Class Updates

We have our Final exam dates - June 13-14th. More information will come but I wanted to share this with you as far in advance as I could.

This is our plan for the upcoming week:

Monday - Learning Activity part 2 (p152-154) *This will be collected on Wednesday

Tuesday - Review for Test (worksheet attached)

Wednesday - Angles Test

Thursday - Angles Test wrap-up

My suggestion for Test Review:

1. Make sure your Memory Aid is up to date with all 6 Angle Properties (+bisectors) we have discussed (can be found in the attached slides).

2. Complete the Learning Assignment on p152-154

3. Complete the worksheet on Teams to practice solving angles.

Good Evening,

This week, we are continuing our new unit of Angles and Triangles. Here is what that looks like:

Monday - Angle Properties (p145-147)

Tuesday - Drawing and Labelling Angles

Wednesday - Catch Up day (All angles pages up to p147 should be done)

Thursday - Parallel Lines and Tranversals Properties (p149-151)

Friday - Learning Activity part 1 (p152)

I have lunch remediation Wednesday this week.

Good Evening,

Last week we worked on the Situational Weather Assignment on Integers that will be due Wednesday March 30th. I will allow submissions up until Monday April 4th. This week, we are starting our new unit of Angles and Triangles. Here is what that looks like:

Monday - Angles Intro Terminology (review p137-138)

Tueday - Using a protractor (p139-140)

Wednesday - Angles Scavenger Hunt + Weather Situational Work Period

Thursday - Geometric Properties (p141-143)

Friday - Angles STOP and REVIEW

I have lunch remediation Friday this week.

Good Evening,

Last week we wrapped up integers and had our Integers Test. This week, we are taking a pause on new material and reviewing various concepts we have covered so far this year.

Monday - Fraction Operations Review

Tueday - Area and Perimeter Review

Wednesday - Percent and Decimal Review

Thursday - Word Problems

Some of the practice sheets for this can be found on Teams. While we are doing this, we will also be working on a Situational Weather Assignment on Integers that will be due Wednesday March 30th.

I have lunch remediation Monday and Thursday this week.

Good Evening

Last week we worked on Integer Operations, and specifically looking at Multiplication and Division. This is a tricky topic, so please make sure you are getting enough practice with it. This week we are wrapping up integers and will have our Integers Test on Thursday.

I have lunch remediation on Wednesday this week!

Good Morning

I hope everyone had a restful March Break. This week we are continuing on with Integer Operations, and specifically looking at Multiplication and Division. This is a tricky topic, so please make sure you are getting enough practice with it. We will be working on p125-130. I am away from Monday-Wednesday, so Remediation will only be available at lunch on Friday this week.

Marks for the Situational have been put up and the Balancing Finance Process marking is in the process of being complete.

This week, we have continued our new unit of Integers. Any students who are absent should read and practice p116-124. The Balancing Finances project needs to be submitted by the end of the week (tomorrow) unless I receive a note from parents.

For any students who are behind, stuck on a question, missing pieces of paper, please come in for remediation so that I can help catch you up.

Otherwise, have a great March break (take a mental break) and I will see you after the break!

This week, we have started our new unit of Integers. Any students who are absent should read and practice p116-124. The Balancing Finances project will be due on Friday February 18th. I will accept late projects with a 10% deduction up to Thursday February 24th (unless a parent note is provided).

For any students who are behind, stuck on a question, missing pieces of paper, please come in for remediation so that I can help catch you up. I am around for remediation at lunch on Friday this week!

Last week students prepared for and then wrote a Situational Assessment on Percent, Decimals and Fractions. Any students who didn't finish this will be finishing it this week.

Otherwise for this week, we are continuing on with Week 3 of the Balancing Finances Project. This is the final week and students are expected to be caught up with the various gaps left between each week of the project. The overall project will be due on Friday February 18th. I will accept late projects with a 10% deduction up to Thursday February 24th (unless a parent note is provided).

For any students who are behind, stuck on a question, missing pieces of paper, please come in for remediation so that I can help catch you up. I am around for remediation at lunch on Thursday this week!

Good morning,

Last week students worked on Week 2 of the Balancing Finance Project (we added a fun little extra component of "Friend/Date Night that can be found on Teams"). We also prepared for the Situational this week. It is very important that students practice and understand:

1. Converting between Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.

2. Finding the Percentage and Fraction of a Number

3. Percent applications (i.e. taxes, discounts)

We will be having a Situational on the concepts posted above on Thursday (Feb 3rd). Good practice pages for this are on p104-110. I have also passed out a Practice Situational in class today. We updated our Memory Aids yesterday; pictures of the new parts can be found on Teams.

I am around for remediation at lunch on Thursday this week!

Good day to all.

Last week students had a chance to catch up their Balancing Finances Project (Week 1) while we had a look at decimals. This week we are looking at percentages and their applications. It is very important that students practice and understand:

1. Converting between Fractions, Decimals and Percentages.

2. Finding the Percentage of a Number

3. Percent applications (i.e. taxes, discounts)

We will also complete the second week of Balancing Finances Project in the coming days.

We will be having a Situational on the concepts posted above on Thursday next week (Feb 3rd). Good practice pages for this are on p104-110.

I am around for remediation at lunch on Monday next week!

Happy New Year to all. Please note that I refrained from an update last week as I was posting daily updates on Teams for Virtual Learning.

Last week we completed the first week of our 3-Week project: Balancing Finances. Since this week is short, it is a chance for students to get caught up on any tasks from last week while we switch back to some course work in the workbook on Decimals. By the end of this week students should aim to have completed p90-92 and p104-105.

Please note that on Friday I will be collecting student Memory Aids and assessing them for completeness and clarity. I am around for remediation at lunch on Friday this week!

Last week students worked on BEDMAS and our Order of Operations, along with translating words and phrases into numbers and symbols.

This week, we are preparing for our Fractions Test on Thursday. We have finished all the fractions material and are practicing word problems today and tomorrow. We will finish off the week with a quick look at Averages. By the end of this week students should aim to have completed up to p72, as well as p80.

I am around for remediation at lunch on Thursday this week! There will be a Fractions Unit Test on Thursday December 16th.

We are into the home stretch before the Holidays!

Last week students worked on Fraction Division, then we put a pause on fractions to start on Exponents. We finished off the week with some in class "no-bake chocolate peanut squares".... which were hectic but worth it. Please note that there is a short follow-up assignment from this that I am collecting this week from students.

This week, we are looking at BEDMAS and our Order of Operations, along with translating words and phrases into numbers and symbols. By the end of this week students should aim to have completed up to p66.

I am around for remediation at lunch on Wednesday this week! There will be a Fractions Unit Test on Thursday December 16th.

December is here! Thanks to all parents who reached out during Parent Teacher night. I enjoyed discussing best ways to continue supporting your students.

Last week students worked more on Adding and Subtracting various fractions, while also starting to introduce Multiplication of Fractions. We finished off with a brief C4U, which should be returned to students tomorrow.

This week, we are looking at Fraction Division, starting to introduce exponents, and finishing the week of with a fun food creation project in class! By the end of this week students should aim to have completed up to p61.

I am around for remediation at lunch on Tuesday and Friday this week!

Good evening. I am looking forward to meeting parents at Parent-Teacher Night later this week. Here's what's on going on in class:

Last week students worked on adding and subtracting fractions, both Proper and Mixed. We completed the situational in class, and had a reassessment of the Pizza question from our Fractions Test.

This week, we are continuing on with our Fraction Operations by looking at Multiplication and Division which will lead us into Number Sense and Order of Operations. We will then finish the week off by looking at Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Fractions. By the end of this week students should aim to have completed up to p57. We will also be having a brief C4U on Addition/Subtraction of Mixed Fractions on Thursday.

I am around for remediation at lunch on Wednesday this week!

Greetings!

Last week students completed their fractions test and they were returned today. In general, many students struggled with this. I have explained to them that we will be reassessing the last long answer question later this week, but students need to practice this material in order to be successful.

Today we did a practice situational in preparation for tomorrow's actual Situational. We will then finish the week off by looking at Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Fractions. By the end of this week students should aim to have completed p53.

I am around for remediation at lunch on Friday this week!

Good afternoon,

Today students are writing Fractions 1 Test. For the next few days, we will be looking at Addition and Subtraction of Fractions. By the end of this week students should aim to have completed p50 and p51.

We are likely looking at a Situational Test sometime earlier next week, possibly Tuesday November 16th. We will be writing a practice situational in class on Monday next week.

Happy November! I hope everyone had a good Halloween, I know I saw many fun costumes in our halls on Friday.

We did end up slowing down a little bit last week and didn't make it as far as projected in the last post. We ended up discussing various types of numbers and Factors along with Greatest Common Factors. It is expected that students have completed up to p39 by this point.

This week we are looking at Lowest Common Multiples and Equivalent/Simplified Fractions. We will be having a C4U (Check for Understanding) mid-week and then do some review for our Fractions 1 Test on Tuesday November 9th. By the end of this week students should aim to have completed up to p47.

Good day to all.

Last week we worked on Comparing and Ordering various fractions, and trying to place them on a number line. It is expected that students have completed up to p35-36 by this point.

This coming week, we will be looking at Simplifying fractions and Finding Equivalent fractions. We will also be working on some Number Sense by reviewing Factors and various types of Numbers. We will likely be approaching p42 by the end of the week, but it may require a couple more days next week.

I hope everyone is having a good long weekend and students are able to take a mental break from school. It has been a busy month and half, and I am sure a this few days will be a welcome pause.

The prior week we completed our assessment of Area and Perimeter. Students who missed either the Test or the Situational will be asked to make this up this coming week on Wednesday.

During the past partial week (2 days), we kept going on fractions to help students reinforce the idea of Improper and Mixed Fractions. At some point this weekend, students should complete the last bit of homework that was assigned in class (p31-32). If you are getting stuck, I encourage you to read p30, or watch the videos made by our Grade 7 Math team on the Useful Links tab of this website.

This coming week, we will be looking at Comparing different fractions and Ordering fractions on a number line. It is suggested that students have completed up to p36 by the end of the week.

Happy October and I hope everyone had a good weekend.

Last week we had our unit test. This week, we will be completing our assessment of Area and Perimeter with a Situational on Tuesday (Oct 5th). Good review material for this would be the application questions on p21-24 of the workbook. *Note this test was postponed from last week to allow for extra revision.

After this we will continue into our new unit of Fractions on p26, likely finishing the week somewhere around p29.

Please make sure all students have the required Materials for the course by this point.

It's starting to cool down as we reach the end of September. That means it's assessment week in Math!

Last week we looked at Finding Base and Height from Area (p13-15), Complex Shapes (p16-17), and Word Problems (p18). Our assessment this week will include everything in the workbook up to and including those pages. I am around for extra help at lunch tomorrow (Sept 28th).

Our first unit test will be on Wednesday (Sept 29th) and our unit Situational will be Thursday (Sept 30th). The remaining days this week will be used for Review/Practice.
*Note that the test has been moved back a day from the previous post to allow for extra revision.

I hope everyone was able to enjoy their long weekend.

Last week we looked at area and perimeter for 6 different polygons (shapes): Rectangles, Squares, Parallelograms, Rhombus', Trapezoids and Triangles. We completed the workbook pages from 10-12. If you missed classes please ensure you review these pages.

For this upcoming week, we will be looking at Finding Base and Height from Area (p13-15), Complex Shapes (p16-17), and Word Problems (p18).

Our first unit test will be next Tuesday (Sept 28th) and our unit Situational will be Thursday (Sept 30th). The remaining days next week will be used for Review/Practice.

Happy Monday to all!

Last week we began our Area and Perimeter unit by getting used to some different shapes and vocabulary. We completed the workbook pages up to p9, if you missed classes please ensure you review these pages.

For this upcoming week, we will be looking more closely at Area and Perimeter calculations. If class is missed, please review p10-12. We will be having our second C4U (Check 4 Understanding) at the end of the week on Thursday.

I hope we are all slowly getting settled after our first week of school.

This week we will be finishing up our review of Measurement Conversions, Vocabulary, and Rounding (p2-6). We will then be moving into our first unit of Area and Perimeter by the end of the week.

Please note that I have now added the school calendar to our "Files" and deleted the Calendar tab to simplify the website. At this time, I am not able to provide our future class itineraries as the content will vary depending on our progress. For important dates and deadlines, please feel free to subscribe to the Remind system (instructions found on the homepage of this website).

Welcome to class. Please make sure you take some time to explore this site. Note that there will still be some additions to come (including a calendar).
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