Favourite Rap

Challenge Questions

Challenge Questions

What is the value of angle s?

Grade 7 & 8

Prepare adequately for tomorrow's Math Evaluation

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Math Test moved to Wednesday morning

Grade 7:

• Math Test- Wednesday

Have a good night

I will see everyone tonight @ the Holiday Concert :)

BK

Grade 7 & 8

• Please bring in a Procedural Text- tomorrow

BK

To do list...

Montreal - deadline on School Cash Online is tomorrow. The second and third installments will also be paid on School Cash Online later this year.

Gr. 7

-Math Unit Test: Tuesday

Gr. 8

-Math Unit Test: Tuesday

Ongoing:

• Seedfolks Character profiles
• Thinking Book
• Writing Challenge

Have a good night

BK

To do list.....

Grade 8:

• Math Checkpoint tomorrow 
• Math Test signed- ASAP
• SeedFolks- Complete "Wendell" character profile

Grade 7:

• Math Evaluation signed- ASAP
• SeedFolks- Complete "Wendell" character profile
• Write "No Bum" paragraph (s)- What is the theme?

Montreal Trip - deposit due on School Cash Online & form to Mr. Kaufman

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Math Handout # 3, 4 e, f, g, h,
• NO BUM- Highlight in three different colours (What is Theme?, Big Ideas, Text Evidence) 
• Science homework #1-5
• Thinking Book- Draw the setting of "Seedfolks" 

Grade 7:

• Thinking Book- Draw the setting of "Seedfolks" 

*GRADE 8's School Registration form and payment due DEC. 14

Have a good weekend

BK

To do list....

Grade 8:

• "No Bum"-  What is the theme? (Paragraph)  - Please print if you can
• Math Handout #11, 14- 20 (Focus on communication) 

Grade 7:

• Math Evaluation conversions- tomorrow  

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8:

• What is the Theme Paragraph "No Bum"? (Please print if you're able to)
• Math handout #15, 17, 18 (Focus on your communication)
• Montreal Payment is due Dec. 14

Grade 7:

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

Grade 8:

• OJ Evaluation- signed
• Digital Tool Rubric- signed

*Tomorrow we will be eating lunch @ 11:00 prior to our departure :)

Grade 7:

• Digital Tool Rubric- signed
• Math Evaluation- (Perimeter and Area of a compound figure)

The deposit for the Montreal Trip should be working on Cash Online now. Deadline is December 14.

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Prepare for Math Test- Monday
• Young Theatre Performance- Tuesday

Grade 7:

• Compound Figure Evaluation- Tuesday
• Young Theatre Performance- Wednesday

Please return your Report Envelope ASAP
The deposit for the Montreal Trip should be working on Cash Online now. Deadline is December 14.

Have a good weekend

BK

 

Example of Procedural Writing

Example of Procedural Writing

• What FEATURES are included?

To do list....

Grade 8:

-Math Review- pg. 145 #1-4
-Report Card Envelope signed and brought back
-Math Test: Monday

Grade 7:

-Math Handout: Area of the two compound figures
-24 Day Writing Challenge (If not finished)

The deposit for the Montreal Trip should be working on Cash Online now. Deadline is December 14.

To do list....

Grade 8:

• Math Evaluation- Thursday (Graphing)
• Math Test- Monday
• Thinking Books are being collected tomorrow
• Orbiting Jupiter Evaluations signed- Monday

Grade 7:

• Orbiting Jupiter Evaluations signed- Monday

*Poinsettia Orders Form- due Nov. 30

*Montreal Trip - information night: Wed., November 30 at 6:30 pm (school library)

Have a good night

Bk

To do list....

Grade 8:

• Science Test- Wednesday
• Math pg. 142/143 #3-8
• Math Evaluation- Thursday (one question)
• Math Test- Monday
• Young Theatre Performance- Tuesday, Dec. 6
• Signed Orbiting Jupiter Evaluation
• Collecting Thinking Books- Wednesday

Grade 7:

• Signed Orbiting Jupiter Evaluation
• Young Theatre Performance- Wednesday, Dec. 7

*HOLIDAY BASKET- FAMILY, FITNESS AND GAMES (Money or small gift ASAP)

*POINTSETTA FORMS- due Nov. 30

"Human Family" - Maya Angelou

Graphing Patterns

Graphing Patterns

• what do these graphs tell us about the patterns they represent?
• what numbers would represent the patterns?

To do list.....

Grade 8:

• Thinking Book - Wednesday
• Science Test- ????
• French signed- ASAP
• Math Test will be the week of  Dec. 5 
• Sing, Sing, Sing - due Monday
• Art- due at the end of class Monday

Grade 7:

• Science Test- ???
• French signed...
• Math Evaluation- Monday
• Sing, Sing, Sing- due Monday
• Art- due at the end of class Monday

Have a good weekend

BK

Upcoming dates:

• Wed., November 30 - Montreal Trip Information Meeting @ 6:30 (library)
• December 2 - Superhero Day
• December 6 - Young People's Theatre Trip

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Progress Reports went home (Interview time inside envelope)
• Math Textbook pg. 132 #12-14 (Very difficult questions, make a legit effort)
• Literacy Activities- due @ the end of the day tomorrow (1 period to clean up)
• Thinking Book collected on Wednesday

Grade 7:

• Progress Reports went home (Interview time inside envelope)
• Math Evaluation- Monday (Review tomorrow in class)
• Literacy Activities- due @ the end of the day tomorrow (1 period to work on them)

*Young Theatre Payment, complete on School Cash online, it is open until midnight tonight

BK

To do list.....

Grade 8:

• Weekly Blogpost- due tomorrow (Posted on your blog, and short presentation)
• Literacy Activities- due Thursday (One more rotation)
• Thinking Books Evaluation- I will be collecting them on Wednesday, Nov. 30
• Math Test signed

Grade 7:

• Weekly Blogpost- due tomorrow (Posted on your blog)
• Literacy Activities- due Thursday (One more rotation)
• Patterning and Algebra Math Evaluation- Monday, November 28th

Upcoming Dates:

Progress Reports go home - Nov. 23

Parent - Teacher Interviews - Thurs., Nov. 24 and Fri., Nov. 25 (forms went home)

Young People's Theatre - Dec. 6 ( Grade 8) Dec. 7 (Grade 7)

Young People's Theatre Payment will be open on School Cash Online from Monday until Wednesday Night (12:00 pm)

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

Grade 8:

• Math Homework pg. 129 # 11-13
• Weekly Blogpost- due Tuesday (Posted on your blog, and 2-minute presentation)
• Math Test signed- Monday

Grade 7:

• Weekly Blogpost- due Tuesday (Posted on your blog)

Have a good weekend

BK

Grade 8 TRIP

Montreal Trip Information will take place on November 30 @ 6:30 pm in the Highview library.

Ballots for a $50 discount should come home today.

To do list.....

Grade 8:

• Writer's Workshop Polished Document (Highlight in red, Complete Self-Evaluation)
• Weekly Blogpost- due Tuesday (Posted on your blog, Grade 8's:2-minute presentation)
• Read Orbiting Jupiter passage- for tomorrow
• Williams Information Night tonight from 7 - 9
• Orbiting Jupiter Response Questions

Grade 7:

• Weekly Blogpost- due Tuesday (Posted on your blog)
• Math Checkpoint- tomorrow
• Read Orbiting Jupiter passage- for tomorrow
• Orbiting Jupiter Response Questions

Have a great night

BK

Digital Tool - example

Digital Tool - example

What is Windows Live Movie Maker?

Windows Live Movie Maker is a great way to create a slideshow using your own 
music, photos and videos. I find it is an alternative to using PowerPoint, and I 
have used it in several presentations for school and it has been very successful in
 the past. There are several features to this app, some which include of visual effects
on your photos/videos, adding text to your images, and creating transitions 
(such as; dissolve, fade etc). But that's just the basics, movie maker is much more 
advanced, but these are the simple features in which we will be discussing today.

When is the appropriate time to use movie maker?

I have used movie maker for many projects in school such as; for our dance unit my 
friend Maddy and I created a film as if we were on the show 'So You Think You Can 
Dance". I have also created a video for a social studies on facts about rice and while 
the video played in the background I continued to talk over top of it. But not only is 
this use for school, it also a phenomenal tool to use outside of school. For example, 
for my father's birthday I created a video of all the memories we've had explaining 
how many wonderful years it's been spending time with him.

Pros

-Free of charge
-Virus free
-Easy to use
-Rotate photos
-Over 20 different transitions
-Easy to upload to YouTube
-Can join, fade and trim clips (video, audio etc)
-Record videos with webcam

Cons

-Only available for windows (not available for apple products etc) which would 
make it hard to use for school
-No voice over available
-Not available on phones
-Not available for Windows RT or Windows RT 8.1

How to use Movie Maker

1. First type in your search engine 'Windows Live Movie Maker', there will many 
websites in which you can download this tool, depending on what version is 
compatible with your computer should be the one you shall download.

2. After Movie maker has been downloaded, you can start your movie by clicking 
on the add videos and photos. Once you have done that, you can click on the 
visual effects title and there will be different options on how you can alter your photo. 
In addition to this, there is a small icon on the right which is labeled brightness in 
which you can adjust the brightness.

3. Next, you can add the music by clicking on the add music (on the right of where 
it says add photos and videos) and it gives you two options. The first option is add 
music and the second is add music at current point, you can do either or depending 
on your choice.

4. Following, you can add a title to your video (you can do this in the beginning if 
you'd like instead) by clicking on title, you can drag that slide to the beginning of 
the film. You can also change the background of the title by clicking on where it 
reads video tools/edit. In this same section you can alter the timing of your video.

5. Lastly to create transitions you need to have more than one image 
(video, photo, title). Then move the vertical bar across to the start of the second 
slide (anything just not first) and click on animations. Once you have clicked on 
animations, there will be a large amount of options for transitions.

Video

Down below is a video in which I have created in grade six for an art project. The 
entire project was just used with Movie Maker.

Digital Tools Rubric

Digital Tool Blogpost

Learning Goal:

·        find and demonstrate a NEW digital tool to use in your learning at school (needs to be accessible for most: Chrome extension, mobile app, online tool etc.)

Success Criteria:

ü  summarize the tool (what it does)

ü  how it could be used

ü  create an example using the tool

ü  list advantages and disadvantages

ü  provide some instructions on how to use it

Due: Friday, November 17

Possible tools:

Epic BYOD toolchest

Google Drive Apps

Chrome Apps

Upcoming dates.....

Upcoming dates:

• Photo retake day - Nov. 15
• Mr. Kaufman @ Girls Vball AREA- Nov. 15
• Mr. Kaufman @Boys Vball Area- Nov. 16
• Williams Information Night - Nov. 17 @ 7 pm
• Progress Reports go home - Nov. 23
• Parent - Teacher Interviews - Thurs., Nov. 24 and Fri., Nov. 25 (forms went home)
• Young People's Theatre - Dec. 6

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND

BK

To do list..

Grade 8 Math test - tomorrow 

Note regarding "Holiday Baskets" fundraising will come home tomorrow!

Young People's Theatre - School Cash Online is available now for short period of time for the families that still need to sign up.

Remembrance Day Assembly - tomorrow @ 10:45 (Poppies will be available)

Have a good night

BK 

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Math Checkpoint (Tuesday) - order of operations
• Math Unit Test - Friday

Grade 7:

• Math Evaluation- Thursday
• Plot Diagram Evaluation- tomorrow

Remembrance Day Assembly - Friday, Nov. 11 @ 10:45 (bring donation for poppy on Friday)

Young People's Theatre - https://www.schoolcashonline.com/ (if you haven't already signed up it should be available for the next couple of days online)

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8:

• History Reading page 49 (Before, During, After)
• "Fat Man Walking" character analysis
• Order of Operations handout #14, 17, 18, 19, 24, 27

Grade 7:

• Weekly Blogpost presentation- Monday 
• Pg. 137 # 5, 6

Have a good weekend

BK

To do list....

Grade 8:

• Division checkpoint- tomorrow

Grade 7:

• Bucket List Presentation- Monday

-Tomorrow, weather permitting, your art class will be outside.... Please come dressed appropriately :)
-Young People's Theatre - permission on School Cash Online

Have a good night

BK

Writer's Notebook Prompt

Which of the six pillars of character (trustworthiness, respect, responsibility,  fairness, caring, and citizenship) is most important? Explain your thinking

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Dividing Fractions checkpoint - Friday
• Keep up to date with Literacy Activities

Grade 7:

• Math Checkpoint tomorrow 
• Weekly Blogpost bucket list presentation- Monday
• Keep up to date with Literacy Activities

Young People's Theatre trip - Tues., Dec. 6th (found on School Cash Online) 

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

Grade 7:

-Weekly Blogpost Bucket List Presentation- Friday morning
-Math Checkpoint tomorrow

Grade 8:

-Math textbook pg. 314 #4, 5
-Williams Permission form (If you haven't brought it back)

*We will be going to Dr. G. W. Williams SS tomorrow from 9:30 - 11:30 am

Writer's Workshop Prompt

Try writing in the voice of someone you know well. How does this person see the world? What is she or he thinking? Write in first person and present tense.

*Make sure you copy the prompt down onto your Writer's notebook document

PUMPKIN TIME BOMB

To do list....

Grade 7:

-Weekly Blogpost: Bucket List due on Friday, Nov. 4
-Literacy activities - you should be keeping up and completing as we go

Grade 8:

-Math Division Handout (Circled questions on the back)

-Literacy activities - you should be keeping up and completing as we go

*Halloween Dance $3

*Halloween Maze $2

*Students will be allowed to change into their costumes @ lunch

Have a good weekend

BK

To do list....

Grade 8:

• Williams Permission Form

Grade 7:

• 10.1 Number Patterns Handout #1-3
• Weekly Blogpost- Due date will be adjusted tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Multiplying Fractions checkpoint tomorrow
• Review Plot Diagram 
• Thinking Book- ongoing
• Complete unfinished Literacy Activities

Grade 7:

• Weekly Blog will be introduced tomorrow in class
• Review Plot Diagram
• Complete unfinished Literacy Activities

Have a good night

BK

Grade7 Weekly Blogpost- Bucket List

Learning Goal:

Your task is to create your own bucket list (5 things) and post it on your blog. Please describe why you chose each item and insert an image.    


Presentations begin on- Tuesday, Nov. 1

Mr. K's bucket list

1. Visit Fiji- My wife and I have always wanted to travel to the beautiful country of Fiji. This will be difficult to accomplish as it is located on the other side of the world. As well, if I go on my summer vacation, the seasons are flipped making it their winter. If I travel across the globe, it better be ninety degrees. I have a confession, technically I have been to Fiji. For a whopping 30 minutes, I was sitting on the runway at Nadi International airport while our plane refueled on route to Brisbane, Australia. Family vacations are on the backburner until my daughter is a little older.






2. Play golf at St. Andrews- St. Andrews is often regarded as one of the oldest and most well-known courses worldwide. Many people refer to it as the "Home of Golf". I enjoy watching and playing golf. It is my dream to play at the "Old course" and walk across the Swilcan bridge which is located on the 18th hole fairway just like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and many other legends. Can you believe that on the seventeenth tee, you actually drive the ball over the edge of a hotel? Sounds dangerous!






3. Complete a Marathon- 42.195 Kilometers or 26 miles and 385 yards! To give you some perspective, the distance from our school to the Air Canada Center is about 50 Kilometers. I think it would be an amazing accomplishment to be able to run a Marathon. I'm not sure if the appeal of running a Marathon is it's one of the original Olympic events or that every year I'm curious to hear the winning time in the Boston Marathon. After I finish a 10 km run, all I think to myself is I have to run four times this distance to accomplish my goal. Small strides, but I know deep in my heart I can do it if I set my mind to it.




4. Write a weekly sports column- A typical Sunday morning would involve me drinking my coffee and scrolling through numerous newspaper articles and blog posts. The topic always the same: SPORTS. I think it would be fascinating to have people excited to read my weekly sports column. I think I would call it "Brian's Take"..... I've already decided that I would write on a variety of sports including my favorites golf, soccer and hockey. Maybe one day instead of rambling my thoughts to anyone who will listen I will actually write them down.






5. Watch the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford- The Manchester Derby is one of the most exciting sporting events of the year. My wife says I say this countless number of times throughout the year but I would love to take this game in live at Old Trafford. Basically, if you live in Manchester, half of the city likes Manchester City (Blue) and the other half of Manchester likes Manchester United (Red)... When these teams meet, it's team vs team, supporters vs supporters, which leads to great entertainment. I guess the closest rivalry to the Manchester Derby in North American sports would be the Montreal Canadians versus Toronto Maple Leafs or the Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees.

Grade 7- Bucket List Presentation

To do list....

Grade 8:

• Math Textbook pg. 298 #7, 9, 10, 11   Pg. 303 #5 
• Thinking Book (Finishing conferences this week)

Grade 7:

• Orbiting Jupiter Responses (If not finished in class)

Have a good night

BK

Multiplication Models

Fraction Strips

Multiplying Fractions- Array

To do list...

1. Thinking Book - ongoing
2. Drama Monologues- start tomorrow
3. Grade 7 Math Test- Monday

SPIRIT ASSEMBLY - wear your colour!!!

To do list...

Grade 7:

• Math Test- Monday (Factors, Multiples, Exponents, Square Roots, Order of Operations)
• Drama Monologue- Friday

Grade 8:

• Drama Monologue- Friday
• Math Textbook pg. 292 # 11, 14, 16, (17, 20, 21 if your at Cross country)
• History Quiz- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8

-Math Textbook pg. 292 # 6a, 7b, 9a, 10
-Math Checkpoint tomorrow
-Drama Monologue presentation- begin Thursday
-History Test- Wednesday

Grade 7

-Math Checkpoint tomorrow (Exponents & Square Roots)
-Drama Monologue presentation- begin Thursday
-Math Test- Friday (Factors, Multiples, GCF, LCM, Exponents, Square Roots, Order of Operations)

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Think Book Meetings - Start Friday
• Math Test signed- ASAP
• Drama Monologue presentations begin as early as Wednesday next week
• Make sure your Blogpost is displayed properly
• Fractions- Do you Remember ? Pg. 385 1 abc, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 a c, 7, 8, 9, 10

Grade 7:

• Staying up to date with Orbiting Jupiter activities
• If I plant a seed writing evaluation signed
• Drama Monologue presentations begin as early as Wednesday next week
• Make sure your Blogpost is displayed properly
• Exponents- pg 18 & 19  #17, 19, 20
• Math Checkpoint- Friday

*PHOTO DAY TOMORROW
*ART WILL BE IN THE FOREST TOMORROW

Have a good night

BK

Mr. Congram's Favourite Monologues from the Movies

To do list...

Grade 8

1. Literacy - "Memorable Read" due tomorrow
2. Survey - Grade 8 trip (see links below for information on the options)
3. Drama Monologue Rough copy- due tomorrow

Grade 8 trip options:

Niagara for 2 days / 1 night – approximately $350

http://www.brightsparktravel.ca/student-tours/niagara-falls-barrel-fun

Montreal for 3 day / 2 nights - approximately $550

http://www.brightsparktravel.ca/student-tours/montreal-cest-la-vie

Grade 7

1. Literacy - "Memorable Read" due tomorrow
2. Math Textbook Pg. 6 # 15, 16, 17, 19, 20
3. Drama Monologue Rough Copy- due tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

Orbiting Jupiter

In your Think Book, create two Word clouds one for Joseph and another for Jack's character traits so far. Your welcome to use this online tool to assist you: Word Clouds

TO DO LIST....

Grade 8:

• Maintain your Thinking Book (First Meeting will be next week)
• Reading Blogpost- due Wednesday
• Drama Monologue rough copy- due Tuesday
• History (During/After reading questions) Pg. 26 & 27

Grade 7:

• Maintain your Thinking Book (First Meeting will be next week)
• Reading Blogpost - due Wednesday
• Drama Monologue rough copy- due Tuesday

Have a good night

BK

To do list..

Grade 8:

• Math Test- Thursday
• Reading Blogpost- due Wednesday, October 12

Grade 7:

• Math Checkpoint- tomorrow (Prime/Composite #'s, Factors, Multiples, GCF, LCM)
• Please bring in signed Math Evaluations- tomorrow
• Reading Blogpost- due Wednesday, October 12

Have a good night

*Good luck to all students representing Highview @ tomorrow's AREA cross country meet

BK

To do list....

Grade 8:

• Math Handout #1-5
• What are the two numbers: GCF - 24 ,  LCM - 1200 
• Math Test- Thursday
• Reading Blogpost - due Wednesday, October 12 (Finished product must be on your blog)

Grade 7: 

• Math Test- signed
• Reading Blogpost - due Wednesday, October 12 (Finished Product must be on your blog)

Have a good night

BK

My Most Memorable Read Blogpost

My Most Memorable Read

Learning Goal:

• Create a one page poster persuading others to sign out your “most memorable read” from the library

Success Criteria:

• Short summary or blurb about the book
• Explanation about why you chose the book (why did you love it?)
• Include a visual of the book cover
• Target audience (who should read it?
• Your creative additions (themes, favourite quotes etc.)
• short reflection on your blog about your choice

GRA

Created with Padlet

AND THE GLOBAL READ ALOUD BOOK IS .......

To do list...

Grade 8:

• Drama Monologue- Think about your character choice
• Math Test- Thursday

*Girls Vball practice Monday @ lunch

*Boys Vball practice Tuesday @ lunch

Grade 7:

• Drama Monologue- Think about your character choice
• Learn prime #'s to 100

*MATH CHECKPOINTS RETURNED SIGNED

Have a good weekend

BK

Created with Padlet

To do list........

Grade 8:

• Terry Fox run- Friday
• Read "The Lottery"
• Math Textbook Pg. 14 # 4,7, 9, 10
• MADD- tomorrow (Please bring in form if you haven't done so)

Grade 7:

• Terry Fox Run- Friday
• Read "The Framing Game"- tomorrow
• Math handout #1-4 - tomorrow 
• "If I plant a seed"- due Friday
• Mini Math Evaluation Friday (Standard, Expanded, Words, Place Value, Mystery Number, Estimating, Rounding

MEET THE TEACHER tomorrow (6:30 - 7:30)

Have a good night

BK