January 31, 2018

7C
- Math: mean, median and mode
- find the median salary in Canada (family, individual)
- find the average selling price for a house in GTA in 2017

- rewrite this paragraph in passive voice.  Please make sure what you are writing are reasonable

January 30, 2018

7C
- passive voice rewriting.  Underline the focus for each sentence and start the passive sentence with the focus

- find all the OPEC members

January 26, 2018

7C
- sign science test
- bring laptop on Monday: working on book report

- Geography: page 224 to 229, non-renewable resources, quiz on Monday

- Math: four probability questions.  Show all steps and calculations
- work on book report

January 25, 2018

7C
- watch the Chilean miner rescue video and provide TEN points of how they are recused
- please include time, location, duration, what happened and how they were rescued

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIJ0BjlMwpA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGb20ZDbjkY

7B
- sign test

January 24, 2018

7C
- probability presentation: criteria
1) A display of the game
2) Clear description of the procedures
3) Clear script for your presentation in front of the class
4) Judge and evaluate your peer's effort. (e.g. if they put in no effort, give a zero.  If you split the responsibility, between 3 people, 33% for each)

Geography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFKq9v7MAE4

January 23, 2018

7C
- study for science test tomorrow
- Underground chapter 13
- prepare for the probability project presentation tomorrow

Dr David Suzuki Public School

http://www.suzukipublicschool.ca/overview.html

Find all the green energy that is being used in this school
e.g. solar panels in the front and back of school buildings

There will be no blog update for a week

January 15, 2018

7C
- Underground chapter 5 questions
- Probability, coin flip, cards, letters (question1, 2b, 2c, 4a, 5a)
- sign Underground chapter 3/4 worksheets

- I will not be doing the blog this week since half the class does not check them on a regular basis
- students need to use planner to write homework this week

January 12, 2018

7C
- Underground to Canada, chapter 3 and 4.  Read them, complete the sheets
- you may have to reread some of the paragraphs to get the answers for the questions
- study for science test, Jan 24

Math: probability review.  get the playing card data from class discussions

Media: what if sentences, and the drawing is due in two weeks

8B/8C Sci test
- Jan 22, everything since last test till the end of cell unit

January 11, 2018

7C
- Math, probability exercise, spinner and picking letters
- Underground to Canada, Chapter 1 and 2, read and complete questions
- online thesaurus, find 20 words that can be used to replace "GOT".  Write them down and start using these alternatives when you write
- sci test Jan 24

January 10, 2018

7C Math
- Experimental Probability assignment, 4 spinners
(tally, convert tally into probability, express answer in decimal, percent and fraction)

Geography
- read and learn page 66 to 68.  Quiz tomorrow

8B/8C
- science test, cell unit only, Monday Jan 22, multiple choice questions and one short answer

January 9, 2018

7B/7C
- science test on January 24.  Everything since last test till the class before the test

- watch wild fire in Ventura, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqqno0T-pjU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK6_DR26rpY

7C
- Math: probability exercise, number and alphabet combinations

January 8, 2018

7C
- keep a pair of indoor shoes in locker
- sign book report, and one science quiz (mixtures)
- probability exercise (convert probability into percent and decimal in example 1 and 2)
- Three New Year Resolutions (Health, Learning Skills, School)
- complete a combination graph for one city, send that to me

Steps:

Combination Graph: Bar/Line to display temperature and precipitation

1) Highlight month, temp and precipitation data

2) Top menu, select “Charts”

3) Select Column chart for both temp and precip data

3a) click on precept bars only, pick line graph

4) Click on precipitation bars, press format

5) Left hand side of the top menu, click “Format Selection”

7B
- sign both sci quizzes
- watch wild fire in Ventura, CA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqqno0T-pjU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK6_DR26rpY