Monday, March 27, 2017

Grade 7- Summary Success Criteria

A good summary:
  • Your own language (no quoting or examples from text)
  • Important character/people’s names
  • Most Important Events/Details
  • Most Important Words/Vocabulary
  • Logically Organized
  • You include and effective introductory and concluding sentence

Thursday, March 23, 2017

To do list...

Grade 8:

  • Thinking Book- due tomorrow
  • Math Checkpoint- tomorrow
  • Math Test- Tuesday
  • Blog proposal submitted to me......
  • Rosa Parks completed

Grade 7:
  • Literature Circle meeting- tomorrow
  • Deck of cards for "99" tomorrow
  • Rosa Parks completed

Have a good night 

BK

Grade 7 Blogpost- "5 Things in 5 Days"








1.  Read  365 things in 365 days blog (Notice the descriptions/photos) This is something you can read during Independent reading. 
2.  Choose your favourite five ideas and explain why you chose them on Google drive. (5 paragraphs).  The document should be called "5 Things in 5 Days"
3.  Think of "5 Things in 5 Days" that you personally would like to accomplish and record them on your document.  (YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM FOR PART 2)

*THIS WILL LEAD TO AN UPCOMING ORAL/MEDIA LITERACY PROJECT!!! :)

*Try and avoid choosing a new food (Be original)

MR. K'S TOP 10 IDEAS FROM LAST YEAR

  • Raise money for Grace Bowen
  •  Learn to check the oil of a car
  •  Facetime Grandma in Ireland
  • Pump the gas into a car
  • Learn the Roman numeral symbols
  • Learn 30 digits of Pi
  • Message in a bottle (with a return email address)
  • Do a chore (Clean the toilets)
  • Watch the sunrise
  • Research my Family Tree

Monday, March 20, 2017

To do list....

Grade 8:
  1. Math Checkpoint- Wednesday & Friday (Test early next week, likely Tuesday)
  2. Literacy - Thinking Books hand in by Friday
  3. Blog proposal- due Thursday

Grade 7:
  • Lit Circle Meeting tomorrow
  • Integer Math Test- Thursday

Have a good night

Bk

Thursday, March 9, 2017

To do list...

Grade 8:

  • 3 Percent Questions on blog
  • Bring a deck of cards (If you have some)
  • 1 period tomorrow to finish up your Visual/Verbal Essay
  • Independent Reading Project/Thinking Book- due End of March Break
Grade 7:
  • Integers Checkpoint- tomorrow
  • Lit Circle- Tuesday after March Break
  • Bring a deck of cards (If you have some)
  • 1 Period tomorrow to finish up Visual/Verbal Essay
Have a good night

BK

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

THINK PAIR SHARE

What is a good estimate for 42% of 85? Explain how you estimated it.
When do people use percents in everyday life other than in sales in stores?
Is 10% a lot? Explain why or why not.