Genius Hour Presentations SUCCESS CRITERIA

In your presentation, you should:

 -State your big question

·                  -Show us “what you did”

·                 -Talk about your “Journey”

    (challenges, haha moments, successes, key learning)

·                 - Explain connections you made with experts/resources

·                 -State your overall conclusions

This should be around 3-5 minutes in length

Presentation Skills (Oral Communication)

-Eye Contact with audience, avoid just reading notes

-Speak loudly, clearly, and confidently

-Know your material well

-Engage the audience?

(How will you hook them? Can you involve them somehow?)

*Be Creative and Push yourself to think outside the box

Presentations begin on Thursday, May 12

Weekly Blogpost Part 2

 "5 Things in 5 Days"- Part 2

Learning Goal:  To create a visual presentation of your "5 Things in 5 Days" experience (This may include pictures, videos etc.)

Success Criteria:

• Explain why you chose your tasks 
• Reflect on the tasks and the experience
• Organized in a logical manner
• Original ideas
• Evidence of critical thinking
• Between 2-4 minutes

There is a written, oral and media component to this assignment

DUE:  Tuesday, May. 10

To do list.....

• Genius Hour work  (Begin putting together your final presentation)- Ongoing
• Review Math Percent work completed in class
• Complete any unfinished work that was due today

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Final Lit Circle Meeting- tomorrow
• Lit Circle Document ready to be handed in by Friday
• Math Handout #1-4 (Collecting tomorrow)
• Weekly Blogpost Part 1- due tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

Shadow Puppet Monologue

 Backstory- Include details not in play

Learning Partner Survey

To do list.....

• Math Quiz- Monday
• Genius Hour- Monday
• Lit Circle #5- Thursday
• Weekly Blogpost Part 1- due Thursday

On Tuesday, we will be working on writing our Scrips and Monologues for the Art in Residence Program. 

Have a good night

BK

Genius Hour Survey- Apple Watch

To do list....

• Lit Circle- Friday
• Weekly Blogpost Part 1- Thursday

Have a good night

BK

Weekly Blogpost- "5 Things in 5 Days"

Grade 7 Weekly Blogpost

1.  Read  365 things in 365 days blog (Notice the descriptions/photos) This is something you can read during Independent reading. 
2.  Choose your favourite five ideas and explain why you chose them (5 paragraphs)
3.  Think of "5 Things in 5 Days" that you personally would like to accomplish and record them on your document.  (YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THEM FOR PART 2)

*THIS WILL LEAD TO AN UPCOMING ORAL/MEDIA LITERACY PROJECT!!! :)

*Try and avoid choosing a new food (Be original)

MR. K'S TOP 10 IDEAS FROM LAST YEAR

• Raise money for Grace Bowen

•  Learn to check the oil of a car

•  Facetime Grandma in Ireland

• Pump the gas into a car

• Learn the Roman numeral symbols

• Learn 30 digits of Pi

• Message in a bottle (with a return email address)

• Do a chore (Clean the toilets)

• Watch the sunrise

• Research my Family Tree

To do list...

• Lit Circle #4- due Friday
• Rate Checkpoint- Thursday

Have a good night

BK

GENIUS HOUR EVALUATION & IMPORTANT DATES

Class presentations will take place on:  Thursday, May 12 & Friday, May 13

School Presentation Date: Tuesday, May. 17

Persuasive Writing Evaluation- Starting tomorrow (April 19)

What is the best social media platform? (Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter)

                                               or

Why is apple/samsung/android the best mobile technology company?

                                                 or

    _________ video game console is the best.

1.  Complete planning sheet from the following link

Digital Persuasive Map


2.  Using your planning sheet, write your persuasive essay on Google Drive

CLIMATE ACTION GOAL

Tell this story?

Art in Residence Program Groups

Good Health and Well-Being

Kate
Millie
Chris
Taylor
Jenny


Quality Education

Holly
Shanice
Matteo
Abby
Amirali


No Poverty

Emma
JF
Bill
Susie


Zero Hunger

TB
Tyson
Eluxni
James
Carly


Life Below Water

Liam
Brynne
Sarah
Cameron
Melind


Life on Land 

Hayden
Emily
Jacob
Kaleb
JP

Dance Evaluation- Grade 7

DANCE

Grade 7/8 Dance Reflection

Guiding Questions

Did you like the dance? Why

Was the dance effective? Why?

What is the message of the dance?  How do you know?

How does the body movements used represent the emotion of the dance?

What are the techniques used? (Levels, Lifts, Sudden/Sustained, repeated movements)

How do the repeated movements change/effect the dance?

How did the techniques used relate to the music?

Other ideas... Use of space, props etc....

To do list...

• Lit Circle- Monday
• Sportswear- Orders are due tomorrow
• Sibbald Point permission form- ASAP

Have a good night

BK

Comparing Math Rates

Persuasive Map Practise

• Students should be able to chew gum at school

• Students should be able to sit where they want in school

• Society is too dependent on technology

• Should Girls be allowed to play on Boy's sports teams?

• Should handwriting be taught in school

Unit Rates

Give an example of when you might use a unit rate to compare two rates.

If one person drove 100 km in 50 minutes and another person drove 90 km in 40 minutes.  I might use kilometres per minute to decide who was going faster.

FINDING RATES- mini assignment

Use a store flyer,  Grocery Flyer app (REEBEE), or the internet to find 10 prices that are written as rates.  For example, you might find 2 for $1.35, or 1 L for $1.99.  Convert each price into several other unit rates.  Which rates are more useful to write as unit rates?  Which rates are not useful as unit rates?


For example:


I found a 8.87 L container of liquid laundry detergent that cost $11.94 and does 200 loads.  There are a few different unit rates I could calculate.


1 L costs $1.35

0.74 L costs $1

1 load costs $0.06.

GENIUS HOUR

To do list...

• Lit Circle #3- Friday
• Dance presentations- tomorrow

Have a good night

BK

ART IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM

UN Sustainable Goals

To do list...

• Ratio Math Quiz- tomorrow
• Lit Circle #2- tomorrow
• Signed permission forms- ASAP

Have a good night

BK

To do list....

• Finish "Weekly Blogpost" Presentations- Monday
• Lit Circle #2- Monday
• Genius Hour Materials- Monday
• Ratio Quiz- Tuesday
• Please return signed Math Test, Art in Residence permission form
• Please bring in empty cereal box, coat hanger (We have extra hangers, thanks MR)
• Highview Clothing deadline extended to Friday, April 18

Have a good weekend

Enjoy the Masters

BK

Grade 7 Rate Activities

Typing Test

Math Facts

RATIO QUIZ- TUESDAY

We will have a RATIO QUIZ on Tuesday (1 period Evaluation)

Have a good night

BK

To do list...

• Math Textbook Pg. 73 #1-4
• Lit Circle- Monday
• "I wonder" presentations continue- tomorrow
• French quiz- Monday
• Arts in Residence permission form signed
• Math Checkpoint signed
• Math Test Signed

Have a good night

BK

Peer Evaluation

4 corner Debate

Because many kids need more sleep, school should start two hours later than it does now. 

TO DO LIST...

• Second Lit Circle Meeting- Friday
• "I Wonder" oral presentation- Thursday
• Math Handout- #2, #4, #7, as well as understanding proportion relationships
• Math Test signed- tomorrow
• Artist in Residence permission form signed- ASAP

Have a good night

BK

Art in Residence Program

Links about Diana Tso, our Artist in Residence:

http://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/en/storytellers-directory/Diana-Tso.html

http://redsnowcollective.ca/wordpress/

http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/playwright/diana-tso


Students need to get "Consent for Recording" form signed; and bring a wire coat hanger and cereal box by April 15th.

To do list....

• Math Handout- #1, 3, 4
• Lit Circle Written work- Ready for tomorrow
• Math Test signed- ASAP
• Weekly Blogpost "I Wonder"- Thursday (Short oral presentation, Written work in the background on whatever platform you choose)

Have a good night

BK

Comparing Ratios

At the outdoor centre, there were the same number of boys and girls.  Five out of every 8 boys wanted to kayak.  Two out of every 3 girls wanted to kayak.  Do more boys than girls want to kayak?

Explain