Fraction Growing Post Part 2

The second part of your fraction growing post is to show your understanding of multiplying fractions.  Use your test to choose 3 questions.

1. fraction x fraction
2. fraction x mixed number
3. mixed number x mixed number

It is up to you how to show your understanding.  You can type everything, create an image in paint or use the class ustream account.  This is due by Monday April 12.

Yes there will be a part 3.  DO NOT CREATE A NEW POST edit your old fraction post and add part 2 to it.

Be sure to label your post fractions and growingpost.

You also have to complete your e-portfolios and movie projects..... lots of homework.  Have a great weekend.

Let's go over what is due for MONDAY

As always please leave comments behind at our new "sister" blogs in Virden and in Croatia.

The first thing that is due is your GROWING POST

Surface Area Growing Post

Title Surface Area Growing Post

Labels growingpost, surfacearea

Rectangular Prism

• Draw a Rectangular Prism
• Draw its net.
• List all measurements on the drawing and on the net.
• What formulas do you use to calculate surface area?
• Calculate our the surface are of your rectangular prism.

Triangular Prism

• Draw a Triangular Prism
• Draw its net.
• List all measurements on the drawing and on the net.
• What formulas do you use to calculate surface area?
• Calculate our the surface are of your triangular prism.

Cylinder

• Draw a Cylinder Prism
• Draw its net.
• List all measurements on the drawing and on the net.
• What formulas do you use to calculate surface area?
• Calculate our the surface are of your cylinder prism.

Here are some images to use in your post.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Create a video with up to 2 other people explaining how to calculate surface area of the Rectangular and Triangular Prisms and the Cylinder.

The videos can be found at ustream.tv There are 2 channels that you have used.  Spmath or charbeck.

If you still have not streamed a video yet you can access the Spmath channel by going to ustream and  using spmath as you username and our regular password as the password.

Assignment 2

Your movie project is moving along.  We will be using the laptop pod to create and find media.  Before you have to have completed the following steps:

1. Create a shared google presentation
2. Have your essay in the presentation
3. 10 big questions
4. Links to research sites
5. Choose 5 Questions 
6. Research each of your 5 questions (3 points minimum)
7. For each piece of information have a source (copy the url after your information)
8. Create a wordle of you information
9. Copy the wordle into your presentation
10. Use the wordle and your questions to create a storyboard and story arc for your movie
11. Start creating and finding media for your movie.

See you on Monday

Surface Area Growing Post

This is a MAJOR blog assignment.  Please make sure you do a good job completing it.

Surface Area Growing Post

Title Surface Area Growing Post

Labels growingpost, surfacearea

Rectangular Prism

• Draw a Rectangular Prism
• Draw its net.
• List all measurements on the drawing and on the net.
• What formulas do you use to calculate surface area?
• Calculate our the surface are of your rectangular prism.

Triangular Prism

• Draw a Triangular Prism
• Draw its net.
• List all measurements on the drawing and on the net.
• What formulas do you use to calculate surface area?
• Calculate our the surface are of your triangular prism.

Cylinder

• Draw a Cylinder Prism
• Draw its net.
• List all measurements on the drawing and on the net.
• What formulas do you use to calculate surface area?
• Calculate our the surface are of your cylinder prism.

Create a video with up to 2 other people explaining how to calculate surface area of the Rectangular and Triangular Prisms and the Cylinder.

Here are some images to use in your post.

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

More information to come later. This is enough to get you started.

Have fun :)

Rate Growing Post Instructions Part 2

First things first.  You have a test tomorrow.  Please make sure you study and have completed pages 16 and 17 in your homework book.  This growing post counts as a BOB for this unit.

A growing post is named growing for a reason.  You will now add to your last post to complete the growing post.

 

These are the Grade 8 ingredients for Spaghetti Sauce.  This recipe serves 4 people. 

1)  What would the recipe look like if it had to serve 10 people?  Show your calculations.

2)  What would the recipe look like if you had to only serve 1 person? Show your calculations.

When you are done your post please publish it.  Make sure you have the correct labels, title and you have checked your answers.

Study hard.

Harbeck

 

Rate Growing Post Instructions

Welcome to your first Growing Post.  A Growing Post is a post where you will do 2 to 3 edits and add information every time.  Please return to this post to see the next set of instructions.

• Title your Post %%%%%'s Rate Growing Post
• Label your post growingpost, rate, user name
• Define ratio
• Define rate
• What is the difference between ratio and rate?
• Choose one of the questions page 60 and answer it.   (be sure to copy out the question before you answer it.)
• Choose one of the questions on page 61 and answer it. (be sure to copy out the question before you answer it.)
• Look at the coin question again from the ratio unit.  Create a question that can be answered using rate.  Answer that question.

This is the end of Part 1

Wrapping up

Here is some info you need to finish up assignments before the winter break.

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Your second growing post.

This will be your second growing post. You will have to have it done the week before Xmas Break.

Title this growing post @@@@@'s 2nd Growing post
Label it growingpost,@@@@@yourdisplayname,roomnumber

Question 1 Use this picture and reflect on your the puppy kibble test.

1. What strategies were needed?
2. How did you use these strategies?
   
3. Or How could you of used these strategies.
4. How would you figure out the price of a 6 cup bag of Betty's Snack mix? Use a ratio table
   
5. Find 3 other values (amounts of Snack Mix) that could be solved using the same ratio table. Find the $$ of your new container sizes.

Question 2
You are going to create a voicethread explaining the strategies you used on your test. You need to choose 4 out of the 6 questions.
1. 2/3 + 1/4 + 2/5 =
2. 6/5 - 11/10=
3. 3/5 + 2/7 =
4. 1/6/+1/9 =
5. 5/6 - 1/4 =
6. 3 3/5 - 1 4/5 =

I recommend the following. Choose your 4 questions. On plain pieces of white paper redo them like you did on your test. Make sure your drawings are large enough. Take a picture of them and save them to your desktop. Upload these images to voicethread and embed your voicethread into your blog.

At voicethread you need to describe what you did to solve the problems. How did you use clocks, money etc to solve the questions. You need a minimum of 2 comments on each picture.
Here is a video explaining how to make a voicethead and embed it into your post. You should have both of these questions done by the end of the weekend.

Wednesday December 5
3.) Here is your 3rd growing post question.

Today in class we reviewed the 6 strategies from the RACE Investigation. They were

• Equivalence
• Fractions show operations
• Ratio Tables (Proportional Reasoning)
• Measurement
• Partial Products or the Distributive Property
• The Whole Matters
  
• Friendly Fractions

Create a voicethread or write and use pictures to describe how you would uses those strategies to explain how far the two students would have run if Mark ran 7/8 and Rachel ran 11/12 of the RACE course.

4. Your last question deals with pizza. You need to explain which group gets the largest portion of pizza. All student groups get the same sized pizzas. It is up to you to cut them up so that they are shared equally.

1. Group 1 Sally Bob, Gidget and Biff Share 3 pizzas.
2. Group 2 Stan, Holly, Barry, Ben and Ichkabibble share 4 pizzas.
3. Group 3 Eric, Susy,James, Betty, Veronica and Moose share 5 pizzas.
4. Group 4 Paul, Alex, Chris, Jughead, Archie, Reggie, Mr. Wotherspoon and Midge share 7 pizzas.

• How much pizza does each student get in the different groups?
• Which group gets the largest portion of pizza?
• Show how you found your answer in 2 different ways.
• What strategies did you use in finding your answer.
• Show your answer is 2 different ways. I would recommend that you create a voicethread of your work.
  

Your Growing Post is due on December 17th at 9 AM. Thank you for working hard in advance.

You will be responsible for a self-evaluation and peer evaluations next week.

Your first Growing Post

Welcome to your first Growing Post.

A Growing Post is 1 post. You will edit it over and over again making additions to it. This post is worth marks. You will be expected to show your knowledge of fractions and learn how to blog at the same time. Have fun and do not leave things to the last minute.

1. Create a post and call it ****'s First Growing Post.
2. Label it growingpost, fractions (write it exactly like that please)
3. In the body of your post please answer the following question. You need to use words and a picture. Which set of fractions is larger 1/2 + 1/6 or 1/4 + 7/12. I would recommend that you use the idea of clocks to show your understanding.
4. Find your picture of your final project "The Bike Race Fundraiser" at flickr
5. Once you are at flickr and find your picture save it to your desktop or where ever you save your pictures. You should label it ***bikerace. Then upload it to the blog. Once it is there you will have to select it (double click) then cut it and put it into the right spot at in your post. Tell us 2 things about your bike race.
   

Thus ends part one of the growing post. Stay tuned for part 2!! (This work is due by Monday)
(update Friday Oct. 19)
Here are some more things to do
6. Do a google search for fraction games. Find a good site and write a review of the game. Tell everyone what is good about this site. You also need to create a link to the site.
7. Go back to your picture of the bike race. Tell us all about how you calculated the Km positions at a twelfth, sixth and a third. did you see any patterns?
8. What are 2 different ways to find a quarter and 3/4 of a number. Use one of the following 16, 22, or 110.

Happy weekend

Tuesday October 23
Your final tasks
9) Write a fraction question and answer it. It has to be a question like one you have had on a test. You may answer it in pictorial or word form.
10) Mark your own Growing post and one other persons growing post. Use the following guide. Paste it in as a comment. Be honest. You may mark a persons work from another room. You may not mark a person's post that has already had a person mark it. Look before you comment.


Scoring Guide

Title /1
Label /1
Question 3 /5
Question 4/5 /3
Question 6 /5
Question 7 /3
Question 8 /5
Question 9 /5
Question 10 /7

Total /35
Most importantly in the comment tell the student what they did well and what they could improve upon next time. Thanks for commenting.

Good luck. the final due date is Friday. You will have to be done by Monday to receive a mark.

Harbeck

How to Videos

I have created 2 screencasts on how to improve your Growing Posts. One is on Embedding Gliffy and Bubbleshare. The other is on how to leave comments and how to mark each others work.

Thanks for doing such a great job.

Harbeck





Here is how you leave comments and marks for this assignment.



Thanks Harbeck

Growing Post Marking Rubric

Percent Growing Post Rubric


Remember you only create one post. You then edit it as you add more information.
Due Date Monday December 18

Overall Growing Post Instructions

5 Marks

1. The Growing Post is labeled correctly.(2)
2. The Growing Post is titled correctly. (1)
   
3. The questions for the Growing Post are copied in and in a different colour than the rest of the post.(2)

Question 1 What is a good definition of percent? You should use words symbols, pictures and numerical examples in your definition. (suggestion gliffy is an excellent tool for adding detail to your definition.)

10 Marks

1. The question is answered correctly.(1)
2. There is a symbol, picture and numerical example for the question(3)
3. There is an image with this question.(3)
4. The image for this question has be used in Gliffy, Bubbleshare or another application from Studentblogwikitools.(2)
   
5. The student showed beyond normal effort in answering this question.(1)

Question 2 How are three fifths (3/5), 3:2, 60% and 0.6 all the same? Use pictures and words to show your answer.

10 Marks

1. Shows how the values are equivalent using numbers.(3)
2. Shows how the values are equivalent using images.(2)
3. Shows how all the values are equivalent using pictures.(2)
4. The images for this question has be used in Gliffy, Bubbleshare or another application from Studentblogwikitools.(2)
   
5. The student showed beyond normal effort in answering this question.(1)

Question 3 Show 3 different ways to find 35% of 80. (bubbleshare is an excellent tool to animate the many different ways of finding these answer).

10 Marks

1. Shows 1 way to find the answer.(1)
2. Shows 2 ways to find the answer.(1)
3. Shows 3 ways to solve the question.(1)
4. Illustrates the ways to get the answer.(3)
5. The images for this question has be used in Gliffy, Bubbleshare or another application from Studentblogwikitools.(3)
6. The student showed beyond normal effort in answering this question. (1)
   

Question 4
Find a link to blogs that deal with percentages. Leave a comment behind and add the link with a review (What the post was talking about....yes you have to read the post and why others should read the post) Hint In the side bar there are links to other schools. Three of them have done work on percentages!

5 Marks

1. Student left a comment behind at a different school.(1)
2. Student left a link in their post that works.(2)
3. Student left a review of the post they were linking too.(1)
4. The student showed beyond normal effort in answering this question. (1)

Question 5
The principal announced that 50% of the children in Ms. Stanzi's class met their reading goal for the month and that 55% of the children in Ms Lowrey's class met their reading goal for the month. Ms Stanzi said that a greater number of her students met their reading goal. Could Ms Stanzi be correct? Why or Why not.

10 Marks

1. Student answers the question correctly.(2)
2. Student explains Why or Why not.(3)
3. The images for this question has be used in Gliffy, Bubbleshare or another application from Studentblogwikitools.(3)
4. The student showed beyond normal effort in answering this question. (1)

Question 6
Use a hundred grid (unit square) to illustrate the following questions. Once you have explained and illustrated what the question means solve it.

15 Marks
a) 16 is 40% of what number?

1. Answers the question properly.(2)
2. Uses an image to illustrate answering the question.(2)
3. The images for this question has be used in Gliffy, Bubbleshare or another application from Studentblogwikitools.(2)
4. The student showed beyond normal effort in answering this question. (1.5)

b) What is 120% of 30?

1. Answers the question properly.(2)
2. Uses an image to illustrate answering the question.(2)
3. The images for this question has be used in Gliffy, Bubbleshare or another application from Studentblogwikitools.(2)
4. The student showed beyond normal effort in answering this question. (1.5)

This is the end of your first growing post. It is due on Monday December 18. There are late penalties if you do not complete the assignments on time. Late Assignments will be accepted.

Handed in on time

20 Marks

1. On time 9:00 Monday December 18th (20)
2. Late Any other time after 9:00 December 18th (17)
3. Tuesday December 19th (15)
4. Wednesday December 20th (12)
5. Completed Assignment (10)
   

Marked other assignments and left mark as comments. (You must leave links in your growing post on the posts that you have marked.) There may only be two marks per student. If that student already has 2 marks you must choose another :-)

15 Marks
Your Growing Post

1. Marked another student and left helpful comments behind.(3)
2. Left a link behind in your growing post telling whose post you have marked.(1)
3. Handed in marking rubric to teacher.(1)
   

First Student

1. Marked another student and left helpful comments behind.(3)
2. Left a link behind in your growing post telling whose post you have marked.(1)
3. Handed in marking rubric to teacher.(1)

Second Student

1. Marked another student and left helpful comments behind.(3)
2. Left a link behind in your growing post telling whose post you have marked.(1)
3. Handed in marking rubric to teacher.(1)

Your First Growing Post

It is almost time for Winter Break and this is an important computer assignment. It is called a growing post. It is called a growing post because you create one post and add to it everyday. This assignment can be done at the last minute or it can be done a few questions at a time over the two weeks.

Remember you only create one post. You then edit it as you add more information.

Due Date Monday December 18

You must copy the questions into your Growing Post. They should be in a different colour than your responses.

Tools You can make this growing post simple or advanced. For full marks you will have to use Web 2.0 tools to make it more interactive. You can find many web tools at studentblogwikitools.wikispaces.com.

Label Please label your growing post using growingpost, percentage.


Title (Place Name Here) Percentage Growing Post

Question 1
What is a good definition of percent? You should use words symbols, pictures and numerical examples in your definition. (suggestion gliffy is an excellent tool for adding detail to your definition.)

Question 2
How are three fifths (3/5), 3:2, 60% and 0.6 all the same? Use pictures and words to show your answer.

Question 3
Show 3 different ways to find 35% of 80. (bubbleshare is an excellent tool to animate the many different ways of finding these answer).

Question 4
Find a link to blogs that deal with percentages. Leave a comment behind and add the link with a review (What the post was talking about....yes you have to read the post and why others should read the post) Hint In the side bar there are links to other schools. Three of them have done work on percentages!

Question 5
The principal announced that 50% of the children in Ms. Stanzi's class met their reading goal for the month and that 55% of the children in Ms Lowrey's class met their reading goal for the month. Ms Stanzi said that a greater number of her students met their reading goal. Could Ms Stanzi be correct? Why or Why not.

Question 6
Use a hundred grid (unit square) to illustrate the following questions. Once you have explained and illustrated what the question means solve it.

a) 16 is 40% of what number?
b) What is 120% of 30?

This is the end of your first growing post. It is due on Monday December 18. There are late penalties if you do not complete the assignments on time. Late Assignments will be accepted.

Meet the Teacher Night

Every year there is an opportunity to meet the parents of my students. I get to explain how my course is run and what expectations I have of the students and of parents.

Assessment in the course this year for the first term is based on test and quiz scores, journalling, completion of TLE-8 computer units, mental math activities and interaction with the classroom blog.

I like to give the parents a heads up on the positive aspects of blogging and the importance of the students being responsible for their actions.

Blogging is a very public form of communication. Bud Hunt, a teacher in the U.S. has these guidelines for his students. I will use them too.

1. Students using blogs are expected to treat blogspaces as classroom spaces. Speech that is inappropriate for class is not appropriate for our blog. While we encourage you to engage in debate and conversation with other bloggers, we also expect that you will conduct yourself in a manner reflective of a representative of this school.



2. Never EVER EVER give out or record personal information on our blog. Our blog exists as a public space on the Internet. Don’t share anything that you don’t want the world to know. For your safety, be careful what you say, too. Don’t give out your phone number or home address. This is particularly important to remember if you have a personal online journal or blog elsewhere.



3. Again, your blog is a public space. And if you put it on the Internet, odds are really good that it will stay on the Internet. Always. That means ten years from now when you are looking for a job, it might be possible for an employer to discover some really hateful and immature things you said when you were younger and more prone to foolish things. Be sure that anything you write you are proud of. It can come back to haunt you if you don’t.



4. Never link to something you haven’t read. While it isn’t your job to police the Internet, when you link to something, you should make sure it is something that you really want to be associated with. If a link contains material that might be creepy or make some people uncomfortable, you should probably try a different source.

One form of blogging work is Scribe Posts.

Scribe Posts

Write a brief summary of what we learned in class today. Include enough detail so that someone who was away sick, or missed class for any other reason, can catch up on what they missed. Over the course of the semester, the scribe posts will grow into the textbook for the course; written by students for students. Remember that as each of you write your scribe posts. Ask yourself: "Is this good enough for our textbook? Would a graphic or other example(s) help illustrate what we learned?" And remember, you have a global audience, impress them.

Students will be expected to contribute one scribe post every 30 classes or about 4 times a year.

Examples of Scribe Posts from last year.

LaraMae did a scribe post during our algebra unit. Her scribe included a picture that accuratly depicted a piece of paper that had been folded into 5 columns filled with notes. It was awesome.

Norielle through the use of one image described and explained how to find the surface area of a cylinder.

Josh showed how to find the volume of geometric solids in tremendous detail.

The Scribe Post Hall of Fame showcases the best Scribe Posts from around the globe. Our student figure prominantly on this site.


Another way we use our classroom blog is to create Growing Posts.

Growing Posts

Growing posts are like unit reviews. Each growing post starts off as one post by the student answering one question about a concept. Each day the students have to answer a new question and add it to their post. At the end of the unit they will have a comprehensive resource of material needed to study for tests or complete assignments.

Here are some excellent Growing Posts

Michael's Growing Post Ingrid's Growing Post

Sometimes students strive for enrichment. Here is an example of intrinsic creativity

Aldrin's Fraction Growing Post

Dion's Growing Post

The Growing Post Hall Of Fame was created to allow student work to be displayed for the world to see. I am proud of the work that students did last year and am looking forward to this years inductee's.

This years classes will participate in many activities that will prepare them for their future. As parents enjoy their ride through the Sargent Park Math Zone of Room 17. If you dare come along for the ride with them!!

I showed the students this video today. Watch it and see where the world might... is going. It was made by a teacher K. Fisch from Colorado.

Did You Know

Mr. Harbeck