8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Next, students
jumped back into chapter 3. We continued our conversation about solving
inequalities using multiplication and division. Students reviewed the rules associated with solving these inequalities, before spending about 35 minutes of class time working on the 3.5 worksheet. For the last 20 minutes of class, Mr. Olsen introduced section 3.6 to the students, on solving multi-step inequalities. We reviewed the rules for adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing when working with inequalities. Students then practiced several examples before running out of time.
Assignments: Students should be completing the 3.5 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students
began class by using their flashmasters. Next, we reviewed all of the
different data displays introduced throughout chapter 3. We talked
about each display and why you might use that display when graphing a
data set. Next, we continued our talk about choosing appropriate data
displays when given a data set and asked to display the data in a
graph. After a conversation on biased and unbiased questions, Mr. Olsen assigned the 3.6 worksheet for the students.
Assignments: Students should be completing the 3.6 worksheet if they did not finish in the class time provided. Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday.
Science:
Today in science, students continued working with the "How well do I know these
vocabulary words?" activity. We had a discussion about physical and chemical changes of matter and how to classify matter into mixtures, compounds, or pure substances. Students were then given about 20 minutes of class time to complete the reading assignment from yesterday. Students finished reading the chapter 1 section 1 reading and answered the review questions at the end.
Assignments: None.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31,
the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will
no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit
for the work they do, when it is due.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Monday December 12, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Next, students
jumped back into chapter 3. We continued our conversation about solving
inequalities using multiplication and division. Students reviewed the properties of multiplication and division, and solving
inequalities. And Mr. Olsen led students through a few example
problems before assigning a few problems for them to complete for homework.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th. Students were assigned problems #1-17 odds only, to be due on Tuesday morning. Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, we reviewed all of the different data displays introduced throughout chapter 3. We talked about each display and why you might use that display when graphing a data set. Next, we began talking about choosing appropriate data displays when given a data set and asked to display the data in a graph.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th. Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students participated in a "How well do I know these vocabulary words?" activity. Students were handed a worksheet and asked to classify 14 vocabulary words into categories based on their level of understanding of the term. Students then read section one of chapter one and answered several questions based on their readings.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th. Students were assigned problems #1-17 odds only, to be due on Tuesday morning. Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, we reviewed all of the different data displays introduced throughout chapter 3. We talked about each display and why you might use that display when graphing a data set. Next, we began talking about choosing appropriate data displays when given a data set and asked to display the data in a graph.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th. Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students participated in a "How well do I know these vocabulary words?" activity. Students were handed a worksheet and asked to classify 14 vocabulary words into categories based on their level of understanding of the term. Students then read section one of chapter one and answered several questions based on their readings.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Friday, December 9, 2011
Friday December 9, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Next, students
jumped back into chapter 3. We began talking about solving inequalities using multiplication and division. Students were introduced to the properties of multiplication and division, and solving inequalities. And Mr. Olsen led students through a few example problems before we ran out of time.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students took the second quiz of chapter 3. The test for chapter 3 is scheduled for either next Wednesday or Thursday.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
Science: Today in science, students participated in a water chemistry lab. Students were asked to bring in water samples from around their homes to test here at school. Students were testing the water samples for dissolved oxygen, pH and temperature of at least three different samples. Students filled in a worksheet as they worked and were asked to make comparisons between at least two or three different samples.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students took the second quiz of chapter 3. The test for chapter 3 is scheduled for either next Wednesday or Thursday.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
Science: Today in science, students participated in a water chemistry lab. Students were asked to bring in water samples from around their homes to test here at school. Students were testing the water samples for dissolved oxygen, pH and temperature of at least three different samples. Students filled in a worksheet as they worked and were asked to make comparisons between at least two or three different samples.
Assignments: Students have been assigned to have their parents/guardians sign their progress reports and bring them back by Tuesday December 13th.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Thursday December 8, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Next, students
jumped back into chapter 3. We continued our talk about solving
inequalities using addition and subtraction. Students were given several example problems that they had to complete and show Mr. Olsen before beginning work on their homework assignment, which is the 3.4 worksheet. It is due Friday morning.
Assignments: Students should be completing the 3.4 worksheet if they did not complete it during the class time provided. Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We continued talking about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur. Next, students were given the class period to complete the 3.5 worksheet on histograms. Students were given about 45 minutes of class time to complete the assignment, and they had to hand it in before they left class, whether it was finished or not.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science, students welcomed a guest speaker, Erik Norberg, who works for the DEC and the Juneau Watershed Partnership. Mr. Norberg brought in a presentation on the three major stream types located around the Juneau area, brown water streams, clear water streams, and glacial streams. Erik talked a bit about the major biological components of all bodies of water, nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon, and the water chemistry for each stream. We then participated in a lab activity, designed to have groups of students testing water samples from each of the three stream types talked about, and measuring the dissolved oxygen, pH and turbidity of each sample.
Assignments: None.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Assignments: Students should be completing the 3.4 worksheet if they did not complete it during the class time provided. Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We continued talking about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur. Next, students were given the class period to complete the 3.5 worksheet on histograms. Students were given about 45 minutes of class time to complete the assignment, and they had to hand it in before they left class, whether it was finished or not.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science, students welcomed a guest speaker, Erik Norberg, who works for the DEC and the Juneau Watershed Partnership. Mr. Norberg brought in a presentation on the three major stream types located around the Juneau area, brown water streams, clear water streams, and glacial streams. Erik talked a bit about the major biological components of all bodies of water, nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon, and the water chemistry for each stream. We then participated in a lab activity, designed to have groups of students testing water samples from each of the three stream types talked about, and measuring the dissolved oxygen, pH and turbidity of each sample.
Assignments: None.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Wednesday December 7, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Next, students
jumped back into chapter 3. We continued our talk about solving inequalities using addition and subtraction. Students were introduced to what an inequality really is, and then practiced plotting an inequality on a number line. Then we worked on solving an inequality in equation form, and graphing the result on a number line.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We continued talking about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur. Next, Mr. Olsen put a challenge problem on the board, and asked students to complete a frequency table, a histogram and a box and whisker plot of a data set. Students were asked to compare the data displays and to answer some questions pertaining to the displays.
Assignments: Students should be completing the assigned problem from class today and is due on Thursday morning. Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science, students welcomed a guest speaker, Erik Norberg, who works for the DEC and the Juneau Watershed Partnership. Mr. Norberg brought in a presentation on the three major stream types located around the Juneau area, brown water streams, clear water streams, and glacial streams. Erik talked a bit about the major biological components of all bodies of water, nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon, and the water chemistry for each stream. We then participated in a lab activity, designed to have groups of students testing water samples from each of the three stream types talked about, and measuring the dissolved oxygen, pH and turbidity of each sample.
Assignments: None.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We continued talking about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur. Next, Mr. Olsen put a challenge problem on the board, and asked students to complete a frequency table, a histogram and a box and whisker plot of a data set. Students were asked to compare the data displays and to answer some questions pertaining to the displays.
Assignments: Students should be completing the assigned problem from class today and is due on Thursday morning. Review Homework #23 is due Friday.
Science: Today in science, students welcomed a guest speaker, Erik Norberg, who works for the DEC and the Juneau Watershed Partnership. Mr. Norberg brought in a presentation on the three major stream types located around the Juneau area, brown water streams, clear water streams, and glacial streams. Erik talked a bit about the major biological components of all bodies of water, nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon, and the water chemistry for each stream. We then participated in a lab activity, designed to have groups of students testing water samples from each of the three stream types talked about, and measuring the dissolved oxygen, pH and turbidity of each sample.
Assignments: None.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Tuesday December 6, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Next, students
jumped back into chapter 3. We continued working with equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign. This seems to be a sticking point with many students and so we are spending extra time working together to gain a better understanding of the material. During the last fifteen minutes of class, Mr. Olsen introduced the next subject to the students, on solving inequalities using addition and subtraction.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We continued talking about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur. Next, Mr. Olsen led students through a couple of example problems, before challenging students to complete one problem on their own.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students are learning about matter, mass, and volume of objects. We continued our conversations concerning atoms, and their subatomic particles, protons, neutrons and electrons. Today we were discussing what happens when two atoms combine together, and form chemical bonds. Students completed a worksheet demonstrating their understanding of these concepts and turned it in before leaving class as their exit ticket.
Assignments: Students should be completing the worksheet started in class if they did not finish in the class time provided.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We continued talking about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur. Next, Mr. Olsen led students through a couple of example problems, before challenging students to complete one problem on their own.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students are learning about matter, mass, and volume of objects. We continued our conversations concerning atoms, and their subatomic particles, protons, neutrons and electrons. Today we were discussing what happens when two atoms combine together, and form chemical bonds. Students completed a worksheet demonstrating their understanding of these concepts and turned it in before leaving class as their exit ticket.
Assignments: Students should be completing the worksheet started in class if they did not finish in the class time provided.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Monday December 5, 2011
8th Grade Math: Today in
math students began class with the problem of the day. Next, students
jumped back into chapter 3. We graded the quizzes we took last Friday before jumping back into chapter 3 and continuing to work with solving equations with variables on both sides of the equal sign. After looking at the answers to the 3.3 worksheet, students were assigned 8 more problems to complete for class on Tuesday.
Assignments: Students should be completing the 8 problems assigned in class if they did not complete them in the fifteen minutes of class time provided to them. Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We graded the quiz students took in class on Friday, before jumping into histograms and talking about the working parts needed to produce a histogram. We talked about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students began learning about matter, mass, and volume of objects. We also began the conversation on the atomic structure of an atom. Students were introduced to the subatomic particles that make up an atom, the protons, electrons and neutrons. Students learned about what the atomic number of an element of the periodic table is and how to find it, as well as the signs of neutrons, and electrons. At the end of class, students were asked to compete part 2 of the worksheet we were working on in class.
Assignments: None.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
Assignments: Students should be completing the 8 problems assigned in class if they did not complete them in the fifteen minutes of class time provided to them. Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class by using their flashmasters. Next, students jumped back into chapter 3. We graded the quiz students took in class on Friday, before jumping into histograms and talking about the working parts needed to produce a histogram. We talked about intervals, tally marks and the frequency something may occur.
Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday.
Science: Today in science, students began learning about matter, mass, and volume of objects. We also began the conversation on the atomic structure of an atom. Students were introduced to the subatomic particles that make up an atom, the protons, electrons and neutrons. Students learned about what the atomic number of an element of the periodic table is and how to find it, as well as the signs of neutrons, and electrons. At the end of class, students were asked to compete part 2 of the worksheet we were working on in class.
Assignments: None.
FYI: Parents! Starting on Monday (10/31, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students. Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.
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