8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Students then transitioned back into the coordinate plane. We reviewed the key vocabulary introduced yesterday and worked on several examples together, before students were handed the section 1.8 worksheet. Students were given about 40 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Students are to complete the section 1.8 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students
began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned back into using a problem solving plan when working with word problems. We reviewed the steps involved in the plan, before practicing on several example word problems. Mr. Olsen then passed out the section 1.7 worksheet and gave students about 40 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Students are to complete the 1.7 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday.
Science:
Today in science students were on a block schedule with Mr. Sheufelt's class down in the commons of the school participating in a salmon cleaning and filleting activity with ties to the cultural values of Southeast Alaska. Mr. Olsen's students took a field trip to DIPAC and were given a tour of the hatchery and well as valuable information about how and why salmon return to their natal streams to reproduce.
Assignments:
Students were reminded to bring in any permission slips that haven't
been returned yet, tomorrow. Also, students were reminded that some of
them will be cleaning salmon on Wednesday and that they should be prepared
to get messy and slimy while dealing with the cleaning portion of the
day.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday September 26, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day. Students were then introduced to the coordinate plane and several vocabulary words. Students began talking about the origin, ordered pairs, the x-axis and y-axis and quadrants. Mr. Olsen led students through naming several examples of ordered pairs.
Assignments: Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then began learning about developing a problem solving plan for dealing with word problems. Mr. Olsen led students through a few example word problems and modeling how to figure out the question being asked as well as how to develop a strategy to apply to the question.
Assignments: Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to our next unit on salmon. On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, students will be cleaning and filleting salmon here at school and they will also be taking a field trip to DIPAC to begin learning about the life cycle and cultural importance of the salmon to our region. Today in class we learned about the anatomy of the salmon through a virtual dissection. Students filled in a worksheet during this virtual dissection.
Assignments: Students were reminded to bring in any permission slips that haven't been returned yet, tomorrow. Also, students were reminded that some of them will be cleaning salmon on Tuesday and that they should be prepared to get messy and slimy while dealing with the cleaning portion of the day.
Assignments: Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then began learning about developing a problem solving plan for dealing with word problems. Mr. Olsen led students through a few example word problems and modeling how to figure out the question being asked as well as how to develop a strategy to apply to the question.
Assignments: Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to our next unit on salmon. On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, students will be cleaning and filleting salmon here at school and they will also be taking a field trip to DIPAC to begin learning about the life cycle and cultural importance of the salmon to our region. Today in class we learned about the anatomy of the salmon through a virtual dissection. Students filled in a worksheet during this virtual dissection.
Assignments: Students were reminded to bring in any permission slips that haven't been returned yet, tomorrow. Also, students were reminded that some of them will be cleaning salmon on Tuesday and that they should be prepared to get messy and slimy while dealing with the cleaning portion of the day.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Thursday September 22, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students took the MAPS math test.
Assignments: Review Homework #7 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then took the MAPS math test.
Assignments: Review Homework #7 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students began designing their dry ice experiments. In their groups, students began by developing the question they would like an answer to. Next, students developed a materials list, and began designing their experiments and creating a detailed procedures list. Students are to have a detailed procedures list signed off by Mr. Olsen before they can begin their experiments in class tomorrow.
Assignments: Students were asked to continue designing their experiments for tomorrow lab.
Assignments: Review Homework #7 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then took the MAPS math test.
Assignments: Review Homework #7 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students began designing their dry ice experiments. In their groups, students began by developing the question they would like an answer to. Next, students developed a materials list, and began designing their experiments and creating a detailed procedures list. Students are to have a detailed procedures list signed off by Mr. Olsen before they can begin their experiments in class tomorrow.
Assignments: Students were asked to continue designing their experiments for tomorrow lab.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Monday September 19, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we moved into subtracting integers. Mr. Olsen reminded students of the importance of the rules for signs introduced last section, and that they will continue to use those rules throughout the school year. The rule for subtracting integers was introduced to the students before several example problems were worked out by the kids. Mr. Olsen then passed out the 1.6 worksheet for students to practice these new skills.
Assignments: Complete the 1.6 worksheet for Tuesday if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #6 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. We then graded the section 1.5 worksheet students completed on Friday in class before we transitioned into section 1.6 on calculating the perimeter and area of rectangles and squares. Mr. Olsen introduced the formulas to the students and led students through an example of finding the perimeter and area.
Assignments: Review Homework #6 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group lab where students learned about systematic observations, variables within an experiment, and predictions. Students were handed a cup with dish soap in it, and also given two cups of water, one hot and one cold. Students then added some dry ice to the soap cup and proceeded to systematically add drops of cold and hot water and observed the reactions during the experiment.
Assignments: Students were asked to begin thinking about a variable they would like to measure during tomorrows lab.
Assignments: Complete the 1.6 worksheet for Tuesday if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #6 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. We then graded the section 1.5 worksheet students completed on Friday in class before we transitioned into section 1.6 on calculating the perimeter and area of rectangles and squares. Mr. Olsen introduced the formulas to the students and led students through an example of finding the perimeter and area.
Assignments: Review Homework #6 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group lab where students learned about systematic observations, variables within an experiment, and predictions. Students were handed a cup with dish soap in it, and also given two cups of water, one hot and one cold. Students then added some dry ice to the soap cup and proceeded to systematically add drops of cold and hot water and observed the reactions during the experiment.
Assignments: Students were asked to begin thinking about a variable they would like to measure during tomorrows lab.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Thursday September 15, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we moved back into adding integers. Mr. Olsen began class by reviewing the important rules concerning similar and different signs when adding integers, and provided students with several examples to demonstrate their new found knowledge. Students were then handed the 1.5 worksheet and given 30 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Complete the 1.5 worksheet for Friday if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class about 35 minutes late due to school pictures. But once we got going, Mr. Olsen went back into section 1.5, more specifically on the distance formula. Mr. Olsen led students through several examples and moved around the room as students solved the equations.
Assignments: Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group lab where students learned about systematic observations, variables within an experiment, and predictions. Students were handed a cup with dish soap in it, and also given two cups of water, one hot and one cold. Students then added some dry ice to the soap cup and proceeded to systematically add drops of cold and hot water and observed the reactions during the experiment.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Complete the 1.5 worksheet for Friday if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class about 35 minutes late due to school pictures. But once we got going, Mr. Olsen went back into section 1.5, more specifically on the distance formula. Mr. Olsen led students through several examples and moved around the room as students solved the equations.
Assignments: Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group lab where students learned about systematic observations, variables within an experiment, and predictions. Students were handed a cup with dish soap in it, and also given two cups of water, one hot and one cold. Students then added some dry ice to the soap cup and proceeded to systematically add drops of cold and hot water and observed the reactions during the experiment.
Assignments: None.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Wednesday September 14, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we graded the section 1.4 worksheet as a class. We then transitioned into section 1.5 and began learning about adding integers. Mr. Olsen introduced three important rules for dealing with common and different signs when adding integers, before offering students several example problems to practice these new skills.
Assignments: Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then graded the section 1.4 worksheet as a class. Next, we transitioned into section 1.5 on solving equations using mental math. Mr. Olsen also introduced the distance formula to the students and offered students several example problems to practice these new skills.
Assignments: Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group lab where students conducted three different experiments involving dry ice, hot and cold water, a film canister and a balloon, and a plastic ziploc baggie with a piece of dry ice sealed in it. Students began class by developing data sheets in their science notebooks, before being handed the materials to conduct these experiments. Students took detailed observations throughout each experiment, including drawing pictures of each step of the experiment.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then graded the section 1.4 worksheet as a class. Next, we transitioned into section 1.5 on solving equations using mental math. Mr. Olsen also introduced the distance formula to the students and offered students several example problems to practice these new skills.
Assignments: Review Homework #5 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group lab where students conducted three different experiments involving dry ice, hot and cold water, a film canister and a balloon, and a plastic ziploc baggie with a piece of dry ice sealed in it. Students began class by developing data sheets in their science notebooks, before being handed the materials to conduct these experiments. Students took detailed observations throughout each experiment, including drawing pictures of each step of the experiment.
Assignments: None.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tuesday September 13, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we transitioned into integers. Mr. Olsen led students through several definitions, including absolute value and opposites, and helped students through several example problems. The section 1.4 worksheet was handed out and students were given about 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment with Mr. Olsen available to help students as needed.
Assignments: Complete the section 1.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #4 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then moved into the order of operations. We reviewed what the students already know about the order of operations, before Mr. Olsen handed out the section 1.4 worksheet and gave students 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Students are to complete the section 1.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided in class. Review Homework #4 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group discussion concerning the molecular movements of atoms when energy (heat) is applied to a solid. We were referring to the lab students conducted in class last Friday, where we put "wet" ice and dry ice in a stainless steel pan and applied heat to it. The concept Mr. Olsen was hoping for students to pick up on has to do with the fact that molecules move faster when energy is applied.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Complete the section 1.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #4 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then moved into the order of operations. We reviewed what the students already know about the order of operations, before Mr. Olsen handed out the section 1.4 worksheet and gave students 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Students are to complete the section 1.4 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided in class. Review Homework #4 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students participated in a group discussion concerning the molecular movements of atoms when energy (heat) is applied to a solid. We were referring to the lab students conducted in class last Friday, where we put "wet" ice and dry ice in a stainless steel pan and applied heat to it. The concept Mr. Olsen was hoping for students to pick up on has to do with the fact that molecules move faster when energy is applied.
Assignments: None.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Thursday September 8, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we transitioned into the order of operations. We reviewed what the students already know about the order of operations, before Mr. Olsen introduced a few example problems and challenged students solve them.
Assignments: Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then moved back into powers and exponents and reviewed the rules introduced yesterday, before we practiced some examples together. Students were then handed the section 1.3 worksheet and given 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Students are to complete the section 1.3 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided in class. Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students continued making observations in a lab setting. Today's activity had students observing two separate substances and drawing two pictures of what they see, and listing ten written observations for each substance. To wrap up the lesson, students were to then compare and contrast the two substances, with ten similarities and ten differences.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then moved back into powers and exponents and reviewed the rules introduced yesterday, before we practiced some examples together. Students were then handed the section 1.3 worksheet and given 25 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Students are to complete the section 1.3 worksheet if they did not finish in the time provided in class. Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students continued making observations in a lab setting. Today's activity had students observing two separate substances and drawing two pictures of what they see, and listing ten written observations for each substance. To wrap up the lesson, students were to then compare and contrast the two substances, with ten similarities and ten differences.
Assignments: None.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Wednesday September 7, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we graded the section 1.2 worksheet as a class. We then jumped back into the text and Mr. Olsen introduced a problem solving plan to the students. This problem solving plan gives students a strategy when working with word problems.
Assignments: Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then graded the section 1.2 worksheet as a class before Mr. Olsen introduced section 1.3 from the text book on powers and exponents.
Assignments: Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students continued making observations in a lab setting. Today's activity had students writing descriptive paragraphs about an object in hopes that somebody at their table group could guess the object being described.
Assignments: Students are to write a descriptive paragraph that is 7-10 sentences in length, about an object of their choice to share in class tomorrow.
Assignments: Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then graded the section 1.2 worksheet as a class before Mr. Olsen introduced section 1.3 from the text book on powers and exponents.
Assignments: Review Homework #3 is due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students continued making observations in a lab setting. Today's activity had students writing descriptive paragraphs about an object in hopes that somebody at their table group could guess the object being described.
Assignments: Students are to write a descriptive paragraph that is 7-10 sentences in length, about an object of their choice to share in class tomorrow.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Tuesday September 6, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we jumped back into the text book and continued talking about powers and exponents. After a bit of review, students were handed a worksheet and given 30 minutes of class time to complete it.
Assignments: Section 1.2 worksheet is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then jumped back into section 1.2 from the text book and continued talking about variables and expressions. After a bit of review, students were handed the 1.2 worksheet and given about 30 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Section 1.2 worksheet is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to the concept of observation within a science experiment. Today students observed raisins in a glass of clear soda. Students began by making a hypothesis of what they thought was going to happen, before actually participating in the experiment. Students were to write as many observations as possible in the time frame given.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Section 1.2 worksheet is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then jumped back into section 1.2 from the text book and continued talking about variables and expressions. After a bit of review, students were handed the 1.2 worksheet and given about 30 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.
Assignments: Section 1.2 worksheet is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science students were introduced to the concept of observation within a science experiment. Today students observed raisins in a glass of clear soda. Students began by making a hypothesis of what they thought was going to happen, before actually participating in the experiment. Students were to write as many observations as possible in the time frame given.
Assignments: None.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Thursday September 1, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day before we graded the 1.1 worksheet as class. We then transitioned into section 1.2 on powers and exponents. Mr. Olsen then led students through some instruction and example problems.
Assignments: Review Homework #2 will be due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then graded the 1.1 worksheet as a class before transitioning into section 1.2 on evaluating variable expressions. Students were introduced to the concepts of variables and expressions, and did several example problems as a class.
Assignments: Review Homework #2 will be due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students had the entire class period to put together their scientific summer posters. Students combined their research and visual aides that they found on the internet and and began building their final projects.
Assignments: Students can be finishing up their scientific summer projects if they did not finish in the class time provided.
Assignments: Review Homework #2 will be due on Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. We then graded the 1.1 worksheet as a class before transitioning into section 1.2 on evaluating variable expressions. Students were introduced to the concepts of variables and expressions, and did several example problems as a class.
Assignments: Review Homework #2 will be due on Friday.
Science: Today in science students had the entire class period to put together their scientific summer posters. Students combined their research and visual aides that they found on the internet and and began building their final projects.
Assignments: Students can be finishing up their scientific summer projects if they did not finish in the class time provided.
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