7C Health Part 2

Hepatitis B Viral infection which affects the liver.	By having vaginal, anal or oral sex without a condom with someone who has the infection; form mother-to-baby. By sharing needles, syringes, toothbrushes, razors and unsterilized instruments that pierce the skin. Blood transfusion in countries that do not pre-test blood for transfusion.	May have no symptoms or mild flu-like illness or vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine and yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes.	Rest, exercise and avoid alcohol, drugs and smoking. Eat a well-balanced low-fat diet. Check any prescribed or over-the-counter medicines are safe to take.	Always use a condom if partner is not immunised. Protection is offered to babies on the immunisation schedule and to children under 16 years. Free immunisation is available for household and sexual contacts.
Hepatitis C Viral infection which affects the liver.	After contact with infected blood or by sharing needles or syringes or possibly through sexual contact. Blood transfusion in countries that doe no pre-test blood for transfusion.	Often no symptoms or may have mild, flu-like illness or vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine and yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes.	Rest, exercise and avoid alcohol, drugs and smoking. Eat a well-balanced low-fat diet.	Sexual and needle-sharing partners can have a blood test to check for Hep C antibodies.
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus attacks the white blood cells and causes damage to the immune system so that it can be difficult to fight off infections.	HIV is transmitted through blood, semen and vaginal fluids, sharing needles and from mother-to-baby. Blood transfusion in countries that do not pre-test blood for transfusion.	Usually no obvious symptoms for many years.	No immunisation or cure available although some secondary infections can be treated or prevented. Keeping well for longer is possible with good care. Women with HIV/AIDS need a cervical smear yearly.	Practice safer sex to prevent transmission. Partners should ask for an HIV test.

7C Health - STI's and Prevention part 1

Disease	How you get it	Symptoms	Treatment	Partners
Diseases that are transmitted sexually
Chlamydia Infection of mucous membranes lining the genitals can lead to inflammatory disease (PID) in women and infertility in men and women.	By having vaginal or anal sex without a condom with someone who has the infection; from mother-to-baby (eye and chest infection)	Women often have no symptoms or may have pain with sexual intercourse, lower abdominal pain, changes in bleeding pattern. Men may have no symptoms or may have watery or thick discharge from penis, pain or urinating.	Antibiotics.	Recent sexual partners need treatment. Don't have sex until 7 days after starting treatment and until sexual contacts have been treated.
Gonorrhoea Bacterial infection of genitals, throat or anus, can lead to infertility particularly  in women.	By having vaginal, anal or oral sex without a condom with someone who has the infection; from mother-to-baby (eye infections).	Women usually have no symptoms, but may have pain with sex, vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain. Men may have no symptoms or discharge from penis, discharge from anus, pain in testicles, pain on urinating.	Antibiotics.	Sexual partners must be tested and treated if positive. Avoid sex until seven days after treatment is completed. Condoms provide some protection, but not total.
Syphilis Bacterial infection entering the body through breaks in skin or linings of the genital area; over time, goes on to damage internal organs (heart, brain, spinal cord)	By having vaginal, anal or oral sex without a condom with someone who has the infection; from mother-to-baby across placenta during pregnancy (congenital syphilis).	Painless ulcer (chancre) usually on genitals;  later swollen glands, rash, hair loss.	Antibiotics with follow-up blood tests.	Sexual partners must be tested and treated if positive. Current health regulations advise no sex until you are cleared.
Genital warts Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes fleshy or flat lumps – may be present even if not visible	HPV transmitted by direct skin-to-skin contact, usually during sex; from mother-to-baby. Sometimes no identifiable source of transmission.	Fleshy or flat lumps on or around genitals, anus, groin or thigh.	Visible warts can be treated, but the infection cannot be cured. Discuss vaccination with your general practice.	Condoms provide some protection, but not total.
Genital herpes Herpes simplex virus causes skin infection usually on mouth and lips (cold sores) or on genitals.	Close skin contact with someone with the virus; from mother-to-baby.	Painful, red blisters, little sores or ulcers, flu-like symptoms, and sometimes a discharge.	Anti-herpes drugs and pain relief can be given to treat symptoms, but the infection cannot be cured. Some may need medication to prevent further outbreaks.	Partners may or may not catch herpes. Do not have sex when open sores are present. Condoms provide some, but not complete, protection.

7A English

Students are busy finishing their Novel Study - The Giver. Here is a timeline of upcoming work:

1. Quiz - Chapters 1-5 - Monday, May 16, 2016

2. Quiz - Chapters 7 - 13 - Tuesday, May 17, 2106

3. Hand in all answers Ch. 1 - 23 - Tuesday, May 24, 2016

4. 5 Paragraph Essay - Due Date TBD (First week of June)* This may be replaced by a different essay (related to recent trip to Mono Cliffs)

HSP Updates

MATH - Students have been working on Fractions. They will be having an OPEN BOOK ASSESSMENT Monday, May 2 / 16 and Tuesday, May 3 / 16. This will involve simple questions based on the work they have completed.

Here is some work that they can review:

SS, RJ - Fractions to twelfths Identifying a fraction of a group Fractions of a Group

JD, YG, AN - Fractions to twelfths Equivalent Fractions 1 Equivalent Fractions 2

DN, CW, FM, AZ, JL, Comparing MIxed Numbers and Improper Fractions 1 Comparing Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions 2

LANGUAGE / GEOGRAPHY - Students have been working on a series called "What In the World?"

Over the past few weeks, we have examined the following current events:

1. The upcoming Census

2. The visit of President Obama to Cuba and the impact on trade, both countries

3. The Northern-most Canadian Forces Base

Students have worked on writing skills while answering questions in complete sentences, they have also completed various activities, including mapping the areas discussed in the articles.

The students will be having an OPEN BOOK QUIZ on each of the three articles.

7C - Emotional and Physical Changes in Puberty

Please review the following sites before we meet for class on Monday, May 2, 2016.


Puberty Article



Physical Changes


Physical Changes for Girls

Physical Changes for Boys


Emotional Changes

Emotional Changes - Boys and Girls

7C Health - Consent

Students participated in a 3 corners Activity. They were given the options to choose:"AGREE", "NOT SURE", and "DISAGREE" for the following statements:

1. Grade 7 is the right age to start dating.
2. If someone doesn't like you, there are things you can do to make them change their mind and you should persist until they feel the same way.
3. Family values influence how you think about sexual activity.
4. A person should not have sex if their partner is unsure.
5. Oral-genital contact is not "having sex".
6. If someone agrees to engage in sexual activity, but passes out, it is OK to still engage in sexual activity with them.
7. Religious beliefs should influence how you think about sexual activity.
8. People don't need a vaccination for HPV if they are not sexually active.
9. Some types of sexual activity have more risks than other types.
10. People of all gender identities and sexual orientations need to learn how to stay safe and healthy in relationships.

As part of this unit, students were given the following defiinitions.

Abstinence: a conscious decision to refrain from a behaviour or activity

Sexual Activity: Any voluntary sexual behavior  including but not limited to kising, massages or touching, oral sex and anal or vaginal intercourse

Sexual Consent: Sexual consent is defined in Canada's Criminal Code in s. 273.1 (1) as the voluntary agreement to engage in the sexual activity in question. Consent means partners agree to the sexual activity; everyone understands what they are engaging to; and all parties affirmatively communicate their enthusiasm, whether through words or conduct. Silence or passivity does not equal consent.

Oral Sex: Using one's mouth on another person's genitals or anus for sexual pleasure.

Vaginal Intercourse: Penetration of another person's vagina.

Anal Intercourse: Penetration of another person's anus.

Students have discussed the following questions. They rolled dice in groups to choose and take notes on their discussions.

1. What is consent? Why is consent important?

2. How is consent communicated? Why does it need to be ongoing (not just once)?

3. What does ongoing consent really mean? What does it look like?

4. Why is communication with a partner important? What are ways to show respect for consent?

5. What does healthy communication look, feel and sound like?

6. What are ways to say no? What visual / auditory clues help you recognize that someone is saying no?

HSP April 6, 2016

The students have been very busy finishing up various work from the past few weeks.

LANGUAGE: Students have finished their first Guided Reading Story.

Yellow Group: The Loch Ness Monster (non-fiction )

Green Group: The Story of Sojourner Truth (non-fiction)

Activities included: Vocabulary, Use of Vocabulary, Responses During Reading (using the text to support your opinion), Making Connections

New stories:

Yellow Group: Stars in His Eyes (non-fiction)

Green Group: The Story of Sitting Bull, Great Sioux Chief (non-fiction)

MATH: Fractions - definitions

1    Numerator
--
4    Denominator

Numerator - the part of the fraction that tells how many equal parts to count. It is the top number. In the fraction 2/3, the numerator is 2, and we count two thirds of the whole.

Denominator - the part of the fraction that tells how many equal parts are in a whole. It is the bottom number.

Proper Fraction - 5/7 describes an amount less than 1. The numerator is less than the denominator.

Improper Fraction - 17/5 describes an amount more than 1. The numerator is more than the denominator.

Mixed Number - 3 2/5 has a whole number part and a fraction part.

Equivalent Fractions - fractions that are equal

3/3 = 4/4 = 1                1/4 = 3/12


Students will be completing individual classwork.

SOCIAL STUDIES / GEOGRAPHY

Students have learned latitude and longitude and how to find places on maps using this. Their application of skills continues with mapping associated with various articles read in class.

Gr. 6's completed: On Alert! Canadian Forces Station in Nunavut's Ellesmere Island
Gr. 8's completed: The Zika Virus

Upcoming Articles:

Gr. 6 - Article TBD, as we are awaiting the release via TDSB. (will happen this week)

Gr. 8 - An Historic visit to Cuba

HEALTH - 7C Monday, April 4, 2016

Today the Students received their marks for the Harassment Test. The entire content of the test is from this blog, as well as student notes. It is very notable that there were a number of students who admittedly did not study for this test. Parents: Please sign and return the test once you have reviewed it with your son/daughter.

NEW UNIT: Consent

Definition: Consent is voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. In otherwords, it means communicating yest on your own terms.

There are many ways to communicate "NO." Freezing up, saying you're tired, crying, pulling away are a few examples to communicate no. A person does not have to yell no, scream, kick or bite for it to be exceedingly clear that they don't want to engage in sexual activity.

For this Unit, we will be using a variety of resources: OPHEA Grade 7, consented.ca (a website) and other appropriate resources.

Please feel free to contact me directly at school with any questions.

Possible Impacts of Harassment of Bullying

5 Main Areas That Can Be Impacted/Examples:

1. Physical - pushing, hitting, rough play, fighting

2. Social - exclusion from activities, posting comments online, friend stealing

3. Emotional - name calling, posting images or comments online, making unwanted comments about appearance

4. Spiritual - unwanted or inappropriate comments about religion or faith

5. Financial - extortion, blackmail, stealing, coercion

Health - Harrassment Notes

1. Harassment is...
- any unwanted or uninvited remarks, gestures, sounds or actions of a persistent nature that make a person feel unsafe, degraded or uncomfortable.

It includes...
- any overt, subtle verbal or written comments or any physical conduct which places pressure on, ridicules, degrades, or expresses hatred

Any of the above behaviours based on...
- a person's appearance, abilities, gender or sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, cultural background, place of birth, religion, citizenship or ancestry

2. Examples of Harassment:
-unwanted, unwelcome physical contact like touching, grabbing or patting
-sexual gossip
-obscene phone calls
-rude jokes or suggestive remarks of a sexual nature
-demeaning nicknames
-catcalls, rating or embarrassing whistles
-stalking
-graffiti
-threats, abuse or assault
-sexually insulting remarks about race, culture, ability or class

3. Harassment is NOT:

-a hug between friends\
-mutual flirtation
-sincere personal compliments

4. What to do if you are harassed:

-do not ignore it, it will not go away
-tell someone about the incident, eg. a friend, a teacher, counsellor, parent, trusted adult
-keep a diary or a written record of the incidents of harassment
-if possible, tell the person who is harassing you to stop
-keep yourself safe

5. Consequences of being harassed:

-Do not blame yourself. One myth is that you are somehow to blame. This is not true. No one asks to be harassed. You are not responsible for the harasser's behaviour.

7A Newspaper Assignment

Imagine the day in the life of a news reporter. It’s all about creating a story and publishing it for the world to read.

We will get to experience this through our expository writing. You will create a news paper article for our class. This will be a whole class project, as everyone will be contributing to the final newspaper completion and distribution.

The end product will be shared with our class. Let’s experience what it feels like to be a “real reporter”.

You have now all been hired to be the authors for the 7A Newspaper. Showcase your talent!

Task 1: Feb 5, 2016 (classwork)

v Brainstorm subcategories in a newspaper (in class)

v Select features (categories from above) that you can use for Willowdale. For example, Sports Section (get facts about sporting events)

v Look at all the details in that section, because your article will need all that too. Take notes!

Task 2: Homework Feb 6-7, 2016

v Choose the subcategory that appeals to you and formulate QUESTIONS that you will ask the person you will interview (REMEMBER 5W’s and H!!!)

v Select the person you will interview – should be in our school community (Interview to take place during the week of February 8-11)

*You will be using the graphic organizer handed out in class for this task

Task 3: Feb 8, 2016

v Have teacher review and sign off on your list of questions

Task 4: Feb 8 - 11, 2016

v Interviews begin - Like a reporter, you will have to go out and gather information. Remember it must ALL be FACTUAL

Task 5: Feb 16-17, 2016

v Bring your questions and answers to class (THIS IS THE PLANNING WORK THAT WILL BE HANDED IN)

v Formulate a “story” based on your findings. Remember it must be FACTUAL

v Your report must be 1-2 paragraphs long with all the facts and details necessary (YOU WILL PRINT THIS AS YOUR FIRST DRAFT)

Task 6: Feb 18, 2016

v Self-Edit (BLUE)

v Peer Edit (RED)

*EDITING WILL BE DONE ON THE FIRST DRAFT AND BE HANDED IN

v Show teacher all the edits and re-write your GOOD copy

v  

Feb 19^th, 2016 

v Submit: PLANNING, EDITED ROUGH DRAFT, GOOD COPY

7A Newspaper Assignmemt - Expository Writing

Friday, February 5, 2016

7A Brainstorming - List of categories / sub-categories in a Newspaper

Memorials / Births
Sports
Weather
Movie Listings
Movie Reviews
Entertainment Reviews
Jobs/Personals/Classifieds
Business
Technology
Political Issues
Life and Entertainment
Comics
Games (Sudoku / Crossword)
Financials
Politics
Recipes
Economy
Opinion
Tv Listings
Scoreboard
World Issues
Health and Fitness
Local News

Gr. 7C HEALTH -

This week we started a new Health Unit. I will post weekly information for you to review at home with your Parents.

WHAT IS HARASSMENT? WHAT IS NOT?

Students participated in a Four Corners activity. They were given the choice to STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, DISAGREE and STRONGLY DISAGREE with each statement. From there, students were given an opportunity to speak about their choice - why they felt this way - without criticism or judgement.

THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE ACTIVITY! I was given the opportunity to gauge the students' understanding of the concept of Harassment, and plan adequately for our future lessons.

Here is a list of the statements the students were presented with:

1. You and some friends decide to make an obscene or offensive prank phone call as a joke to entertain yourselves.

2. A teacher overhears you and some friends making rude jokes or sexually related comments and finds it inappropriate.

3. You see someone threatening or assaulting another student at lunch recess.

4. A male and female student hug every time they see each other in the hallway.

5. You and a group of peers use a rude nickname to refer to a student you don't like, but that student doesn't know that they have a nickname.

6. You whistle at someone walking by because you think they are attractive.

Next Health lesson:

Students will use a graphic organizer to record the following information:

- DEFINING Harassment
- Examples of Harassment
- What harassment is NOT
- Consequences of Being Harassed (what can happen to the receiver)
- Suggestions for what to do if you are being Harassed

Week of January 25, 2016

We are fast approaching Term 1 Reports! The students are working on the following:

LANGUAGE: Students have continued with Reading excerpts and answering COMPLETE sentences. This continues to be an area of need, and we will continue to reinforce using the question in the answer, using information from the text and their own ideas to formulate their BEST RESPONSES.

We are also focusing on SEQUENCING events to reinforce order of events. This is a way of preparing them for upcoming Term 2 writing - including essays.

HOMEWORK SUGGESTIONS:

Non-Fiction Reading and Comprehension

Non-Fiction Reading #2

MATH: We are detouring to learn / review PERIMETER and AREA. I cannot stress enough HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THE STUDENTS TO SHOW ALL WORK! The answer alone represents only a portion of the alloted marks.

This includes:
STATE THE RULE               i.e. P = 2 (l+w)
PLUG IN THE NUMBERS           = 2 (4+5)
SOLVE THE NEXT STEP            = 2  (9)
SHOW THE ANSWER                = 18 cm

The solution above is worth 4 marks. Stating the answer alone represents 1 / 4.

HOMEWORK SUGGESTIONS:

SHOW ALL STEPS FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

Perimeter of a Quadrilateral REVIEW

Perimeter of a Polygon

Perimeter of a Triangle

Week of January 11, 2016

Language / Social Studies: Since last week, we are combining Social Studies / Language. We are examining the article: "Getting the World to Agree; The 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference"

Vocabulary: 

emission, lobbyist, binding, developing, industrialized, pre-industrial, imbalance, perma frost

Tasks to be completed: students will read the selection, participate in discussion, answere questions IN COMPLETE SENTENCES  (and participate in answer take-up) and complete a crossword puzzle to find further content-related material. 

Mathematics: As we are ending our latest Math unit, students are practicing some of their skills for an upcoming assessment. Please look for your child's initials for homework related to their work. 

VV, SZ - Basic Multiplication Basic Division

AN, RJ, JD, YG - Division word problems Multiplication Problems  Mixed Multiplication and Division

JL, CW, FM - Multiplication of Decimals Division of Decimals

DN - Addition and Subtraction of Integers 1 Addition and Subtraction of Integers 2