Welcome to the computer lab. Here are your instructions.

1. Open up Google Chrome (not Internet Explorer or Firefox).
2. Type in the address bar: google.wrdsb.ca and enter in your username and newly-given password
3. Click on Shared With Me folder and click on 7 1/2 and then click the button on the top called “Add to my drive”.
4. Click on My Drive and then right-click on the 7 1/2 folder and change the colour.
5. Click on the grey square in the top right corner (composed on 9 smaller squares) and click on Mail and send me an email.
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We are learning to compare integers

Principle 1:	Any negative integer (-) is always less than any positive integer (+)	E.g., (-1) < (+1)
Principle 2:	A positive integer (+) closer to zero (0) is always less than a positive integer (+) farther away from zero (0)	E.g., (+3) < (+12)
Principle 3:	A negative integer (-) closer to zero (0) is always greater than a negative integer (-) farther away from zero (0)	E.g., (-2) > (-5)
Zero Principle	When you have the same number of negatives as positives, the result is zero (0).	(-1) + (+1) = 0 (-4) + (+4) = 0

We are learning to add integers

Principle 1:	The sum of two negatives is negative.
Principle 2	The sum of two positives (+) is positive.
Principle 3:	The sum of a (-) and a (+) will take the sign of the number that is farther from zero (0).

We are now starting a unit on data management, where we will collect data by conducting a  survey or experiment and recording their observations or measurements. The survey can be on:

• themselves
• their environment,
• issues in our school or community
• content from another subject

Next, students will be organizing this data into tables, charts and graphs that have appropriate titles, labels and scales.

We will be using Microsoft Excel to help us build electronic graphs for our data.

Our term 1 report cards will include the following strands of math:

1. Number Sense:
   1. decimals
   2. order of operations / BEDMAS
2. Algebra
   1. simplifying algebraic expressions
   2. solving algebraic expressions
3. Measurement
   1. metric conversions
   2. area & perimeter
4. Data Management
   1. collecting and organizing data