Today was filled with smiles, cookies and a little fun in the sun! Today marked the final day for students to create a budget that aligns with their long-term goals. In class, students were taught some useful tips for using Google Sheets, which proved to be an effective tool for budget creation. During our Language class, we continued with our popular "Hero's Journey" activity. Yesterday, we watched Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse and broke down the 12 steps of the hero's journey for Miles Morales. The students then used the same steps to create their own slideshow for a movie they watched at home. Upon completion, they will be using HeroForge to create their own hero. In the afternoon, we visited the "Bread By Us" bakery and took a tour. The students were thrilled to sample various cookies, with the double chocolate cookies being the clear favourite. We ended the day by playing games as a class at Reid Park. Hello! Just a friendly reminder that tomorrow is...
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What a fun and productive day! This morning during Math, students continued planning their budget to determine which phone plan best suits their needs based on their yearly wage that was determined earlier in class. To follow up on yesterday's lesson on the Hero's Journey, we watched the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Tomorrow we will look at how young Miles Morales follows his own journey to answer the call and become his own version of Spider-Man. Students will then demonstrate their understanding of the Hero's Journey by explaining the 12 stages using the hero from the movie they watched as homework for this mini-assignment. We ended the day with students giving their farm pitch, including a slideshow presentation, for a loan from the Bank of Clark! Homework: Language: Watch your favourite "epic" movie. This can be anything by Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Hunger Games, etc. Science: Ergonomic Advertisement is now due. Geog...
Great start to the week! This morning for Math, we started "Part 3" of our "Saving for a Smartphone" Financial Literacy Unit. Our last assignment was to decide on a phone plan that best suits our needs based on the yearly wage we made and budget. Students will continue planning their budget tomorrow and determine which phone plan works best for them. For Language, students continued to work on a good copy of their letter to the bank to ask for a loan for the Farm project. During Gym, students played many Ringetter games. We had a blast putting all the skills we had been practicing and developing to work. Good job everyone! The first part of the afternoon was dedicated to presentations. Students presented both the Ergonomic advertisements for Science and their Invasive Species posters for Geography. We ended the day learning about the 6 elements of epic stories, found in novels, poems and movies. We then learned about the "Heroes Journey" and the 12 stages...
What a busy and productive day! Today in Math, students watched videos about chequing and savings accounts. We had a great class discussion about provincial and federal taxes and investigated a table that illustrated the percentage of taxes in different provinces and territories. All "MART" Geometry Transformation Assignments are due tomorrow. Please make sure you hand it in. For Language, students continued working on their rough outline for their formal, opinion-based letter. This letter is connected to the Farm Project and is for students to request a loan to build their farm. Some students have finished their rough outline for their letters and are now taking what they wrote and are now putting it into a proper formal letter format. This is due Monday! Today was filming day for our dance project. On Monday, we will be presenting our dance videos to the class. Please ensure you hand this in Monday morning if you are filming this weekend. After lunch, students continued wo...
What a busy and productive day! Today in Math, students shared the savings accounts they were comparing. We discussed different interest rates, types of savings accounts, and how to ma an informative choice. All "MART" Geometry Transformation Assignments are due tomorrow. Please make sure you hand it in. For Language, students continued working on their rough outline for their formal, opinion-based letter. This letter is connected to the Farm Project and is for students to request a loan to build their farm. Some students have finished their rough outline for their letters and are now taking what they wrote and are now putting it into a proper formal letter format. Today was the last day to practise their routine for the dance project in Gym. Students will be recording their dance routines tomorrow at school to present to the class. After lunch, students continued working on their slideshow to showcase the different features of the Farm in Geography. We ended the day with Sc...
The weather wasn't always the nicest, but it was still a productive Wednesday! Today, during Math, students researched different savings accounts at various banks in Ottawa. We were analyzing what savings accounts have the best overall package - interest rates, monthly fees, transaction fees, e-transfer fees, etc. Students will continue this tomorrow. They will create a table and choose 4-5 savings accounts to compare. For Language, students started to work on their rough outline for their formal, opinion-based letter. This letter is connected to the Farm Project and is for students to request a loan to build their farm. Students spent the period coming up with environmental and business-related reasons as to why their farm should be built. Afterwards, for Art, we spent the period finishing off our oil pastel picture of a tulip, focusing on different blending techniques. Now that students have completed the conceptualization of the Farm in Geography, they are putting together a sli...
It's been a really fun Tuesday! Students spent the morning during Math finishing off their Geometry "MART" assignment. Students were completing their rough copies of their transformation sheets and then traced their shapes onto a blank sheet of paper to create their geometric designs! We had a lesson on formal letter writing during Language. Today students learned the format of a formal letter, as well as, the different components needed to write an opinion-based letter. Afterwards, for Gym, students got into their groups to work on their dance project. Today was the Monster Club tie-dye event! Students spent the rest of the afternoon outside, hanging out with friends and making some really cool tie-dye designs on their white Monster Club shirts! Homework: Math: "MART" activity is due Friday. Language: Movie Poster and Reflection Questions are now due. Science: Ergonomic Advertisement is now due. Geography: Farm Conceptualizing is now due. Art: Practice your Dan...
It was a busy Monday! Today in Math we started a financial literacy unit on 'Consumer Awareness', particularly with savings accounts and interest rates. We started our unit by creating a plan for ways to make money as a Grade 7 student and how to save our money. Tomorrow, we will be comparing different types of savings accounts and interest rates. As a class, we decided we wanted to choose a savings account with a high-interest rate. We wonder which bank offers this! Students continued in Language by adding the final touches to our movie posters. Students then spent the rest of the period working on their reflection questions about their movie poster. For Art, students continued to demonstrate different oil pastel techniques with their Tulip picture. After our lunch break, students spent the next two periods working on their Farm Conceptualization for Geography and their Ergonomic advertisement poster for Science. Homework: Language: Movie Poster and Reflection Questions are du...
It was a great end to the week! This morning, we worked on our transformations art component for the Geometric "MART" summative task. Students worked on taking their images and transforming them using translation, reflection and rotation. We continued working on creating their Movie Poster based on a novel of their choice that has yet to be made into a movie. We played some 3:3 Ringette games for Gym, focusing on their passing and receiving skills. We continued to work on our Ergonomics assignment for Science. Students are now putting together an advertisement poster, showcasing their new product. We ended the day with Geography, where students are adding some finishing touches to their Farm Planning Project. Homework: Language: Movie Poster and Reflection Questions are due Tuesday. Science: Ergonomic Advertisement due Monday. Geography: Farm Conceptualizing due Monday. Art: Practice their Dance! Videos are Due on June 15th.
It was great getting outside today! This morning we continued our Geometric "MART" summative task. Students created their own cartesian plane and image they will use for this activity and plotted the points of the original image. Next, we began doing various transformations (translation, reflection, rotation). Students should be finishing up their transformations and being their art tomorrow. For Langauge, students continued their Movie Poster assignment. Their movie poster and reflection questions are due Tuesday, June 13th. Today, students started a new art assignment which was creating an oil pastel drawing of a tulip from a picture they took when we went to the Tulip Festival. This afternoon students continued working on their Farm Planning Project and their advertisement for an ergonomic design they created using an already existing item that they find uncomfortable (i.e. desk, chair, game controller, etc.). Both of these assignments are due Monday, June 12th. Homework: ...
It was another day when we were stuck indoors due to poor air quality outside. But, that's ok. It didn't dampen our spirits or productivity! This morning we continued our Geometric "MART" summative task. Students created their own cartesian plane and image they will use for this activity and plotted the points of the original image. Next, we began doing various transformations (translation, reflection, rotation). For Language, students began their Movie Poster Assignment. They are required to choose a book they like that has not already been made into a movie and create a movie poster for it. For Gym/Health, we had one Health presentation done from their Exploring Substances Project and then we went to the gym to learn more Ringette skills. Today, students practiced tricks on how to steal the ring, proper spacing and cutting for strategic gameplay, and then we applied these skills in a mini-game. To end the class we did a shoot-out! This afternoon students continued w...
Due to the poor air quality outside, we were unfortunately stuck indoors all day. But, that didn't stop us from learning! We began the day by switching things up and having students work on their Farm Planning Project this morning. Students will get this week to plan their farm. For Language, students began the Movie Poster assignment. They are required to choose their favourite book, that has not been already made into a movie, and create a movie poster for it. We then transitioned into Art, where students worked in their dancing groups to practice their Pop Culture Dance! This afternoon we did Math and introduced the Geometric "MART" summative task. Students created their own Cartesian plane and image they will use for this activity. Today they had to plot the points of the original image and tomorrow, we are beginning to transform the image. We ended the day with Science. Students started planning their advertisement for an ergonomic design they created, based on an a...
It was a great start to the week! Today was our last day investigating different transformations on a cartesian plane before we begin our "MARTH" (Math & Art) summative task tomorrow. Students have math homework tonight to prepare them for this new project. Please check the homework below. In Language, we compared various book covers and movie posters of The Giver . The student's task today was to answer the comparison questions of the book and movie covers that they liked the best. This is due tomorrow. The gym was closed due to the vaccination clinic, so some student groups presented their Health Projects on "Exploring Substances". We learned about the various life implications of using LSD, PCP, and Heroin. This afternoon, students worked with a partner to answer questions from the documentary "The Biggest Little Farm" we watched on Friday. These questions are due tomorrow. We went for a quick body break and afterwards, students were introduced...
It was another hot day while learning! Yesterday, during Math, students worked in pairs to complete their translation transformation activity. After, we began exploring reflections on a cartesian plane. We learned about the line of reflection, hope to flip shapes, as well as, how to plot the new coordinates. Today, students worked on various reflection activity questions. After examining how the characters and setting were different between the novel and the movie The Giver, we now looked at the differences in the plot. Students spent the period answering reflection questions. We continued with our unit on ringette. Students participated in various ringette drills, which focussed on their passing and receiving skills and basic defence fundamentals. We then played some quick 2 on 2 games. We looked at our second structural failure case study in Science. Today we examine the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, also known as the "Galloping Gertie" Bridge. Students were then i...