Tuesday's Homework

Math

pg 411 #1-7 - will be checked tomorrow

Hist - stories are now due thursday
Hist - ch 6 test is now friday
Math - structures and calculations due monday
English - poetry powerpoint - poetic devices - due thursday

zoo forms and money/ scientists in school money

Monday's Homework

THERE WILL BE TWO DIFFERENT MATH TESTS TOMORROW. ONE FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE BROUGHT IN THEIR SCIENTISTS IN THE SCHOOL MONEY AND THEIR ZOO FORM AND MONEY AND ANOTHER FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT......

Math Test - Ch 10-11 tomorrow
Know:
polygon vs. polyhedron
prism vs. pyramid
nets - explain and draw
face, vertex
volume of a rectangular prism (including formula)
volume of stacked rectangular prisms
surface area of a rectangular prism (including formula)
surface are of stacked rectangular prisms
simple isometric drawings

Hist - stories due wednesday
Hist - ch 6 test thursday
Math - structures with all calculation due next monday
English - poetic devices powerpoint due wednesday




History - Stories due wednesday
English - Poetic devices powerpoint due wednesday

Math - completed structures with surface area and volume calculations due next Monday

Scientists in the School - $6
Zoo forms and $14

Homework for the Weekend

Health - Complete (type out) Personal Safety and Injury Prevention/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues Assignment for Monday

Math - Complete in-class questions (will be checked monday)
- Complete textbook work
pg 359#1(just name),2,4
pg377 #1,2,4a)
pg 379#2
pg 387#13
pg 391#14
pg 393 #10a)b)

Other Reminders:
-Get all work signed
-History Story Assignments will be presented next Wednesday
-Hist Ch 6 test - next thursday
-Math Ch10-11 Unit Test (tuesday)
Study:
polygon vs. polyhedron
prism vs. pyramid
face, vertex
net
basic isometric drawings
capacity
volume
surface area
units for volume and s.a.
How to calculate total s.a. of rectangular prism (using a proper formula)
How to calculate volume of rect. prism (using proper formula)
How to find the s.a. of stacked or touching polyhedrons

-Math extra help - MOnday after school

Thursday's Homework

English

Journal Entry on Poetry - due friday

1. IN YOUR OWN WORDS explain what poetry is.
2. Describe (NOT LIST!) at least three different TYPES of poems. If you do not know three different types of poems, use the internet to research some.
3. Find a poem at home or online. Write out the poem and the name of the author, as well as the source of the poem (book or website).Read the poem two or three times.
4. Explain what you think the author has done to make this poem interesting to the reader.
5. Is there anything you feel that the author could have done to make the poem more interesting?

History

Chapter 6 - War of 1812 Presentations due on TUESDAY

Math Test - Ch 10-11 - MONDAY
Math - Blueprints - inlcuding nets and 3-D drawing of your structure are due friday (put them on the over head projector at the front of the classroom)

Get Persuasive Research Essay Rubrics signed for Monday

Wednesday's Homework

Math

-Complete "Blueprints" for your structure (due thursday)

-Include: all nets for your structure (use a ruler), names of all nets, indicate how many of each net will be used in your structure, 3-D drawing of nets (use isometric paper, graph paper or google sketchup)

Tuesday's Homework

Math

Complete questions from class for tomorrow - will be marked!


Q: Scientists have found the last remaining dinosaur egg perfectly preserved in northern Alberta. They have put the spherical egg into a box for transport. They want to fill all the space around the egg with special foam to ensure the egg does not get harmed, when moved to Toronto for further study.

Box dimensions(LWH): 40cm x 25cm x 70cm
For the sphere: r=20cm

a) What VOLUME of foam must they inject into the box?
b) What is the TOTAL SURFACE AREA of the EGG and BOX combined (together)? Assume a circular hole the size of the egg has been cut from the front of the box!



Draw rough copy of all nets needed to construct your building

Get Signatures by Friday:

Fractions assignment
History Ch 5 assignment
History Ch 5 test

Homework for the Long Weekend

Math

-make sure you have finished the homework from wednesday (will be checked on tuesday)

-pg 382#1-7

-pg 387#6,7,8,10

History

-Chapter 5 unit test on tuesday

-see last tuesday's blog entry for everything you need to study

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday's Homework

Math

Finish information card for your building - Name, purpose, location, builder, interesting information, images and REFERENCES (for image and for info.)

-homework questions from class

History

-5 jeopardy clues due thursday (typed or neatly handwritten)

Media - presentations on Thursday

History - Ch 5 Test on Wednesday

Tuesday's Homework

Math
1.Clearly explain what surface area means.
2.Clearly explain what volume means.
3.Units for volume are ALWAYS ________.
4.Units for surface area are ALWAYS ________.
5.Find the formulas for volume and surface area of a: rectangular prism, cube, sphere, cylinder, cone and pyramid.
6.Solve for the total surface area and volume of the cube below. Show Mr. Mak when done. (side length of cube = 15km)
7.Find the total surface area and volume for each, smaller, coloured cube. Show Mr. Mak. (side length of mni-cube =3km)
8.Find the total surface area and volume for the globe. Show Mr. Mak. (radius of globe = 14cm)

History - 5 clues for Jeopardy due Thursday
-Test - Ch 5 - Tuesday after long weekend
Clues:

•Loyalists /Patriots
•Lower / Upper Canada – 1791
•British Colonies in North America – British North America (Upper/Lower Canada-Quebec, NS, PEI, NB)
•Other British colonies – BC, Newfoundland, Southern US
•Louisiana(Spanish)
•People that did and did not support the Revolution (populations) (chart p 90)
•Subgroups of Loyalists (chart p91)
•Loyalist Migration – where did they go? (NS,NB,Quebec,”Ontario”)(pg93-95)
•What is a regiment?
•Six Nations Reserve
•Make/Print out a Map – Loyalist Newark(Niagara on the Lake), Burlington, Kingston, Hamilton
•Compare the Quebec/US: legal system, church, government
•Constitutional Act (1791) – seven changes made
•Township system – concessions (w-e), sideroads (n/s), imperial measurements

Math - Information card for building due thursday (who built it, purpose, location, interesting facts, etc.)

Monday's Homework

Math
-choose your building and begin research
-decide which 5 (or more) nets you will use for the structure
-information card is due Wednesday (good copy)
-if you are designing your own building, bring a rough sketch in for tuesday

History
-Chapter 5 test on Thursday
-begin studying if you need to

Media
-storyboard presentations on tuesday

Get work signed (hist test, hist project (test), math stop sign)

Homework for the Weekend!!!

History

• Fill-in-the-blank tests due Monday (when you arrive!!!)

Clues:
•Quebec
• The wants of the Canadiens, English Merchants and Farmers, First Nations Peoples and the 13 Colonies
•The Carrot and Stick approach in Quebec
•Germ Warfare and Smallpox
•The Royal Proclamation of 1763 – include the 7 main ideas
• Civil Law
• Taxes related to the 7 Years’ War
• Boston Tea Party
• Quebec Act – four main changes and reactions to the Quebec Act
• Declaration of Independence
• U.E.L.’s and Patriots
• Treaty of Paris 1783




• Chapter 4 Test - Monday afternoon

Media

• commercial storyboard projects will be presented on Tuesday!

Have a great weekend.

Wednesday's Homework

Get work signed by FRIDAY!

Math
-pg352-353#5,6,7,8a),8b),9,10a),11,12a),13a),14b-just draw

Tuesday's Homework

Math and History Test Signatures!!!!

Math - 3-D Shapes and Nets Mini-Assignment (due tomorrow, after Math class)

1. Explain the difference between a POLYGON and a POLYHEDRON.
2. Explain the difference between a PRISM and PYRAMID. (pg 459)
3. Explain what a NET is in Mathematics.
4. Draw a net and a 3-D sketch for the following polyhedrons:
Triangular prism
Hexagonal prism
Octagonal prism
Square-based prism
Hexagonal pyramid
Triangular pyramid
Square-based pyramid
Pentagonal pyramid

English - Journal - Find a can or box of food in your kitchen and look at the ingredient list. Choose one strange-sounding ingredient that you are not familiar with. Do a bit of online research and write a short paragraph or two about this ingredient. Include how it is made, where is comes from, are there any other surprising uses for it, interesting facts, health impacts of the ingredient, etc.
Due Wednesday


History - Chapter 4 test on FRIDAY!!!

Monday's Homework

Math
-page 347#1-7
Define: polygon, polyhedron, vertex, edge
-Fractions assignment due tuesday, when you arrive!

History
-Visual timeline due tuesday, when you arrive!

-Test - chapter 3 on tuesday - know everything covered on your visual timelines

Test Question:
Give two reasons why you think the British chose to take Acadia from the French instead of the islands Guadeloupe or Martinique. (2)

Homework for the Weekend

History







-Get Ch 1/2 Unit Test Signed for MONDAY! (out of 41)
-Redo essay questions if less than 5/9, type out and show Mr. Mak on monday


-Visual Timeline is due Tuesday




Include: Sketch, Date(if possible) and Information (explain the event and why it mattered)
Events/Things to cover: Map on pg 46, Snowshoes and Canoes, Great Peace of Montreal, Loss of Acadia and Expulsion of Acadians, Seven Years War, Thin Red Line, Treaty of Paris #1,








-Ch 3 Unit Test - Tuesday



-Last chance to get signature for Civil and Religious Hierarchy assignment







Math - Fractions Assignment is due Tuesday







1.What fraction of the Seigneurie is being used by each farmer (blue, olive, yellow, black and violet). Show all work and clearly explain your method.
2.What fraction of the Seigneurie is not being farmed at all?








Mini-question: What is one-quarter of one-half of one-eighth? Show all work and explain your method.





1.What fraction and percentage of the back wall in our classroom is covered by bulletin board? Show all work and explain.
2.What fraction is covered by the white square? Show all work and explain.
3.How many minutes is: a) 3 and ¼ hours
b) 5 and 2/5 hours
c) 2 and 1/3 hours
d) 4 and 1/12 hours
e) 1 and ¼ hours plus 2 and 2/3 hours plus 3 and ¾ hours minus 5 and 5/6 hours?
f) What fraction of one hour is one second?
g) What fraction of one hour is one minute?








Xenon makes $40,000 per year.
He uses 1/8 of his income to pay his mortgage.
He needs 2/17 to pay for food.
4/19 cover his car payments and gas.
3/14 pay for travel and entertainment.
1. a) Show how much money he is using for each of the above things.
The rest of his money goes into savings.
1.b) Assuming his salary does not change, show how much money he saves in a decade.

Thursday's Homework

Math

-Play the fraction video game (see yesterday's blog for the link) for 15 minutes and get a signature from a parent or guardian to get a bonus mark on your test tomorrow

Fractions Unit Test- Friday!
*Extra help Friday morning 8:15am (meet outside the back doors)

-What is a fraction?

-numerator (what does it mean?)
-denominator (what does it mean?)
-equivalent fractions
-proper and improper fractions
-mixed numbers

Skills:
-adding and subtracting fractions (find LCM to get common denominator)
-multiplying whole numbers by fractions
-converting between fractions, decimals and percents

-reducing fractions to lowest terms

-converting improper fractions into mixed numbers

-adding and subtracting mixed numbers (convert into improper fractions and make a common denominator)

-Solving Word Problems involving fractions

-practice questions:

pg 341#2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Math - Fractions Assignment due Tuesday

History Test on Chapter 3 - Tuesday

History - Visual Timeline of Ch 3 - due Tuesday

Tuesday's Homework

Math - pg 325#14,15,17,20

If you show Mr. Mak a note from a parent/guardian that you played this video game for 15 minutes or more by Friday May 6, you will receive one bonus mark on your fractions unit test!
http://mathplayground.com/Decention/Decention.html

Monday's Homework

English - Persuasive research essay is due on Tuesday (when you arrive!)
- Self-assessment should be completed at home, using the rubric handed out in class
- Essay should be mounted neatly onto bristol board with title, headings (intro, b.p.#1, b.p.#2, etc.), relevant images (or charts and graphs) and references (for all images and facts)

Math -pg 324 #7,10,11,12 (subtracting fractions)
http://mathplayground.com/Decention/Decention.html


History Test - Ch 1/2