8th Grade Math: Today in math students continued practicing their isometric drawing and completed a worksheet where they calculated the volume and surface area of multiple shape configurations.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to our next project, where students will be working in pairs and building birdhouses. Each student pair will begin by designing a plan of a birdhouse on paper and then building that design out of paper. Next week, students should be nearing the building phase of the project where each group will be given a 1x6x8 board and asked to create their birdhouse!
Assignments: None.
Science: There was no science today as students were MAP testing this afternoon, and we used the morning hours for language arts and math.
Assignments: Students should be continuing work on their rough drafts of their alternative energy writing project. Students are expected to come to class on Friday with a completed rough draft in order to participate in the peer editing process scheduled for class on Friday afternoon. The final paper will be due at the end of class on Monday.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday April 27, 2011
8th Grade Math: There was no math today as students were MAP testing this afternoon, and we used the morning hours for social studies and science.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: There was no math today as students were MAP testing this afternoon, and we used the morning hours for social studies and science.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students were given more class time to continue working on the rough drafts of their alternative energy writing project. Students should be coming into class on Friday with a completed rough draft in order to participate in the peer editing process scheduled for class on Friday.
Assignments: Students should be continuing work on their rough drafts of their alternative energy writing project. Students are expected to come to class on Friday with a completed rough draft in order to participate in the peer editing process scheduled for class on Friday afternoon. The final paper will be due at the end of class on Monday.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: There was no math today as students were MAP testing this afternoon, and we used the morning hours for social studies and science.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students were given more class time to continue working on the rough drafts of their alternative energy writing project. Students should be coming into class on Friday with a completed rough draft in order to participate in the peer editing process scheduled for class on Friday.
Assignments: Students should be continuing work on their rough drafts of their alternative energy writing project. Students are expected to come to class on Friday with a completed rough draft in order to participate in the peer editing process scheduled for class on Friday afternoon. The final paper will be due at the end of class on Monday.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tuesday April 26, 2011
8th Grade Math: There was no math today as students were MAP testing this afternoon, and we used the morning hours for social studies and science.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: There was no math today as students were MAP testing this afternoon, and we used the morning hours for social studies and science.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students were given class time to begin work on the rough draft of their alternative energy essay. After spending last week researching their chosen source and completing several guiding worksheets, students should have begun the process of taking their research and converting it into paragraph form. Mr. Olsen was available throughout the class period offering support where and when needed.
Assignments: Students should be continuing work on their rough drafts of their alternative energy writing project.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: There was no math today as students were MAP testing this afternoon, and we used the morning hours for social studies and science.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students were given class time to begin work on the rough draft of their alternative energy essay. After spending last week researching their chosen source and completing several guiding worksheets, students should have begun the process of taking their research and converting it into paragraph form. Mr. Olsen was available throughout the class period offering support where and when needed.
Assignments: Students should be continuing work on their rough drafts of their alternative energy writing project.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday April 21, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math, students continued working with isometric dot graphing paper where they kept practicing sketching solids in 3-D form. Mr. Olsen had wooden blocks out in the classroom and each table group of students were encouraged to build the shapes that they were being asked to draw first, so they could see what they were expected to draw. They then drew the shapes they built with the blocks on the isometric dot paper.
Assignments: Review Homework #19 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to the volume equation for cylinders. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were handed the 12.6 worksheet and given 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Review homework #20 is due on Friday. Students should also complete the 12.6 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
Science: Today in science students were given class time and computer lab time to continue working on their research of their chosen energy source. Today most students were working on the process of converting their energy source from a raw material to electricity. Some students began the next step of explaining how and where their chosen energy source is being used in the state of Alaska.
Assignments: Students should be completing the worksheet explaining how they convert their energy source into electricity if they did not finish in the class time provided today.
Assignments: Review Homework #19 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to the volume equation for cylinders. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were handed the 12.6 worksheet and given 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Review homework #20 is due on Friday. Students should also complete the 12.6 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
Science: Today in science students were given class time and computer lab time to continue working on their research of their chosen energy source. Today most students were working on the process of converting their energy source from a raw material to electricity. Some students began the next step of explaining how and where their chosen energy source is being used in the state of Alaska.
Assignments: Students should be completing the worksheet explaining how they convert their energy source into electricity if they did not finish in the class time provided today.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wednesday April 20, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math, students were introduced to isometric dot graphing paper where they began practicing sketching solids in 3-D form. Mr. Olsen had wooden blocks out in the classroom and each table group of students were encouraged to build the shapes that they were being asked to draw first, so they could see what they were expected to draw. They then drew the shapes they built with the blocks on the isometric dot paper.
Assignments: Review Homework #19 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were continued working with cylinders and the process of calculating the surface area of a cylinder through a net of a cylinder. We graded our homework and then spent the rest of the hour working on problems that several students were stumped on during the homework. The students that picked up on the algebraic process, in turn helped their classmates through the process as well.
Assignments: Review homework #20 is due on Friday. Students should also complete the 12.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
Science: Today in science students were given class time and computer lab time to continue working on their research of their chosen energy source. Today most students were working on the process of converting their energy source from a raw material to electricity.
Assignments: Students should be completing the Researching Energy Sources worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided today.
Assignments: Review Homework #19 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were continued working with cylinders and the process of calculating the surface area of a cylinder through a net of a cylinder. We graded our homework and then spent the rest of the hour working on problems that several students were stumped on during the homework. The students that picked up on the algebraic process, in turn helped their classmates through the process as well.
Assignments: Review homework #20 is due on Friday. Students should also complete the 12.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
Science: Today in science students were given class time and computer lab time to continue working on their research of their chosen energy source. Today most students were working on the process of converting their energy source from a raw material to electricity.
Assignments: Students should be completing the Researching Energy Sources worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided today.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday April 19, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math, students completed the building rectangular prisms project which has students working in groups of four and constructing and calculating the surface area and volume of the rectangular prisms they construct.
Assignments: Review Homework #18 is due on Wednesday. Students should also complete their surface area and volume calculations from the building rectangular prisms project.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were continued working with cylinders and the process of calculating the surface area of a cylinder through a net of a cylinder. Students were handed the 12.4 worksheet and given 30 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Review homework #19 is due on Wednesday. Students should also complete the 12.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
Science: Today in science students were handed the scoring guide or rubric to our next project, the Alternative Energy Writing Project. After going over the scoring guide and expectations of the project, students were taken to the computer lab and given about 35 minutes of class time to complete the Researching Energy Sources worksheet that they began on Monday. Once students finished up the first worksheet, they were handed step number two and worksheet number two, where they will describe in detail the steps required to convert their chosen energy source from raw materials to electricity.
Assignments: Students should be completing the Researching Energy Sources worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided today.
Assignments: Review Homework #18 is due on Wednesday. Students should also complete their surface area and volume calculations from the building rectangular prisms project.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were continued working with cylinders and the process of calculating the surface area of a cylinder through a net of a cylinder. Students were handed the 12.4 worksheet and given 30 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Review homework #19 is due on Wednesday. Students should also complete the 12.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided.
Science: Today in science students were handed the scoring guide or rubric to our next project, the Alternative Energy Writing Project. After going over the scoring guide and expectations of the project, students were taken to the computer lab and given about 35 minutes of class time to complete the Researching Energy Sources worksheet that they began on Monday. Once students finished up the first worksheet, they were handed step number two and worksheet number two, where they will describe in detail the steps required to convert their chosen energy source from raw materials to electricity.
Assignments: Students should be completing the Researching Energy Sources worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided today.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday April 18, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math, students were introduced to the next project which has students working in groups of four and constructing and calculating the surface area and volume of the rectangular prisms they construct.
Assignments: Review Homework #18 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to cylinders and the process of calculating the surface area of a cylinder through a net of a cylinder. After Mr. Olsen introduced the formula for finding the surface area of any cylinder, students were handed a net of a cylinder and asked to calculate the surface area by finding the area of the bases, and adding it to the circumference of the base multiplied by the height of the prism.
Assignments: Review homework #19 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to our next project, the Alternative Energy Writing Project. Students selected an alternative energy source that they want to learn more about and today in class they spent time in the library researching their chosen energy source. Students were completing a worksheet where they were looking for three benefits and three drawbacks of Nuclear energy and their chosen energy source. We will spend tomorrow in the library as well completing this assignment.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #18 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students were introduced to cylinders and the process of calculating the surface area of a cylinder through a net of a cylinder. After Mr. Olsen introduced the formula for finding the surface area of any cylinder, students were handed a net of a cylinder and asked to calculate the surface area by finding the area of the bases, and adding it to the circumference of the base multiplied by the height of the prism.
Assignments: Review homework #19 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to our next project, the Alternative Energy Writing Project. Students selected an alternative energy source that they want to learn more about and today in class they spent time in the library researching their chosen energy source. Students were completing a worksheet where they were looking for three benefits and three drawbacks of Nuclear energy and their chosen energy source. We will spend tomorrow in the library as well completing this assignment.
Assignments: None.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thursday April 14, 2011
8th Grade Math: Students took the Math SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Students took the Math SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students took a walk around the trail behind the school. Students brought along a note-taking guide built into four sections, three things they saw, three things they heard, three things they smelled, and finally they drew three pictures of things they encountered.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class on Monday, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Students took the Math SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students took a walk around the trail behind the school. Students brought along a note-taking guide built into four sections, three things they saw, three things they heard, three things they smelled, and finally they drew three pictures of things they encountered.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class on Monday, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wednesday April 13, 2011
8th Grade Math: Students took the Writing SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Students took the Writing SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students finished watching a film on solar energy. This topic is tying into our Alternative Energy unit that we are currently studying. This led into a class discussion on some advantages and disadvantages of solar energy production on a national level. We then transitioned into a discussion on Nuclear Energy and began watching a film on nuclear energy narrated by Bill Nye.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class on Monday, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Students took the Writing SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students finished watching a film on solar energy. This topic is tying into our Alternative Energy unit that we are currently studying. This led into a class discussion on some advantages and disadvantages of solar energy production on a national level. We then transitioned into a discussion on Nuclear Energy and began watching a film on nuclear energy narrated by Bill Nye.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class on Monday, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Tuesday April 12, 2011
8th Grade Math: Students took the Reading SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Students took the Reading SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students watched a film on solar energy. This topic is tying into our Alternative Energy unit that we are currently studying.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class on Monday, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Students took the Reading SBA this morning.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students watched a film on solar energy. This topic is tying into our Alternative Energy unit that we are currently studying.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class on Monday, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday April 11, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day. We then continued our SBA review process to aide students in preparation for the upcoming Math SBA on Thursday of this week.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we picked up on our SBA review process. Students did several practice problems before we reviewed the answers and the process of finding these answers.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students practiced converting percentages to decimals and degrees in order to make circle (pie) graphs of three different countries energy production.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class today, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we picked up on our SBA review process. Students did several practice problems before we reviewed the answers and the process of finding these answers.
Assignments: None.
Science: Today in science students practiced converting percentages to decimals and degrees in order to make circle (pie) graphs of three different countries energy production.
Assignments: None. Students are to bring the worksheet we worked on in class today, with them to class on Friday so we can pick up where we left off.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Thursday April 7, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day. We then continued our discussion of surface area of prisms. Today we talked about the formulas and the process of solving for the surface area of rectangular prisms, cylinders and triangular prisms. Students then spent the rest of the hour practicing their skills on a worksheet (10.5 WS).
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due on Friday. Complete the 10.5 worksheet (odds only) for Friday if they did not finish in the time provided in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we picked up our prism activity where students are working in groups of four and they are constructing rectangular prisms as a team. Once they have built three perfect prisms, they are to calculate the surface area and volume of each.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science students began class with a quiz covering our lightbulb unit we have been working on, before transitioning into our next project on alternative energy. We had a class discussion concerning all of the alternative energies we know about before watching a quick five minute video about energy sources.
Assignments: Students should continue keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due on Friday. Complete the 10.5 worksheet (odds only) for Friday if they did not finish in the time provided in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we picked up our prism activity where students are working in groups of four and they are constructing rectangular prisms as a team. Once they have built three perfect prisms, they are to calculate the surface area and volume of each.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science students began class with a quiz covering our lightbulb unit we have been working on, before transitioning into our next project on alternative energy. We had a class discussion concerning all of the alternative energies we know about before watching a quick five minute video about energy sources.
Assignments: Students should continue keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Wednesday April 6, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day. We then continued our discussion of surface area of prisms. Today we talked about the formulas and the process of solving for the surface area of rectangular prisms, cylinders and triangular prisms. Students then spent the rest of the hour practicing their skills on a worksheet.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we transitioned into our next activity where students are working in groups of four and they are constructing rectangular prisms as a team. Once they have built three perfect prisms, they are to calculate the surface area and volume of each. We will continue this activity on Thursday.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Friday.
Science: Today 8th graders took the SBA Science exam. 7th graders spent the morning with Mr. Sheufelt.
Assignments: Students should continue keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we transitioned into our next activity where students are working in groups of four and they are constructing rectangular prisms as a team. Once they have built three perfect prisms, they are to calculate the surface area and volume of each. We will continue this activity on Thursday.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Friday.
Science: Today 8th graders took the SBA Science exam. 7th graders spent the morning with Mr. Sheufelt.
Assignments: Students should continue keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tuesday April 5, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day. We then continued our discussion of surface area of rectangular prisms, did a few practice problems of solving for the surface area of rectangular prisms, before Mr. Olsen brought students around to solving for the surface area of a triangular prism. Mr. Olsen ended class by introducing the formula for solving a surface area problem for a cylinder.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we transitioned into solving for the volume of a rectangular prism. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were handed a worksheet (12.5) to practice their new found skills.
Assignments: Review HW #17 is due Wednesday. Complete the 12.5 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided.
Science: Today in science students began class by writing a reflection of their thoughts concerning the upcoming SBA exams. We then broke into groups and students worked together to solve practice SBA questions as a team. Two seventh graders and two eighth graders worked together through discussions to determine the best answer for each question.
Assignments: Students should continue keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we transitioned into solving for the volume of a rectangular prism. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were handed a worksheet (12.5) to practice their new found skills.
Assignments: Review HW #17 is due Wednesday. Complete the 12.5 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided.
Science: Today in science students began class by writing a reflection of their thoughts concerning the upcoming SBA exams. We then broke into groups and students worked together to solve practice SBA questions as a team. Two seventh graders and two eighth graders worked together through discussions to determine the best answer for each question.
Assignments: Students should continue keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Monday April 4, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day. We then began talking about surface area and how that relates to polygons. Today we talked about rectangular prisms and finding the total surface area for that shape. We talked about how a rectangular prism has six faces and in order to calculate the total surface area, they would need to find the area for each face and add them all together. We then built and talked about the formula used to calculate the total surface area of a rectangular prism. Students ended class by practicing calculating the surface area of two different rectangular prisms.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we transitioned back into solving surface areas for rectangular prisms. Today we began with two teacher led examples, before students were handed a worksheet (12.3) to practice their skills individually.
Assignments: Review HW #17 is due Wednesday. Complete the 12.3 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided.
Science: Today in science students began class by doing a few practice example problems for the upcoming science SBA. This coming Wednesday all 8th graders will be taking this science assessment. We then transitioned into this weeks assignment, which will consist of each student keeping track of how long each light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom over the course of the week. Students were handed a worksheet that they can use to record their hourly energy consumption for each day this week. On Friday we will then calculate the energy consumption for each light they kept track of.
Assignments: Begin keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom. I also asked students to share this assignment with their families and to ask for help throughout the week keeping track of light use in their homes.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters, before we transitioned back into solving surface areas for rectangular prisms. Today we began with two teacher led examples, before students were handed a worksheet (12.3) to practice their skills individually.
Assignments: Review HW #17 is due Wednesday. Complete the 12.3 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided.
Science: Today in science students began class by doing a few practice example problems for the upcoming science SBA. This coming Wednesday all 8th graders will be taking this science assessment. We then transitioned into this weeks assignment, which will consist of each student keeping track of how long each light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom over the course of the week. Students were handed a worksheet that they can use to record their hourly energy consumption for each day this week. On Friday we will then calculate the energy consumption for each light they kept track of.
Assignments: Begin keeping track of how long a light is using electricity in either their kitchen or bathroom. I also asked students to share this assignment with their families and to ask for help throughout the week keeping track of light use in their homes.
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