Extreme Christmas Nutstacker

Lollipop

Merry Fishmas

Holiday Hustle

To do...December 19

1. Grade 7 Math - Congruent Triangles
2. Literacy - Memoir (final revisions due by Wednesday)
3. Gr. 7 History - project should be in "good" shape

Bring $2 for Friday - Movie & Popcorn (support the Grade 8 fundraiser)

Face the Gingerbread Man

Grade 8 Memory Book

Fill out this form if you would like to help with the Memory Book:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKF59TMl8ZCsSfSNdE4wZJe8eH4YxEShF_9ZA1q9T6VzJqWA/viewform

More Spoken Word

Spoken Word - Quickwrite

Spoken Word - Quickwrite: Emotions

Poem: "Fear," by Raymond Carver from All of Us (Vintage).

Fear

Fear of seeing a police car pull into the drive.
Fear of falling asleep at night.
Fear of not falling asleep.
Fear of the past rising up.
Fear of the present taking flight.
Fear of the telephone that rings in the dead of night.
Fear of electrical storms.
Fear of the cleaning woman who has a spot on her cheek!
Fear of dogs I've been told won't bite.
Fear of anxiety!
Fear of having to identify the body of a dead friend.
Fear of running out of money.
Fear of having too much, though people will not believe this.
Fear of psychological profiles.
Fear of being late and fear of arriving before anyone else.
Fear of my children's handwriting on envelopes.
Fear they'll die before I do, and I'll feel guilty.
Fear of having to live with my mother in her old age, and mine.
Fear of confusion.
Fear this day will end on an unhappy note.
Fear of waking up to find you gone.
Fear of not loving and fear of not loving enough.
Fear that what I love will prove lethal to those I love.
Fear of death.
Fear of living too long.
Fear of death.

I've said that.

Spoken Word Examples

Take a Knee

Pythagorean Theorem - Grade 8

Pythagoras Theorem

Visual of Pythagorean Theorem

To do list...

• Grade 8 Math Test- Tuesday
• Grade 7 Math Quiz- Tuesday
• Math Mindmap- due Monday
• Revised Memoir: Ready for teacher feedback- Friday
• History Diaries- Friday

WEEKLY BLOG POST

30-50 THINGS YOU LIKE

Learning Goal: To create a digital or paper representation of "30-50 Things You Like"

You can use any app/program you want as long as the finished project is one snapshot!! PAPER may be the best option for this task

Example: Pic Collage (Limits you to 30)











Compare the digital and paper versions? What are the advantages/disadvantages of each ?

SUCCESS CRITERIA:

• APPROPRIATE USE OF FONT/SIZE/COLOUR 
• APPROPRIATE USE OF SPACE 
• ORIGINAL IDEAS 

To do...December 11

1. Gr. 7 Math - rough draft of Geometry mind map
2. Gr. 8 Math - #16-18
3. Gr. 8 Checkpoint - Wednesday
4. Gr. 8 History - Confederation Diaries due Friday
5. Gr. 8 Science Test
6. Gr. 7 History - come to class with topic for research project

Quadrilaterials - example

To do...Dec. 8

1. Gr. 7 Math - Checkpoint redo (if your mark is below Level 3 you must complete the checkpoint for homework and resubmit it on Monday) also circled questions on worksheet
2. Gr. 8 Math - worksheet 9.6 #3 and 4h (full proofs)
3. Gr. 8 History - diary entries will be due by next Friday (we will discuss on Monday, but there will not be class time)

PSA Filmfest

Grade 7 Problem

To do...Dec. 6

1. Math Checkpoints tomorrow
1. Gr. 7 - constructing figures
2. Gr. 8 - opposite, complementary, supplementary angles
2. Gr. 8 History - Day 2 of Conference tomorrow (work on Day 1 diary)
1. Diaries will be due next week
3. Literacy - choosing a topic for your written memoir
4. Final PSA shared with Mr. Congram by end of Thursday

To do...December 5

1. Gr. 7 Math - finish "Constructing Figures"
2. Gr. 7 History - Causes of the Seven Years War
3. Gr. 7 Science Test - Friday
4. Gr. 8 Math - #18 (front) and #23, 5, 6 (back) [Checkpoint]
5. "Best Story Ever" - rest of presentations tomorrow
6. Grade 8 Confederation Conference tomorrow - Period 1

The Hour of Code

Hour of Code Activities

To do...Dec. 4

1. Gr. 7 Math - Constructing figures #2,3
2. Gr. 8 Math - #17 on worksheet with full proofs
3. Bring non-perishable for volleyball game
4. Gr. 8s - Quiz tomorrow on "how Confederation was achieved"

Estimating Angles

Alien Angles

Banana Hunt

Upcoming Week...

This Friday: PSAs due to Mr. Kaufman & Mr. Congram

Next week:

Monday: "Best Story Ever" presentations begin

Tuesday: Staff vs. Students Volleyball Game (admission non-perishable food item)

Wednesday: History Mock Confederation 

Thursday: History Mock Confederation 

Friday: PSA Film Fest

***Crazy Hair/Socks/Hat Day

To do...November 28

1. Math Tests on Thursday
2. PSAs need to be shared with Mr. Kaufman and Mr. Congram by Friday
3. Gr. 7 History - Question on Acadian Expulsion due by Friday
4. Gr. 8 History - preparing for Confederation simulation
5. Weekly Blogpost due tomorrow

Grade 7 - Tuesday Math Problem

A tennis court is 23.8 m by 11 m. A tennis club has 3 courts side by side in a fenced area. The courts have 3 m between them and 3 m around the outside. YOU MUST DRAW A DIAGRAM.

a) What is the total area of the 3 tennis courts?
b) What are the dimensions of the fenced space?
c) What is the area of the fenced space?

To do...November 27

1. Checkpoints tomorrow for both Grade 7 and 8
2. Grade 7 - metric conversions worksheets
3. Grade 8 - Practice - circled questions (unless I said otherwise)
4. "Best Story Ever" first draft

Looking ahead

Math Checkpoint on Tuesday 

Grade 7

• metric conversions
• area and perimeter of a trapezoid

Grade 8

• area of a circle

Both Grade 7 and 8 have Unit Tests on Thursday, November 30

Reminders:

• Weekly Blog Posts due Wednesday
• "Best Story Every" first draft ready for Tuesday

To do...November 23

1. Gr. 7 Math - p. 175 #6 b, c, 7, 8, 10a
2. Gr. 8 Math - worksheet #14, 15, 18
3. Writing - first draft of "Best Story Ever" due Tuesday
4. "16 Things I Wish I Could Do" Blog Post due Wednesday, November 29

Grade 8 Memory Book Survey

Grade 8 Memory Book Survey

To do...November 22

1. Gr. 7 Math - text p. 165 #9, 13, 14, 15
2. Gr. 8 Math - worksheet #2, 4, 13
3. Health - PSAs (be prepared to finish filming tomorrow)

Parent/Teacher interviews begin tomorrow evening and Friday morning. If you have not received confirmation, please contact me timothy.congram@yrdsb.ca and we can schedule a meeting.

To do...November 21

1. Math tests were returned last week (sign and return)
2. Parent-teacher interviews are Thursday night and Friday morning (please let me know when you can meet)
3. Grade 7 - "Wading Pool" question
4. Grade 8 - Estimate the AREA of the circle
5. "A Monster Calls" Sketchnote - needs to be completed on your time

15 Things I Wish I Could Do, But Can't...YET!

1. Make a hula hoop work:

Using a hula hoop is not a terribly important skill. No one wins an Olympic medal for it. Is rhythmic gymnastics still in the Olympics? The hula hoop always seemed like a very simple skill, at least it looks simple when a seven year old girl grabs a hula hoop and starts it spinning! Apparently, my hips don't work, because when I grab the hula hoop it falls to the ground as quickly as gravity will take it. As Bob Dylan sings, "It sinks like a stone..."

    2.   Proper cartwheel

A cartwheel falls into the same category as the hula hoop. Physical skills that appear simple to me, but when attempted are actually superhero-like tasks. My window of opportunity for this one may be closing, as I get older and slower. Every once in a while, when no one is looking, I give it a shot.

   

  3.  Play the guitar

I love music! I especially love great guitar players, like Neil Young or Eric Clapton (look them up). When I was a teenager working at summer camps, it was always the guys with guitars, playing "Wild World" by Cat Stevens, who attracted the crowds, especially the girls. My advice to you: if your parents offer you music lessons, go for it!

1. Hit a 300 yard drive down the middle of the fairway
2. Draw
3. Stop properly on skate
4. Dance without being self conscious
5. Really speak a second language
6. Drive a manual transmission car
7. Really like gardening
8. Slam dunk like Michael Jordan
9. Solve the Rubik's cube

Weekly Blogpost

Sixteen Things I Wish I Could Do…

Learning Goal:

• Identify sixteen things you wish you could do
• Choose five off of your list and explain why they are important to you

Success Criteria:

Writing:

• Use of descriptive language/words
• Interesting/Engaging/Variety of ideas
• Supporting details
• SPG

Media:

• Features of a digital text (images, audio, video, font, colour etc.)
• Interesting title
• Organized/Clean
• Hooks you in
• Your own voice; ‘Passion’

Due: Tuesday, November 28

Would you rather...

Math Problem - Perimeter

Area of square is 40 square centimetres. What is the perimeter of the figure?

To do...November 16

1. Gr. 7 Math - p. 159 #14-16
2. Gr. 8 Math - p. 159 #15-17, 20
3. Literacy - you will have class time to complete your PSA
4. Gr. 7 History - be prepared to answer the question about the Acadian Expulsion

Please return the Parent Interview Request form or email me ASAP. Interview will take place November 23 from 3 to 9 pm or Friday morning from 8:30 to 11:00. If neither date works, let me know and we can arrange another date.

Ottawa Trip - Please register soon

To do...November 14

1. Gr. 7 Math - textbook p. 154 #8, 11, 14, 15, 16
2. Gr. 8 Math worksheet 4.3 #1-3, 11, 12, 10
3. A Monster Calls - Sketchnote on Friday (come prepared)
4. "Best Story Ever" - come with an idea or two
5. Math test signed and returned by Thursday

Circles - PI

To do...November 9

1. Gr. 7 Math - p. 151 #1-5 (4b handed in tomorrow)
2. Gr. 8 Math - p. 151 #1-6 (5b handed in tomorrow)
3. History due tomorrow both Grades (see previous Monday's post)
4. Gr. 7 Science - poster due Monday
5. Gr. 8 Science - 5 questions and 2 microscope drawings

Tomorrow is our Remembrance Day Assembly (10:45 am) - please bring a donation for a poppy (min. $0.25)

Measurement Challenge

To do...November 6

1. Math Test tomorrow (both grades)
2. Grade 8 History - reasons to join or not join Confederation (for Friday)
3. Grade 7 History - Read p. 60-63 (Complete Google Form on Classroom)

Assessments returned today:

• A Monster Calls Sketchnote
• Math - TV download problem
• Reading Assessment - Zoo or The Pedestrian

Ask how they went!

A couple of notes:

• Our Ottawa trip has received official approval. The tour company has opened up the registration process on their website. All the information you need can be found in the package received at our information night or sent home today (November 6).

The deposit is due Wednesday, November 15th. The first deposit is for $318 (this includes the mandatory insurance).

• Tomorrow is the delivery of the Fresh from the Farm orders; pick up is between 3:15 and 8 pm

Math Review

Minds On:

6, 8, 12, 7, 6, 8, 12, ...

What is the 13th term?

What is the 403rd term?

How many squares do you need for the 12th term?

Find the nth term?

Writing Task

Symbolism - A Monster Calls

PSAs

What is a PSA?

What are features of a PSA?

To do...October 31

Grade 8s - we are visiting G. W. Williams Secondary School tomorrow. If you have not returned the permission form please bring it tomorrow!

Enjoy your night!

Pumpkin Time Bomb

Pumpkin Time Bomb [Act 1] - Updated from Jon Orr on Vimeo.

How many rubber bands will make the pumpkin explode?



Pumpkin Time Bomb [Act 3] from Jon Orr on Vimeo.

What measurements of the pumpkin changes how many rubber bands are used?

To do...October 30

1. Gr. 7 - p. 140 #5, 6, 7
2. Gr. 8 - p. 142 #3-5. 7
3. Gr. 7 History - Read p. 48-53 (complete questions on Google Classroom)
4. Gr. 8 History - Read p. 34- 37 (worksheet on either Irish or African American immigrants)

Halloween Hop tomorrow afternoon (costumes on at lunch)

• $3 admission charge or Pledge Form

Grade 8s - permission form signed and returned for trip to GW Williams S.S. on Wednesday. 

What do you notice? What do you know about the pattern?

To do...October 26

1. Math - worksheet (finding algebraic expressions)
2. Literacy Activities due Friday
3. Blog Post due tomorrow
4. History due Monday

Kettle Valley Trip tomorrow

• bring a litter-less lunch
• dress for the weather and to be active

Learning Skills

To do...Oct. 25

1. Blog Post due Friday
2. Math Checkpoint tomorrow - both grades
3. Math Homework - 4.1 & 4.2 Patterns
4. Science Test - Grade 8
5. Literacy Activities due Friday

To do...October 24

1. Gr. 7 Math - p. 277 #8, 9, 10 abc, 11
2. Gr. 8 Math - p. 132 #4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13
3. Checkpoint - Thursday
4. Blog Post due Friday
5. Sketchnote due tomorrow
6. Literacy Activities - completed for Friday (could be time in class)

Grade 8 Trip information tonight @ 7pm in the library

Math Problem

2,     5,    10, .........

a)  Draw the 4th term

b)  What is the Algebraic expression?

c)   What is the 60th term? 

To do...Oct. 23

1.  Gr. 7 History - complete worksheets: "Changing Relationships" & "Treaty of Portsmouth, 1793"
                           - be prepared to discuss: "The Treaty of Utrecht brought peace to North America"
2.  Gr. 8 History - complete dialogue about life in Canada East, 1850s


If have any questions about high school, fill in this form. They will answer them next week at Williams:

Williams Survey

To do...October 19

1. Signed Math Test & Long Walk to Water (last chance)
2. Math - worksheet 4.2
3. Blogpost - due Friday, Oct. 27

Monday - Photo Day

Tuesday - Ottawa Trip information night (7 pm in the library)

Friday - Intermediate Trip to Kettle Valley

Weekly Blog Post - due next Friday, Oct. 27

Learning Goal:  To creatively represent a favourite picture book, song, or poem’s Big idea & Theme on your blog.

Success Criteria:

• Clearly state the Theme (Author’s opinion)
• Provide text examples (Lyrics, pictures, words)
• Provide your own ideas
• Features of a digital text (images, audio, video, font, colour etc.)

*YOU WILL RECEIVE BOTH A WRITING/MEDIA MARK

To do...October 18

1. Math checkpoint tomorrow
2. 8.2 worksheet (both grades)
3. Math test and Long Walk signed by parents

Tomorrow is the Spirit Assembly! Wear your colour!!!

Minds On

Toothpick Problem

The rule to build a toothpick pattern is start with a square and add 3 toothpicks each time to make another square. Build the first 4 terms (or figures).

How many toothpicks do you need to build the 10th figure? 100th figure?

To do...Oct. 16

1. Weekly Blog Post - use feedback, make changes and hand in tomorrow
2. Math test and "A Long Walk to Water" assessment signed

Minds On

To do...Oct. 13

1. Weekly Blog Post due Monday
2. Write About Post completed and published
3. Gr. 7 History - Google Classroom assignment
4. Gr. 8 History - read p. 32/33 ("How does French Nationalism connect with language, religion and arts & culture?" Be prepared to share)

To do...Oct. 12

1. Weekly Blog Post due Monday
2. Gr. 8 History - worksheet on Reciprocity (p.24 textbook)
3. French Quiz - Monday 

Kettle Valley Trip available on School Cash Online

GRA - Slowchat Questions (week 2)

1.  So far, what do you like/don't like about the monster?

2.  When the monster calls again, why is Connor sarcastic and rude to him?

3.  Why does Connor think the Monster's first story is a terrible story and a cheat?

A Monster Calls

To do...Oct. 10

1. Math Test (tomorrow afternoon)
2. Literacy - A Monster Calls sketchnote complete to end of "Three Stories"
3. Science Test - Grade 7 tomorrow
4. Gr. 8 Science - p. 111-112 #2 and 5, one bold word
5. French Quiz is looming!

Weekly Blogpost - due Monday, October 16

Learning Goal: For this blogpost, you will bring a picture from home and then write a paragraph (s) describing the picture.  In your paragraph (s), you might write about the story behind the picture, what it makes you feel, or anything the picture brings to mind.  

Success Criteria:

• Thoughtful  Picture/Displayed on your blog
• Use of descriptive language/words
• Interesting/Engaging ideas
• Supporting details
• SPG

Here are a couple examples:

        This picture is of my father, Byron, at my sister’s wedding reception.  He casually sips a cup of his preferred beverage, black coffee.  My father is calm and relaxed on the day he hands his youngest daughter off to be married.  The man is unflappably levelheaded and cool; he’s not overcome with emotion by the significance of this day.  He’s a rock.  He’s my rock.  When I’ve behaved foolishly, when I’ve lost jobs, when I’ve been much less than I should have been, he’s reassured me with his calm demeanor.  When I’ve accomplished something noteworthy, when I’ve earned and maintained success, when I myself was married, I have been met with a simple, composed congratulatory smile.  He laughs often (he loves to joke), but I’ve never seen him cry, not once.  If I were to see him cry, I might crumble in panic.  He views the world through eyes that have seen it all:  good times, bad times, life, death, war, and peace.  The relaxed, impenetrable composure plainly written on his sixty-year-old face assures me that everything will work out somehow.

41 to 3, 52 to 7, 39 to 5—our losses were atrocious and humiliating.  They were terribly inept basketball players led by a dreadfully incompetent coach.  Somehow, I was roped into coaching the Blue Ridge Knights seventh grade girls basketball team.  “How difficult can this be?”  I reasoned.  We were undersized and uncoordinated. Passes errantly sailing out of bounds, balls dribbled off shoes, lay-up shots that inexplicably never even grazed the rim—we were a miserable sight. There were some games where I just wanted to cower under the scorers’ table and pretend this nightmare wasn’t happening.  But there was one thing we could do capably, foul! We were a scrappy bunch, scuffling for every loose ball, brawling for every rebound, clawing the ball out of the arms of baffled opponents.  I’ll never forget the sight of little Lauren Altman, all 4 ½ feet and 75 pounds of her, wrestling another team’s enormous, burly center to the ground.  She came out of the scuffle with a skinned knee, a bloody lip, a satisfied smile, and the ball.  That was my team!  We may have only won one game the entire season, but we fought like champions.

A Monster Calls - Slowchat

• Why does the monster tell Conor he WILL be afraid of him?  What is he going to do to Conor?
• Why does the monster want Conor?
• Do you think Connor is handling his mother's illness well? Why or why not?

Review - Challenge Questions

Tom has a collection of more than 24 coins. When he puts the coins in piles of 6, there are 3 coins remaining. When he puts the coins in piles of 8, there are 7 coins remaining. How many coins remain when he puts the coins in piles of 24?

The diagram shows a large rectangle composed of nine identical smaller rectangles. Both the length and breadth of each of these smaller rectangles are whole numbers of centimetres. Which of the following could be the area of the large rectangle?

a. 450 square centimetres
b. 1260 square centimetres
c. 1620 square centimetres




One less remainder A positive whole number less than 100 has remainder 2 when it is divided by 3, remainder 3 when it is divided by 4 and remainder 4 when it is divided by 5. What is its remainder when it is divided by 7?

A Monster Calls - Week 1 Reponse

Write About Login


At the end of the chapter “Three Stories,” the monster tells Conor, “You know that your truth, the one that you hide, Conor O’Malley, is the thing you are most afraid of” (page 36). In a clearly written paragraph, explain what you think the monster means by this and make a prediction about how his words will impact the story.

To do...Oct.5

1. Gr. 7 Math - worksheet (front) & p. 24 #7, 8, 12, 16 & 19
2. Gr. 8 Math - worksheet - problems
3. Gr. 8 History - p. 22-24 record Opportunities & Challenges for the Atlantic colonies
4. Gr. 7 History - p. 22 - 29 (not 26-27) and complete chart on Google Classroom about values
5. Gr. 8 Science - chapter 4.5 - #2,3 and 10 glossary words

To do...October 4

1. Checkpoint tomorrow - same question that we worked on in class
2. Gr. 8s Math - find two numbers with a GCF= 12 and LCM=240 (can prime factorization help?)
3. Math Test - next Wed. Oct. 11 (seek help if you need it)

Liam Neeson reads "A Monster Calls"

GRA - Monster Calls

Global Read Aloud

Today we begin reading A Monster Calls. We are participating in the Global Read Aloud, find more information here.


Check out the locations of some of the classrooms taking part.

To do...October 2

1. Math - find the connection between LCM and prime factorization (use 4,6 and 12, 18 as possible examples)
2. History "John A. MacDonald" overdue

To do...September 29

1. Math Homework - see image:



2. Checkpoint - Monday (prime/composite numbers; divisibility rules, prime factorization)
3. History - John A. MacDonald response should be handed in

Terry Fox Run postponed until Tuesday.

Thank you to all the families who came out to our "Meet the Teacher" Night and took part in our Grade 8 Trip/Graduation/Fundraising meeting. If you were unable to attend, your child should be bringing home a letter today in regards to the trip planning. Please return it by early next week. Once we know if there is enough support to move forward we will let you know.

Here are the links to the two trip options:

Niagara for 2 days / 1 night – approximately $400

http://www.brightsparktravel.ca/student-tours/niagara-falls-barrel-fun

Ottawa for 3 days / 2 nights - approximately $580

https://www.brightsparktravel.ca/student-tours/ottawa-ga-ti-neau-your-capital

Terry Fox - The Reason We Run

To do...Sept. 28

1. Gr. 7 Math - find the prime factorization for 24, 68, 132, 180, 250 and 365 (use each method at least once)
2. Gr. 8 Math - p. 10 #5, 7, 9, 12, 14
3. Presentations continue tomorrow
4. History - John A. MacDonald response

Terry Fox Run tomorrow - Bring a Toonie

To do...September 27

1. Math - divisibility rules worksheet (both grades)
2. Checkpoint - returned today; seek help if there are issues (does not need to be signed)
3. "Eye of the Beholder" - questions about theme and conflict
4. Weekly Blog Post - presentations begin tomorrow
5. Science - Gr. 7 - 4.4: 4 questions

A Long Walk to Water - author & Salva

Writing

Interesting IDEAS that readers like.

Prime and Composite Game

Prime and Composite Game

To do...September 23

1. Gr. 8 Math - p.6/7 #5, 6, 7 (provide proof), 11
2. Gr. 7  Math - worksheet
3. Checkpoint - Tuesday (factors & multiplies)
4. "Harrison Bergeron" - plot diagram
5. Weekly Blog Post due Wednesday
6. Gr. 7 Science - p. 109 #1-4
7. Gr. 8 Science - microscope diagrams
8. French Selfie Project

Have a nice weekend!

Factors and Multiplies Game

Looking Ahead to Next Week

Monday - PA Day (No school)

Thursday - Meet the Teacher (6:30 to 7:15 - Mr. Congram will be available in his classroom - Room 203)

7:15 - Grade 8 Trip, Graduation & Fundraising Meeting & Discussion (this will take place in Room 203)

 Friday - Terry Fox Run in the afternoon

To do...September 21

1. Gr. 7 Math - p. 13 #10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 20
2. Gr. 8 Math - worksheet and challenge problem
3. CHECKPOINT - Tuesday (factors & multiplies)
4. Read "Harrison Bergeron"
5. Gr. 7 Science - poster due Friday

Writing Diagnostic

Create a Google Doc and attach it to the Classroom Assignment and turn in when completed.

Respond to this prompt in any form.

What do you notice?

Grade 8 Weekly Blog Post

Grade 7 Weekly Blogpost

Learning Goal:

Your task is to create your own bucket list (5 things) and post it on your blog. Please describe why you chose each item and insert an image. 


Presentations begin on- TBD 


Mr. K's bucket list
1. Visit Fiji- My wife and I have always wanted to travel to the beautiful country of Fiji. This will be difficult to accomplish as it is located on the other side of the world. As well, if I go on my summer vacation, the seasons are flipped making it their winter. If I travel across the globe, it better be ninety degrees. I have a confession, technically I have been to Fiji. For a whopping 30 minutes, I was sitting on the runway at Nadi International airport while our plane refueled on route to Brisbane, Australia. Family vacations are on the backburner until my daughter is a little older. 






2. Play golf at St. Andrews- St. Andrews is often regarded as one of the oldest and most well-known courses worldwide. Many people refer to it as the "Home of Golf". I enjoy watching and playing golf. It is my dream to play at the "Old course" and walk across the Swilcan bridge which is located on the 18th hole fairway just like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and many other legends. Can you believe that on the seventeenth tee, you actually drive the ball over the edge of a hotel? Sounds dangerous!






3. Complete a Marathon- 42.195 Kilometers or 26 miles and 385 yards! To give you some perspective, the distance from our school to the Air Canada Center is about 50 Kilometers. I think it would be an amazing accomplishment to be able to run a Marathon. I'm not sure if the appeal of running a Marathon is it's one of the original Olympic events or that every year I'm curious to hear the winning time in the Boston Marathon. After I finish a 10 km run, all I think to myself is I have to run four times this distance to accomplish my goal. Small strides, but I know deep in my heart I can do it if I set my mind to it. 




4. Write a weekly sports column- A typical Sunday morning would involve me drinking my coffee and scrolling through numerous newspaper articles and blog posts. The topic always the same: SPORTS. I think it would be fascinating to have people excited to read my weekly sports column. I think I would call it "Brian's Take"..... I've already decided that I would write on a variety of sports including my favorites golf, soccer and hockey. Maybe one day instead of rambling my thoughts to anyone who will listen I will actually write them down. 






5. Watch the Manchester Derby at Old Trafford- The Manchester Derby is one of the most exciting sporting events of the year. My wife says I say this countless number of times throughout the year but I would love to take this game in live at Old Trafford. Basically, if you live in Manchester, half of the city likes Manchester City (Blue) and the other half of Manchester likes Manchester United (Red)... When these teams meet, it's team vs team, supporters vs supporters, which leads to great entertainment. I guess the closest rivalry to the Manchester Derby in North American sports would be the Montreal Canadians versus Toronto Maple Leafs or the Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees. 

To do...Sept. 19

1. "Follow the Water" - make your notes (link to the story)
2. Gr. 7 - p. 6//7 #3, 6, 8
3. Gr. 8 worksheet #1, 3 & back problems

Bring a water bottle for GYM class

To do...September 18

• Math Pascal Triangle handout- tomorrow
• Lunchtime sign out forms
• Volleyball clinic tomorrow (Boys)
• Toonie for Terry

Monday's Minds On

Book - Speed Dating

WIM - Day 5

WIM 3 Day 5 from YouCubed on Vimeo.

Learning Partners

To do...September 14

1. Complete questions from "Chris and Sandy"
2. ONE word blog post
3. French skit - Friday
4. Science - worksheet on the microscope (gr. 8)

ONE Word Blog Post

Learning Goal: present the ONE word you have chosen that will make a difference this year

Success Criteria:

• visually represent your word
• explain the meaning of the word (it might have more than one meaning)
• why did you choose the word?
• give at least one personal experience that illustrates why the word makes sense for you

Due date: TBD

WIM - Day 4

WIM 3 Day 4 from YouCubed on Vimeo.

WIM - Day 3

WIM 3 Day 3 from YouCubed on Vimeo.

To do...September 12

1. History - Map of Canada due tomorrow

• House Captain interviews will take place on Friday at lunch
• Boys Volleyball clinics Wednesday & Thursday @ lunch
• Cross Country tomorrow after school (must have signed permission form)
• Yesterday, the Healthy Schools fundraiser went home: