September 29, 2017

This is me on a Friday after school...

Dear Parents, 

It was a pleasure meeting you last night. If you have any questions or you weren't able to attend, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions/concerns - paul.punnoose@yrdsb.ca

HIGH SCHOOL INFO:

You will need to check the YRDSB School Locator to determine which school your child would attend.  Each school will host an IB Information Night on October 17^th. 

Also, Bill Crothers Secondary School, 44 Main Street, Unionville, Ontario will have two information nights:

         Tuesday October 3^rd, 2017 – Students in the East and North area of York Region

         Thursday October 12^th, 2017 – Students in the West and Central area of Region

Information sessions will be from 7:00 – 8:30 pm in the school cafeteria and/or Gym A.  Applications will be available from the Bill Crothers school website:  Friday, October 13^th, 2017 and applications are due:  Friday, November 3^rd, 2017

HOMEWORK:

Math

- We will begin our next unit on Monday.  Congrats to Serge, Matthew, Arya, Emilia, Onora, Zifan, Hilary, Maya, Graham and Val for winning their "Cobra" games.

English

- Finish your 2 paragraph letter to Terry Fox. You will be presenting to the class on Monday.

- Read for 20 min

September 28, 2017

Dear Parents,

I will be in my class tonight from 6:15pm - 7:30pm in room 203.  Please feel free to drop by and say hello!

M. Punnoose

IMPORTANT IB INFORMATION

Homework:

Math

- Problem of the week this week: 

Solution of last week's problem

English
- Read for 20 min
- Show your parents your career cruising IPP in case you didn't get a chance yesterday. 
- Good job on today's simple, compound, complex and compound-complex sentences - your parents will be impressed! 

TERRY FOX RUN TOMORROW!

September 27, 2017

Dear Parents,

Just a reminder that tomorrow's Open House is tomorrow night from 6:15 - 7:30pm.  This will be a chance for us to meet. I will go over some of the expectations and discuss possible high school options with you.  Please note that this is not an opportunity to ask "How is my child doing?", and discuss your child's progress. Once I have spent enough classroom time with your child, I will be contacting you if there are any areas of significant difficulty or concern.  We will have a better chance of discussing your child's process during the parent-teacher interviews on November 23rd and 24th, subsequent to your child's Term 1 Progress Report coming home that week. I look forward to meeting you!

Sincerely,

Mr. Punnoose

If you are interested in the IB programs, both Alexander Mackenzie S.S. and Bayview S.S. will have their open house nights on October 17th. Please mark it in your calendars!  I will provide you more information as I receive it.

Homework:

Math 
- Please bring in a deck of cards if you have one.  We will celebrate our completion of the test by playing some cool Math related games.

English
- You need to show your parents the Match-Maker test you took today on Career Cruising. Go over an interesting job that you were matched with and take a look at what type of education would be required to achieve it.  
- Read for 20 min.

September 26, 2017

for your ability to work in this heat!

Homework:

Please find out if your parents will be attending our open house night. I will be surveying the classes tomorrow.

Math:
Study for your Math test!!!! 

English:
- Read for 20 min.

Just a reminder, to donate to the Terry Fox run this Friday.

September 28, 2017

****REMINDER THAT TOMORROW IS PHOTO DAY*****

7/8P PLEASE BRING IN SUNGLASSES TOMORROW!

These photos are the yearly photos that you take at school. We will have Grad. photos later on in the year.

September 22, 2017

Homework:
Grade 8 Math:
Complete the Unit Review for chapter 9 (Questions 1 - 15).  
- You can also study for your test next week.  I will provide you with some more time on Tuesday to work on the review package.

Grade 7 Math:
- Complete the unit review for chapter 9 (All questions).  You should also use this weekend to study for your test.

English
- Create 6 compound sentences: 3 x IC;IC & 3 x IC, CC IC

Homeroom:
Create 3 S.M.A.R.T Goals: Academic, Physical, and Social.

Remember:

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound 



HAVE A GR.8 WEEKEND!

September 21, 2017

Dear Parents,

Our Open House will be next Thursday, September 28th, 2017 in the school's Gym.  Please mark it in your calendar as it will be a great chance to meet your child's teachers and review some of our expectations.  For parents that have children in different classes, we will have 2 sessions:

Session 1 - 6:15pm - 6:45pm
Session 2 - 7:00pm - 7:30pm

Homework:

MATH TEST - NEXT WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Math Grade 8:

- Complete pg 17 on the handout that was provided in class.  This is some advanced BEDMAS that grade 9s work on.  It's a really good example of what is expected in high school.  Feel free to complete the other side as well!

Math Grade 7:
- If you didn't complete section 9.7 in class, make sure you do it for homework.

English:
Write 10 Complex-Sentences with the following structures:
5 Sentences: IC SC
5 Sentences: SC, IC

Every Thursday, I will attempt to post an additional Math question called "Problem of the Week".  These questions come from the University of Waterloo and will help prepare for the Gauss competition that we will write later this year. I will have the solutions the following week. Bonne chance!

September 20, 2017

Show your BEDMAS kata to your parents!

Homework:
Please complete the Parent Contact form on M. Mizrahi's blog. I will check in with students that have not completed them tomorrow!

Math
Grade 8 - Section 9.6 All questions

Grade 7 - Section 9.6 All questions(1-5, 12 odd)

English
- Thank you for sharing your examples of sacrifice today.  Great improvement on feedback!
- Read for 20 min

September 19, 2017

Homework:
Please hand in your Jungle Sport Permission Forms.

Grade 7/8 Math
- Complete section 9.5 in Math (All questions)

English
- Read for 20 min
- Write a paragraph on our discussion from today.  You may get some ideas from a conversation at the dinner table tonight with your family:
Find an example from beyond the text where sacrifice was made.  What was the intention of the sacrifice? Did it work?

September 18, 2017

Our group work today in class... 

Homework:
Math
- Grade 8 - Complete all of section 9.4 (for questions 2 & 8, complete only the odd letters). Check out the review of the lesson here.

- Grade 7 - Complete all of section 9.4 (for questions 2, 5, 8 & 9, complete only the odd letters).  Check out the review of the lesson here.

English
- Read for 20 min.
- Finish your letter from Oram if you didn't complete it today and your feedback for another student's.

September 14, 2017

Empathy at it's finest!

Homework:
- Read for 20 min.
- You will be given class time tomorrow to complete section 9.3 and finish your letters from Oram
- Study for your Science test tomorrow!

September 13, 2017

Dear Parents,

If you have not had a chance to fill out the parent contact information on M. Mizrahi's blog, please do so immediately. We need to have your contact information in order to communicate important information. Please click here to complete the form.

Homework:
If you are interested in becoming a member of the student council this year, you will need to write a paragraph which needs to outline your contribution you would make as the classroom representative.  Make sure you include what qualities you would bring to the role.  This application paragraph is due on Monday - it must be signed by both a parent and a teacher (Moi!).

Grade 8:
- Section 9.2
- For a review of today's lesson, check out the youtube video here.
- Challenge words - Allot, aloof, amiss, analogy.

Grade 7:
- Section 9.2
- For a review of today's lesson, check out the youtube video here.
- Challenge words - Accelerate, acclaim, acknowledge, acquire

English
- Read for 20 minutes.
- If you didn't complete the "Gentlement your verdict" questions, please complete them tonight:
1) Oram is a decisive character: Find 3 pieces of evidence of this and explain why they make him decisive.
2) This story is almost 100% devoid of stylistic elements (with the exception of "Thor's Hammer"); What did Bruce write his story in such a straightforward fashion?

September 12, 2017

Not always true for negative integers... 

Homework:

Math Textbooks were handed out today. Please make sure that you take care of your designated textbook.  Remember that your homework is incomplete until it is corrected - Please do this with Pen.

Grade 8 Math
- Complete Section 9.1 on pg 370 - 371 (1 odd, 8 odd)

Grade 7 Math
- Complete Section 9.1

English
- Complete the timeline of Gentlemen Your Verdict (7/8P)
- Read for 20 min.
- Grade 8 Challenge words: Abet, Accord, Adept, Advocate, Agile
- Grade 7 Challenge words: Abate, Abnormal, Abode, Abrupt

September 11, 2017

What type of technology is used above?

Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
- Tomorrow we continue with our Math diagnostics and will start our lessons. 

8M - With the help of a timeline, put 10 main events of "Gentlemen, Your Verdict" in chronological order.  

September 8, 2017

Dear Grade 7's and 8's,

It has been a pleasure to get to know you over the last couple of days.  Your writing diagnostics will help give me a much better idea of who you are and I look forward to reading them.  

We will start on Monday with our Math diagnostics, so start going over multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.   

Homework:
-Read for 20 minutes
-8M please bring your Growth Mind Set reflection feedback on Monday for us to discuss.

Have a Gr.8 Weekend!

September 7, 2017

What is the name of this place?!? - Tell me tomorrow

Homework:
- If your parents have not yet subscribed to my blog, please get them to do so! 
- Read for 20 minutes.
- Think of MEME ideas for the rule that your group was responsible for.
- I will be collecting forms tomorrow - please bring them in signed.
- Complete the Growth Mind Set reflection that we started today in class. We will take them up tomorrow.  If you want to watch the video again, click here.

WELCOME BACK!

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