Nov 30, 2016

7C
- formal letter, in paragraph form.  You are applying to the Kwok School of Elite Geniuses for next year
- in the second paragraph, outline academic skills, extra curricular activities and volunteer work and present yourself as a well rounded individual
- YOU MUST FINISH WRITING THE WHOLE LETTER TONIGHT in your language notebook
- will teach you how to improve it tomorrow
- Math: walls and tiles; Kwok's washroom

Nov 29, 2016

7C
- formal letter, paragraph H
- point form for academic/ learning skills; extra curricular activities (in/outside school) and volunteer work (or what you plan to do during Christmas or the coming summer)
- five points each; and explain a little bit for each item

- they want well rounded students, and not nerds.  If you go home after school and play video games or watch You Tube, you won't get in the program

- application of trapezoids and triangles

Nov 28, 2016

7C
- sign Walking Stick comprehension
- complete trapezoid math sheet.  Show steps and calculations
- google TEN signs or shapes that use trapezoids as the symbols

Nov 24, 2016

7A/7B/7C
- I have a medical appointment tomorrow.  Bring textbook and you are responsible to read and learn 4 pages.  Quiz next class

Read
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/11/23/thornhill-school-probed-for-possible-norovirus-outbreak.html

7C
- Perimeter of irregular polygons
- sign math test, do correction for the questions that are wrong
- PJ day on Friday.  Wear PJ or bring a teddy bear
- If you behave tomorrow with supply teacher, please bring a mug for hot chocolate.  If you don't behave, we will drink in front of you

NOV 23, 2016

7C
- set up tab in a Word document, type up address and the second letter.  Email to Kwok
- Calculate the perimeter of the school building in metres
- PJ day on Friday.  Wear something or bring a teddy bear
- if you behave on Friday when I am visiting Sick Kids Hospital, you will get a cup of hot chocolate on Monday.  PLEASE BRING A MUG, otherwise, half a cup.
- wear PJ, you will get Tim bits
- Calculate perimeter of the school (convert paces into metres)

Nov 22, 2016

7C
- Informal letter to friend: what I want forth winter holidays [not gift]
Pick one of the following:
1) collect can food for the hungry and homeless in Toronto [1 in 4 elementary school kids go to school hungry each day]
2) use milk bags to make blankets or floor mat
3) volunteer in a local church, library, senior home
4) Do dishes, fold laundry, take out trash or recycles for parents without being asked [a helping hand]
5) peace on Earth: donate pencils, books, crayons, markers to students in poor countries
6) how to help people in Japan to stay safe from earthquakes and tsunami

- LEARN TO EXPLAIN THESE ISSUES INSTEAD OF GIVING ME A SHOPPING LIST

- you will read the letter to the class.  Practice

Nov 22, 2016

7C
- Informal letter to friend: what I want forth winter holidays [not gift]
Pick one of the following:
1) collect can food for the hungry and homeless in Toronto [1 in 4 elementary school kids go to school hungry each day]
2) use milk bags to make blankets or floor mat
3) volunteer in a local church, library, senior home
4) Do dishes, fold laundry, take out trash or recycles for parents without being asked [a helping hand]
5) peace on Earth: donate pencils, books, crayons, markers to students in poor countries
6) how to help people in Japan to stay safe from earthquakes and tsunami

- you will read the letter to the class.  Practice

Nov 21, 2016

7C
- informal letter: complete draft in language notebook
- write a letter to a friend or grandparent about first snow fall or your progress report
- all eight fields; it is expected you will use adj, adv and conj in your writing
- sign science quiz

Nov 17, 2016

7C
- book report
- study for math test: mean, median and mode, Excel formula, graphs
- Smallmouth on the fly comprehension

Nov 16, 2016

7A/7B/7C
Sci quiz, page 28, 29, 35, 38, 39


7C
-Math: Excel formula
1) Name a restaurant
2) Design a menu with ten items (and price for each)
3) Set up a new spreadsheet as below.  Write formula for subtotal, HST and grand total
4)Two places after decimal, change currency to the one you like (Euro, Yuan, Yen, Pound, dollar)
5) Five customer orders (minimum six items per customer)

Nov 15, 2016

7C
- Reading comprehension [Rocket Man]: four points per short answer.  I will mark the content for the first five lines, nothing more
- a total of 12 graphs must be paste into ONE Word document and send it to me tonight
- Math test Monday: data management, mean, median, mode, basic Excel formula, graphings, which graph is most suitable for certain set of data
- part of the test will be done online

US election data

New York State
http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us

Texas
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas

- plot pie graph, use the number of votes for Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein

US election data

New York State
http://nyenr.elections.state.ny.us

Texas
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/texas

- plot pie graph, use the number of votes for Clinton, Trump, Johnson and Stein

Nov 14, 2016

7A/7B/7C
- share report card results with parents
- at 7pm tonight, if parents wish to arrange an interview with Kwok or other teachers, please logon to the online booking system and book
- http://cummervalley.schoolappointments.com

- I have to teach night school on Thursday, and can meet parents on Thursday afternoon (3:15pm to 4:45pm) and all day Friday Nov 18 (8:30am to 2:45pm)
- If parents wish to see me on Friday afternoon, please write a note in planner and ask student to book with me.  You cannot book online for Friday afternoon
- Kwok is more popular than the Beatles.  Book early.  Otherwise, I wilt rearrange another time for the following week

- sign brown envelope to acknowledge that you have received the Progress Report.  Return envelope tomorrow (Have to be reused many times)

Nov 14, 2016

7A/7B/7C
- share report card results with parents
- at 7pm tonight, if parents wish to arrange an interview with Kwok or other teachers, please logon to the online booking system and book
- http://cummervalley.schoolappointments.com

- I have to teach night school on Thursday, and can meet parents on Thursday afternoon (3:15pm to 4:45pm) and all day Friday Nov 18 (8:30am to 2:45pm)
- If parents wish to see me on Friday afternoon, please write a note in planner and ask student to book with me.  You cannot book online for Friday afternoon
- Kwok is more popular than the Beatles.  Book early.  Otherwise, I wilt rearrange another time for the following week

Nov 11, 2016

7C
- Spring Sweetness reading comprehension: I am looking for four points for each of the short answer question.  Details must come from the passage and NOT your own idea
- Share Progress Report information [good or bad] with parents.  No surprises on Monday
- "People with big heads have larger feet?" Scatter plot to confirm
- "People who are taller have bigger head."

Nov 11, 2016

7C
- Spring Sweetness reading comprehension: I am looking for four points for each of the short answer question.  Details must come from the passage and NOT your own idea
- Share Progress Report information [good or bad] with parents.  No surprises on Monday
- "People with big heads have larger feet?" Scatter plot to confirm
- "People who are taller have bigger head."

Nov 10, 2016

7C
- TWO bar-line graphs showing temperature and precipitation.  Add secondary axis
- one city should be in Northern Hemisphere, one should be in the southern hemisphere
e.g. Paris France; Vancouver, canada
Auckland, New Zealand, Sydney, Australia, Santiago, Chile

- title, label axis, move legend to top
- paste them in Word

http://www.worldclimate.com

Nov 10, 2016

7C
- TWO bar-line graphs showing temperature and precipitation.  Add secondary axis
- one city should be in Northern Hemisphere, one should be in the southern hemisphere
e.g. Paris France; Vancouver, canada
Auckland, New Zealand, Sydney, Australia, Santiago, Chile

- title, label axis, move legend to top
- paste them in Word

http://www.worldclimate.com

Nov 9, 2016

7C
- sign Remembrance Day worksheet
- sign Science quiz
- spend one hour on book report
- bring a coin (at least a quarter) to donate to the Veterans during Remembrance Day
- photo retake on Thursay
- Remembrance Day Assembly on Friday

Nov 8, 2016

7C
- with the Excel file from last night, plot up the double/triple bar graphs and paste into same Word document from yesterday
- make sure you put title, legend, label axis on the graph
- EAT BREAKFAST TOMORROW.  Hep B vaccine
- sign book report sheet

7B
- science: repeat experiment at home with brown sugar or coffee or tea
- time how long it takes to collect all filtrate
- check the clarity of filtrate

Nov 7, 2016

7C
- Wed, Nov 9 (two days from now) is immunization day.  Most will receive Hep B and Meningitis shots.  PLEASE EAT BREAKFAST BEFORE COMING TO SCHOOL
- Remembrance Day Assembly this Thursday.  Bring a coin to donate to the Veterans
-Math: Excel, three bar graphs (double and triple bars, line graph).  Please include title, legend, axis labels, use patterns for bars
- Copy and paste graphs into a Word document
- Sci: p. 24 to 27.  Quiz tomorrow

7B
- Sci: p. 24 to 27.  Quiz tomorrow

Nov 7, 2016

7C
- Wed, Nov 9 (two days from now) is immunization day.  Most will receive Hep B and Meningitis shots.  PLEASE EAT BREAKFAST BEFORE COMING TO SCHOOL
- Remembrance Day Assembly this Thursday.  Bring a coin to donate to the Veterans
-Math: Excel, three bar graphs (double and triple bars, line graph).  Please include title, legend, axis labels, use patterns for bars
- Copy and paste graphs into a Word document
- Sci: p. 24 to 27.  Quiz tomorrow

Nov 4, 2016

7C
- Excel data and formula (class information: height, head circumference, shoe size)
- mean, median, mode, count, max, min,
- two places after decimal
- Lucas airplane data for practice

- Remembrance day newspaper to read
- Write a postcard to thank the War Veterans for their service and sacrifice so we can have our freedom today
- use school address (70 Maxome Ave., North York, Ontario, Canada M2M 3K1)

Sci: experiment: three types of paper, use coffee, tea leaves, hot chocolate or rice to collect filtrate
- three types of filter paper (paper towel, toilet paper, regular writing paper) and see which kind drip the fastest, and produce cleaning water

- Phantom Tollbooth: one hour per day (Sat and Sun)

Nov 4, 2016

7C
- Excel data and formula (class information: height, head circumference, shoe size)
- mean, median, mode, count, max, min,
- two places after decimal
- Lucas airplane data for practice

- Remembrance day newspaper to read
- Write a postcard to thank the War Veterans for their service and sacrifice so we can have our freedom today
- use school address (70 Maxome Ave., North York, Ontario, Canada M2M 3K1)

- Phantom Tollbooth: one hour per day (Sat and Sun)

Nov 3, 2016

7A/7B
- read text, page 24 to 27, mechanical mixtures
- quiz next class
- bring one empty water bottle to science

7C
- Complete "Freedom is not free, it is paid for"
- Math: sort and determine mean, median and mode of students' height, shoe size, head circumference
- refer to school newsletter from yesterday: create a profile for teacher interviews
- can start booking on Nov 14.  Kwok will be available on Thursday Nov 17 (3:15pm to 4:45pm); all day Friday Nov 18 (8am to 2:30pm)
- bring one empty water bottle to science

Nov 3, 2016

7A/7B
- read text, page 24 to 27, mechanical mixtures
- quiz next class

7C
- Complete "Freedom is not free, it is paid for"
- Math: sort and determine mean, median and mode of students' height, shoe size, head circumference

Nov 2, 2016

7C
- Phantom Tollbooth: find ten adverbs in the first five chapters, type the original sentences and make one up on your own.  Make sure you know the meaning of those adverbs

e.g. page 53, naturally
Naturally, Mr. Kwok starts eating his donuts in front of the noisy class when they choose to fool around [when is the conjunction that links the two ideas]

p, 54 furiously
As the strange invader furiously  pushed though the front door, the police arrested him for entering a private property without permission

- share the three links from last night with parents
- sign science notebook and acknowledge your mark

Nov 1, 2016

7C
- Phantom Tollbooth, read Ch 2 and 3
- sign Math test, do corrections
- links for Math homework (applications of mean, median and mode)

http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/pick-choisir?lang=eng&p2=33&id=1110009
http://www.crea.ca/housing-market-stats/national-average-price-map/
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/phys08a-eng.htm