October 30, 2015

Happy Halloween!

October 29, 2015

7F
- book report due tomorrow, please upload file and hand in cover page
- complete the three questions on area of irregular polygons.  Show calculations
- Please bring two cans of food tomorrow for the Harvest Food bank

6E, 6F, 6G: bring materials to build Apollo 11 for experiment

October 28, 2015

7F
- learning skills and goal setting: complete that with parents tonight.  Have them sign the paper and return to Kwok tomorrow
- please explain each term in details (e.g. Independent work, cooperation, participation, conflict resolution etc).  Give examples

Math - newspaper delivery question, 3 routes (perimeter, money and time)

October 27, 2015

7F
- Complete school map with legend, scale, north and title.  Please colour the four different areas in legend (classrooms, hallway, teaching area, others)
- scale is 1cm = 2m
- Halloween dance on Thursday during the 6th and 7th period ($3)
- Bring two cans for food bank donation on Friday

October 26, 2015

7F
LA: redo the rewriting exercise.  Make sure two adjectives are used in each sentence.  Underline the adjectives (colour, number and words that are less than four letters do not count)
- PARENT MUST SIGN THIS ASSIGNMENT AND READ OVER ALL OF YOUR SENETENCES

Math: Perimeter and cost

The student council representatives will collect can food from the class on Friday.  Please bring two cans for the Harvest food ban.

October 23, 2015

No power and internet in school.

Homework: 7F, complete school map, scale 1cm to 2m

October 22, 2015

7F
- Color two Blue Jays logo and bring back to school
- or wear Jays shirt, hat, sweat shirt tomorrow
-Math: perimeter of irregular polygons
- Sentence rewriting
- calculate average of each side of the school building (in paces)

October 21, 2015

7F
- Math - grade 4 perimeter calculations

- share Mr. Himelson's note with parents.  Please tell them
After School
1) East/Relax
2) Homework (1 hour)
3) Dinner with parents, please communicate and talk about your day
4) Homework or review or reading (30 mins)
5)  Free time (no video game)
6) Bed, by 10pm

Don't
1) No video game during school day
2) No Social Media (Facebook, Instagram etc), highly addictive


6C, 6E, 6F, 6G: test tomorrow or Friday.  STUDY

October 20, 2015

7F
- do math correction, sign math test (N = 34, mean = 29/34 or 85%, range 14 to 34)
- language: rearrange words to form sensible sentences

6C, 6E, 6F, 6G: test on Thursday or Friday.  Study

October 19, 2015

7F
Please ask parents to vote after work.  This is about the future of Canada, and YOUR future.

- Social Studies Internet search, StatCan website

- Spend some time doing your book report. Due October 30

October 16, 2015

7F
- Math test Monday.  LCM, HCF, Order of operations.  STUDY
- Spend at least one hour on book report
- remind parents to VOTE on Monday

6C, 6E, 6F, 6G: test next week.  Study

October 15, 2015

7F
- ask parents "Are you better off today than four years ago?"  VOTE on Monday
- Math - order of operations
- Math test Monday October 19 [LCM, HCF, Order of Operations]
- One computer period tomorrow to work on Run. Bring USB or upload a recent copy to email account

October 14, 2015

7F
- where to add adverbs in sentences?  28 examples.  Must rewrite sentences on paper

October 13, 2015

7F
- 12 sentences, min 8 words per sentence, with at least 2 adjectives and 1 adverb
e.g. Mr Kwok bluntly tells the anxious parents that the lazy student is failing miserably in his class.

- Math: order of operations, one sheet, both side [answer for question g is 10]

October 9, 2015

TDSB Homework policy states that no homework is assigned over a long weekend.

7F: Consider spending time on book report, and complete the bar-line graphs for the nine regions

The other classes: review your study notes.  Tests on Oct 22 or Oct 23.

October 8, 2015

7F
Math - order of operations, both side

SS: population in Yellowknife and Whitehorse
Find climate data (temperature, precipitation for the three places on climate map.  Record in SS notebook or Excel)

6G
Science: Nightmare tree diagram, NASA mythology, due Tuesday October 13

October 7, 2015

6C Social Studies
- Trading partner test on October 22, 2015.  Bring calculator for test
- The test will be done on line unless parents object to such method.  In that case, a paper copy will be given to the students
- Some questions will involve Excel and StatCan search

6E Science
- - test on October 23, 2015.  Everything since first class.  Bring calculator

6F - Science
- test on October 22, 2015.  Everything since first class. Bring calculator


7F Math
- LCM, HCF sheet, question#1 and 2
- Spend one hour on book report "Run". You should finish reading the whole book by Friday

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October 6, 2015

6C SS: read US trade deficit article
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/06/us-international-trade-gap-aug-2015.html

7F SS Two Climate graphs, temperature and precipitation, TWO vertical axis, Singapore and Sydney, one Excel sheet

October 5, 2015

7F: Walk to School tomorrow. Non-motorized transportation, Canadian Pride as rewards

6C - SS
Read this article on Tran-Pacific trade deal
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/10/05/what-the-trans-pacific-trade-deal-means-for-canada.html

- StatCan search: due Wednesday at the end of SS period

- SS test on Thursday October 22 (Day 1)

6F - Sci
Test on October 22.  Everything since the first class

7F

SS: Go to Weather.com, find the monthly temperature for Singapore and Sydney, Australia

Plot up two bar graphs on Excel and send (upload attachments, and include title and axis labels) to Kwok

Math: Multiples and factor tree sheet. Make sure to identify all prime numbers under 100 and colour number chart on the other side

October 2, 2015

7F
- book report: send to kwokhomework@gmail.com your draft copy of "RUN".  Please send it as an attachment with YOUR name on the file
- spend one hour per day working on book report
- sign River quiz