Friday April 29, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please find your homework below.

Literacy - Please complete the first graphic organizer for your essays.  This is the one we worked on today in class (due Monday).

Geography - Please read chapter #9 on Agriculture, and then answer the following questions.  There will be a multiple choice quiz which will be based off of the homework questions (in other words, you need to study the answers to the homework questions).  It is not an open book test.  You are expected to complete all the homework questions, study them and be prepared for your quiz.  If you are having difficulty with any questions, please make sure you come see me for extra help.  Please remember the importance of answering questions in your own words so that you understand the concepts.  It is about understanding, not memorization. (due Thursday)

1. Read chapter #9 (pgs. 180-197)
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Define and give an example for the following terms:
1. Subsistence agriculture
2. Commercial agriculture
3. Specialized agriculture
2. p.196 #4a (Answer found on p.190)
3. You are in Walmart, and you hear a disgruntled shopper saying that bananas are way too expensive.  Please explain how you could politely explain to them the reasons for the price.

Art - Graffiti art.  Please make sure you have a written explanation on the bag of your work which explains the message of your artwork.  (Due Tuesday)

Health - Healthy Eating Assignment due May 12.  If you need a computer for your assignment, please make sure that you get any required materials at home, or during a morning recess.

Friday Folders - Signed and returned (due)

Health - Please inform your parents that we will begin the Growth and Development (Sex Ed.) unit in approximately 2 weeks.

*On Thursday May 26th, we will be having our Spring Concert.  Students have been working hard to prepare for the event.  We hope that all students will be available to come and perform as part of the band on this evening.  We also look forward to seeing families enjoy the evening.  The Book Fair will be running this evening for any families interested in making purchases.

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science Centre - Permission forms are overdue.  Please let me know if you will be unable to attend. 

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following links with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw

 Our class page:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tin-roof-global/lug-a-bucket/team/mrcarr/member/mr-carrs-class/ 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Thursday April 28, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please find your homework below.

Math - Test tomorrow.  You are responsible for 8.3 - 8.6 in your workbook.  You also need to study questions 1-9 on page 299 in your textbook.

Geography - Please read chapter #9 on Agriculture, and then answer the following questions.  There will be a multiple choice quiz which will be based off of the homework questions (in other words, you need to study the answers to the homework questions).  It is not an open book test.  You are expected to complete all the homework questions, study them and be prepared for your quiz.  If you are having difficulty with any questions, please make sure you come see me for extra help.  Please remember the importance of answering questions in your own words so that you understand the concepts.  It is about understanding, not memorization. (due Thursday)

1. Read chapter #9 (pgs. 180-197)
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Define and give an example for the following terms:
1. Subsistence agriculture
2. Commercial agriculture
3. Specialized agriculture
2. p.196 #4a (Answer found on p.190)
3. You are in Walmart, and you hear a disgruntled shopper saying that bananas are way too expensive.  Please explain how you could politely explain to them the reasons for the price.

Art - Graffiti art.  Please make sure you have a written explanation on the bag of your work which explains the message of your artwork.  (Due Tuesday)

Health - Healthy Eating Assignment due May 12.  If you need a computer for your assignment, please make sure that you get any required materials at home, or during a morning recess.

Friday Folders - Signed and returned (due)

Health - Please inform your parents that we will begin the Growth and Development (Sex Ed.) unit in approximately 2 weeks.

*On Thursday May 26th, we will be having our Spring Concert.  Students have been working hard to prepare for the event.  We hope that all students will be available to come and perform as part of the band on this evening.  We also look forward to seeing families enjoy the evening.  The Book Fair will be running this evening for any families interested in making purchases.

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science Centre - Permission forms are overdue.  Please let me know if you will be unable to attend. 

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following links with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw

 Our class page:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tin-roof-global/lug-a-bucket/team/mrcarr/member/mr-carrs-class/ 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Wednesday April 27, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Tomorrow is the Autism Awareness Run.  Please make sure that you come dressed for the weather.

Please find your homework below.

Math - Test on Friday.  You are responsible for 8.3 - 8.6 in your workbook.  You also need to study questions 1-9 on page 299 in your textbook.

Geography - Please read chapter #8 on Rivers, and then answer the following questions.  There will be a multiple choice test which will be based off of the homework questions (in other words, you need to study the answers to the homework questions).  It is not an open book test.  You are expected to complete all the homework questions, study them and be prepared for your test.  If you are having difficulty with any questions, please make sure you come see me for extra help. (due tomorrow)

1. 1. Why is it so important to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine?  
   2. On page 169, read section “Major River Systems” and explain what would happen to Canada if we had no rivers.
   3. Why do you think rivers always flow to oceans or other large bodies of water? (see p.169)
   4. p.171 #2 - Use page 313 and the blank map of the world provided to you.
   5. Explain the difference between Dendritic & Trellis drainage patterns.  Make sure to include how each forms. (p. 176)
   6. P.177 & 178 #1, 2, 9

Art - Graffiti art.  Please make sure you have a written explanation on the bag of your work which explains the message of your artwork.  (Due Tuesday)

Friday Folders - Signed and returned (due)

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science Centre - Permission forms are overdue.  Please let me know if you will be unable to attend. 

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following links with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw

 Our class page:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tin-roof-global/lug-a-bucket/team/mrcarr/member/mr-carrs-class/ 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Tuesday April 26, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,

Please find your homework below.

Math - Test on Friday.  You are responsible for 8.3 - 8.6 in your workbook.  You also need to study questions 1-9 on page 299 in your textbook.

Geography - Please read chapter #8 on Rivers, and then answer the following questions.  There will be a multiple choice test which will be based off of the homework questions (in other words, you need to study the answers to the homework questions).  It is not an open book test.  You are expected to complete all the homework questions, study them and be prepared for your test.  If you are having difficulty with any questions, please make sure you come see me for extra help. (due Thursday)

1. 1. Why is it so important to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine?  
   2. On page 169, read section “Major River Systems” and explain what would happen to Canada if we had no rivers.
   3. Why do you think rivers always flow to oceans or other large bodies of water? (see p.169)
   4. p.171 #2 - Use page 313 and the blank map of the world provided to you.
   5. Explain the difference between Dendritic & Trellis drainage patterns.  Make sure to include how each forms. (p. 176)
   6. P.177 & 178 #1, 2, 9

Art - Graffiti art.  Please make sure you have a written explanation on the bag of your work which explains the message of your artwork.  (Due Tuesday)

Friday Folders - Signed and returned (due)

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science - Mini-reports signed and returned (due tomorrow)

Science Centre - Permission forms are overdue.  Please let me know if you will be unable to attend. 

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following links with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw

 Our class page:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tin-roof-global/lug-a-bucket/team/mrcarr/member/mr-carrs-class/ 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Monday April 25, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,



Please find below an update on what we have been working on in class, and where we are currently headed.  Your homework is also below.  :)

Math
Our next unit will be Chapter 8 (Variables, Expressions & Equations).  As always, students are reminded, and strongly encouraged, to take advantage of extra help sessions at morning recesses when they notice that there are particular aspects of the unit that they are giving them difficulty.  These sessions do not need to take the entire recess, but can be extremely helpful in clarifying concepts.

Social Studies
We have completed the grade 7 History curriculum, and have moved onto our Geography studies.  Some students still need to present their final History assignment, and will be doing so during our upcoming Social Studies periods.  The reason why some have completed their assignments, while some still need to present, is due to the type of assignment they chose to complete.  For those students who decided to write a report, they have handed their assignment in.  Other students chose to create presentations, and so those students are coming and presenting to me during our weekly Social Studies period.

For Geography, students have been given the outline for what our classes will look like each week.  There will be a section in the textbook that we will be covering, and they will be required to read that section, and be given questions/assignments to complete which allow students to respond and work with the material they have learned.  The goal is to provide students with authentic learning opportunities which allow them to develop their skills in reading and responding.  We will have class discussions on the materials to add to our learning.  During this time students are required to add to their notes that which they are learning from our conversations.  This too is a meaningful process in that it works to develop their oral communication skills in listening and responding.  It teaches students to listen, contribute and synthesize/develop new learning using that which they have read and discussed.  It is the goal to create learning opportunities which resemble real-world scenarios that they have either already experienced, or will be experiencing in their future.

Literacy
Students have completed their second novels for their Social Justice Unit.  They have also handed in their Figurative Language Assignment.  As a next step, we will be examining expository writing (5 paragraph essays) and once we have learned the characteristics of these essays, students will be completing their own.  The topics will focus on themes from our Social Justice Unit.

In Oral Communication, we are learning about what makes an effective oral presentation.  Our big theme is "Presentations That WOW!"  We have, and will continue to, examine various presentations that "wow" an audience, and determine what makes these presentations so effective so that we can apply these same characteristics to our own presentations.  Topics include, novelty, confidence, practice, preparation, length, topic, audience & inspiration.

As always, please never hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.  Education is always most effective when parents and teachers partner together to meet the needs of each individual student.

Math Lessons

Literacy - Please choose a question for your essay.  Use the list given out in class to choose from.  (Due Monday)

Math - Test on Friday.  We will be working through the review tomorrow.  Tonight would be a good night to go through 8.3-8.6 and find any questions that you need extra help on.

Geography - Please read chapter #8 on Rivers, and then answer the following questions.  There will be a multiple choice test which will be based off of the homework questions (in other words, you need to study the answers to the homework questions).  It is not an open book test.  You are expected to complete all the homework questions, study them and be prepared for your test.  If you are having difficulty with any questions, please make sure you come see me for extra help. (due Thursday)

1. 1. Why is it so important to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine?  
   2. On page 169, read section “Major River Systems” and explain what would happen to Canada if we had no rivers.
   3. Why do you think rivers always flow to oceans or other large bodies of water? (see p.169)
   4. p.171 #2 - Use page 313 and the blank map of the world provided to you.
   5. Explain the difference between Dendritic & Trellis drainage patterns.  Make sure to include how each forms. (p. 176)
   6. P.177 & 178 #1, 2, 9

Friday Folders - Signed and returned (due)

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science - Mini-reports signed and returned (due tomorrow)

Science Centre - Permission forms are overdue.  Please let me know if you will be unable to attend. 

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following links with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw

 Our class page:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tin-roof-global/lug-a-bucket/team/mrcarr/member/mr-carrs-class/ 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Friday April 22, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,



Please find below an update on what we have been working on in class, and where we are currently headed.  Your homework is also below.  :)

Math
Our next unit will be Chapter 8 (Variables, Expressions & Equations).  As always, students are reminded, and strongly encouraged, to take advantage of extra help sessions at morning recesses when they notice that there are particular aspects of the unit that they are giving them difficulty.  These sessions do not need to take the entire recess, but can be extremely helpful in clarifying concepts.

Social Studies
We have completed the grade 7 History curriculum, and have moved onto our Geography studies.  Some students still need to present their final History assignment, and will be doing so during our upcoming Social Studies periods.  The reason why some have completed their assignments, while some still need to present, is due to the type of assignment they chose to complete.  For those students who decided to write a report, they have handed their assignment in.  Other students chose to create presentations, and so those students are coming and presenting to me during our weekly Social Studies period.

For Geography, students have been given the outline for what our classes will look like each week.  There will be a section in the textbook that we will be covering, and they will be required to read that section, and be given questions/assignments to complete which allow students to respond and work with the material they have learned.  The goal is to provide students with authentic learning opportunities which allow them to develop their skills in reading and responding.  We will have class discussions on the materials to add to our learning.  During this time students are required to add to their notes that which they are learning from our conversations.  This too is a meaningful process in that it works to develop their oral communication skills in listening and responding.  It teaches students to listen, contribute and synthesize/develop new learning using that which they have read and discussed.  It is the goal to create learning opportunities which resemble real-world scenarios that they have either already experienced, or will be experiencing in their future.

Literacy
Students have completed their second novels for their Social Justice Unit.  They have also handed in their Figurative Language Assignment.  As a next step, we will be examining expository writing (5 paragraph essays) and once we have learned the characteristics of these essays, students will be completing their own.  The topics will focus on themes from our Social Justice Unit.

In Oral Communication, we are learning about what makes an effective oral presentation.  Our big theme is "Presentations That WOW!"  We have, and will continue to, examine various presentations that "wow" an audience, and determine what makes these presentations so effective so that we can apply these same characteristics to our own presentations.  Topics include, novelty, confidence, practice, preparation, length, topic, audience & inspiration.

As always, please never hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.  Education is always most effective when parents and teachers partner together to meet the needs of each individual student.

Math Lessons

Literacy - Please choose a question for your essay.  Use the list given out in class to choose from.  (Due Monday)

Math - Please complete p. 87 & 88 in your workbook.  Please make sure that you draw pictures to represent each step of the equation.  (Due Monday)

Geography - Please read chapter #8 on Rivers, and then answer the following questions.  There will be a multiple choice test which will be based off of the homework questions (in other words, you need to study the answers to the homework questions).  It is not an open book test.  You are expected to complete all the homework questions, study them and be prepared for your test.  If you are having difficulty with any questions, please make sure you come see me for extra help. (due Thursday)

1. 1. Why is it so important to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine?  
   2. On page 169, read section “Major River Systems” and explain what would happen to Canada if we had no rivers.
   3. Why do you think rivers always flow to oceans or other large bodies of water? (see p.169)
   4. p.171 #2 - Use page 313 and the blank map of the world provided to you.
   5. Explain the difference between Dendritic & Trellis drainage patterns.  Make sure to include how each forms. (p. 176)
   6. P.177 & 178 #1, 2, 9

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science Centre - Permission forms are overdue.  Please let me know if you will be unable to attend. 

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following links with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw

 Our class page:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tin-roof-global/lug-a-bucket/team/mrcarr/member/mr-carrs-class/ 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Thursday April 21, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,



Please find below an update on what we have been working on in class, and where we are currently headed.  Your homework is also below.  :)

Math
Our next unit will be Chapter 8 (Variables, Expressions & Equations).  As always, students are reminded, and strongly encouraged, to take advantage of extra help sessions at morning recesses when they notice that there are particular aspects of the unit that they are giving them difficulty.  These sessions do not need to take the entire recess, but can be extremely helpful in clarifying concepts.

Social Studies
We have completed the grade 7 History curriculum, and have moved onto our Geography studies.  Some students still need to present their final History assignment, and will be doing so during our upcoming Social Studies periods.  The reason why some have completed their assignments, while some still need to present, is due to the type of assignment they chose to complete.  For those students who decided to write a report, they have handed their assignment in.  Other students chose to create presentations, and so those students are coming and presenting to me during our weekly Social Studies period.

For Geography, students have been given the outline for what our classes will look like each week.  There will be a section in the textbook that we will be covering, and they will be required to read that section, and be given questions/assignments to complete which allow students to respond and work with the material they have learned.  The goal is to provide students with authentic learning opportunities which allow them to develop their skills in reading and responding.  We will have class discussions on the materials to add to our learning.  During this time students are required to add to their notes that which they are learning from our conversations.  This too is a meaningful process in that it works to develop their oral communication skills in listening and responding.  It teaches students to listen, contribute and synthesize/develop new learning using that which they have read and discussed.  It is the goal to create learning opportunities which resemble real-world scenarios that they have either already experienced, or will be experiencing in their future.

Literacy
Students have completed their second novels for their Social Justice Unit.  They have also handed in their Figurative Language Assignment.  As a next step, we will be examining expository writing (5 paragraph essays) and once we have learned the characteristics of these essays, students will be completing their own.  The topics will focus on themes from our Social Justice Unit.

In Oral Communication, we are learning about what makes an effective oral presentation.  Our big theme is "Presentations That WOW!"  We have, and will continue to, examine various presentations that "wow" an audience, and determine what makes these presentations so effective so that we can apply these same characteristics to our own presentations.  Topics include, novelty, confidence, practice, preparation, length, topic, audience & inspiration.

As always, please never hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.  Education is always most effective when parents and teachers partner together to meet the needs of each individual student.

Math Lessons

Chapter #2 - Ratios, Rates & Percents

1. Using ratios to determine if 2 shapes are similar.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbLxpO-v6ok
2. Equivalent Ratios (2.2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBainKxfIpE
3. Ratios & Rates (2.3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQY83540ApQ
4. Ratios as Percents (2.5) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHOlDl7c29U
5. Solving with Percents (2.6) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQiv18K661o

6. How to solve question 2 in workbook of lesson 2.6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJVKZG8pQtc

7. Equivalent Fractions help us solve ratio, rate & percent problems - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56ti9NMNpI
8. Multiplication & Division of Decimals & Long Division (2.7 & 2.8) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTbKgbNCQHw

Chapter #6 - Integers

Adding & Subtracting Integers (6.3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEeyvrXGug

Literacy - Please revise the third body paragraph for the theatre essay.  Please make sure you apply what we learned in class - don't just make points, explain them in detail so that it is very clear what you are arguing.  (due tomorrow)

Geography - Please read chapter #8 on Rivers, and then answer the following questions.  There will be a multiple choice test which will be based off of the homework questions.  It is not an open book test.  You are expected to complete all the homework questions, study them and be prepared for your test.  If you are having difficulty with any questions, please make sure you come see me for extra help. (due Thursday)

1. 1. Why is it so important to protect the Oak Ridges Moraine?  
   2. On page 169, read section “Major River Systems” and explain what would happen to Canada if we had no rivers.
   3. Why do you think rivers always flow to oceans or other large bodies of water? (see p.169)
   4. p.171 #2 - Use page 313 and the blank map of the world provided to you.
   5. Explain the difference between Dendritic & Trellis drainage patterns.  Make sure to include how each forms. (p. 176)
   6. P.177 & 178 #1, 2, 9

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science Centre - Permission forms due tomorrow

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following links with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw

 Our class page:  https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/tin-roof-global/lug-a-bucket/team/mrcarr/member/mr-carrs-class/ 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Wednesday April 20, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,



Please find below an update on what we have been working on in class, and where we are currently headed.  Your homework is also below.  :)

Math
Our next unit will be Chapter 8 (Variables, Expressions & Equations).  As always, students are reminded, and strongly encouraged, to take advantage of extra help sessions at morning recesses when they notice that there are particular aspects of the unit that they are giving them difficulty.  These sessions do not need to take the entire recess, but can be extremely helpful in clarifying concepts.

Social Studies
We have completed the grade 7 History curriculum, and have moved onto our Geography studies.  Some students still need to present their final History assignment, and will be doing so during our upcoming Social Studies periods.  The reason why some have completed their assignments, while some still need to present, is due to the type of assignment they chose to complete.  For those students who decided to write a report, they have handed their assignment in.  Other students chose to create presentations, and so those students are coming and presenting to me during our weekly Social Studies period.

For Geography, students have been given the outline for what our classes will look like each week.  There will be a section in the textbook that we will be covering, and they will be required to read that section, and be given questions/assignments to complete which allow students to respond and work with the material they have learned.  The goal is to provide students with authentic learning opportunities which allow them to develop their skills in reading and responding.  We will have class discussions on the materials to add to our learning.  During this time students are required to add to their notes that which they are learning from our conversations.  This too is a meaningful process in that it works to develop their oral communication skills in listening and responding.  It teaches students to listen, contribute and synthesize/develop new learning using that which they have read and discussed.  It is the goal to create learning opportunities which resemble real-world scenarios that they have either already experienced, or will be experiencing in their future.

Literacy
Students have completed their second novels for their Social Justice Unit.  They have also handed in their Figurative Language Assignment.  As a next step, we will be examining expository writing (5 paragraph essays) and once we have learned the characteristics of these essays, students will be completing their own.  The topics will focus on themes from our Social Justice Unit.

In Oral Communication, we are learning about what makes an effective oral presentation.  Our big theme is "Presentations That WOW!"  We have, and will continue to, examine various presentations that "wow" an audience, and determine what makes these presentations so effective so that we can apply these same characteristics to our own presentations.  Topics include, novelty, confidence, practice, preparation, length, topic, audience & inspiration.

As always, please never hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.  Education is always most effective when parents and teachers partner together to meet the needs of each individual student.

Math Lessons

Chapter #2 - Ratios, Rates & Percents

1. Using ratios to determine if 2 shapes are similar.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbLxpO-v6ok
2. Equivalent Ratios (2.2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBainKxfIpE
3. Ratios & Rates (2.3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQY83540ApQ
4. Ratios as Percents (2.5) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHOlDl7c29U
5. Solving with Percents (2.6) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQiv18K661o

6. How to solve question 2 in workbook of lesson 2.6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJVKZG8pQtc

7. Equivalent Fractions help us solve ratio, rate & percent problems - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56ti9NMNpI
8. Multiplication & Division of Decimals & Long Division (2.7 & 2.8) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTbKgbNCQHw

Chapter #6 - Integers

Adding & Subtracting Integers (6.3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEeyvrXGug

Literacy - Please revise the third body paragraph for the theatre essay.  Please make sure you apply what we learned in class - don't just make points, explain them in detail so that it is very clear what you are arguing.  (due Friday)

Health - Analyze the eating habits you wrote out in class.  Determine whether or not the items that fall under Canada's Food Guide were actually healthy choices.  (Due tomorrow)

Geography - Please read chapter #7 on Climate & Vegetation, and then answer the following questions (due tomorrow)

1. p. 147 - “Explain what fig 7.7 is showing”
2. p. 149 - “Draw a picture to show how a hurricane forms.  Do the same to show how tornado forms”.
3. p. 151 - Write an explanation for why it is colder in higher altitudes.
4. p. 158 #2
5. p. 164 #1 - 4 (For #1 you can find the answer on p. 152)
6. p.165 #10

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science Centre - Permission forms due tomorrow

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following link with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

www.twitter.com/jonathanwcarr1

Tuesday April 19, 2016

Good evening ladies & gentlemen,



Please find below an update on what we have been working on in class, and where we are currently headed.  Your homework is also below.  :)

Math
Our next unit will be Chapter 8 (Variables, Expressions & Equations).  As always, students are reminded, and strongly encouraged, to take advantage of extra help sessions at morning recesses when they notice that there are particular aspects of the unit that they are giving them difficulty.  These sessions do not need to take the entire recess, but can be extremely helpful in clarifying concepts.

Social Studies
We have completed the grade 7 History curriculum, and have moved onto our Geography studies.  Some students still need to present their final History assignment, and will be doing so during our upcoming Social Studies periods.  The reason why some have completed their assignments, while some still need to present, is due to the type of assignment they chose to complete.  For those students who decided to write a report, they have handed their assignment in.  Other students chose to create presentations, and so those students are coming and presenting to me during our weekly Social Studies period.

For Geography, students have been given the outline for what our classes will look like each week.  There will be a section in the textbook that we will be covering, and they will be required to read that section, and be given questions/assignments to complete which allow students to respond and work with the material they have learned.  The goal is to provide students with authentic learning opportunities which allow them to develop their skills in reading and responding.  We will have class discussions on the materials to add to our learning.  During this time students are required to add to their notes that which they are learning from our conversations.  This too is a meaningful process in that it works to develop their oral communication skills in listening and responding.  It teaches students to listen, contribute and synthesize/develop new learning using that which they have read and discussed.  It is the goal to create learning opportunities which resemble real-world scenarios that they have either already experienced, or will be experiencing in their future.

Literacy
Students have completed their second novels for their Social Justice Unit.  They have also handed in their Figurative Language Assignment.  As a next step, we will be examining expository writing (5 paragraph essays) and once we have learned the characteristics of these essays, students will be completing their own.  The topics will focus on themes from our Social Justice Unit.

In Oral Communication, we are learning about what makes an effective oral presentation.  Our big theme is "Presentations That WOW!"  We have, and will continue to, examine various presentations that "wow" an audience, and determine what makes these presentations so effective so that we can apply these same characteristics to our own presentations.  Topics include, novelty, confidence, practice, preparation, length, topic, audience & inspiration.

As always, please never hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.  Education is always most effective when parents and teachers partner together to meet the needs of each individual student.

Math Lessons

Chapter #2 - Ratios, Rates & Percents

1. Using ratios to determine if 2 shapes are similar.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbLxpO-v6ok
2. Equivalent Ratios (2.2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBainKxfIpE
3. Ratios & Rates (2.3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQY83540ApQ
4. Ratios as Percents (2.5) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHOlDl7c29U
5. Solving with Percents (2.6) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQiv18K661o

6. How to solve question 2 in workbook of lesson 2.6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJVKZG8pQtc

7. Equivalent Fractions help us solve ratio, rate & percent problems - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56ti9NMNpI
8. Multiplication & Division of Decimals & Long Division (2.7 & 2.8) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTbKgbNCQHw

Chapter #6 - Integers

Adding & Subtracting Integers (6.3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaEeyvrXGug

Math - 8.4 & 8.5 - pages 84-86 in workbook (due tomorrow)

Literacy - Please revise the first body paragraph in the sample essay about movie theatres.  Please add details which help the reader understand exactly why the evidence he gave is in fact good evidence.  You do not actually have to believe what you write, you just have to come up with ideas for what the writer could have said to add more meaningful detail. (due tomorrow)

Health - Analyze the eating habits you wrote out in class.  Determine whether or not the items that fall under Canada's Food Guide were actually healthy choices.  (Due Thursday)

Geography - Please read chapter #7 on Climate & Vegetation, and then answer the following questions (due Thursday)

1. p. 147 - “Explain what fig 7.7 is showing”
2. p. 149 - “Draw a picture to show how a hurricane forms.  Do the same to show how tornado forms”.
3. p. 151 - Write an explanation for why it is colder in higher altitudes.
4. p. 158 #2
5. p. 164 #1 - 4 (For #1 you can find the answer on p. 152)
6. p.165 #10

Science - Please make sure that you keep up to date with Mrs. Foster's assignment sheet.

Science Centre - Permission forms due tomorrow

Tin Roof Fundraiser - Please feel free to share the following link with your parents, and discuss with them what we will be doing here at school to support those who could use our support in Uganda.  Thank you in advance :)   https://goo.gl/UagQfw 

Have a great evening!

Mr. Carr

jonathan.carr@yrdsb.ca

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