Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Fun fact

The average person waits 2 weeks in there life waiting for a red light to turn green

BRAEDEN

Angora rabbits are bred for there wool because it's so soft and silky

Did you know

Did you know that the kiwi bird has whiskers
danika

Lightest hockey stick

The lightest hockey stick is the EK60 at 400 grams
Shane

Did you know

Do you know what people in Europe celebrate on May 29? Well they celebrate Put Your Pillow On A Fridge Day, it is supposed to bring good luck and lots of money!
Breanna

Soft Ice Cream

Did you know that soft ice cream was invented when a man by the name of Tom Carvel was driving his ice cream truck and got a flat tire?  His ice cream was melting so he began to sell it in a parking lot.  He realized that a fixed location and soft ice cream were good for sales so he opened an ice cream shop that sold soft ice cream.  This is how soft ice cream came about!

Hannah

5 cool facts

5 cool facts:
You breath around 5 million times a year
The average person spends two weeks of there lifetime waiting for a red light to turn green
The present population is expected to rise by 15 billion by 2080
Coach roaches can live several weeks with there head cut off
The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9,000 years old



Grady

5 Interesting Facts

1. Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories per hour.
2. The 29th of May is officially "Put A Pillow In Your Fridge Day".
3. Cherophobia is the fear of fun.
4. The French language has seventeen different words for "surrender".
5. It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on February 18th, 1979.
-Carlee

All about camels

Did you know that camels have two layers of thick eyelashes to keep sand out of there eyes. Camels are also able to close there lips and nostrils to keep out the dust.

Carmen

Fact

Did you know that any month that starts on a Sunday has a Friday the 13th

Eric

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

COD fish

A cod fish is one of the most ugliest fish you could ever see here is an image
Cole 

Honorary Newfoundlanders

Did you Know.....?



To become an Honorary Newfoundlander, you must take an oath and catch and kiss a codfish



Now you Know!
Seth

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Difficult math

Did you know their is a math problem for kids that adults are having a hard time solving? Heir is link ti to the video:   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8UnxrB1-tic

-Jordan
This week in science we mare lerning abut living and non living things arand the school

By Cam

Rounding

In math we learned how to round.When you round if the number to the right of the place you are rounding is 5 or more,round up.If it is 5 or less,round down
Alyssa
Did you know              

Team Canada's biggest win and loss        




Canada's biggest win is 47-0 against Denmark and Canada's biggest lost was 11-1 against soviet union

Cayden
EVRY ONE PREPARE
A ASTEROID MIGHT HIT
THE WEST COAST ON MONDAY
CAUSING A GIANT SUNAMI TO HIT AMERICA WIPING OUT THOUSANDs
Aud

Enrichment

Today we we had an enrichment what I am going in enrichment is as follows
1. Racket sports
2. Ebrandon/ebay
3. Basic automotive


Wyatt

Cat fact!!

Cats have a 90% survival when falling from a building 2 to 32 stories high

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Did you know?

The word listen contains the same letters as silent. 

Trista

Did You Know?

Did You Know?



That there are seven in the world that holds the "key to the internet" if in a major catastrophic event
That the internet is shut down these key holders will be able to reboot the integral parts of the system.


Rainniel

How to call 911

Today we learnt how to call 911 with seven steps.
1. Dial 911
2. State your name
3. state your location
4. Tell what happened
5. Answer any questions
6. Do what they tell you to do
7. Hang up when when told to

Carmen

How to call 911

1.dial  911
2.state yor name
3.state your location
4.tell what happened
5.answer any question
6.do what they tell you to do
7.hang up when they tell you

Braeden

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Fun Fact About Hockey

The first indoor hockey game was played March 3, 1875 on one of Montreal’s Skating Rinks between two teams of about ten players each and many of them were University students.

Garett

Top 10 Golfers 2015

10.  Sergio Garcia
9. Dustin Johnson
8. Justin Rose
7. Jim Furyk
6. Henrik Stenson
5. Rickie Fowler
4. Bubba Watson
3. Jordan Spieth
2. Rory Mcilroy
1. Jason Day


Eric

Monday, September 21, 2015

The top 10 NFL players

These are the top ten NFL players ever

10.Reggie White: defensive end
9: Tom Brady, Quarterback
8. Don Hutson, Wide Receiver
7.Dick Butkus, linebacker
6.Johnny Unitas, Quarterback
5.Walter Payton, Running back
4.Lawrence Taylor, Linebacker
3.Joe Montana, Quarterback
2.Jim Brown, Running back
1.Jerry Rice, Wide receiver

Seth


FACT

Did you know that totem poles represent all the different families that lives around the area                




                -Shaina

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A female lion does 90% of the hunting šŸ–šŸ—šŸ–šŸ—




-AVERY.RšŸŽ©

expanded form

A different way to write a number in expanded form is 3x10+4x0.01+2x0.001 answer 30.042
Cole

Fun fact

did you know that coca cola would be green if the colorant wasn't added.

Danika

The Waffle Cone!

Do you know how the waffle cone was invented?  There was a man selling waffles who was beside a man selling ice cream.  The man selling ice cream ran out of dishes so the man selling waffles rolled the waffles up and gave them to the man selling ice cream, therefore creating the waffle cone.
Hannah

Expanded form

Today in math we learned a new way to do expanded form. Example: 347 3x100+40+7x1=347
Breanna

Mule deer

This weekend I learned that mule deer is a protected species in Manitoba. But in other provinces like Alberta it is one of the big game animals.But now the Mule Deer are migrating into Manitoba from North Dakota and Saskatchewan so there could be a possibility that you can hunt them as big game.





Grady

Spelling

Today we started unit 2 spelling. One of the words are pierce- to pierce a ballon
Shane

Brooke Henderson

Brooke Henderson is a Canadian professional golfer. She was born on September 7th 1997, in Smiths Falls, Ontario. She is 18 years old an has already won 1 LPGA Tour, 1 Symetra tour and four other amateur tours.
-Carlee

Friday, September 18, 2015

Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Victories

The Maple Leafs have won the Cup in 1918, 1922, 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1964,, and 1967. Now whether it's been a while or not 3 wins in a row twice and whether they are good now or not they used to be pretty decent.

Garett

Did you know

Did you know that the oldest clay tablets with mathematics date goes back over 4000 years ago
Alyssa

Hatchet

In our classroom we have started our first novel called hatchet. It is about a boy who's plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness after the pilot has a horrible heart attack and he is stuck by him self in the Canadian wilderness by himself.
Braeden

5 calculation methods

I learned the 5 calculation methods computer,mental math,calculator,estimating,pencil and paper

Haley

The 5 calculation methods

I learned the 5 calculation methods pencil and paper,computer,estimating,calculator,mental math,

Haley

Thursday, September 17, 2015

JJ Watt sack

Houston Texans player JJ Watt made a QB sack on Kansas City Chiefs quarterback after losing his helmet.




Seth

Synonyms and Antonyms

Yesterday  we began grammar with reviewing our synonyms, and antonyms. We were given 12 synonyms and 12 antonyms to figure out. Some of them are...
Synonyms: 1. pleasant-lovely. 2. enough-plenty 3.leave-exit. 4.inquire-examine 5.fearless-brave.
Antonyms: 1. failure-success. 2 absent-present. 3.before-after. 4.slow-fast. 5. all-none.
-Carlee

Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth was the youngest golfer(21 now 22) to win to majors in one year since Gene Sarazen in 1922 at the age of 21 , and Tiger Woods won two in 2002 at the age of 27.

Koala facts

A koala can hold food in their belly's for over 8 days :)



Avery.R

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Social studies

Yesterday in social studies I learned what GPS means taken out abrevation it means Global Positioning System

Wyatt

What should you do if you see a potentially dangerous person?

-Go to a safe place
-Call 911
-Tell an adult
-Run away but stay calm

Trista

Fact

Did you know your lungs can hold up to about five minutes of oxygen.
   
         Danika

Safety of self and others

Yesterday in health we learned how to suspect a potentially dangerous person and how to deal with it 3 ways to suspect a potentially dangerous person are 1. Unknown people following you 2. Asking for personal information 3. Someone with a weapon and this is how you can deal with these people 1.call 911 2. Go to a safe place 3. Tell a trusted adult (mom, dad, teacher, grandma, aunt etc.)
Breanna

Math

We started to learn patterns and to find a pattern in the question in math yesterday
5 8
4 7
7 10
6 9
9 12
Can you find the pattern??
Shane

Signs or behaviours of people who may be dangerous

1 Unknown people following you
2 Someone with a weapon
3 Unknown people asking question
Cole

Longitude and Latitude

Yesterday we learned about longitude and latitude and how it helps you coordinate absolute location. Longitude runs from north to south and latitude runs from west to east.
Carmen.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Did You Know?

Did you know?


That the first cellphone sold in the United States was the dynatac motorola 8000X
Was created by Rudy krolopp in April 1984. And it's two pounds

Monday, September 14, 2015

Calculation methods

Today we learned the 5 different calculation methods.  They are estimating, calculator, paper and pencil, mental math and computer.

Hannah

Sher wood ek60

This fall sher wood is launching a brand new stick called the ek60. The ek60 is the first graphene infused composite stick. Graphene is supposed to to protect the key breakage points in the sticks from breaking from slashes and hacks. The stick is also only 400 grams

Grady

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Welcome to Room 107 2015/16!

Welcome to Room 107! Hi my name is Mr. Routledge and welcome to the Room 107 blog. Here you will find posts from the students of Room 107. We are are a grade seven class located in Virden, Manitoba, Canada. I hope you enjoy the posts from the students and myself.