March
18
March
18
Ray Bradbury Theatre – The Veldt
Today we studied a classic short story by Ray Bradbury called “The Veldt” which begs to question the impact of technology on people’s lives, and more importantly, where does imagination end and reality begin? Click the links below to read the original published story, get the assignment, and watch the television presentation of “The Veldt”
click the link below to get a copy of the story
15.03.16 bradbury_veldt – short story
click the link below
March
9
Quick Write – March 09
March
9
Math for March 9
This week the Grade 7’s are working on outliers of data and how they effect averages whilst the grade 8’s are looking at probability of independent events.
Grade 7’s
You are completing assignment 7.3 – all questions
20.03.09 grade 7 – the effects of outliers on an average – 7.3
Grade 8’s
You are completing assignment 7.4 – 4 – 14
20.03.09 grade 8 – solving problems involving independent events – 7.4
Note: Grade 8’s may find it helpful to review the previous lessons on probability.
March
6
Looks Aren’t Everthing
Today we talked about how looks are not as important as some may think. We discussed using the questions in the prezi below. Students are asked to used these questions to create a personal reflection on the Ted Talk above. Written reflections are to be handed in to Mr. Ewert upon completion.
https://prezi.com/eozuue8iff1t/discussion-questions-about-cameron-russell-s-ted-talk/
20.03.07
March
5
Updating Your Online Content
Here are links to all your online content that you are to ensure is kept up-to-date. These links are also available in the Language Arts section of your edsby page.
Edsby
Online Reading Logs
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/171PToEVvYIddJhEg5Ias0GYh030kZJerz8ZNoQ5UIHk/edit?usp=sharing
Online Writer’s Workshop
March
2
Math – March 2 – Graphs, mean, mode, and more
This week we are looking at graphing data and analyzing it using mode, mean, median, and range. Click the links below for the assignments.
Grade 7 are doing assignment 7.1 and 7.2. For 7.1 they are to do #’s 2-7 and for 7.2 #’s 1-3 and 5-7.
19.03.11 grade 7 – mean mode median range – 7.1 7.2-1ujbv0v
Grade 8 are doing assignment 7.1 and are to do #’s 3-12.
19.03.11 grade 8 – choosing an appropriate graph – 7.1-1dlro1n
Check out the videos below to help you with this concept.
Grade 7 Lesson (A+)