Humanities

Today in Humanities we started our class novel study, The Bully Boys by Eric Walters. We did a pre-reading activity including questioning and creating inferences.

Students: PLEASE BRING BACK YOUR READING LOG DUOTANG! We will be using them to hold our novel study activities.

Science test

Tomorrow there is a Heat and Temperature science test.  Students can use their notebooks and textbooks to review.  Also the Ed Quest website has many good review resources. 

Monday, April 20, 2015

Science

Today in Science, we started to create a foldable to help us understand how energy is transferred.  Your foldable must include:

1.       Title: Transferring thermal energy

2.       Radiation

3.       Conduction

4.       Convection

Each section, except for the title page, must include the following three things:

1.       A written explanation of the concept

2.       A picture to help illustrate your understanding of the concept

3.       A real life example

Please finish your foldable for homework tonight .

April 14, 2015--Science

Students are to finish graphing the results of the experiement "The Plateau Problem".

Humanities- Week in a Glance!

Today grade 7's began a short story unit. We looked at all of the elements of a short story and plot diagram and then watched the Pixar Short film, "Lifted" to apply our new knowledge. We will continue this tomorrow. They will continue this unit for one period every day this week. 

Also, 7-2 paired up with Mrs. Kingsley's 7-4 class and 7-2 paired up with Mrs. Kingsley's 7-3 class to start an Inquiry Research project. Students have found groups of no larger than 3 students between their corresponding grade 7 class and are either researching The American Revolution, The Loyalist Migration, or The War of 1812 and looking at it from the question of "how did this event help shape Canada's Identity?"

We will continue working on this research for one period every day this week. We present in the library on Monday, April 20th. 

Reminders

There is a science quiz tomorrow on Topics 1-4 of the Heat and Temperature unit.  To prepare students should complete the following review question from the textbook.  Page 209 #1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and Page 217 #2, 3

The Changing States diagram will be due on Monday.

Reminders

- Tomorrow is Colour Day!  Each homeroom has been assigned a colour to wear.  Every student who wears their homeroom colour will earn points for their homeroom.  7-1 wear green, 7-2 wear orange.

- Students need to complete the Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Check-in for homework tonight.

- On Thursday April 9 there will be math test on the adding and subtracting fractions.  This test will include all of the skills covered in this unit.  Here is a checklist of skills students can use to study.  

I can find multiples of a number.

I can find a common denominator using multiples.

I can write equivalent fractions.

I can add fractions with unlike denominators.

I can subtract fractions with unlike denominators.

I can convert a mixed number into an improper   fraction.

I can convert an improper fraction into a mixed number.

I can add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators.

I can add and subtract mixed numbers with unlike denominators.

I can solve word problems to do with the addition or subtraction of fractions.