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7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students reviewed the methods of finding the GCF of two or more numbers or monomials.  Students were then introduced to finding equivalent fractions by multiplying or dividing the numerators and denominators by the same number.  Next, students began putting fractions into simplest form by finding the GCF of the numerators and denominators and dividing both by that GCF.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 4.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Monday in class.      

Assignments:  The section 4.3 worksheet is due Monday in class.  Students were also assigned problems from the at home text books, page 775 #2-16 evens, and page 776 #1-19 odds, to be due Monday December 2 in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication. Today students continued working with the distributive property.   After some teacher led instruction, students attempted several examples together in class, before students were assigned the section 2.2 worksheet, to be due Monday December 2 in class.  

Assignments:  The section 2.2 worksheet is due on Monday in class. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with density.  Todays lab had students calculating the densities of several irregular shaped solids, by measuring their dimensions, finding its mass, and calculating its volume and density.     

Assignments:  Students were offered extra credit opportunities, and should be completing the work over break to bring into class on Monday if they would like the credit.  

Tuesday November 26, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were introduced to GCF's (greatest common factors).  Today students reviewed the two methods of finding the GCF of two or more numbers, before they were introduced to finding the GCF of two or more monomials.  After some teacher led instruction, and several example problems, students were assigned the section 4.2 worksheet to be due Wednesday in class.  

Assignments:  Review homework #22 is due on Wednesday.  The section 4.2 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication. Today students continued working with the distributive property.   After some teacher led instruction, students attempted several examples together in class, before students were assigned problems from the book, page 73 #1-19 odds.    

Assignments:  Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday in class.  Problems from the text book, page 73 #1-19 odds, will be due Wednesday in class.  

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued with the density lab from Monday.  Students are attempting to determine which candy bar has the most density, a snickers or a three musketeers.   

Assignments:  Students were assigned a worksheet on Measuring Matter, to be due on Wednesday.

Monday November 25, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were introduced to GCF's (greatest common factors).  Today students learned two different methods in order to find the GCF, method one has students listing factors and finding the greatest common factor in each list.  Method two has students finding the prime factorization of the numbers in questions and multiplying together the common factors from each list in order to find the GCF.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned problems from their at home text books, p. 179 #12-27 to be due Tuesday in class.        

Assignments:  Review homework #22 is due on Wednesday.  The problems from the at home text book, p. 179 #12-27 are due Tuesday in class.  

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication. Today students continued working with the distributive property.   After some teacher led instruction, students attempted several examples together in class.    

Assignments:  Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday in class. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a lab designed to help students investigate density.  Students are attempting to determine which candy bar has the most density, a snickers or a three musketeers.   

Assignments:  Students were assigned a worksheet on Measuring Matter, to be due on Wednesday.

Thursday November 21, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were introduced to chapter 4.  Today, students learned some key vocabulary concerning prime factorization, and after some teacher led instruction, and several example problems for students to observe and ask clarifying questions, students were assigned the section 4.1 worksheet as homework.       

Assignments:  Review homework #21 is due on Friday.  The section 4.1 worksheet is due Friday in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication. Today students were introduced to the distributive property.   After some teacher led instruction, we watched a short video online about the distributive property, and took a short quiz about the film together, confirming our answers together.    

Assignments:  Review Homework #21 is due Friday in class. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a lab designed to help students identify the differences between mixtures and pure substances, as well as homogenous and heterogenous mixtures.  

Assignments:  Students should be completing their Mixing Mixtures lab worksheet for class on Friday.  Students were also assigned a worksheet on Describing Matter, to be due on Friday as well.  

Wednesday November 20, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students  were given an extra 35 minutes to complete their chapter 3 test.  We then transitioned into an activity designed to help students identify all of the prime numbers between 0 and 100.  An extension opportunity was offered for students to extend the pattern of primes to 200.     

Assignments:  Review homework #21 is due on Friday.  The worksheet students began in class, finding the prime numbers between 0 and 100, is due Thursday in class.  

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication.  Today students played a game called Concentration, designed to help them learn the differences between the Commutative and Associative properties of addition and multiplication.    

Assignments:  Review Homework #21 is due Friday in class. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in an activity designed to help them be able to identify the differences between physical and chemical changes.   

Assignments:  Students can be bringing in materials for a lab on Thursday on mixtures vs. pure substances.  We need dry cereal, pretzels, M & M's and powdered drink mix (Crystal Light, Gatorade, Kool-aid, etc....).

Tuesday November 19, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students began taking the chapter 3 test.  Students will be given more class time on Wednesday to finish up the test.        

Assignments:  Review homework #20 is due on Wednesday.  

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication.  Many students did not complete their homework, so class time today became a make up day.  Students NEED to have a good handle on the properties of addition and multiplication in order to understand the next concept, the distributive property.  Students spent today's class period practicing simplifying expressions and identifying properties used in their homework.    

Assignments:  Review Homework #20 is due Wednesday in class. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were introduced to the concept of matter.  They defined the three main states of matter, and participated in an activity designed to highlight the differences between physical and chemical changes of an object.  

Assignments:  Students should be completing the How well do I know these words worksheet for Wednesday in class. 

Monday November 18, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students participated in a chapter review activity, entitled "around the room review."  Students moved around the classroom solving equations and inequalities based on an assigned letter, in order to practice and hone their skills for the chapter 3 test on Tuesday.        

Assignments:  The chapter 3 test will be Tuesday in class.  Review homework #20 is due on Wednesday.  

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication.  Students were also introduced to the idea of using conversion factors in order to convert between different units.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned problems from the text book, on page 66 #17-35 Odds only, to be due on Tuesday in class.    

Assignments:  Review Homework #20 is due Wednesday in class.  Students were also assigned problems from their at home text books, page 66 #17-35 odds to be due Tuesday in class.  Students should also be completing the section 2.1 worksheet if they did not complete it over the weekend.     

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students read an article comparing agrochemicals and petrochemicals, and shared their thoughts through a Think, Write Pair Share activity.  Finally, students were introduced to several new vocabulary words, and students had to classify the words as something they have seen or not seen before.      

Assignments:  Students should be completing the How well do I know these words worksheet for Tuesday in class.    

Thursday November 14, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students eased into the final section of chapter 3 on solving multi-step inequalities using multiple operations.  We reviewed the steps of solving equations, and related those rules to solving inequalities.  After some teacher led instruction, and several example problems, students were assigned the section 3.6 worksheet as homework, to be due Friday in class.        

Assignments:  The section 3.6 worksheet is due on Friday in class.  Review homework #19 is due on Friday.  

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students were introduced to chapter two.  We spent todays class period reviewing the prerequisite skills gained during chapter one, and we also reviewed the perimeter and area formulas for triangles and quadrilaterals.      

Assignments:  Review Homework #19 is due Friday in class.  Students were also assigned to take notes for section 2.1 in their at home text books for class on Friday.   

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students took the vocabulary test they have been prepping for since last week.          

Assignments:  Students should be completing an Element Word Search for class on Friday.  

Wednesday November 13, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students took a pop quiz on solving equations and inequalities.  Students then started on their homework, the section 3.5 worksheet, that will be due on Thursday.  Section 3.5 is on solving inequalities using multiplication and/or division.       

Assignments:  The section 3.5 worksheet is due on Thursday in class.  Review homework #19 is due on Friday.  

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students made corrections to their chapter one tests.     

Assignments:  None. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students took a pop quiz on the 30 vocabulary words they are learning.  Thursday in class students will be taking the "real" test on these vocab words.        

Assignments:  Students should be reviewing the 30 flashcards of the vocabulary words they are committing to memory for Thursday's test. 

Wednesday November 6, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 3.  Today students were introduced to solving inequalities by using multiplication and division.  There are some new rules associated with inequalities and multiplying and/or dividing by negative integers.  After some teacher led instruction, and several examples, students were assigned problems from their at home text books, page 146 #12-28, to be due Wednesday (11/13/2013) of next week.     

Assignments:  The problems from page 146 #12-28 are due Wednesday in class.  Students were also handed a review worksheet to be due Wednesday in class as well.

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students took the chapter one test.      

Assignments:  None. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning about chemistry root words, including commonly used prefixes and suffixes.  Students are currently learning and committing to memory, about 30 chemistry related root words, prefixes and suffixes.  Students spent todays class period reviewing their flashcards, as well as creating a physical action to represent each individual word to help them make connections between the word and its definition.      

Assignments:  Students should be reviewing the 30 flashcards of the vocabulary words they are committing to memory for next week's test. 

Tuesday November 5, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 3.  Today we continued talking about inequalities and solving inequalities by using addition and/or subtraction.  Students learned how to graph an inequality solution on a number line, and after some teacher led instruction, and a few example problems, students were assigned the section 3.4 worksheet as homework and given about 15 minutes of class time to get started.     

Assignments:  The section 3.4 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.  Review Homework #18 is due Wednesday in class.

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students began the review process for the upcoming chapter one test on Wednesday.      

Assignments:  Review Homework #18 is due Wednesday in class.  Students can expect the chapter one test on Wednesday of this week.  

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning about chemistry root words, including commonly used prefixes and suffixes.  Students are currently learning and committing to memory, about 30 chemistry related root words, prefixes and suffixes.  Students spent todays class period creating flash cards from the definitions and examples they found yesterday in class.     

Assignments:  Students should be finishing up the 30 flashcards of the vocabulary words they are committing to memory for next week's test.  

Monday November 4, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 3.  Today we began talking about inequalities and solving inequalities by using addition and/or subtraction.  Students learned how to graph an inequality solution on a number line, and after some teacher led instruction, and a few example problems, students were assigned problems #1-10 on page 140 of their at home text books.    

Assignments:  Problems #1-10 on page 140 of the text book are due Tuesday in class. Review Homework #18 is due Wednesday in class.

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the problem of the day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter one and today we learned about the coordinate plane and how to identify and plot points upon the coordinate plane.  Students learned several key vocabulary words, as well as how to label and use the coordinate plane.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 1.8 worksheet, to be due on Tuesday in class.    

Assignments:  The section 1.8 worksheet is due Tuesday in class.  Review Homework #18 is due Wednesday in class.  Students can expect the chapter one test on Wednesday of this week.  

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning about chemistry root words, including commonly used prefixes and suffixes.  Students are currently learning and committing to memory, about 30 chemistry related root words, prefixes and suffixes.  Students spent today class period defining these words as well as providing an example of how the word could be used, as well as an explanation of the definition.     

Assignments:  Students should be finishing up the 30 definitions, examples and explanations for class on Tuesday.