Ongoing assignments you can be working on:
- Geography environmental project
- Math year-end party planning project
- Children's storybook (we have all received feedback now.)

Our dance workshop continues tomorrow.

Math

Could you all please return your textbooks?

Please continue to work on your end-of-year party planning assignment.

This assignment will be due no later than Friday June 9th.

Literacy

Continue to work on your story book.

Our outdoor education presentations continue tomorrow.

The start of our track meet was delayed so we got some work done this morning.

Those of you who did not present your storybook draft to the class you will do so as soon as possible to get feedback. Those of you who did get feedback - you can start making revisions and keep moving forward with your story.

Math
Here is the project outline we discussed today.
Please get started.

Party Planning Project Summative Task

Description:  Over the last several weeks, we have been exploring data.  We have looked at the collection, representation, interpretation, and evaluation of data.  It is now time to put all of the skills we have practiced to good use. You are tasked with coming up with a plan for a class end of year celebration.  You are responsible for coming up with the survey questions, collecting the data, representing the data (making the graphs), interpreting the data (describing what the data tells you), and evaluating the data (determining if it is valid and if we can do what it is telling us).

Your party plan must include the following:

1. Your survey questions – be prepared to discuss if they are biased or unbiased and why you asked the questions you did.  Be prepared to discuss the population you asked as well.
2. Your graphs – you are required to produce at least 3 graphs.  Be prepared to justify why you chose the type(s) of graphs you did to display your data and why you feel they were the best choice to represent your data.
3. Interpretations of what the data told you – be prepared to discuss how you interpreted the data in your graphs.
4. Evaluation of your data and your final recommendation for our class celebration.  Note that your recommendation must be based on the data you collected.

You will present your party plan by sitting down with the Party Planners (our class) for a short interview.

The rubric that will be used to assess your work is below:

Criteria	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Collection (questions etc…) - Sample vs. census - clear? biased?
Representation (Graphs) - accuracy - data choices
Interpretation and evaluation of graphs - meaningful interpretation
Interview - able to defend your data and interpretation to class?

Remember! Track and Field is scheduled for Monday.
Please bring a water bottle, a hat and sunscreen.

If track doesn't go on Monday (rain) please be prepared to share your draft of your storybook. We will give each other feedback on how to improve. Make sure you check back to Wednesday's blog post for what I am looking for in your story.

Band members - please sign up for our Wonderland trip on School Cash Online.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Early next week (Monday, if it is raining, or Tuesday) we will present the rough drafts of our picture storybooks. We will receive feedback from our peers as to how to improve our story. Please have your first draft ready to share.

Math - please complete the "Mona's bicycle ride" work that we started today.

Due tomorrow.

We will be performing our integers dance tomorrow.

Try to go over the steps to keep it fresh in your mind.

Literacy
Outdoor Ed challenges continue each day.
We may have to postpone if it is raining too hard.

The first draft of the text of your children's book should be written by Friday.
Over the next couple of days we will looks at different ideas for illustrations.
These are the things I will be looking for in you storybook:

Cover Title, author Illustration clearly relates to the story “a teaser” Text Supports the story - doesn’t interfere or disrupt the communication Grammar/Spelling Free of errors Plot development All five areas of the plot are present (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) Illustrations Neat and creative Help present the plot and tell the story

Math  - Measures of Central Tendency - Mean Median and Mode
The following test marks were collected:
75, 68, 47, 55, 88, 76, 82, 73, 79, 80, 70, 64, 76. 55, 73, 76, 68

1. Create a stem and leaf plot and calculate the mean, median and mode.
2. Three students wrote the test late. Their marks were: 98, 92, 94
3. Did the new data affect the median more than the mean?
4. What is the best measure of central tendency for this data? Why?

Please make sure you return your overdue library books!

Next Monday, May 29th, is our Track and Field meet.

Geography
Environmental project is due Wed. May 31st.

Health
Questions are due next Tuesday, May 30th

This weekend may be a good time to get caught up on overdue assignments.
If you are all caught up - congratulations and enjoy your long weekend!!!

Math
Today we talked about continuous data, discrete data, and categorical data.
Continuous - numerical data with any value possible
Discrete - numerical data with only certain values possible
Categorical data - describes groupings/categories

Please think of a theme and come up with one question for each type of data that you could ask to collect data on this theme.

Literacy
Tomorrow we will have a writing period for the two projects that we are working on; outdoor ed challenge and children's picture book. Please come prepared to make some good progress on these assignments.

Art
Tomorrow the following assignments will be due at the end of class:
- Humans of Highview
- autobiographical comic
- sketchbooks

Geography
Project due - Wed. May 31st.

Literacy
We got lots of feedback on both our outdoor ed challenge and our children's lit book pitch.
Please start to apply the feedback.
Children's picture book - start to draft out the words for your story. Don't worry about illustrations yet. Remember to keep it short, simple sentences and short paragraphs.
Outdoor ed challenge - Make sure that your game introduction is very clear. You need to assume that nobody has ever played your game before.

Math
Today we talked about how we can manipulate data to show a certain perspective or bias.
Follow-up assignment. Using the homework data that you were given, create a graph to tell a specific story. Use only the data that supports your perspective.

Questions -
1. What is the story your are trying to tell?
2. What data did you decide to leave out? Why?

Math
Today we created a budget for a lemonade stand on Google Sheets.
Follow-up assignment (due tomorrow) is to create your own budget for some enterprise you are interested in.
You budget needs to have:
-itemized income
-itemized expenses
-the use of a formula in your spreadsheet

Answer the following questions for your budget:
1. How did you decide on your income price point?
2. Some businesses start off with a loss at first (expenses are greater than income) Why do you think they would make this choice (to lose money, at first)? and how can it be turned around later into making profits?
3. Why do people use spreadsheets to manage data like a budget?

Literacy - Outdoor Ed Challenge!
Tomorrow we will be sharing our lessons with our partners in order to get feedback to improve before we hand it in. Please make sure you have a first draft of your lesson - written out completely - to present to your partner tomorrow. Please check the older blog posts for the criteria for this assignment.

Literacy - Children's literature
Tomorrow we will make a "pitch" of the book we plan to make.
Please have completed  for presentation to a partner/group tomorrow:
1. Setting map
2. Character map
3. Conflict map
4. Resolution map

Math
Today we began to look at collecting data on a spreadsheet.
Our table groups created a spreadsheet in Google Slides.
A complete spreadsheet will include:
1. At least three sets of data (just like ours- No high school, high school, College Diploma)
2. At least one function (sum, average etc..)
3. Labels to clarify what data is being displayed

Art
Please remember that you have three things due at the end of class this week.
- Humans of Highview
- Autobiographical Comic
- Sketchbook (ceramics sketches, four op art sketches, comic storyboard)

Math
Today we collected some survey data from our classmates.
Please create two different fully labelled graphs of that data.
Answer the following questions with your graphs.
- What story does your data/graph tell?
- Were there any surprises and/or problems with your results?
- How could this information be used?
- Who would you present this data to?
- Which graph would be most appropriate for presenting your data. Why?
- If you were to do this exercise again, what would you do differently?

Art 
Due next art class (Friday)
1. Humans of Highview
2. Autobiographical Comic
3. Sketchbooks

Book orders are due tomorrow.

Literacy
Here is the writing outline for your outdoor challenge that we talked about today:
1. Learning goals - learning skill goals?
                             - subject goals? - art, science, math etc...
2. Preparation and equipment - What do you need to do ahead of time?
3. "The lesson" - step by step procedure.
4. Reflection - how did it go? what went well? what would you change?

Analysis of your children's picture book is due tomorrow.
Remember - I need a hard copy and the book itself handed in.

Follow-up to our Williams visit
The folks at Williams have asked us to complete the following survey.
http://bit.ly/gr7day2017

Please make sure you have returned your signed midterm report.

Math
Algebra/Integers final assessments were returned today.

Literacy
Please complete your analysis of the your picture book for Friday.
Use the handout to guide you in the following headings.
1. Plot outline (graphic)
2. Text
3. Illustrations
4. Characterization

Math
Using the set of data that we used today, please tell a portion of the story of the sinking of the Titanic through a graph.

Literacy
Please remember - tomorrow you will share your favourite picture book with the class.
Remember to bring it!
Think about the plot chart we talked about today and how your book fits into that.

Tomorrow at lunch is the Gauss Math contest.
Make sure you bring your lunch and a calculator.

Thank you to Dr. GW Williams Secondary School for hosting us today at Grade Seven Day.
Please tell your families all about your day there.

Students taking the Gauss Math Challenge/Contest are reminded to bring a lunch on Wednesday as you will be writing at lunch.

I will be taking book orders until Friday.

Math
Create a graph for the situation below.
Please make sure your graph is fully labelled.
One September day in Tobermory, the air temperature was constant for several hours in the morning. Then the temperature rose steadily for several hours. It stayed the same temperature for most of the day before dropping sharply after sunset.

Literacy
For Wednesday, please remember to bring in your favourite story/picture book for our children's lit study.
Tomorrow we will be signing up for our dates for our Outdoor Ed challenges. Please have an idea of what you wish to do for your activity, so you can start writing your lesson procedure.

Monday is Grade Seven Day at Williams.
Please remember to bring in your permission form.
You cannot go without the signed form.

Midterm reports need to be signed and returned as soon as possible.

Next week we will begin study of Children's Picture Books.
You will have a challenge to bring in your favourite picture book and read it to others.
What is your favourite picture book?

Midterm "report cards" went home today. Please make sure they come back signed as soon as possible.

Monday is grade seven day at Williams. Permission slips went home today. We must have a signed permission slip in order to go. Remember - even if you are not going to Williams this will still be a good day to get a preview of high school.

Those of you who are writing the Gauss math contest, it will take place next Wednesday at lunch. Please make sure you bring a lunch that day. It takes a full 60 minutes to write.

Tomorrow is Hoops for Heart.
If you haven't already, please make sure you bring in your $5 donation.

Tomorrow we will complete our sharing of our inquiry projects and we will present our music open projects.

Outdoor Education Challenge

Design a Lesson

Your challenge is to create an outdoor education experience for your classmates and to lead that experience by teaching it with a partner. Each partner will write their own individual activity (to be handed in as a published piece of writing) but will teach with a partner, so each group of two will present two activities as part of their lesson.

Learning goals:

• Write a lesson plan with a clear set of steps to follow
• Communicate orally in a clear and coherent manner, using a style appropriate to teaching

Success Criteria:

Writing

• Your activity has a clearly written set of steps to follow - written in your own words
• You revised your lesson after you presented and clarified any gaps and questions that arose
• Your lesson plan is free of spelling and grammar errors

Oral Presentation (teaching)

• You used a big clear voice and you were easy to understand
• You practiced your lesson ahead of time and planned carefully what you were going to say
• You answered questions that arose and clarified any confusion

Learning Skills - Collaboration

• You co-operated with your partner and fulfilled your expectations
• You gave constructive feedback to your partner in a respectful way
• You received feedback with an open mind
• You made sure this was a positive and fun assignment for your partner