Christmas Tree Stack

Extreme Christmas Nutstacker

Merry Fishmas

Lollipop

To do list..

1. Literacy - Memoir (final revisions due by Wednesday)
2. Gr. 7 History - project should be in "good" shape

Bring $2 for Friday - Movie & Popcorn (support the Grade 8 fundraiser)

Have a good night

BK

Face the Gingerbread Man

Face the Gingerbread Man

Spoken Word - Quickwrite

Spoken Word - Quickwrite

More Spoken Word

More Spoken Word

Spoken Word - Quickwrite: Emotions

Spoken Word - Quickwrite: Emotions

Poem: "Fear," by Raymond Carver from All of Us (Vintage).

Fear

Fear of seeing a police car pull into the drive.
Fear of falling asleep at night.
Fear of not falling asleep.
Fear of the past rising up.
Fear of the present taking flight.
Fear of the telephone that rings in the dead of night.
Fear of electrical storms.
Fear of the cleaning woman who has a spot on her cheek!
Fear of dogs I've been told won't bite.
Fear of anxiety!
Fear of having to identify the body of a dead friend.
Fear of running out of money.
Fear of having too much, though people will not believe this.
Fear of psychological profiles.
Fear of being late and fear of arriving before anyone else.
Fear of my children's handwriting on envelopes.
Fear they'll die before I do, and I'll feel guilty.
Fear of having to live with my mother in her old age, and mine.
Fear of confusion.
Fear this day will end on an unhappy note.
Fear of waking up to find you gone.
Fear of not loving and fear of not loving enough.
Fear that what I love will prove lethal to those I love.
Fear of death.
Fear of living too long.
Fear of death.

I've said that.

Spoken Word Examples

Take a Knee

Challenge Question

What is the value of angle s?

Grade 8 Math

Solve









Find the length of x

To do list....

• Grade 7 Math Quiz- Tuesday
• Grade 8 Math Test- Tuesday
• Grade 7 Math Mindmap- due Monday
• Weekly Blogpost- ongoing
• History Presentation- due Tuesday
• Grade 8 Science Test- Monday
• Memoir shared with Mr. K- (I will give descriptive feedback this weekend)

Have a good weekend

BK

Pythaogrean Theorem- Grade 8

Pythagoras Theorem

Visual of Pythagorean Theorem

To do list...

• Grade 8 Math Handout- #3 b), d), 6 b), f)
• Grade 8 Math Test- Tuesday
• Grade 7 Math Quiz- Tuesday
• Math Mindmap- due Monday
• Revised Memoir: Ready for teacher feedback- Friday
• History Diaries- Friday

WEEKLY BLOG POST

30-50 THINGS YOU LIKE

Learning Goal: To create a digital or paper representation of "30-50 Things You Like"

You can use any app/program you want as long as the finished project is one snapshot!! PAPER may be the best option for this task

Example: Pic Collage (Limits you to 30)











Compare the digital and paper versions? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each ?

SUCCESS CRITERIA:

• APPROPRIATE USE OF FONT/SIZE/COLOUR 
• APPROPRIATE USE OF SPACE 
• ORIGINAL IDEAS 

To do list...

• Math Test signed & returned
• Memoir Plan completed
• Grade 8 Math handout #3, 4 d, e, f
• Grade 8 Math checkpoint- Wednesday
• Grade 8 Geometry Test- Tuesday
• Grade 7 Mind Map- due Monday (Friday- if possible)

Have a good night

BK

Quadrilaterals Example

To do list....

• Math Checkpoints tomorrow (Gr. 7 - constructing figures  Gr. 8 - opposite, complementary, supplementary angles)

• Gr. 8 History - Day 2 of Conference tomorrow (work on Day 1 diary)
• Diaries will be due next week
• Literacy - choosing a topic for your written memoir
• Final PSA shared with Mr. Congram by end of Thursday
• Grade 7's:  Come prepared to discuss "A fond farewell to Sunday night pickup Hockey"

To do list....

• Grade 8 History Conference- tomorrow
• Math Checkpoint- Thursday
• Best Story Ever Presentation- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Grade 8's - Read pg 64 - 71, next history class there will be a quiz (Tuesday)
• History Conference- Wednesday: Period 1, Thursday: Periods 8 & 9
• 'Best Story Ever'- presentations begin on Tuesday (You will have an opportunity to practise on Monday)
• French Presentations- Thursday
• Grade 8 Math handout # 2 a) b) c) d) f) g), & 5 
• PSA Film Fest- Friday

BEST STORY ORAL SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Appropriate volume, expression, & pace

• Speak to the audience (Know your story, confident)

• Includes feature of a memoir

Estimating Angles (Grade 7)

Alien Angles

Banana Hunt

IMPORTANT DATES

Upcoming Week...

This Friday: PSAs due to Mr. Kaufman & Mr. Congram

Next week:

Monday:

Tuesday:  Best Story Ever Presentations begin, 

                 Staff vs. Students Volleyball Game (admission non-perishable food item)

Wednesday: History Mock Confederation

Thursday: History Mock Confederation

Friday: PSA Film Fest
***Crazy Hair/Socks/Hat Day

To do list...

• Read 'Ambush'- Be prepared to discuss (Questions, Connections, Opinions, Thoughts, Theme etc.)

Here is the link for students who were absent today

Ambush

• Prepare for tomorrow's Math Test

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Math Test- Thursday
• Gr. 8 Math Handout- Problems of the Week
• Gr. 7 Math Review Handout
• Best Story Ever Draft- due tomorrow  (Presentations begin on Tuesday of next week)
• PSA rough copy- no later than Friday

Have a good night

BK

Grade 7 - Tuesday Math Problem

A tennis court is 23.8 m by 11 m. A tennis club has 3 courts side by side in a fenced area. The courts have 3 m between them and 3 m around the outside. YOU MUST DRAW A DIAGRAM.

a) What is the total area of the 3 tennis courts?

b) What are the dimensions of the fenced space?

c) What is the area of the fenced space?

To do list...

•   Grade 8 Math handout- #2, 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16
• "16 Things I Wish I Could Do" Blog Post- due Wednesday, November 29
•  Grade 7 Math Pg. 175 #6 b, c, 7, 8, 10a 
• Grade 7 & 8 Math Test- Thursday 

Have a good weekend

BK

Area of Circle

Grade 8's

Gr. 8 Memory Book Survey

To do list....

• Grade 8 Math- 2 blog problems & # 16 & 17 from handout
• Weekly Blogpost- due Wednesday, November 29th 
• Interview Form & Volleyball jersey returned (if applicable)

Have a good night

BK

Math Problem - Perimeter





Area of square is 40 square centimetres. What is the perimeter of the figure?

Would You Rather?

To do list...

• Return Parent/Teacher Interview form- tomorrow
• Gr. 8 Math - Back of handout  #1, 2, 10, 11, 14
• Gr. 8 Math Checkpoint tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

Weekly Blogpost

Sixteen Things I Wished I Could Do…

Learning Goal:

• Identify sixteen things you wished you could do
• Choose five off of your list and explain why they are important to you

Success Criteria:

Writing:

• Use of descriptive language/words
• Interesting/Engaging/Variety of ideas
• Supporting details
• SPG

Media:

• Features of a digital text (images, audio, video, font, colour etc.)
• Interesting title
• Organized/Clean
• Hooks you in
• Your own voice; ‘Passion’

Due: Tuesday, November 28



Mr. Kaufman's List (Started)

• Play Guitar
• Blow My Nose
• Sit up Straight
• Run without dragging my feet
• Clap in rhythm
• Speak Spanish
• Eat 'Hot' chicken wings
• Shoot under par in golf
• Draw bubble letters
• Drive stick shift 

To do list...

-Gr. 7 Math handout
-Gr 7 Checkpoint:  Monday (Rectangle, Triangle, Parallelogram)
-Gr. 8 Math:  pg. 159 # 16, 20, front of handout (4 questions)

Please return the Parent Interview Request form or email me ASAP. Interviews will take place November 23 from 3 to 8 pm or Friday morning from 8:30 to 11:00. If neither date works, let me know and we can arrange another date.

*We are watching A MONSTER CALLS MOVIE on Monday.  The movie will begin at 1:15!

Have a good weekend

BK

To do list...

Gr. 7 Math - p. 159 #14-16
Gr. 8 Math - p. 158 #4, 5, & 10


Please return the Parent Interview Request form or email me ASAP. Interviews will take place November 23 from 3 to 8 pm or Friday morning from 8:30 to 11:00. If neither date works, let me know and we can arrange another date.






Ottawa Trip - Please register soon

To do list..

• Ottawa Payment- due tomorrow
• Best Story Every Plan- due Thursday
• Math Test signed and corrected- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

Grade 8 Math

To do list...

• Math Test Signed and Corrected
• 'Best Story' idea
• Irregular Math figure Evaluation- tomorrow
• Grade 8 History- Fishbone diagram
• Grade 7 Science Questions- due Friday

Have a good night

BK

Writing Task

To do list...

• Grade 7 Math Pg. 151 #1-5
• Grade 8 Math Pg. 151 # 1-6
• Signed Rubrics (Literacy Activities, Plot Diagrams, Weekly Blogpost)

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Bring back signed Evaluative Work- (TV SHOWS, Literacy Activities, Plot Diagram & Weekly Blogpost)
• Grade 8 First Payment is due Nov. 15

Have a good night

BK

Grade 8 Parents

A couple of notes:

• Our Ottawa trip has received official approval. The tour company has opened up the registration process on their website. All the information you need can be found in the package received at our information night or sent home tomorrow (November 6).

The deposit is due Wednesday, November 15th. The first deposit is for $318 (this includes the mandatory insurance).

To do list...

• Prepare adequately for your Math Evaluation- tomorrow
• TV SHOW Math Assignment-signed
• Fresh Farm Pickup tomorrow @ 3:15 - 8:00

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

• Math Worksheet- Tables and Chair Problem (Answer questions 1- 4, plus graph the first five terms)
• Math Test- Tuesday
• Math Assignment tomorrow
• PSA Analysis- Needs to be finished for tomorrow
• French Assignment- Google Classroom before Monday
• Science Project- Nov. 6 

Have a good night

BK

PSA- Analysis

To do list....

• Math Test- moved to Tuesday
• Math Assignment- Friday
• Independent Reading- Conversations ongoing
• Science Projects/Poster- due Nov. 6

Have a good night

BK

PSAs

What is a PSA?

What are the features of a PSA?

Symbolism- A Monster Calls

Pumpkin Time Bomb

Pumpkin Time Bomb

 

Pumpkin Time Bomb [Act 1] - Updated from Jon Orr on Vimeo.

How many rubber bands will make the pumpkin explode?



 

Pumpkin Time Bomb [Act 3] from Jon Orr on Vimeo.

What measurements of the pumpkin changes how many rubber bands are used?

What do you notice? What do you know about the pattern?

What do you notice? What do you know about the pattern?

LEARNING SKILLS

To do list...

1. Literacy Activities due Monday
2. Blog Post due tomorrow

Kettle Valley Trip tomorrow

• bring a litter-less lunch
• dress for the weather and to be active

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

1. Blog Post due Friday
2. Math Checkpoint tomorrow - both grades
3. Math Homework - Border Problem & Triangle Dot Problem
4. Literacy Activities due Monday
5. Sketchnote "Second Tale"- due tomorrow

Effective Blog posts

To do list...

• Grade 8 Math Pg. 132 # 4, 6, 7, 9 ade (If unfinished)
• Sketchnote- due Thursday
• Literacy Activities- due Monday
• Weekly Blogpost- due Friday
• Kettleby Valley trip- Friday
• History handout (Gr. 8)

Have a good night

BK

GRA A MONSTER CALLS

Learning Goal:  To create a Sketchnote that represents the second tale.

Success Criteria:

• Organized

• Quotes that you think that are important

• Pull big ideas/ message (Main ideas)

• Use of colour/font/size to highlight important ideas

• Images/Symbols "that burned through your mind"

• Main Characters

• Questions/Connections you had

Due -Thursday, October 26th

Grade 8's

If have any questions about high school, fill in this form. They will answer them next week at Williams:

Williams Survey

To do list...

Grade 8's

• William's visit permission form- ASAP
• Halloween Hop Fundraiser Form
• Grade 8 Information night sheet
• Weekly Blogpost- due Friday
• Literacy Activities- due Monday, Oct. 30
• Math- Pg 132 # 4, 6, 7, 9 a, d, e

Grade 7's

• Halloween Hop Fundraiser Form
• Weekly Blogpost- due Friday
• Literacy Activities- due Monday, Oct. 30
• Math- Pg. 277 # 8, 9, 10 abc

Student's who haven't paid for the trip:

My son/daughter has permission to travel by bus to Kettle Valley on Friday, October 27th  and participate in all of the activities. $34 cash or cheque

Math Problem

2,     5,    10, .........

a)  Draw the 4th term

b)  What is the Algebraic expression?

c)   What is the 60th term? 

To do list...

• History Handout- Monday
• Math Handout (if not finished)
• Weekly Blogpost- Friday, October 27th

Monday - Photo Day

Tuesday - Ottawa Trip information night (7 pm in the library)

Friday - Intermediate Trip to Kettle Valley

Have a good weekend

BK

Minds on

To do list.....

Math checkpoint tomorrow

Math handout

Math test and Long Walk signed by parents

Tomorrow is the Spirit Assembly! Wear your colour!!!

Have a good night

BK

WEEKLY BLOGPOST- THEME

Learning Goal:  To creatively represent a favourite picture book, song, or poem’s Big idea & Theme on your blog.

Success Criteria:

• Clearly state the Theme/ Big idea (Author’s opinion)
• Provide text examples (Lyrics, pictures, words)
• Provide your own ideas
• Features of a digital text (images, audio, video, font, colour etc.)

*YOU WILL RECEIVE BOTH A WRITING/MEDIA MARK

To do list...

• William's High School information night- Begins at 6:30
• Picture Day- Monday, October 23rd
• Kettle Valley Trip available on School Cash Online

Have a good night

BK

Toothpick Problem

The rule to build a toothpick pattern is start with a square and add 3 toothpicks each time to make another square. Build the first 4 terms (or figures).

How many toothpicks do you need to build the 10th figure? 100th figure?

To do list...

Weekly Blog Post - use feedback, make changes and hand in tomorrow

Math test and "A Long Walk to Water" assessment signed- You have until Wednesday

Kettle Valley Trip available on School Cash Online

French Test- tomorrow

Warm up Math Problem

To do list....

• Weekly Blog Post due Monday

Kettle Valley Trip available on School Cash Online

Have a good weekend

BK

To do list...

• Weekly Blogpost- due Monday
• Science Chapter 4.8 Pg. 112 #3, 5
• Field Trip Cash online- Kettleby Valley Camp

GRA- Slow Chat Questions (Week 2)

1.  So far, what do you like/don't like about the monster?

2.  When the monster calls again, why is Connor sarcastic and rude to him?

3.  Why does Connor think the Monster's first story is a terrible story and a cheat?

To do list...

• Bring Weekly Blogpost picture- tomorrow (About 20 minutes will be given to write)
• Weekly Blogpost- Posted on blog for Monday
• Science Test tomorrow- Gr. 7

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Math Test- tomorrow (Prepare adequately)
• Weekly Blogpost- Monday
• Science Test- Thursday (Grade 7 only)
• Field Trip- Cash online

Have a good night

BK

Weekly Blogpost - due Monday, October 16

Learning Goal: For this blogpost, you will bring a picture from home and then write a paragraph (s) describing the picture. In your paragraph (s), you might write about the story behind the picture, what it makes you feel, or anything the picture brings to mind.


Success Criteria:

-Thoughtful Picture/Displayed on your blog
-Use of descriptive language/words
-Interesting/Engaging ideas
-Supporting details
-SPG

Here are a couple examples:

        This picture is of my father, Byron, at my sister’s wedding reception. He casually sips a cup of his preferred beverage, black coffee. My father is calm and relaxed on the day he hands his youngest daughter off to be married. The man is unflappably levelheaded and cool; he’s not overcome with emotion by the significance of this day. He’s a rock. He’s my rock. When I’ve behaved foolishly, when I’ve lost jobs, when I’ve been much less than I should have been, he’s reassured me with his calm demeanor. When I’ve accomplished something noteworthy, when I’ve earned and maintained success, when I myself was married, I have been met with a simple, composed congratulatory smile. He laughs often (he loves to joke), but I’ve never seen him cry, not once. If I were to see him cry, I might crumble in panic. He views the world through eyes that have seen it all: good times, bad times, life, death, war, and peace. The relaxed, impenetrable composure plainly written on his sixty-year-old face assures me that everything will work out somehow.




41 to 3, 52 to 7, 39 to 5—our losses were atrocious and humiliating. They were terribly inept basketball players led by a dreadfully incompetent coach. Somehow, I was roped into coaching the Blue Ridge Knights seventh grade girls basketball team. “How difficult can this be?” I reasoned. We were undersized and uncoordinated. Passes errantly sailing out of bounds, balls dribbled off shoes, lay-up shots that inexplicably never even grazed the rim—we were a miserable sight. There were some games where I just wanted to cower under the scorers’ table and pretend this nightmare wasn’t happening. But there was one thing we could do capably, foul! We were a scrappy bunch, scuffling for every loose ball, brawling for every rebound, clawing the ball out of the arms of baffled opponents. I’ll never forget the sight of little Lauren Altman, all 4 ½ feet and 75 pounds of her, wrestling another team’s enormous, burly center to the ground. She came out of the scuffle with a skinned knee, a bloody lip, a satisfied smile, and the ball. That was my team! We may have only won one game the entire season, but we fought like champions.

#GRAMONSTER

To do list....

• Unit Math Evaluation- Wednesday (Prepare accordingly)
• Science Test- Thursday

Have a good Thanksgiving weekend

BK

A Monster Calls- Slow Chat Questions

Why does the monster tell Conor he WILL be afraid of him?  What is he going to do to Conor?

Why does the monster want Conor?

Do you think Connor is handling his mother's illness well? Why or why not.

To do list...

• Math Handout: Front completed for tomorrow
• Gr. 7 Square Roots Front of Handout
• Math Test- Wednesday 
• Gr. 8 History Questions
• Gr. 8 Science Pg. 107 #2 & 4, Bolded words
• Gr. 7 Science Test October 11

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Sketch Note Chapter 1- A Monster Calls
• Use a Venn diagram to find all the common factors and the first 3 multiples for 420 and 600 
• Math Checkpoint- tomorrow (Similar question to your homework)
• Boys Volleyball practice- tomorrow @ lunch

Have a good night

BK

Liam Neeson reads "A Monster Calls"

GRA- A Monster Calls

Global Read Aloud



Today we begin reading A Monster Calls. We are participating in the Global Read Aloud, find more information here.





Check out the locations of some of the classrooms taking part.

Predictions

Math Homework

Use a Venn diagram to find all the common factors and the first 3 multiples for:

           
                               420     and     600

To do list..

• Terry Fox Run- tomorrow @ 9:15
• Wheelchair Basketball presentation tomorrow @ 11:00
• Math Homework (Grade 7- Handout, Gr. 8- Pg. 14/15 #7, 8, 9, 11, & 17)
• Unit Math Test- October 11

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

• Explain how to use prime factorization to determine the LCM of the following numbers.  (I need to see evidence of your thinking)    

                               4 & 6

                             12 & 18

• History- Read pg 22-24, record the challenges and opportunities for people in Atlantic colonies
• Grade 8 Grad Trip Survey forms
• Terry Fox Run- Wednesday

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

Math Checkpoint - Monday (prime/composite numbers; divisibility rules, prime factorization)

History - John A. MacDonald response should be handed in


Terry Fox Run postponed until Tuesday.

Thank you to all the families who came out to our "Meet the Teacher" Night and took part in our Grade 8 Trip/Graduation/Fundraising meeting. If you were unable to attend, your child should be bringing home a letter today in regards to the trip planning. Please return it by early next week. Once we know if there is enough support to move forward we will let you know.

Here are the links to the two trip options:

Niagara for 2 days / 1 night – approximately $400
http://www.brightsparktravel.ca/student-tours/niagara-falls-barrel-fun

Ottawa for 3 days / 2 nights - approximately $580

https://www.brightsparktravel.ca/student-tours/ottawa-ga-ti-neau-your-capital

MY HERO

To do list......

• Terry Fox Run - tomorrow
• Girls Volleyball tryout- tomorrow @ lunch recess
• Grade 8 Math Pg. 10 #5, 7 efgh, 9, 12, 14
• Grade 8 History- 5 Important inventions from the past (Your opinion/why)

Have a good night

BK

A Long Walk to Water

To do list....

• Math handout if you didn't finish in class
• Presentations continue tomorrow
• Terry Fox- Friday afternoon
• Meet the Teacher- tomorrow night 6:30- 7:15 (Gr. 8 Parent meeting takes place @ 7:15 in Room 203)
• Grade 7 Science Pg 4.4
• Pizza Cashonline 

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Eye of the Beholder Questions complete
• History- John A. McDonald paragraph due tomorrow
• Grade 7 & 8 Blog Presentations begin tomorrow (AA, MF, EG EB, MZ, KK, SD, RL, LM, JY, SH, SG)
• Toonie for Terry (Run is on Friday afternoon)

Have a good night

BK

Parent Blog

To do list..

• Presentations begin on Wednesday
• Math : Grade 7's have a handout to complete,   Grade 8's Pg. 6  #5, 6, 7 (proof needed), 11
• Math Checkpoint- Tuesday
• History: Google Classroom activity 
• Toonie for Terry
• Boy's volleyball tryout Tuesday after school until 4:30 and Wednesday @ Lunch
• Girl's volleyball tryout Tuesday @ Lunch and Wednesday after school

*Please bring in gently used running shoes or soccer cleats to support the Shoe Drive for Dekpor

Have a good weekend

BK

Factors & Multiples Game

Looking Ahead to Next Week!

Monday - PA Day (No school)

Thursday - Meet the Teacher (6:30 to 7:15 - Mr. Kaufman will be available in his classroom - Room 204)

7:15 - Grade 8 Trip, Graduation & Fundraising Meeting & Discussion (this will take place in Room 203)

Friday - Terry Fox Run in the afternoon

To do list...

• Grade 8: Math handout & Problem with proper communication

• Grade 7 : Pg. 12 #12, 14, 17, 18 , 20

• Harrison Bergeron Plot diagram completed

• Toonie for Terry

• Oral blog presentations- begin on Wednesday

Have a good night

BK

Prime & Composite Numbers Practise

Math Game

To do list...

ENJOY THE NICE WEATHER!

Have a good night

BK

Quick Write

Grade 8 Blog Post

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- TBD


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.

To do list...

Toonie for Terry

History- Pro/Con Chart

Science Poster- due tomorrow (Grade 7)

Math   Grade 7 (Pg. 6 & 7 #3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 15)

                 Grade 8 (1, 3 a-c, Back of handout)

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Math Pascal Triangle handout- tomorrow
• History- John A McDonald/ add to chart
• Lunchtime sign out forms
• Volleyball clinic tomorrow (Boys)
• Toonie for Terry

Have a good night

BK

Book - Speed Dating

WIM- Day 5

To do list...

• One word blogpost posted on blog for Friday
• French project- due Friday
• House Captain Interviews tomorrow@ lunch
• Volleyball clinic tomorrow @ lunch 
• Cross Country Run tomorrow @ morning recess (must have signed permission form)

Have a good night

BK

Math Discussion

If mathematics were an animal, which animal would it be and why?

If you could be any number, which number would you be and why?

Which song best represents mathematics and why?

If you could be any angle, what type of angle would you be and why?

To do list....

• House Captain Interviews Friday @ lunch (Yesterday's post)
• Boys Volleyball clinics Wednesday & Thursday @ lunch
• Cross Country tomorrow after school (Must have signed permission form)
• Chris and Sandy Questions completed
• WEEKLY BLOGPOST - One Word due Friday (Posted on blog)

 

Questions

WIM- Day 2

Speed is not important

Warm up Math activity

To do list.....

• One Word Image- Ready to print
• Independent Reading Book- Daily
• Blog should be up and ready - (You should be able to post a picture, add an active link and post a video using an embed code)

House Captain Interview Questions:

Why should you be a house captain?
How are you going to bring Grade 7 and 8 students together?

Have a good night

BK

What is Science Fiction?

Three Key Features

• speculation about humanity's future
• impacts of science and technology on people
• settings in an alternate time and place.

WIM Day 1

WIM 3 Day 1 from YouCubed on Vimeo.

To do list...

• Student Survey

• Reading Material

• One Word Image

• History: Finish map of Canada 

These need to be completed for Monday

Have a good weekend

BK

ONE WORD Blog Post

Learning Goal: present the ONE word you have chosen that will make a difference this year

Success Criteria:

• visually represent your word (done this)
• explain the meaning of the word (it might have more than one meaning)
• why did you choose the word?
• give at least one personal experience that illustrates why the word makes sense for you

Due date: To be determined

To do list...

• Student Survey completed by Monday (GC)
• One word image- Completed/Shared with me by Monday
• Gym clothes- tomorrow
• Independent Reading Book- Monday
• Parent Contact info (Blue link on blog)/ Bring back signed Blog form 
• House Captain Application form is due tomorrow @3:05
• Math/Literacy Binder

HOW TO LEARN MATH

To do list...

To do...Sept. 5

1. Show parents the class blog & get "Welcome" letter signed (parent contact information/sign up to blog)
2. Start up Package for the office
3. House Captain application (Friday, 3:05)
4. ONE word (have some options ready to share)
5. Reading material for in class- Monday
6. Math binder (5 dividers by Monday)
7. Literacy/History binder
8.  Textbook pg. 97 # 1, 2 (Gr.8)
9. Sketchnote Chapter 1- Ready for tomorrow

SketchNoting

Sketchnote Chapter 1

What do we learn about Salva’s life and culture from the first chapter?

Read aloud

ONE WORD

Questions to think about as you look for your word:

• what do I need?
• what do I want?
• what gets in my way?
• what do I need to focus on?
• what do I want to do this year that I haven't done before?
• what do I want to do better this year?

To do list..

• Complete Parent Information information 
• Review blog and bring in signed form
• Complete Brown envelope and return
• Gym clothes- Friday
• Need Math, Science, & Literacy Binder

Great first day

Have a good night

BK