ECO-FAIR: it’s Eco-Fair Day tomorrow! Woo hoo! Bring a table cloth! Learn your information better so you can speak without needing to read off the display board! Be ready to talk to all age groups – from kindergarten students to all-knowing Grade 7s! Also important: GET A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP and bring a healthy, nutritious snack and lunch tomorrow to help sustain you for a whole day of teaching! 

Criteria for Presenting:

• Each student contributes equally to presentation

• Be confident and passionate about the topic – speak with expressive voices

• Know the problem and facts well; speak without reading from display board

• Convince the audience of the importance of your issue

• Share a detailed plan of solutions for changing the problem

• The plan makes sense and is possible for others to implement

• Convince your audience to take action!

MATHS: study for unit test which will be next Wednesday most likely.

ECO-FAIR: bring a table cloth or something similar to cover the desks for your exhibit. Use the feedback you’ve been given to improve your presentation. Polish it up and practice for the Eco Fair! Every group member needs to know all the information inside and out. 

• Thurs, May 28th              Eco Fair set up in Activity Room

• Friday, May 29^th             Eco Fair Day! Present your project to classes, family!

MATHS: Please finish the following at home if you didn’t finish it in class today: 

Lesson 4.6: questions #1 & 2, AND Lesson 4.7: #2 & 4, AND Unit Review: #1 – 4  (1, 2, 3, 4) First page only! Due Thursday.

Upcoming in Maths: Unit test on circumference & area of circles, area of parallelograms and area triangles next week, probably Wednesday. Also you should know how to read, interpret & make circle graphs as well.

MATHS: show your “Best Pizza Deal” quiz to parents/guardians, have them sign it and return to school tomorrow. Remember, if you made a mistake on this quiz, explain what you would do next time!

ECO-FAIR INQUIRY PROJECT: We listened to our first presentations today! Everyone else, be ready to present tomorrow. Practice at home so you can speak confidently and knowledgeably – you need to be an expert! 

Also, bring a table cloth or something similar to cover your desks for your exhibit. Thanks! 

FINAL DEADLINES:

• Tues & Weds                                  In-class practice presentations

• Thurs, May 28^h                           Eco Fair set up in Activity Room

• Friday, May 29^th                         Eco Fair Day! Present your project to classes, family!

ECO-FAIR INQUIRY PROJECT:  Be ready to present your project to the class tomorrow!  Your display board and product must be completed! 

Project Criteria: 

Main task: develop, implement and share a plan with your peers and school community to reduce human impact on the Earth and its inhabitants.

Sub-tasks:

• Create a display/exhibit that teaches others about:

• What the problem is

• Where it is occurring

• Who is all involved (the stakeholders) and what do they want

• How it is affecting Earth

• What solutions there are to reduce and/or reverse the impact

• Indigenous perspectives on the issue and solutions

• Create a product that helps to get your message across to your audience and inspires them to support your ideas on how things can be improved; it reinforces the lesson you want your audience to understand.

• Present your inquiry findings and solutions to the school community

MATHS: Please finish Lesson 4.7 Drawing Circle Graphs, pg. 163 & 164, #1, 2 and 4. Due Monday. You will need a protractor for this lesson. See today’s lesson notes below:

ECO-FAIR INQUIRY PROJECT:  Be ready to present your project to the class on Monday.  You need your display board and product completed. Practice for your presentation – each team member needs to know all the important information about your inquiry. The latest deadlines are:

• Friday, May 22^nd                       Your display and any products are completed and at school
• Monday, May 25^th                        In-class practice presentations
• Tuesday, May 26^th                        In-class practice presentations
• Thurs, May 28^h                           Eco Fair Day Part 1! (set up & present to first classes)
• Friday, May 29^th                         Eco Fair Day Part 2! (present to classes, family & clean up)

Details of this project: Do you have all of the following components?

Overall Task: To develop, implement and share a plan with your peers and school community to reduce human impact on the Earth and its inhabitants.

Sub-tasks:

• Create a display/exhibit that teaches others:

• What the problem is

• Where it is occurring

• Who is all involved (the stakeholders) and what do they want

• How it is affecting Earth

• What solutions there are to reduce and/or reverse the impact

• Indigenous perspectives on the issue and solutions

• Create a product that helps to get your message across to your audience and inspires them to support your ideas on how things can be improved; it reinforces the lesson you want your audience to understand.

• Present your inquiry findings and solutions to the school community

MATHS: Please finish Lesson 4.7 Drawing Circle Graphs, pg. 163 & 164, #1, 2 and 4. Due Monday. You will need a protractor for this lesson. See today’s lesson notes below:

ECO-FAIR INQUIRY PROJECT: finish creating your display boards by Friday. Finish creating a “product” too! Be ready to present your findings and solutions to the class next Monday.  The deadlines are as follows:

Friday, May 8:                            All research work is complete and shown to your teacher

Friday, May 15^th                        All good copy work is complete and ready to be displayed

Friday, May 22^nd                       Your display and any products are completed and at school

Monday, May 25^th                        In-class practice presentations

Tuesday, May 26^th                        In-class practice presentations

Thurs, May 28^h                           Eco Fair Day Part 1! (set up and present to first classes)

Friday, May 29^th                         Eco Fair Day Part 2! (present to classes, family and clean up)

Reminder of the details of this project: 

Overall Task: To develop, implement and share a plan with your peers and school community to reduce human impact on the Earth and its inhabitants.

Sub-tasks:

• Create a display/exhibit that teaches others:

• What the problem is

• Where it is occurring

• Who is all involved (the stakeholders) and what do they want

• How it is affecting Earth

• What solutions there are to reduce and/or reverse the impact

• Indigenous perspectives on the issue and solutions

• Create a product that helps to get your message across to your audience and inspires them to support your ideas on how things can be improved; it reinforces the lesson you want your audience to understand.

• Present your inquiry findings and solutions to the school community

ECO-FAIR INQUIRY PROJECT: this is top priority! It’s time to create your display boards. Please bring a cardboard tri-fold display board to school. Remember you need to have ALL information needed too.

MATHS: please finish Lesson 4.6 Reading & Interpreting Circle Graphs, Pg 158-160, #1, 6 and 7. Show your work! Due Wednesday.

ECO-FAIR INQUIRY PROJECT: this is top priority! Finish your work at home now! Next week we create our display boards. Bring a cardboard tri-fold display board to school!

Criteria for a great exhibit:

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ECO-FAIR Inquiry Project: Research is past due now! Type up your notes (own words) into good copy for your display board. Good copy should be typed up in point form &/or short paragraphs. Type up headings and questions too! You need images, graphs too for a great display. Good copy is due this Friday.

MATHS: Redo Lesson 4.5 Area of a Circle if you did not write formulas or show your work and submit it for a better grade. Keep working hard Grade 7s! The year isn’t over yet. You will get a lot of breaks later in June like Playland and Sports Day, Beach Day, your Leaving Ceremony Day and then all summer! 😉

KITS VISIT: all students going to Kitsilano Secondary for grade 8 will visit the school tomorrow chaperoned by Ms Dowle and Junko from 9:00am -12:00pm. Bring a snack and lunch still. Be read to leave at 9am sharp! 

ECO-FAIR Inquiry Project: Research should be finished by now! Type up your notes into good copy for your display board. Good copy should be typed up in point form &/or short paragraphs. Type up headings and questions too! You need images, graphs too for a great display. Good copy is due this Friday.

Important Deadlines:

Friday, May 8th                         All research work is complete

Friday, May 15^th                        All good copy work is complete and ready to be displayed

Friday, May 22^nd                       Create display boards and make your products (at school)

Monday, May 25^th                       In-class practice presenting

Tuesday, May 26^th                       In-class presentations

Thurs, May 28^h                          Eco Fair Day Part 1!

Friday, May 29^th                        Eco Fair Day Part 2! (and clean up)