How to distinguish between cold, flu and Covid?

from CNN.com

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/health/is-it-cold-flu-or-covid-wellness/index.html

Early signs of cold, flu and Covid-19 tend to be similar, El-Sayed said (Detroit Health Department executive director).

 

Both Covid-19 and the flu often cause symptoms such as fever, fatigue, body aches, sore throat, shortness of breath and vomiting or diarrhea, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

Covid-19 infection can be distinguished, however, by the headache and dry cough that often go along with it. The loss of taste and smell that has been the biggest warning sign of a Covid-19 infection is still a possible symptom, though it is less prevalent now than it has been with other variants, El-Sayed said.

"For people who are feeling serious chest pain, particularly with a dry cough that has gotten worse, that's when you really ought to seek medical attention," he warned.

 

Still negative, Dec 27, 7pm

 

and the results are

Kwok's Rapid Test result, Dec 22, 2021, 7:00pm

  Kwok's Rapid Test result, Dec 19, 2021, 6:15pm

The Future is in YOUR hands.

 Use your two weeks wisely.

What if your Antigen test is positive (2 lines)/ See this article from Singapore and determine your next step.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/what-to-do-have-covid-19-symptoms-ART-test-positive-diy-2191716

Happy Holidays. Stay healthy

 

December 16, 2021

- bring two plastic bags to school tomorrow and take all your materials home 

- return or renew all library books on Friday. You may borrow up to 2 books for the winter holidays

Readworks.org

- 2 reading passages about the winter holidays. Due Friday December 17

1. Have students go to www.readworks.org/student
2. Students should sign in with their Google account.
3. Students enter class code E4BRMC

So bad. . . from a former student

Homonyms – edit this story                                                                                        Name:

 

Won day, I went too the mall.  My mom alouded me to bye a T shirt because there was a sail.  I bought by deer mother a gift and I bought one for me two. Their were very nice gifts and I wanted to bring them hear.  I new where the knew department stores were. It was so cold that my hare froze after spending 20 minutes outside.

 

At lunch time, I was hungry.  So I eight a hot dog and some flies for lunch.  My deer mom tried to play the cashier with her VISA card, but they would not except it.  We had to play cash.  Then we entered a draw.  We put hour names into a big steal box so we could wind a gigantic teddy bare!

 

They’re were so many people in the moore on Saturday.  Nancy and I walked around for three ours and we saw our school principle.  We bought a few gifts and we rapped them with colourful paper.  In two weaks time, we would be able to sea hour Christmas presents.  I think my dad will give my mom some flours since she really likes roses.  My class will right to Santa Clause and tell him when he should bee in hour house on Christmas Eve.  We should also remind Santa to bring all his dears to hour house.    Their will bee cookies and treats for everyone in hour house.

 

I am sure we will have a lot of fund during the holidays.  My cousins will take us to a fare in chili Quebec and we will get some blew balloons that the locals cell.  

 

Homonyms Exercise

 

This _________ truck ran over my big  _________ last night. (toe, tow)

 

I am trying to get a  _________ from this bank to help my  _________ly  brother. (lone, loan)

 

 _________ of the following statements are true? (witch, which)

 

Susan had not received any  _________ in the last three weeks. (male, mail)

 

Last  _________, the  _________ with his heavy armour rushed through the door and rescued the princess. (knight, night)

 

I am going to take the  _________ when I go up to the CN tower. (stare, stair)

 

This old man is really  _________ because he has a flu. (weak, week)

 

 _________ going to see the white tigers in the zoo. (There, their, they’re)

 

Frank is trying to cut this _________ of paper in half. (peace, piece)

 

I am trying  _________ go  _________ my grandparent’s house by  _________ o’clock (too, two, to)

 

The wind  _________ down this gigantic tree last night. (blew, blue)

 

 _________ evening, Sam went to the CNE and  _________  a toy car. (won, one)

 

“Don’t walk on the grass with your  _________ foot!  Someone just saw a snake in the grass.” (bear, bare)

 

Taking things away from someone without permission is the same as  _________ ing (steel, steal)

 

__________ going to have __________house renovated and _________ will be plenty of storage space after the job is done. (there, their, they’re)

 

The _________  stares at the dog that has long ________ (hair, hare)

 

The stranger walked up the ________  __________ing at the poor dog. (stare, stairs)

 

“It is not _________ to pay that much for the TTC _________!”  Farah exclaimed! (fair, fare).  She only _________ed $6 an hour and she had to buy an _______ for her teacher  (urn, earn).  In addition, Farah had to prepare a ________ dinner for all her _________cular friends tonight. (muscle, mussel) 

 

 

 

December 15, 2021

- as for the TDSB, you are taking all your learning materials home (in case they close the schools after Christmas). Please bring two large plastic bags to school.  I will finish Phantom by Friday. (read Chapter 19 tonight)

- All library books to be returned. I will let you borrow new books for the holidays

 7B

- share Antigen test kit with parents. Watch the two videos with them (blog) and learn how to do it. You are supposed to conduct the Antogen test over the winter holidays but IT IS NOT MANDATORY

- Roll the dice 100x. Tally the results. Convert the tally into probablity (fracton and decimal). Make a lot of noise and drive your brothers/sisters crazy. Happy Holidays

Example: 3, 4 (or 4, 3) appears 12 times. Then probability will be 12/100 or 12%.

- then add up the total to see if the probability is close to 1.00

- which combination appears most often? Least often?

12) muscle (in your arm, strong) - mussel (clams)

I takes a lot of strong muscle to open those mussels

I ate some mussels to grow my muscle

13) pail (bucket) - pale (light colour)

After carrying two heavy pails of dirt, my face turns very pale until I pass out

I turn pale when I dip my head into a pail of iced water

14) prey - pray

15) peace - piece

16) sail - sale

17) dye - die

18) fair - fare

Geography Test

https://forms.gle/FFMiEJzUP9r2h4Pn7

Rapid Antigen Test Procedures

 How to administer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ7bM8l5Tqg

How to read results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmQmY-_QYWs

December 14, 2021

 Read the rest of Chapter 17, Tollbooth

- complete the last homonym sentence (pair-pare-pare)

 

Your only homework tonight is to spend 45mins to an hour studying for the Geography Test. 

- make sure you know how to draw the contour map

- learn all the climate characteristics, and how to read the climate graphs

- different landforms (plains, mountains, hill, plateau, valleys, ridges)

- plate tectonics, volcanoes, earthquakes, natural disasters (drought, fire, flood), 

- climate changes, and the reasons behind

- natural resources (mines, fracking, oil sand)

- GTA information

- and the unexpected since it is an open book, open Google Test

December 13, 2021

 7B

- Math probability. Complete at least Q2 (even/odd), Q3 (cards), Q4 (Happy New Year), and Q6 (416 numbers)

- study for Geography test. It will be on Wednesday (20 multiple choice questions, one contour map). Bring ruler and pencil

Compose a short story with most of these homonyms above. (there-they're-their, accept-except, two-to-too, weather-whether, toe-tow-toll-told)

1. Toll (fee) - told (tell, speak to) - tow (tow truck) - toe

The 407 toll highway is the most expensive one in the world

I told you to pay attention in class. 

I told you to eat your broccoli so you can poo quickly

The tow truck ran over my big toe.

16. What is a contour interval? (spacing or different in height on the contour line 

17. In the middle of a continental, like Saskatchewan, what climate is there? Continental climate

18. In places such as Orange, CA or France, what climate is best to grow fruits and vegetables

19. Why is there a hole in the ozone layer? (CFC and other chemicals, styrofoam - thin the ozone layer

20. What gets into the Earth when there is a hole in the ozone layer (UV ray - sunburn, blind your eyes, 

Skin cancer

Pinto's announcement

 Hello 7B! 

Just a friendly reminder that our gift card drive starts Monday. 

Please promote the gift of giving in our community by donating a gift card that can be used to support local families. The gift cards can be of any denomination and should be considered for places that will provide necessities in homes (examples include grocery stores, dollar stores or department stores that sell food and household goods).

Remember that there are many of us that have felt the strain of Covid-19 with job loss or job restrictions which has limited family incomes.

Your generosity is truly appreciated and will be given to Neighbourhood Link, right here in Willowdale.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Pinto-Hermetz

Kwook's Google Meet

https://meet.google.com/uhd-khcp-vjk

Geography review questions before the test

 December 10, 2021 Geography Review before test next week

1. Describe the tundra climate

2. For a region to be considered as “Desert”, how little precipitation should it get in a year (inches or mm)

3. Other than rain, name three other forms of precipitation

4. Where is the “Ring of Fire”?

5. Name two nature events that happen frequently along the ring of fire

6. How thick is the oceanic crust?

7. Explain why the mountain ranges in North/South America are located in the west coast

8. Name the mountain range between northern Italy and Switzerland

9. Name the mountain range that separates Europe from Asia

10. Fracking stands for what?

Sangster Math class, Dec 10

 Part B: Service Fee

If there is $3000 in your saving account and you the money with the Bank of Morneau and the service fee is as follows:

 

TAP: First 3 free, then $0.75/each ATM withdraw: $3.50 each time
In branch withdrawal: $2.50 each time

e-transfer: $1.50 each time
Cheque: $1.75 per cheque
If account has less than $2000 anytime, $25 charge

Kwok buys a Starbucks every morning, and he always TAP to pay for the drink. In February 2020, he wrote a cheque to pay for hydro, a cheque for insurance, a cheque for property tax, a cheque for his plumber and a cheque for heat. He also bought something from eBay and makes four e-transfers some money to the sellers. By the end of the month, he needed to make two cash withdrawals from the ATM machine. Lastly, he had to go to the bank and take out some money.

By the end of February, he has $1999 left. Calculate how much service fee he had to pay the Bank of Morneau? Show your calculations. (10)

December 10, 2021

 7B

- study for the Geography test (Wednesday, December 15). The review questions are posted on the next blog

- probability work (ice cream, coins, RPS, cards, Genius)

- the order you should do these questions are:

(easy) ice cream, coins, cards, Genius, RPS (difficult). Try not to do RPS first

- vowels: A, E, I, O, U; consonants: the rest of the letters: B, C, D, F, G,. . . 

- look at a Google image for a deck of cards

Sangster's virtal math class, Dec 9

 - financial literacy test on Friday Dec 17

- you should know

1) how to calculate simple interest

2) use Google Sheets to calculate compound interest

2a) Service fee charges by the banks (TAPS, e-transfer, ATM, cheques in branch withdraw)

3) find tuition and other expenses for a college or university (online)

4) credit card information

5) student's saving accounts and Chapter 7 of Life Stage Investing (Investing in your future book)

December 9, 2021

 - Math probability, spinner, 100 spins, calculate the probability from tallies

- Read Phantom Tollbooth, the rest of chapter 16, page 203 to 210

- if you want to run as student council represenatiive, have a 1 min speech ready for tomorrow

7B Timetable (AS - gym with Mr Sangster, Day 2, 4 and 5)

Music on Day 1; Library on Day 5, French on Day 2, 3, 4, 5, Typing on Wednesday

Jot note passages

 

Note taking (4 points per passage, up to 7 words per jot notes)

Practice #2: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

            You might be surprised to learn that a Canadian played a very important part in identifying what people really need (and have a right to). The United Nations (UN) was founded in 1945. The following year, Canadian lawyer John Peters Humphrey formed its Human Rights Division. He worked with a small group of people who drew up a list of basic human rights. The United Nations adopted his final version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 

Practice #3: The Three “L”s

      When the UN Declaration speaks of health, well-being, and education, it is highlighting the importance of the Three “L”s: life expectancy, living standard, and literacy. Each one is a measure of quality of like. Life expectancy shows how long a person can expect to live. Long life indicated a society with a strong health care system. Living standard estimated the average purchasing power a person has, based on where they live. Of course, there are actually great differences in person wealth within most countries. The literacy rate is a measure of basic education, expressed as a percentage of people who can read and write. 

December 8, 2021

 - find the top 3 countries with the longest life expectancy rate (age)

- find the top 3 countries with the shortest life expectancy rate (age)

https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/

- find the top 3 countries with the highest literacy rate

- find the top 3 countries with the lowest literacy rate

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/literacy-rate-by-country

 

- read the rest of Chapter15, Phantom

- bring 10 coins of the same kind to school (in a zip lock for probability)

- complete formal letter to apply to the Kwok School for the Elite Geniuses

- 10 to 12 sentences about your school achievements, hobbies/interest and how well you work with people

Sample:

Dear Director Kwok,

(Three It statements and three sentences start with conjunctions)

It is my intention to apply to your school since the school will prepare me well for post secondary education. Please consider this letter as an application for the coming school year.

(your school records, interest and goals 10 to 12 sentences)

In the past few years, (tell me about your interest and hobbies)

Since grade 5, I have been doing very well by achieving the Honour Roll status every school term. 

(alternatively, I have improved tremendously in the past few years by. . .)

At leisure (or during my free time), (tell them about your interest and hobbies)

As well, how well do you work with people? Do you collaborate?

In class, I love working cooperatively with my classmates to complete group projects because. . .  (how well can you work with others?

Sangster Math class, December 7

 As of Monday, I only have two people handed in the George Brown College search.

If you choose not to do work online, you will be further behind those who work hard.

There will be a test before the winter holidays on financial literacy. I will give a pre-test before that.

Today's lesson is about credit cards.  Find the following information 

 Part C: Interest rate on loans, credit cards, payday loans as well as price of goods/services

 

How do banks make money? Even they pay very little interest in your saving account, the charges on loans and credit cards are very high.  Let’s take a look at the rate for the following banks

https://www.td.com/ca/en/personal-banking/products/credit-cards/

https://www.rbcroyalbank.com/credit-cards/index.html

https://www.cibc.com/en/personal-banking/credit-cards.html

https://www.bmo.com/main/personal/credit-cards/low-interest-rate/

https://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/personal/credit-cards/compare-cards.html

https://www.nbc.ca/personal/mastercard-credit-cards.html

 

Banks	Interest on purchases	Interest on cash advance	Annual Fee
TD	19.99%	22.99%	$0 to $139
Royal Bank
BMO
Scotia Bank
CIBC
National Bank

 

Kwok’s note: After you purchase something, there is a grace period that you don’t have to pay interest charges. That grace period is usually 3 weeks or 21 days, and you must pay off your entire monthly bill by that time. Otherwise, interest will be charged on all the purchases.

 

- Pick one credit card that you need. Give three reasons to explain how you need that card

 

- ask parents why they pick the credit cards that they have (travel rewards, cash back, free food from supermarkets etc)

 

 

December 7, 2021

 Geography videos

Open pit mines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMm2q36Gm10

Fracking (worksheet below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA

Canadian Tar Sand (worksheet below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjia7BsP4Bw

Oil Sand (video 7:49)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjia7BsP4Bw

 

1)    Another name for tar sand is o_____ sand

 

2)    Some people believed that the tar sand projects may be the most d__________ project on earth

 

3)    Tar sand is a naturally occurring mixtures of s______, c_______, other m________, w_______ and most importantly bitumen

 

4)    Bitumen is a t_______ and s_______ oil that coats the o_______ of the sand grain

 

5)    Tar sand must be treated properly before using it in the refinery to produce fuel such as g________ and d__________

 

6)    Tar sand or oil sand are found in countries such as V__________, US, R________ and C_________

 

7)    Canadian government officially calls this the oil sand because some of the mixtures do not contain t________

 

8)    Oil sand or tar sand is more d_______ than conventional oil

 

9)    In 2011, it was estimated the Athabasca Basin stores 170.2billion barrels of oil, _____% of the world oil reserve

 

10) In 2012, about _______ million barrels of oil was produced from this region in Canada

 

11) Only 20% of the oil sand is located close to the s________ of the ground

 

12) The rest of the oil sand is located ______ metres below the surface

 

13) Most of the oil produced from the oil sand is shipped to the _________- (country)

 

14) Trans-Canada wanted to build the Keystone p________ to export oil US refinery

 

15) However, while refining oil sand into fuel, three times more g_________ gases will be produced compared to the refining of conventional oil

 

16) Companies need a lot of n_________ g_______ to produce oil from oil sand

 

17) Extraction of oil sand also leads to the destruction of f__________ and contamination of w_________ in the area

 

18) The left over sand is dumped into t_________ ponds, which leak chemicals to f______ and other wild animals

 

19) The people in Fort Chipewyan suffered from high rate of i_________ such as cancer because d_________ w________ is contaminated from the left over bitumen

 

20) European Union threatened to ban the import of oil sand from C_________ to the EU

 

Fracking (5:03)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uti2niW2BRA

 

21) Most of the energy consumed is supplied by fossil fuel such as c_______ and n_________

 

22) The full name for fracking is H___________F_________

 

23) This method tries to r__________ natural gas from deep layers of rock under the Earth

 

24) The companies use w_______, s_______ and c__________ to release the enclosed natural gas

 

25) The method of fracking is known and developed since ___________

 

26) Fracking became more popular in the last ten years because most of the natural gas fields are e_________ in US and Europe

 

27) P_________ of natural gas has risen steadily

 

28) Right now, more than _______% of the oil/ natural gas wells are developed with fracking

 

29) After the drills penetrate horizontally, w_______, fracking f_______ (or chemicals) and s_____  to crack the rocks

 

30) Everyday, about ________ million litres of water is used for fracking. That’s enough water supply for ___________ people

 

31) The chemicals in fracking fluids kill off the b______, and dissolve m________ in rocks

 

32) Afterwards, fracking fluids will be pumped out, and n_________ g_______ will be recovered

 

33) When the well is exhausted (no more natural gas left), the drill holes will be s_______

 

34) Risks: water can be c___________, which is highly t_______

 

35) The water contains so much chemicals, it cannot be removed in t___________ p_______

 

36) There are _______ chemicals in fracking fluids, and they are extremely h_________ and toxic

 

37) Large amount of g__________ g_______  will be released during fracking

 

38) Companies also use a lot of e_________ during the fracking process

 

39) About _____% of the natural gas cannot be captured, and will be lost to the atmosphere

 

40) In the short term, fracking will meet the d______ of energy but there is far more long term risks