7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped back into chapter 2. Today students were introduced to the distributive property. In class, we reviewed the rules associated with adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers with same and different signs, before practicing several examples of writing equivalent numerical and equivalent variable expressions. Assignments: Students were assigned problems from the text book (Pg. 73-74 #1-19) as homework to be due Tuesday in class. Review Homework #9 is due on Wednesday in class. 8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, students were introduced to the text book, and chapter one on evaluating and writing variable expressions. We took notes on several important vocabulary words and practiced substituting and evaluating variable expressions.
Assignments: Review Homework #9 is due Wednesday in class. Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, students began planning their own dry ice investigations. Today students needed to come up with an investigable question that could be answered within one class period. Then, students began planning out the steps of their investigations. Assignments: Students should be putting some thought into the investigations they will be conducting on Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped back into chapter 2 section one on using and identifying the properties of addition and multiplication and using conversion factors. Students reviewed the commutative and and associative properties, and were introduced to the identity properties of addition and multiplication.
Assignments: Students were assigned the section 2.1 worksheet as homework to be due Wednesday in class. Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday in class.
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, students began reviewing the rules of rounding numbers. Students took cornell notes on the rules of rounding and we practiced several examples as a class.
Assignments: Review Homework #8 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, students participated in a lab experiment, today attempting to answer the question "Does temperature play a role in how fast dry ice sublimates?" Todays experiment had students determining an outcome variable and developing a hypothesis based on that outcome variable. Students then conducted the experiment in order to verify their hypothesis.
Assignments: Students should be completing their conclusions and explantations from today experiment for class on Wednesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped into chapter 2 section one on using and identifying the properties of addition and multiplication. Students were introduced to the commutative and and associative properties, and we practiced identifying when each of those properties were being used in examples. Assignments: Students were assigned problems from their at home text books, page 66, #1-15. Review Homework #8 is due on Wednesday in class. 8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we jumped back into the quiz we started Friday in class. The quiz on Friday was interrupted by a lock down drill, so Mr. Olsen gave students more time to complete the quiz today in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #8 is due Wednesday in class. Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, participated in another lab experiment, today attempting to answer the question "Does temperature play a role in how fast dry ice sublimates?"
Assignments: Students should be completing their conclusions and explantations from today experiment for class on Tuesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students took the chapter one test.Assignments: Review Homework #7 is due on Friday in class. 8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we jumped back into reviewing division strategies. After some teacher led instruction and several different example problems, students were assigned a worksheet to practice some of the strategies we discussed.
Assignments: Review Homework #7 is due Friday in class. Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, have been blocking science the last two days. Today Mr. Olsen's class participated in a systematic observation activity where they attempted to answer the question, What happens when you add dry ice to a soap solution? Students were reminded of lab safety rules, before conducting the experiment and drawing conclusions based on their observations. Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students were introduced (or simply reviewed) the coordinate plane. Students defined several vocabulary words, and practiced many examples of plotting ordered pairs and identifying points on a coordinate plane by defining the ordered pair. Students were assigned the section 1.8 worksheet as homework. The chapter one test will be on Thursday morning in class.
Assignments: The section 1.8 worksheet is due Wednesday in class. Review Homework #6 is due on Wednesday in class. 8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we jumped back into reviewing multiplication strategies. After some teacher led instruction and several different example problems, students were assigned a worksheet to practice some of the strategies we discussed.
Assignments: The Lesson 3/4 worksheet on multiplication is due Wednesday in class. Review Homework #6 is due Wednesday in class. Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, we reviewed the importance of observation and how it relates to science and scientists. Students then picked back up on the activities from yesterday where they explored dry ice while making observations and providing hypotheses and explantations for the results they were seeing. Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped back into the textbook, and began by reviewing the rules associated with adding and subtracting integers. Students were then reminded of the rules of multiplying and dividing integers with the same signs and different signs. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the 1.7 worksheet for homework.
Assignments: The section 1.7 worksheet is due Tuesday in class. Review Homework #6 is due on Wednesday in class.
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we jumped into reviewing multiplication strategies. After some teacher led instruction and several different example problems, students were assigned a worksheet to practice some of the strategies we discussed.
Assignments: The Lesson 3 worksheet on multiplication is due Tuesday in class. Review Homework #6 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, we reviewed the importance of observation and how it relates to science and scientists. Students then participated in several activities where they explored dry ice while making observations and providing hypotheses and explantations for the results they were seeing.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped back into the textbook, and began by reviewing the rules associated with adding integers. We then transitioned into subtracting integers. After some teacher led instruction, and several example problems, students were assigned the section 1.6 worksheet as homework.
Assignments: The section 1.6 worksheet is due Friday in class. Review Homework #5 is also due on Friday in class.
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we picked back up on our discussion on strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. Students were then handed back their quizzes from last Friday, and they made corrections on the problems they missed, before we retook the quiz in order for students to demonstrate their abilities with place value.
Assignments: Review Homework #5 is due Friday in class.
Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, we reviewed the importance of observation and how it relates to science and scientists. Students then participated in an observational activity, where they observed to different substances, wet ice vs. dry ice. Students made observations of each substance as we applied heat to the ice, both the wet ice and the dry ice.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped back into the textbook, and began working with adding integers. After some teacher led instruction, including reminders of the rules of signs, and several example problems, students were assigned the section 1.5 worksheet.
Assignments: The section 1.5 worksheet is due Wednesday in class. Review Homework #4 is also due on Wednesday in class.
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we picked back up on our discussion on strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. The most commonly used strategies for addition include breaking apart and compensation. For subtraction, students learned about breaking apart or separating and borrowing. After some review, students were handed an addition and subtraction worksheet and given about 30 minutes of class time to complete their work.
Assignments: The addition and subtraction worksheet handed to the students in class will be due on Wednesday in class. Review Homework #4 is also due Wednesday in class.
Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, we reviewed the importance of observation and how it relates to science and scientists. Students then participated in an observational activity, where they observed to different substances, wet ice vs. dry ice. Students made observations of each substance, and then compared and contrasted the similarities and differences between the two.
Assignments: None.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped back into the textbook, and began working with comparing and ordering integers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, making sure to hit on the difference between opposites and absolute value, students were assigned the 1.4 worksheet as homework. Assignments: The section 1.4 worksheet is due Tuesday in class. 8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we picked back up on our discussion on strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems. The most commonly used strategies for addition include breaking apart and compensation. For subtraction, students learned about breaking apart or separating and borrowing.
Assignments: None. Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, we jumped into a discussion on observation, including the importance of observation in science. Today's activity involved students picking an object from within the classroom and writing descriptive clues about that object in order for their classmates to guess what that object was. We practiced this activity together as a class, before students were asked to try one themselves. Assignments: Students should be coming to class with an object they selected at home and a descriptive narration of the said object for classmates to try and figure out in class on Tuesday.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students were given a line graph that they glued into the inside cover of their math notebooks, where they will periodically update their math grade from the grades Mr. Olsen posts within the classroom (by student number). We then jumped into the textbook. Today students were introduced to (or reviewed) variables and variable expressions. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 1.1 worksheet as homework.
Assignments: The section 1.1 worksheet is due Wednesday in class. Review Homework #3 is due Thursday. 8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Next, we picked back up on our discussion on place value. We reviewed the place value of whole numbers, before jumping into decimal place values. We talked about the differences between the names of place value of whole numbers and place values of decimal numbers.
Assignments: None. Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now. Next, students were given the remaining time in class to begin continue working on the rough drafts of the Scientific Summer project. Today, students should have been focusing on the second paragraph, where they are linking their chosen summer activity to a branch of science, and they attempting to explain how science is used during that activity. The project will be due on Friday September 6th. Assignments: Students should be coming to class on Wednesday with both paragraphs of the Scientific Summer assignment completed. Students should also be coming to class with a picture of the activity they have chosen to write about.
