Mrs. McQuaid Murphy

French immersions math and science

Posted: January 10, 2017

Homework

Health 8 will start their Growth and Development unit this week.  A notice has been sent home to parents to explain what will be covered.  Please contact me should you have any questions.

Math 8

-We started our unit on fractions.  Students did a review of grade 6 and 7 material today.  Homework is to complete an assignment (Q 1 to 19) for tomorrow.  Students having trouble with this assignment will be asked to attend extra help.

Math 7

-We started module 5 today on addition and subtraction of fractions.  A review sheet was handed out to go over prior knowledge.  It contains questions that should be completed for class tomorrow.

-Work has been passed back to be signed.

Science 7

-STEM projects were explained.  A handout was given to students to explain what should be in each type of project.  Time was given in class for students to research a topic.  By Friday of this week students should know if they are working individually or in a group of two.  They should also have chosen a topic.  Next week will work on our question, hypothesis and procedure for experiments (step 5) and our problem and design (step 4) for innovation projects.

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Making lip balm

Posted: December 21, 2016

Grade 7 made lip balm today.  We learnt about controls and only manipulated 1 variable.  Our independent variable was the amount of vitamine E used.  We have asked some people to help test out our product for the experiment.  Looking forward to seeing the results in January.  

Posted: December 19, 2016

Homework December 19th

Science 6

-I have decieded to move the test to after the holidays.  With storm days, concerts, and school activities.... it would be too rushed.  

-We continue to work on variables, how to write a question for an experiment and how to write procedures.  

-We will be starting our STEM fair projects in January.

Math 8

-Assignment is due Wednesday

Science 8

-Project is due Wednesday.  You will have math class tomorrow to work on it.

Math 7

-Tomorrow you will have a practice test for sections 3.1 to 3.6.   Test will be Wednesday

Science 7

-Open book test tomorrow.  Our foccus  has been on science literacy.  Reading scientific material and being able to find the answer.  We also worked on graphing.  Students will be given data and asked to make the graph.  Remember to put titles, watch your scales and decied if the data points should be joined (continuous data) or left separate (discreet data).

 

Wednesday is PJ day

Thursday is hat (santa or elf) day

Friday is red green day

Posted: December 14, 2016

Tutorial video for order of operations

Grade 7 and 8: tutorial video on order of operations

This video goes over the rules for order of operations ( PEDMAS ).  Grade 7 students should practice doing questions containing decimals and grade 8 should practice questions using positive and negative numbers.

Posted: December 14, 2016

Grade 7: tutorial video multiplying decimals

Grade 7: tutorial video multiplying decimals

A nother tutorial video for multiplying decimals.

Posted: December 14, 2016

Tutorial multiplying decimals

grade 7: multiplying decimals

Here is a tutorial video for grade 7 students to show them how to use a model to multiply decimals.

Posted: December 13, 2016

Homework

Math 8

District bench mark is Thursday.  A review packet has been handed out for students to review.  Students were also asked to use their portfolio (duotang) to review old test and assignments.

Students should know the following:

N7 Multiply and divide integers (positive and negative numbers)

N7 order of operations (students need to remember adding and subtracting of integers from grade 7)

SS2 Nets(les développements) of 3-D objects

SS5 Top front and side views of  3-D objects (students should ask to use building blocks)

PR21 Graph and analyze linear relationships.

  • Continuous (join data points) versus discreet (do not join data points) data.
  • Scales on lines that go up by the same amount each square
  • Titles for both axis and a title for the graph

N1 squares and square roots.

  • Know how to decompose a number into its primary factors

  • Know perfect square by heart up to 16 x 16

  • Word problems with area of a square.

N2 Estimate square roots

  • Be detailed when showing and explaining work (double number line).

SS1 Pythagorean theorem

  • Review algebra for solving equations.
  • Know when we find the square root at the end (looking for length of side) and when we do not (looking for area of square formed by the side)
  • Word problems.

Math 7

District benchmark is Thursday.  A review packet has been handed out for students to review.  Students were also asked to use their portfolio (duotang) to review old test and assignments.

What students should know:

N6 Add and subtract integers

  • Number line
  • Counter model
  • Old school method

N1 Divisibility rules

PR1 Determine expression from a pattern

PR5 evaluate an expression given values

PR2 Fill in a table given an expression and draw the graph.

  • Continuous (join data points) versus discreet (do not join data points) data.
  • Scales on lines that go up by the same amount each square
  • Titles for both axis and a title for the graph

N4 Terminating and repeating decimals as fractions

N7 Comparing and ordering decimals, fractions and percent

N2 adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals

 

 

 

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Posted: December 9, 2016

Homework

Math 8

-Test was passed back for most students

-Students were should use unit test to help guide their review.

Math 7

-We continue to work in our unit with decimals.  Students should be using the review booklet and test to guide their review for the benchmark exam.

-p.98 Q1,3

-p. 99 Q 5, 6, 7, et 10

-p. 102 Q 1, 4, 8, et 10

Health 6

-Today we talked about security.  We looked at weighing the pros and cons to make a decision.

Science 7

-We went over how to write a hypothesis, how to make a graph from observations and how to write a conclusion.  Students are to edit their conclusion for homework.

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Posted: December 7, 2016

homework

Math 8

-Students should be working on the review packet that was given.  Test are marked and will be passed back as soon as the last student writes. (one student was absent)

-District bench mark next week.

Math 7

-Test tomorrow on fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.

-Students have a review booklet and questions from the text that are to be completed for Friday.  District benchmark next week.

Science 6

-Today students learnt about static electricity.  We learnt that objects can give electrons to another object.  The object that gets the electrons becomes negatively charged and the object that gave the electrons has become possitive.  Opposite charges attract and like charges repel.  Notes are posted below.

-We also wrote a testable question togeter.  Remember that you need to state what you are changing (independent variable) and what you are measuring(dependent variabl).

Science 8

-We did our heart rate lab.

-Continue to work on research question.

Health 8

-Journal entry is due

-Time will be given next class to work on poster project.

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Posted: December 5, 2016

Homework

Math 8

-Test tomorrow.

 

-Review packet will be passed out tomorrow.

 

-District benchmark will be done early next week.

 

 

 

Math 7

 

-We went over how to add decimals today.

 

-Tomorrow students will learn how to multiply decimals.

 

-Homework is to complete page 2 and 3 of review booklet.

 

-District benchmark early next week.

 

 

 

Science 6

 

-We learnt that scientist read the research of other scientist and build on and elaborate their work.  We looked at examples from our electricity unit to demonstrate this.  Students do not need to memorize this list of people but should understand that experiments build on previous work.  That when we finish an experiment we often have another question or problem to further research.  This is how our understanding of science expands.

 

-Notes posted below.

 

 

 

Science 8

 

-We did our perception survey. 

 

-Students had some time to work on their research project.

 

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