms docx)
• Continue working on your math investigation and documenting the creative process on Prezi - due Friday.
• Read over Geometry Investigation in text pg.244-245 7.5 which you will be working on in a small group tomorrow.

Healthy Eating & Living Promo Videos

Great job, teamwork & creativity :)

Evan & Sergio's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8swOmmEO8&feature=youtu.be

Feb 19 Math: Transformational Geometry Review + Corrections

Corrections: