Wednesday February 28, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Went over v&v chapter 8 lesson #1
• Did an ELA (English Language Arts) activity
• Read a short story: Revenge of the Blood Thirsty Giants
• Homework:Complete #1-4 on the handout
• Vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

Today in MATH we:

• Made EXTRA sure we handed in our homework (mp7 p 138 #1-54 odd)
• Reviewed Chapter 4 - Operations with Integers
• Did some questions to get us ready for our Unit Final Test on THURSDAY
• mp7 p138 #55-67 odd, p139 #69-72 all, p140 #2-44 even - you had time in class to work on this, if you have any questions please come after school, at lunch or before school

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Got our quizzes back - What did I do well this time? What can I do better for next time?
• Did a continental drift activity
• Section 4 Vocabulary: 10 words, chart format (term, written definition, picture)

Today on our ENVIRONMENT & ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP PROJECTS we:

• Talked about our field trips. What did we learn?
• Did a cause & effect chart
• Did a pros & cons chart
  

ALL THE REST:

• Open Day for CE & W3 is TOMORROW! Last chance to make up those zeros....make the most of it!
• Remember to bring ALL of your books to classes! You will need Math, Science, & Humanities. There should be no need for you to go to your locker during class.

February 27, 2007

FIELD TRIP DAY!!

Today you went to ONE of three places:

• The BFI Recycling Plant,
• Bonnybrook Waste Water Treatment Facility
• South East Landfill

You were awesome! Well Done.

Now your job is to reflect on what you learned at your facility. Here are some questions to think about. There are MANY MANY more!

• Why is it an important place?
• What does it do for the community?
• What does it do for the environment?
• How can we use what we know about these facilities to be better citizens and help our environment?

REMINDER: Did you hand in your Math homework (mp7 p138 #1-54 odd)??

Monday February 26, 2007

IMPORTANT REMINDER

• Field Trip Tomorrow!!!
• Come Dressed appropriately - WARM.
• Bring your very best behaviour
• You are ambassadors from Terry Fox Junior High school - make your school proud!
• come to the classroom and we will leave from there.
• We will be back for lunch

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Started chapter 8 (v&v) - cultural identity
• Described our identity
• Homework: 1) READ v&v pages 168-169, 2) ANALYZE the comments on page 169 & RESTATE each quote in your own words, 3) SKIM through the chapter & write down all the key vocabulary & define IN YOUR OWN WORDS!!!

Today in MATH we:

• Reviewed Integers
• Homework p 138 #1-54 odd ones only! - You need to show me this BEFORE you get on the bus for your field trip - you had time in class, they should be done.
• Chapter 4 UNIT FINAL on THURSDAY

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed our c&r and ayl questions
• VOCABULARY!! Why is it important?
• Handed in our Fossil stories

Friday February 23, 2007

Today in Math and Humanities we introduced our Integrated Project. The project is called, "Active Citizenship and the Environment." The project will take almost 4 weeks to complete, in which time we will also be working on keeping up to date with our curriculum.

We also put together our SEARCH FOLDERS to help us stay organized throughout the project.

Finally, we wrote a brief Science Quiz on Planet Earth.

HOMEWORK:

• Think about K-W-L for this Project. What do you already know about Active Citizenship, Interactions & Ecosystems?
• What kinds of questions will you ask on the field trip?

REMEMBER: THE FIELD TRIPS ARE ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2007! HAVE YOU BROUGHT IN YOUR FORMS AND $2?

Thursday February 22, 2007

Today in Humanities we:

• Reviewed our Sentences Worksheet
• Wrote the ELA Practice Exam

Today in Math we:

• Learned about problem-solving using charts (MP7 page 136)
• MP7 page 137 #1-7

Today in Science we:

• Read SIA7 pages 410-418
• Worked on our Fossil Story
• HOMEWORK: Draft of Fossil Story is due tomorrow

Wednesday February 21, 2007

Today in Humanities we:

• Learned about the types of sentences
• Worked on a worksheet on sentences
• Applied our learning to last week's spelling test
• Worked on Writer's Workshop
• HOMEWORK: Finish the worksheet on SENTENCES

Today in Math we:

• Reviewed operations with integers
• Read MP7 page 134
• HOMEWORK: MP7 page 135 #1-37 (ODD ONLY)

Today in Science we:

• Read SIA7 pages 402-408 and took notes
• HOMEWORK: Finish the notes; SIA7 CAR page 408 #1-3; SIA7 AYL page 409 #1-8

Monday February 20, 2007

Today in Humanities we:

• Got LOTS of work back
• How are you doing on the spelling tests? How can you improve?
• Did our midterm on v&v chapters #1-7

Today in Math we:

• Did drill #44
• Got our tests back - did you get ALL the marks you could have? Did you show ALL of your work?
• Reviewed our homework & operations with integers - what patterns do you notice?
• Finish any questions you didn't complete on the weekend - do you understand them?
• Homework: mp7 p 132 integers on a calculator activity 1 & 2.

Today in Science we:

• Finished our Map activity - what patterns did you notice?
• What are diverging & converging boundaries?
• Started reading sia7 p 402-408.
• You will have a quiz this week!
• Worked on any unfinished reading, questions or sketch book activities.

REMINDERS:

• Field trip forms and money are due. Please remember to include your Alberta Health Care Number.

Tuesday February 13, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did a Chapter 7 Quiz & marked it in class
• Make sure you HANDED your quiz IN with your NAME on it!
• Had our MIDTERM REVIEW - we got a review kit that covers v&v chapters 1-6
• Your Midterm is TUESDAY FEBRUARY 20th, BE PREPARED!
• Your ELA (English Language Arts) Midterm is Thursday Febraury 22nd.
• A minimum of 15 minutes of Review EACH DAY is recommended.

Today in MATH we:

• Didn't do a drill!!
• Handed in mp7 p125 #1-8 (yesterday's homework), & problem of the week #11
• Got problem of the week #12, due TUESDAY February 20, 2007
• Worked on MULTIPLYING & DIVIDING integers
• HOMEWORK: you have 6 days to work on your problem of the week, & READ mp7 p 128 130, & Do mp7 p 129 #1-25 & p 131 # 1-39.
• How many questions do you need to complete each day to make this managable?

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did a MAP ACTIVITY. What did you learn? We will finish our MAP activity next week! BRING YOUR MAP.
• What does the ROCK CYCLE tell us about all different kinds of rocks?
• What is Continental Drift?
• HOMEWORK: READ & do notes on sia7 p395-401, DO c&r #1-4

ALL THE REST:

• You were given a letter & persmission form about a field trip. PLEASE bring it back signed with your 2$ on TUESDAY February 20th.
• We had an EXCELLENT example of Working With Words today - well done!

Monday February 12, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Presented our Canadian Identity poems, raps, posters, or songs, graded them for content and creativity
• Reviewed our homework and Cloze activity
• Reviewed Chapter 7
• Homework - finish all of our "think it through" questions & REVIEW!

Today in MATH we:

• Did drill #43
• Reviewed some problem solving - mp7 p 124 How can we calculate the temperature 1500m deep in the Earth?
• Homework: mp7 p 125 #1-8 - Don't forget to SHOW YOUR WORK & answer in complete sentences!
• You had time in class to do these, you should be about half way finished!

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Finished our GRAPHS sia7 p379 HAND THEM IN!
• Finish your c&r and ayl p 390-391
• Read & do notes sia7 p 392-394, c&r p 394 #1-2
• Complete sketch book activities
• We had LOTS of time in class do complete these tasks.

REMINDERS:

• We should not need to take as long on certain tasks. FOCUS, be polite and respectful and we will get through our material ON TIME!

Friday February 9, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did Writer's Workshop
• Did catch-up work

Today in Math we:

• Did drill #42
• Got problem of the week #11, DUE TUESDAY February 13, 2007
• Did catch-up work

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did a sketchbook activity: If I were a rock/mineral I would be______ because ____.
• Did catch-up work
• Could also do sia7 p390 c&r #1-2, p391 ayl #1-10

ALL THE REST:

• We read out all of your ZEROS today - you have the chance to hand in any of these missed assignments! Use this opportunity!
• CE & W3 are on MONDAY - do you know when your day is? COME PREPARED!
• REVIEW at least 15 minutes EACH DAY for EACH subject.

Do you know what kind of creatures these are?

Thursday February 8, 2007

Today in Humanities we:

• Wrote Spelling Test #13
• Spent our class time finishing up our Posters/Raps, CLOZE activities, and Think it Through Questions - This is all due on Monday February 12

Today in Math we:

• Did Math Drill #41
• Reviewed Integers Notes
• MP7 page 119 #37
• Read MP7 page 120, did practice questions on page 121 #1-35

Today in Science we:

• Discussed how different rocks form and the 3 classes of rocks
• Looked at the characteristics and properties of rocks vs minerals
• SIA7 page 390 CAR #1&2, and page 391 AYL #1-10
• Graphing Activity SIA7 page 379 "Give it a Try"

Today we discussed our concerns about THEFT in the classroom, as well as DISRESPECTING the property of others. We came up with two solutions:

1. We are going to try a "Give a Pencil Take a Pencil" program. This is to help students who don't have something to write with. The plan works only if the student gives something (like an eraser, old lead pencil, etc) in order to get a new pencil.
2. Students will place backpacks on the backs of their chairs, or just leave them in their lockers. If we see a backpack or other item which belongs to our peers on the floor, we will put it on their desk for them, instead of walking all over it.

Wednesday February 7, 2007

Today in Humanities we:

• Reviewed Confederation
• Read v&v page 162-164
• Worked on the last CLOZE activity
• Think it Through v&v page 164 #1-4
• Continued working on our poster/rap
• Homework: Finish any unfinished text work in chapter 7

Today in Math we:

• Math drill #40
• Learned about adding and subtracting integers through our friends!
• Homework: MP7 page 119 #9-35

Today in Science we:

• Learned about the different types of ROCKS
• We had a chance to identify different types of rocks and minerals by testing their physical properties
• SIA7 page 384 and CAR #1-4
• Read SIA7 page 385-389 and take notes - You can choose the type of note-taking you want to use!
• Homework: Finish any CAR and note-taking you did not finish in class today

Tuesday February 6, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Read v&v p 158-162 "Confederation Discussions"
• Did a cloze activity
• Think it through - v&v p 162 #1 - Poster
• Homework: Finish your cloze activity, Think about your Poster Design

Today in MATH we:

• Did drill #39
• Read & Talked about Integers - did activities #1-4 with a partner mp7, p 116-117
• Homework: Read & Understand page 118, DO mp7 p 119 #1-8
• How do we add & subtract positives & negatives?

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Talked about Rocks & Minerals
• Looked at some examples of Minerals
• What are some properties of minerals? What is a property?
• Homework: READ & do NOTES sia7 p 377-384

ALL THE REST:

• We had an assembly today celebrating black history month
• What did you learn?
• Don't forget to Study your 10 spelling words!

Monday February 5, 2007

Today in Humanities we:

• Reviewed Think it Through on page 155 (v&v)
• Reviewed our first CLOZE activity
• Read page 155-156 (v&v)
• CLOZE activity for pages 155-156
• Think it Through page 156 #1 a, b, c
• Writer's Workshop

Today in Math we:

• Math Drill #38
• MP7 page 115 #1-17 (odd only)
• Sketchbook - continued working on our sketchbook title page on Operations with Integers - Survey MP7 pages 111-142 - include: color and 4 ideas you will learn about
• REMEMBER: Integers are Whole Numbers, there are NO decimals, NO fractions, and can be positive or negative numbers

Today in Science we:

• Read about Rocks and Minerals in our text
• Completed a chart that focused on the key differences between rocks and minerals
• Took notes on page 368-376
• SIA7 CAR page 376#1-2

Friday February 2, 2007

OOPS....sorry this is late...good thing there was only REVIEW for homework!

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Did a quiz on Chapter 6 - how did you do? Were you well prepared for it?

Today in MATH we:

• Did a sketchbook activity.....SURVEY mp7 chapter 4 - Operations with Integers, create a title page in your sketchbook for this chapter, include 4 things you expect to learn in this chapter

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Did a quiz - how did you do? Were you well prepared for it?

ALL THE REST:

• W3 & CE start again on MONDAY - do you know when your turn is?
• Homework for the weekend is to REVIEW & Check your BINDERS to make sure they are ORGANIZED!

Thursday February 1, 2007

Today in HUMANITIES we:

• Reviewed Chapter 6 Work
• Went over our skill check - Do you know which ACTS go with which GOALS?
• Read v&v Pages 149-154 - did cloze activity
• HOMEWORK: finish cloze activity & study for chapter 6 quiz on FRIDAY & Think it Through #2a v&v p 155

Today in MATH we:

• Did our unit final on Number Operations - good work!

Today in SCIENCE we:

• Reviewed for our quiz tomorrow.
• Homework: Review sia7 planet earth sections 1.0 up to & INCLUCDING 1.3.....don't forget your VOCABULARY!

REMINDERS:

• CE & W3 start again on MONDAY.......find out when you're scheduled so you can be READY!