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Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Sept 15 2015

Numeracy:











complete page 4 adding/subtracting fractions.  follow the strategy outlined above.

Reading:  complete Seedfolks chapter 2 Ana reading response.  

Health: continue with table and work on reflection sheet.

Prezi:  continue working on summer highlights.

Geography:  continue working on Emery Village mental map.

A LITTLE BIT EACH DAY GOES A LONG WAY!

Monday, 14 September 2015

Sept 14 2015

Math: Numeracy








complete page 2 #3-7 using the same strategy.


Language: Seedfolks
Complete reading response to 1st character Kim; separate sheet stapled.

Geography: make your corrections to Humberlea map, then begin Emery Village team task (you will continue working on the task this week in class)

Oral/Visual/Media: refer to rubric and begin working on your prezi (you will continue working on the task this week in class)

Health: continue working on your sugar intake table for at least 10 processed food items. (you will continue working on the task this week in class)
All about Me, Color poem & cityscape are to be posted by now.

Friday, 11 September 2015

Sept 11 2015

  • being working on your summer highlights prezi following my example http://prezi.com/c8gwxfs4rpdr/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share
  • continue collecting nutritional facts labels from your favorite processed foods or snap a picture of them to calculate sugar intake vs daily recommend consumption next week 
  • any outstanding all about me & color poems are to be posted Monday; save both to a flash drive and I will print it out for you.
  • pre-reading seedfolks (if you didn't finish):
Community:
·        group of people living in the same place, area, neighborhood of city
·        people united and connected by common beliefs, interests, goals
·        neighbors looking out for each other, helping each other, welcoming new people to the area
·        friends, family, pets, students all living in harmony
·        people coming together for the common good of everyone

Multi-culturalism:
·        multiple cultural groups living in the same place
·        diverse ethnic backgrounds
·        different languages, different religions, different traditions
·        Toronto is a city built by immigrants
·        celebrate diversity, harmony, acceptance
·        racial segregation, discrimination

Garden:
·        farmers, plants, crops, food, flowers
·        fresh, organic, natural, healthy, essential to life
·        new life, growth, change
·        needs constant care, love, passion
·        calming hobby

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Sept 10 2015


  • continue working on your geography community map identifying on it the approximate location of the commercial, residential, industrial, recreational and institutional landmarks discussed.
  • continue working on your novel study pre-reading task; we're taking it up tomorrow
  • begin collecting pictures of or actual nutritional facts labels from food products you regularly enjoy eating for your sugar intake math task
  • wrap up all about me and color poems; let's have them all up by end of Monday.
  • have a yellow, orange, red pencil crayon or pastel along with a black fine tip marker tomorrow for visual arts

Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Sept 9 2015


  • revise/edit "all about me" poem ready to print and post up by Friday
  • revise/edit "color" poem ready to print and post up by Friday
  • complete seedfolks pre-reading task
  • ensure all handouts are properly organized in your binder with tabs and ready for a check on Friday
  • return any forms that require parent signatures asap

Tuesday, 8 September 2015

Sept 8 2015

WELCOME BACK!




If you haven't already, get yourself a 2 or 3" (inch) binder with 15 tab dividors.  Begin with the following labels and secure your handouts:

  • Numeracy: multiplication table, sugar intake task, fraction sheet
  • Measurement: tile & paint task
  • Geography: community map
  • Reading: seedfolks pre-reading
  • Writing: all about me, color poem, cursive writing
  • Skills: expectations, 21st century

Parent forms:
  • vaccination
  • internet usage
  • insurance
  • csac nominations
  • school agenda $7

Continue rough draft of your "all about me" using Di Croce's sentence prompts.  Should you decide to use MS Word, then begin revising/editing there and save to flash drive.  Centre and copy/paste to PPT if you want to add more graphics.

Thursday, 25 June 2015

June25

Best wishes for the summer gr7 class of 2015!
Thanks for a great year and your tokens of appreciation!
All the best in gr8!

Thursday, 11 June 2015

Jun11


  1. Complete any outstanding tasks I informed you about.
  2. Complete creative writing story task.  Use your plot diagram brainstorm to write structured sentences/paragraphs from the point of view of either the author or one character in your story.
  3. Continue working on play-day station posters.
  4. Begin working on father's day photo in PPT then BlockPosters.com  Insert jpeg in ppt, shapes to create frame border, message at bottom.  For example:
  5. No negative reports.

Monday, 8 June 2015

June 8

Term 2 key tasks + your overall in-class performance taken into consideration when formulating final grade:

History
·         New France
·         British vs French

Science
·         Form vs Function
·         Loads, Structural Supports
·         Carbon Footprint/Global Warming

Language
·         Bud’s Rules
·         Social Justice
·         Half Moon Plot Diagram
·         Book Talk
·         Media Elements of Advertising
·         Media Infomercial
Math is Everywhere
·         Creative Writing Story

Health
·         Screen Addiction
·         Sedentary Lifestyle
Geography
·         Natural Movements
·         Classifying Landforms
·         Toronto Intersections

Math
·         
·         /52 Rates, Ratios, Powers
·         /50 Fractions, Integers, Distributive Property Ops
·         /34 Fraction Line
·         /64 Fraction Ops
·         /73 Geometry
·         /60 Geometry
·         /28 Surface Area, Volume
·         /56 Balancing Equations

Visual Arts

·         3 of your very best from this term

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

June3

Use a street map of our city to identify the closest major intersections (north/south & east/west) for the following landmarks below.  (i.e. St. Simon: Weston & Albion)
  • Crossroads Shopping Centre
  • Sheridan Mall
  • Yorkdale Mall
  • Queen's Park
  • City Hall
  • Union Station
  • Yorkville
  • Chinatown
  • ROM
  • Art Gallery
  • Casa Loma
  • CN Tower
  • CNE
  • TCDSB
  • New Humber River Hospital
  • Distillery District
  • Eaton Centre
  • CityTV/Breakfast Televison building
  • High Park
  • Ontario Science Centre
  • CBC television building
  • CHIN Radio/TV in Little Italy
  • York University
  • U of T Robart's Library
  • Emery Habitant Arena