Mr. Kaufman's Grade 7 Blog: January 2015

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Friday, January 30, 2015

To do list...

Final Lit Circle Discussion- Tuesday
Lit Circle computer work- Tuesday (All roles completed)
Instructional Video presentations will take place Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as discussed in class today
Weekly Blogpost Hardcopy- due Wednesday
Have family & friends complete my annual Super bowl props sheet- I will post it Saturday (Defending champion is Mrs. Snow)

Have a good weekend

Thursday, January 29, 2015

To do list

Lit Circle #4 - tomorrow
Health presentations- tomorrow
Instructional Video- presentations begin Tuesday..
Practise math constructions (use the website links to assist)

Have a good night

How to.....

How to bisect an angle with a compass

How to construct a perpendicular at a point on a line

Perpendicular bisector of a line segment

How to construct a parallel through a point

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

To do list...

Healthy Living Presentation- Thursday & Friday
Lit Circle #3- tomorrow
Practice Instructional Video- ongoing.....

Have a good night

Brian

Monday, January 26, 2015

To do list....

Math Quiz- Tomorrow (Similar, Congruent, Triangle proofs, Quadrilateral properties)
Lit Circle- Wednesday- 3rd Rotation
Instructional Video practising
Healthy Living Presentation- Thursday & Friday

Have a good night

How to bisect an angle with a compass?

Bisecting an angle

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Live Instructional Video Presentations

Presentations will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 3, and Wednesday, Feb. 4

*If you need to use the gym, your presentation will take place on Wednesday during PE class....

HEALTHY LIVING PRESENTATIONS

Presentations will take place on Thursday, Jan. 29 & Friday, Jan. 30

Geometry Math Quiz- Tuesday

Attributes of polygons (parallel lines, number of sides etc...)
Similar / Congruent Figures
Quadrilaterals
Triangle Proofs (SSS, SAS, ASA)

Have a good weekend

Friday, January 23, 2015

To do List....

NEED A COMPASS (Math) FOR MONDAY
Instructional Video Script- Printed for Monday
Lit Circle Role #2- Monday
Music Playing Test- Wednesday
History Quiz- Monday
History Quiz signed- Monday

Have a good weekend

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Grade 7- Mathematical Constructions

Learning Goal: To demonstrate your knowledge of Similar and Congruent figures

Choose 2 real life object (one similar one congruent) and construct it out of construction paper (Sail on sailboat (Similar), free throw key (Congruent). You must show all math calculations on the figure. Try and choose a figure that is either a square, rectangle or square. Your dimensions don't have to be to scale of the real life object.

4 CORNER DEBATE- "LEAF FANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO THROW THEIR JERSEY ON THE ICE IF THEY WANT TO"

Agree or Disagree

Fish in a Tree- Lynda Mullaly Hunt

What is your password?

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

HEALTHY LIVING REMINDERS

WHAT ARE THE BIG IDEAS?
IMAGE CHOICE IS VERY IMPORTANT
MINIMAL TEXT (Forces you to speak to the audience)
REFLECTING/ NEXT STEPS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT

HEALTHY LIVING PROJECT

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

To do list...

Music playing test- Wednesday, Jan. 28 (Technique Exercises)
"Hearing Poster" Bring your part to Friday's class
Drama Tableau's tomorrow- Come prepared

Have a good night

Interesting Video

Out of control Hockey parents

Monday, January 19, 2015

Drama Success Criteria

To do list...

Drama props- tomorrow & Wednesday
Weekly Blogpost- due Wednesday

Have a good night

Sunday, January 18, 2015

Between Heaven and Earth

Chapter 11 Summary

The chapter begins with DJ waiting for the East African Walking Tours pre climb meeting to begin. While waiting, DJ decides he would like to text his mother and Steve and let them know he safe and ready to begin his Grandfather’s task. To his surprise, Steve had already contacted DJ from Spain, where he is completing his task. DJ also runs into an older lady that he met prior at the customs office. DJ is shocked to learn that she also will be accompanying his tour group on their journey to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. When the meeting begins, Elijah Odogo, the tour guide and Sarah’s father outlines the itinerary and informs the tourists of the risks involved in climbing the mountain. Each climber will be designated two porters to carry their belongings. DJ constantly challenges Sarah’s father to his demise and remains optimistic that this task will be straight-forward.

Fiction 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 an effective introductory and concluding sentence
Conventions (Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation)

Friday, January 16, 2015

To do list..

Lit Circle Literary Luminary Role- due Monday
Healthy Living Log- 7 days should be completed
Wall Art blogpost- due Wednesday
Math handout if you didn't complete it in class

Have a good day

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

To do list..

Weekly blogpost brainstorming- due tomorrow
Instructional Video rough copy- due tomorrow
Math Mind Map- due tomorrow
BEEP TEST- tomorrow (Bring water)
Healthy Living Log- Daily

Have a good night

Must watch!!

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

To do list...

Sorry for the delay, I was at a basketball game :)

Healthy Living Log- Daily
Connector/Researcher Lit Circle- tomorrow
Math Mind Map- Thursday (Good copy due)
Instructional Video rough copy- due Thursday
Blogpost brainstorming on Google Drive- Thursday
Science Test- tomorrow
History Quiz- tomorrow

Have a good night

To do list....

Lit Circle- Vocabulary enricher- due tomorrow
Science Test- Wednesday
History Quiz- Wednesday
Weekly Blog- Jan. 22

Have a good night

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Weekly Blogpost

Learning Goal: Create a digital or hardcopy wall art display on a theme of your choice

Success Criteria:

Interesting theme
Orignal
Organized
Thoughtful display
Fonts (Size, Style)
Colour

Due: Tuesday, January 20

Friday, January 9, 2015

To do list....

Healthy Living Log up to date- Monday (Due Friday)
Quadrilateral Math Map- Rough copy due Monday
Lit Circle Role #2- due Monday (illustrator)
Science Test- Jan. 14
History Quiz- Jan. 14
Science Project- Jan. 21

Have a good night

QUADRILATERALS MIND MAP

Learning Goal: Using 11 X 17 paper, demonstrate your knowledge of Quadrilaterals

Success Criteria

Use a wide variety of Quadrilaterals
Accurately Constructed
Sides , Angles, Parallel lines are labelled correctly
Organized/ Sorted logically

Thursday, January 8, 2015

To do list...

Science Test- Jan. 14
Science Project- Jan. 21
Constructing Triangles- tomorrow
Constructing Figures #1, 2, 3, 4
Discussion Director- Minimum of 3 questions answered on Google Drive
French Presentations- Ongoing

Have a good night

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

To do list...

•Math handout #1 & 2
•History organizer (white loyalists)
Page 124-126 & 128 due tomorrow
•Science test- Jan. 14
•Traffic poster- Jan. 21
•Between Heaven and Earth- read to chapter 6
•instructional video idea- tomorrow

Have a good night

Bk

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

To do list....

Math Test Signed- tomorrow
Math Checkpoint- tomorrow (Listing Attributes, Matching Key Terms)
Blogpost- List things you can teach the class
Independent Reading Book

Have a good night
Bk

Monday, January 5, 2015

To do list...

Independent Reading Book
Geometry Set (Protractor, Compass, Ruler)
On your blog, list things that you are good at (That you could teach the class)- Thursday
Gym clothes- tomorrow

Have a good night