Just throwing this out there...
Middle school students are not to have cell phones, Ipods, MP3 players, etc. at school. They can bring them, but once they arrive, they are to go into lockers.
If a teacher sees one of these devices, he or she can confiscate it.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
March 23
LANGUAGE ARTS
Spelling words, derived from our new unit in Science...
hypothesis, variable, amoeba, microscope, organism, characteristic, biologist, magnifying, tweezers, scissors
AS WELL...
Several students do not have calculators. Could you please confirm that your child has one? I have bought several, but they are not enough for the demand in the class.
On March 31, Theatre New Brunswick will be here. Grade 7 will atttend at 1PM. The cost is $2. Thank you for your cooperation.
We are working on making movies in Art class. Each group needs a box. Please confirm that your child's group has one.
Thank you for your support. This year has been a real learning curve for me, and I appreciate the occasional note of affirmation I receive. I am considering an end-of-year trip, so if you have any ideas, send them along... patrick.cook@nbed.nb.ca .
Spelling words, derived from our new unit in Science...
hypothesis, variable, amoeba, microscope, organism, characteristic, biologist, magnifying, tweezers, scissors
AS WELL...
Several students do not have calculators. Could you please confirm that your child has one? I have bought several, but they are not enough for the demand in the class.
On March 31, Theatre New Brunswick will be here. Grade 7 will atttend at 1PM. The cost is $2. Thank you for your cooperation.
We are working on making movies in Art class. Each group needs a box. Please confirm that your child's group has one.
Thank you for your support. This year has been a real learning curve for me, and I appreciate the occasional note of affirmation I receive. I am considering an end-of-year trip, so if you have any ideas, send them along... patrick.cook@nbed.nb.ca .
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Week of March 16
SCIENCE
Working periscope due Wednesday
Test on Thursday - students can use the test preview given and completed Tuesday afternoon
MATH
Fractions to percent worksheet - the previous word problems worksheet is on hold for now as I back up and re-teach certain components. These questions are more in line with where the students are.
ART
The students are making movies with claymation. Each group needs a box for a background for Thursday.
Several students need calculators. Please make sure that your child has one. Please understand that even if they began the year with a calculator, that doesn't mean they still have it.
Working periscope due Wednesday
Test on Thursday - students can use the test preview given and completed Tuesday afternoon
MATH
Fractions to percent worksheet - the previous word problems worksheet is on hold for now as I back up and re-teach certain components. These questions are more in line with where the students are.
ART
The students are making movies with claymation. Each group needs a box for a background for Thursday.
Several students need calculators. Please make sure that your child has one. Please understand that even if they began the year with a calculator, that doesn't mean they still have it.
Extra Project
This is an extra-class assignment for one student. The reason I am posting it ere is that the printer is not working correctly today.
Grade 7 Classroom Enrichment Activity Sheet
COLLABORATION – Teach Australia!
You are to create a slide show presentation, teaching the rest of the class about our collaborating country, Australia. You may teach about the wildlife, the transportation, the Aboriginal population, the history, or anything else you would like.
Here’s what needs to be part of the presentation:
- The country’s capital, population, and major communities
- The country’s religion and ethnic make-up
- A map showing the country, as well as a map showing where St Albans school is
You are not simply to read the slides, but teach them. You may have a few words per slide, but you need to teach more than what is on the screen. The presentation needs to be at least 20 slides.
Grade 7 Classroom Enrichment Activity Sheet
COLLABORATION – Teach Australia!
You are to create a slide show presentation, teaching the rest of the class about our collaborating country, Australia. You may teach about the wildlife, the transportation, the Aboriginal population, the history, or anything else you would like.
Here’s what needs to be part of the presentation:
- The country’s capital, population, and major communities
- The country’s religion and ethnic make-up
- A map showing the country, as well as a map showing where St Albans school is
You are not simply to read the slides, but teach them. You may have a few words per slide, but you need to teach more than what is on the screen. The presentation needs to be at least 20 slides.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Science Test on Light - THURSDAY MAR.19
These are the topics that will be included on the test on Thursday...
Pg.# - Topic
-------------
204 - what is light?
204 - natural light source
204 - artificial light source
205 - 1st basic property of light
207 - sources of light
208-211 - incandescent, fluoresecent, phosphorescent, bio-, and chemi-
212 - 2nd basic property of light
214 - pinhole camera
217-222 - parts of reflections... angles, the normal, etc.
227 - refraction
Plus...
prisms, binoculars, magnifying glasses
Understanding the labs we did (pinhole camera, laser experiments, angles, prisms, etc.) will be important.
Pg.# - Topic
-------------
204 - what is light?
204 - natural light source
204 - artificial light source
205 - 1st basic property of light
207 - sources of light
208-211 - incandescent, fluoresecent, phosphorescent, bio-, and chemi-
212 - 2nd basic property of light
214 - pinhole camera
217-222 - parts of reflections... angles, the normal, etc.
227 - refraction
Plus...
prisms, binoculars, magnifying glasses
Understanding the labs we did (pinhole camera, laser experiments, angles, prisms, etc.) will be important.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Thursday March 12
LANGUAGE ARTS
This week's spelling words are going to be tested differently tomorrow. I'm going to have them used in written sentences. What's I'm finding is that students can spell them correctly on tests but incorrectly in context.
Here they are:
a lot
all right
its
it's
eighth
excited
except
close
clothes
heard
MATH
There is a worksheet of 8 percent problems for next Monday. We've gone over the concepts as a class and individually, except not as word problems.
If the worksheet goes missing, these are the questions:
PERCENT PROBLEMS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 16
1. Jennifer made a fruit tart using red and green grapes. Forty percent of the
grapes are green. If she used a total of 80 grapes, how many red grapes did
she use?
2. You just hired a new employee to work in your bakeshop. In one hour the
employee burned 250 chocolate chip cookies. If this represented 21% of the
day’s production, how many cookies had you planned on producing that day?
3. The monthly budget for the front of the house is $8,000. You spent 6% of
the budget on fresh flowers. How much did you spend on fresh flowers?
4. Your food costs are $2,900. Your total food sales are $11,600. What percent
of your food sales do the food costs represent?
5. A serving of ice cream contains 240 calories. One hundred forty-four calories
come from fat. What percent of the total calories come from fat?
6. Jon needs 250 cookies for a buffet. He will make oatmeal raisin, macaroons,
and chocolate chunk cookies. He wants 25% of the cookies to be oatmeal
raisin and 15% of the cookies to be macaroons. How many chocolate chunk
cookies must Jon bake?
7. Henry paid $39.25 for a cookbook he purchased from a book club. This was a
saving of $3.19 off the regular price. What percent discount did the book club
give Henry?
8. You have just bought a big meal. It cost you $10.00. Good thing for you that you have a coupon for 10% off, and you use it. After you give your coupon and get your discount, then the cashier charges you 13% tax. How much will the meal cost you in the end? (Note: this has 2 steps!)
SCIENCE
The students are to finish their working models of periscopes for Wednesday.
As well, there is a test on Thursday covering the concepts of light. I will try to put the completed study guide on this blog over the weekend.
ART
Students have begun an extended art project. Next week, students will need to begin bringing in boxes for this project. This is the handout, describing the project.
Making Movies Art Project – due June 2009
Students will make a claymation movie using clay (provided by the teacher) and a digital camera, available from the tech office. If it is not there already, there will be software on the students’ laptops to create the project.
The movie needs to be at least 50 seconds long. At a rate of 3 pictures per second, there will need to be at least 150 pictures taken for the project.
The plot of the movie is to be something Canadian – a folk tale, a ghost story, a local legend, etc. It might be a Grand Manan tale, or retelling a Canadian hero like Terry Fox or Alexander Graham Bell. The students will need to write a script about what will happen in the movie. Not every picture needs to be included in the script, but the students will need to have a general idea about what is happening throughout the film. From personal experience, I know that more planning upfront means a better idea of how to tell the story with clay.
Students will receive a total of 1-1/2 sticks of clay. They will need to create a background, perhaps using a box painted how they like. Paints will be provided here at the school, but students will need to bring their own box.
The movie can use music as a soundtrack or have narration as part of the finished product.
(Art alternative activity)
For those not wishing to use clay for various reasons, the option is to create a photostory, using the same software on the laptops. The student may use a Canadian story, as above, except that the student may compile quality pictures rather than take pictures with a camera. The student may then record a narration, telling the story. The student needs to use as many pictures as are necessary to tell the story.
This week's spelling words are going to be tested differently tomorrow. I'm going to have them used in written sentences. What's I'm finding is that students can spell them correctly on tests but incorrectly in context.
Here they are:
a lot
all right
its
it's
eighth
excited
except
close
clothes
heard
MATH
There is a worksheet of 8 percent problems for next Monday. We've gone over the concepts as a class and individually, except not as word problems.
If the worksheet goes missing, these are the questions:
PERCENT PROBLEMS FOR MONDAY, MARCH 16
1. Jennifer made a fruit tart using red and green grapes. Forty percent of the
grapes are green. If she used a total of 80 grapes, how many red grapes did
she use?
2. You just hired a new employee to work in your bakeshop. In one hour the
employee burned 250 chocolate chip cookies. If this represented 21% of the
day’s production, how many cookies had you planned on producing that day?
3. The monthly budget for the front of the house is $8,000. You spent 6% of
the budget on fresh flowers. How much did you spend on fresh flowers?
4. Your food costs are $2,900. Your total food sales are $11,600. What percent
of your food sales do the food costs represent?
5. A serving of ice cream contains 240 calories. One hundred forty-four calories
come from fat. What percent of the total calories come from fat?
6. Jon needs 250 cookies for a buffet. He will make oatmeal raisin, macaroons,
and chocolate chunk cookies. He wants 25% of the cookies to be oatmeal
raisin and 15% of the cookies to be macaroons. How many chocolate chunk
cookies must Jon bake?
7. Henry paid $39.25 for a cookbook he purchased from a book club. This was a
saving of $3.19 off the regular price. What percent discount did the book club
give Henry?
8. You have just bought a big meal. It cost you $10.00. Good thing for you that you have a coupon for 10% off, and you use it. After you give your coupon and get your discount, then the cashier charges you 13% tax. How much will the meal cost you in the end? (Note: this has 2 steps!)
SCIENCE
The students are to finish their working models of periscopes for Wednesday.
As well, there is a test on Thursday covering the concepts of light. I will try to put the completed study guide on this blog over the weekend.
ART
Students have begun an extended art project. Next week, students will need to begin bringing in boxes for this project. This is the handout, describing the project.
Making Movies Art Project – due June 2009
Students will make a claymation movie using clay (provided by the teacher) and a digital camera, available from the tech office. If it is not there already, there will be software on the students’ laptops to create the project.
The movie needs to be at least 50 seconds long. At a rate of 3 pictures per second, there will need to be at least 150 pictures taken for the project.
The plot of the movie is to be something Canadian – a folk tale, a ghost story, a local legend, etc. It might be a Grand Manan tale, or retelling a Canadian hero like Terry Fox or Alexander Graham Bell. The students will need to write a script about what will happen in the movie. Not every picture needs to be included in the script, but the students will need to have a general idea about what is happening throughout the film. From personal experience, I know that more planning upfront means a better idea of how to tell the story with clay.
Students will receive a total of 1-1/2 sticks of clay. They will need to create a background, perhaps using a box painted how they like. Paints will be provided here at the school, but students will need to bring their own box.
The movie can use music as a soundtrack or have narration as part of the finished product.
(Art alternative activity)
For those not wishing to use clay for various reasons, the option is to create a photostory, using the same software on the laptops. The student may use a Canadian story, as above, except that the student may compile quality pictures rather than take pictures with a camera. The student may then record a narration, telling the story. The student needs to use as many pictures as are necessary to tell the story.
Monday, March 9, 2009
After the Break...
Hope you had a great break.
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Book talks begin on Wednesday
SOCIAL STUDIES
- 3 interesting facts about Australia due tomorrow
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Book talks begin on Wednesday
SOCIAL STUDIES
- 3 interesting facts about Australia due tomorrow
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