Mr. Kaufman's Blog: January 2016

Friday, January 29, 2016

To do list...

Wellness Mindmap- due Tuesday

Have a good weekend

Thursday, January 28, 2016

To do list...

Math Test- tomorrow (Focus on communicating Similar.Congruent figures)
DIFD "Purple Hearts" Reflection- due tomorrow
Wellness Mindmap- due Tuesday

Have a good night

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

WELLNESS MINDMAP

Over the past 3 weeks, we have looked at several areas of Healthy Living. We have examined topics including:

Nutrition

Exercise

Hydration

Sleep

Healthy Relationships

Your own idea (Approved by teacher)

Choose 1 of the major topics and create a hardcopy or digital Mindmap of your topic.

Success Criteria

Provide an overview about your topic
expand on your ideas
Show ideas other people may not have thought of
Demonstrate thinking in a variety of ways (Pictures, Quotes, Words etc...)
Make no errors in SPG (Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar)
Organize my ideas logically (Subheadings)
Answered why your topic is important to a person's wellbeing?
Minimum of 3 sources
Applied topic to your own life (Goals, Proud of, Areas to improve)

To do list...

Mini Math Test- Friday (Congruency/Similar, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Attributes of Polygons)
Congruent/Similar Real Life Figures- due by the end of the Math period)
DIFD Purple Hearts Reflection- due Friday
Wellness Mindmap- due Tuesday (Will be modelled tomorrow in class)

Have a good night

Learning Skills- Self Assessment

Monday, January 25, 2016

Today I was blown away with your SPOKEN WORD presentations. You all rose to the occasion and produced some of the best writing/deliveries I've seen in my career. When we started this SPOKEN WORD journey together, I hoped we would get to this level..... Well done :)

Mr. K

Congratulations to the following students who will represent our class in Friday's School Spoken Word competition:

Jacob

Shanice

Millie

Tell this story....

To do list...

Mini Math Test- Friday (Congruent, Similar, Constructing Triangles & Quadrilaterals)

AMAZING SPOKEN WORD PRESENTATIONS TODAY! (Stay tuned for the results)

Have a good night

SPOKEN WORD VOTING

Friday, January 22, 2016

Spoken Word Order & Evaluation Rubric

Thursday, January 21, 2016

To do list...

SPOKEN WORD POEM (Needs to be on cue cards for practise sessions)- tomorrow
Health Presentations- Practise for tomorrow's presentation

SPOKEN WORD CLASS PRESENTATION- Monday

Have a good night

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

To do list

Spoken Word class performance- Monday
Health presentation- Friday
Similar Figures handout- tomorrow

Math Assignment- Congruent.Similar Figures

Grade 7- Mathematical Constructions

Learning Goal: To demonstrate your knowledge of Similar and Congruent figures

Choose 2 real life object (one similar one congruent) and construct it out of construction paper (Sail on sailboat (Similar), free throw key (Congruent). You must show all math calculations on the back of the figure. Try and choose a figure that is either a square, rectangle or square. Your dimensions don't have to be to scale of the real life object.

Success Criteria:

You understand the basic concepts of Similar.Congruent figures
You clearly showed your thinking when solving a problem

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

To do list....

Spoken Word Oral- if you didn't present today
Health Presentation- Friday

Have a good weekend

Peer Evaluation

Monday, January 18, 2016

To do list...

Weekly Blogpost- due tomorrow (Digital or Hard Copy)
Nutrition Matters presentation- Thursday & Friday (Time in class to complete this)
Spoken Word- Tuesday or Wednesday
Spoken Word Class Presentations- Monday
Congruent Math Handout- due tomorrow (Focus on proper communication)

Have a good night

Friday, January 15, 2016

ACTIVE LIVING

Learning Goal: Create a Google Presentation summarizing your Nutrition matters topic to your peers.

Success Criteria:

Present important information to your peers
Provide visuals (images, charts, graphs, quotes....)
Logically organized, divided into subheadings
Minimum of 3 academic sources
NO errors in SPG
Oral presentation skills (knowledge of material, eye contact, fluency, volume, etc.)

Thursday, January 14, 2016

SPOKEN WORD EVALUATION

TO DO LIST...

Monday, Jan. 14- Math Map due (Focus on accurate construction and appropriate labels)

Tuesday, Jan. 15- Weekly Blogpost Good Copy due- (YOU'VE HAD 2 Weeks to complete it)

Tuesday & Wednesday- Jan. 15 & 16- ORAL SPOKEN WORD PRESENTATIONS (EITHER WEAR SUNSCREEN or LIFE MANIFESTO)

Thursday- Jan. 21- Mini Google Nutrition Matters Presentation

*REVISING/EDITING/PREPARING ROUGH SPOKEN WORD DOCUMENTS ALL WEEK

Monday, Jan. 25- SPOKEN WORD CLASS PRESENTATIONS (SEE RUBRIC ON BLOG)

Have a good weekend

BK

HOW MUCH CANADIAN?

How much Canadian money would the 1.5 billion US Powerball winner take home?

30% Income Tax

8.82% State Tax (NEW YORK)

Exchange Rate: 1 Canadian Dollar = 0.70 US dollars

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

To do list...

Math Map- Good copy due Monday

Have a good night

15 Healthy Snacks

15 Healthy Snacks you should have at home...

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

To do list...

Math Mind Map Sketch Plan- due tomorrow
Weekly Blogpost (Hard copy)- due Tuesday, Jan. 19

Have a good night

SPOKEN WORD- ORAL SUCCESS CRITERIA

SUCCESS CRITERIA:

Appropriate Expression
Fluency
Powerful Voice
Emotional appeal
We can see/hear your passion about the topic
Appropriate Hand gestures
NOT ROBOTIC

SPOKEN WORD TOPIC

Monday, January 11, 2016

Learning Partner Survey

To do list...

Complete Learning Partner Survey- tomorrow
Come to school with a spoken word topic- tomorrow
Complete Math handout (Constructing Figures)- tomorrow
Weekly Blogpost- due Tuesday, Jan. 19

Have a good night

Peel Schools, Teaching kids Healthy Living

TEACHING KIDS......

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Is Organic Better?

ORGANIC FOODS

HEALTH MYTHS DEBUNKED

Friday, January 8, 2016

To do list....

Weekly Blogpost due Tuesday, Jan. 19
SPOKEN WORD TOPIC- Tuesday

Have a good weekend

SPOKEN WORD TIMELINES

Week of Monday, Jan. 11-15- Writing your own Spoken Word (EVERYONE)

Week of Monday Jan. 18- 22- Choose your favourite writing piece, revise/ editing

Monday, January 25 & Tuesday, Jan. 26- Class performance

Morning of Friday, Jan. 29- Highview Poetry Slam Competition (Each Grade 7 & 8 class, will send 3 representatives)

Wellness- The Importance of Sleep

SLEEP

Thursday, January 7, 2016

To do list.....

Blogpost Part 1- due Tomorrow (Mindomo or Hard Copy)
Math Handout - due Tomorrow (Classifying Triangles)
Independent Reading Book- Daily
Protractor.Compass.Ruler- Tomorrow (Constructing Figures)

Have a good night

STAYING HYDRATED

STAYING HYDRATED- STAYING HEALTHY

HYDRATION

Drinking enough water to stay properly hydrated is something that we often forget to do. Aside from quenching our thirst, consuming enough water can help improve digestion and kidney function, prevent fatigue and headaches, increase brain function and heart health, and even protect our joints and cartilage. Throughout this week, let’s each try to drink 1L of water per day to make sure we are all staying properly hydrated.