8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students began solving equations with variables and writing equations based on verbal sentences (section 2.4). After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.4 worksheet as homework, to be due Friday in class. Students can expect a quiz on identifying and simplifying variable expressions on Friday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due Friday in class. The homework, the section 2.4 worksheet, is due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we began talking about division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were solving division together we ran out of time. Students can expect a quiz on decimal operations (addition, subtraction and multiplication) on Friday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due Friday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students took the chapter 1 test on living organisms.
Assignments: None.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Wednesday October 29, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued to identify parts of and simplify variable expressions. We practiced several more examples of simplifying expressions and combining like terms. After some teacher led instruction, students were assigned some homework problems from the text book, page 81 #25-30, 34 and 35, to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework problems from the text book, page 81 #25-30, 34,35 are due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we began talking about division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, to be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, is due on Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students participated in a review activity designed to help them prepare for the chapter 1 test scheduled for Thursday in class. Students created a review notecard that they will be able to use on the test.
Assignments: Students have a test on the information we learned from chapter 1 of the "From Bacteria to Plants" textbook on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework problems from the text book, page 81 #25-30, 34,35 are due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we began talking about division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, to be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, is due on Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students participated in a review activity designed to help them prepare for the chapter 1 test scheduled for Thursday in class. Students created a review notecard that they will be able to use on the test.
Assignments: Students have a test on the information we learned from chapter 1 of the "From Bacteria to Plants" textbook on Thursday in class.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tuesday October 28, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued to identifying parts of and simplifying variable expressions. Students practiced simplifying several example problems with some teacher instruction mixed in, and then students were assigned the section 2.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due on Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students continued working in section 2.3 on multiplying decimals. We practiced multiplying whole numbers together as a group, before students wrote down and began discussing how the rules for multiplying decimals is different from multiplying whole numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students read an article on the six kingdoms of classification. Students then participated in a think, write pair share activity, where students answered several questions on their own, and then shared their ideas with a classmate.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due on Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students continued working in section 2.3 on multiplying decimals. We practiced multiplying whole numbers together as a group, before students wrote down and began discussing how the rules for multiplying decimals is different from multiplying whole numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students read an article on the six kingdoms of classification. Students then participated in a think, write pair share activity, where students answered several questions on their own, and then shared their ideas with a classmate.
Assignments: None.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Monday October 27, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued to identifying parts of and simplifying variable expressions. Students reviewed the four key vocabulary words, terms, like terms, coefficients, and constant terms, before we continued practicing how to identify and then simplify a variable expression containing each of these components. After some teacher led instruction and several examples we ran out of class time.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students jumped into section 2.3 on multiplying decimals. We practiced multiplying whole numbers together as a group, before students wrote down and began discussing how the rules for multiplying decimals is different from multiplying whole numbers.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students got together with their group members for the Local Ecology Project, and today groups attempted to find another groups plot based on a descriptive plot narrative written by the original plot owners.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students jumped into section 2.3 on multiplying decimals. We practiced multiplying whole numbers together as a group, before students wrote down and began discussing how the rules for multiplying decimals is different from multiplying whole numbers.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students got together with their group members for the Local Ecology Project, and today groups attempted to find another groups plot based on a descriptive plot narrative written by the original plot owners.
Assignments: None.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Wednesday October 22, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students were introduced to identifying parts of and simplifying variable expressions. Students defined four key vocabulary words, terms, like terms, coefficients, and constant terms, before we started practicing how to identify and then simplify a variable expression containing each of these components. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework problems out of the text book, page 81 #10-15 to be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #15 is due Thursday in class. The book work on page 81 #10-15 is due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed and learned how to order, compare and round decimals. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 2.1 worksheet as homework, to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #15 is due Thursday in class. The section 2.1 worksheet is due Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into a lab about how to properly use a compound light microscope. Students read some procedures on how to identify and use the components of a microscope, before students were handed as worksheet and asked to complete the questions while moving around the room and looking at several examples of slides on different microscopes around the classroom. This worksheet will be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: The microscope worksheet assigned in class, will be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #15 is due Thursday in class. The book work on page 81 #10-15 is due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed and learned how to order, compare and round decimals. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 2.1 worksheet as homework, to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #15 is due Thursday in class. The section 2.1 worksheet is due Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into a lab about how to properly use a compound light microscope. Students read some procedures on how to identify and use the components of a microscope, before students were handed as worksheet and asked to complete the questions while moving around the room and looking at several examples of slides on different microscopes around the classroom. This worksheet will be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: The microscope worksheet assigned in class, will be due on Thursday in class.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Tuesday October 21, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued working with the distributive property. Students did some practice problems using the distributive property, before we transitioned into a discussion of units and unit rates. Students defined the new vocabulary terms and we will pick up on this discussion Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then did some practice/review problems on the chapter 2 prerequisites on page 54 of the text book.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned back into the text book, From Plants to Bacteria, and we defined three new vocabulary words, before we read section four, The Six Kingdoms, together in class. Students learned the six broad categories all organisms are grouped into. Students were then handed the section 1.4 worksheet and were asked to complete it by Wednesday.
Assignments: The section 1.4 worksheet on the Six Kingdoms will be due on Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then did some practice/review problems on the chapter 2 prerequisites on page 54 of the text book.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned back into the text book, From Plants to Bacteria, and we defined three new vocabulary words, before we read section four, The Six Kingdoms, together in class. Students learned the six broad categories all organisms are grouped into. Students were then handed the section 1.4 worksheet and were asked to complete it by Wednesday.
Assignments: The section 1.4 worksheet on the Six Kingdoms will be due on Wednesday in class.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Monday October 20, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued working with the distributive property. Students graded the work they completed on Thursday of last week, before they were assigned some problems out of the text book, page 74 # 13-27 odds, to be due Tuesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class. The homework for Tuesday, page 74 #13-27 odds.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then began checking their notebooks and their classwork from chapter 1. Students reviewed their notes taken during chapter 1 and answered several questions designed help students understand what is expected during class. Students then completed a notebook checking guide and turned in their math notebooks for a grade on their organization and notetaking skills during chapter 1.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into a lab designed to help students understand the importance and function of taxonomic keys. Students got back with their partners, and completed developing a taxonomic key for the bag of jelly beans given to each group.
Assignments: Students should be finalizing their groups taxonomic key and answering the questions on the back of the worksheet if they did not complete it during the class time provided.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class. The homework for Tuesday, page 74 #13-27 odds.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then began checking their notebooks and their classwork from chapter 1. Students reviewed their notes taken during chapter 1 and answered several questions designed help students understand what is expected during class. Students then completed a notebook checking guide and turned in their math notebooks for a grade on their organization and notetaking skills during chapter 1.
Assignments: Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into a lab designed to help students understand the importance and function of taxonomic keys. Students got back with their partners, and completed developing a taxonomic key for the bag of jelly beans given to each group.
Assignments: Students should be finalizing their groups taxonomic key and answering the questions on the back of the worksheet if they did not complete it during the class time provided.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Wednesday October 15, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued talking and learning about the distributive property. After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned some homework from their at home text books, page 74-75 #1-19 odds to be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: The homework for Tuesday, page 74-75 #1-19 odds is due on Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued our class discussion about different strategies for solving word problems, before we practiced solving a few different word problems together. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were given time to begin reviewing their notes and preparing for the chapter 1 test on Thursday.
Assignments: Students should reviewing their notes in preparation for the chapter 1 test on Thursday.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into a lab designed to help students understand the importance and function of taxonomic keys. Students partnered up and they were handed a ziplock baggie of jelly beans. Their job will be to develop a taxonomic key to identify the different flavors of jelly beans in their baggie. Students will be completing this lab on Thursday in class.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: The homework for Tuesday, page 74-75 #1-19 odds is due on Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued our class discussion about different strategies for solving word problems, before we practiced solving a few different word problems together. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were given time to begin reviewing their notes and preparing for the chapter 1 test on Thursday.
Assignments: Students should reviewing their notes in preparation for the chapter 1 test on Thursday.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into a lab designed to help students understand the importance and function of taxonomic keys. Students partnered up and they were handed a ziplock baggie of jelly beans. Their job will be to develop a taxonomic key to identify the different flavors of jelly beans in their baggie. Students will be completing this lab on Thursday in class.
Assignments: None.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Tuesday October 14, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students were introduced to the distributive property. After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned some homework from their at home text books, page 68 #53-59, 63, 64 to be due on Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class. The homework for Tuesday, page 68 #53-59, 63, 64 is due on Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued our class discussion about different strategies for solving word problems, before we practiced solving a few different word problems together. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned the section 1.7A worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class. Students should be reviewing the learning objectives and concepts from chapter 1, as the chapter test will be on Thursday of this week.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, the section 1.7A worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period reviewing the 7 key vocabulary words, before we completed the reading of section 1.3 on Classifying Organisms, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: The section 1.3 worksheet on Classifying Organisms, is due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class. The homework for Tuesday, page 68 #53-59, 63, 64 is due on Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued our class discussion about different strategies for solving word problems, before we practiced solving a few different word problems together. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned the section 1.7A worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class. Students should be reviewing the learning objectives and concepts from chapter 1, as the chapter test will be on Thursday of this week.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, the section 1.7A worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period reviewing the 7 key vocabulary words, before we completed the reading of section 1.3 on Classifying Organisms, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: The section 1.3 worksheet on Classifying Organisms, is due Wednesday in class.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Monday October 13, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students reviewed the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles, squares, and triangles. Students then did some practice problems from the book in class, page 70 #1-8.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We began class talking about different strategies for solving word problems. We generated a list of steps together as a class, before we jumped into the text book, and began taking notes on A Problem Solving Plan from section 1.7 in the text. We will pick up on this topic Tuesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, page 39 #1-4, is due Tuesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Students handed in their section 1.2 on the Origin of Life in to the bin. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period reviewing the 7 key vocabulary words, before we completed the reading of section 1.3 on Classifying Organisms, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We began class talking about different strategies for solving word problems. We generated a list of steps together as a class, before we jumped into the text book, and began taking notes on A Problem Solving Plan from section 1.7 in the text. We will pick up on this topic Tuesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #13 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, page 39 #1-4, is due Tuesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Students handed in their section 1.2 on the Origin of Life in to the bin. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period reviewing the 7 key vocabulary words, before we completed the reading of section 1.3 on Classifying Organisms, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: None.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Thursday October 9, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned into chapter 2. We continued talking about the commutative, associative and identity properties of addition and multiplication. Students reviewed the definitions of these properties and identifying them in use, before began talking about the distributive property. Students will have a quiz on Friday on the identification and use of the six properties we learned in chapter 2 section 1.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued talking about the differences between expressions and equations, as well as how to use the distance formula, before we began talking about area and perimeter. Students reviewed the formulas for finding both the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares, and after some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned the section 1.6 worksheet, to be due Friday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class. The homework, the section 1.6 worksheet, is due Friday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period reviewing the 14 key vocabulary words, before we completed the reading of section 1.1 on What is Life?, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: Students were handed a worksheet from section 1.1 on What is Life?, and it is due Friday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued talking about the differences between expressions and equations, as well as how to use the distance formula, before we began talking about area and perimeter. Students reviewed the formulas for finding both the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares, and after some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned the section 1.6 worksheet, to be due Friday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class. The homework, the section 1.6 worksheet, is due Friday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period reviewing the 14 key vocabulary words, before we completed the reading of section 1.1 on What is Life?, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: Students were handed a worksheet from section 1.1 on What is Life?, and it is due Friday in class.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Wednesday October 8, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned into chapter 2. We continued talking about the commutative, associative and identity properties of addition and multiplication. Students reviewed the definitions of these properties and identifying them in use, before we covered how to simplify variable expressions and the use of conversion factors. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 2.1 worksheet, to be due on Thursday in class, as homework.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class. The homework, the section 2.1 worksheet, is due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued talking about the differences between expressions and equations, as well as how to use the distance formula, before we began talking about area and perimeter. Students learned the formulas for finding both the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares, and after some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned some problems out of the text book, page 34-35 #1-8 to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class. The homework, page 34-35 #1-8 is due Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period defining 14 key vocabulary words, before we read section 1.1 on What is Life?, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class. The homework, the section 2.1 worksheet, is due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued talking about the differences between expressions and equations, as well as how to use the distance formula, before we began talking about area and perimeter. Students learned the formulas for finding both the area and perimeter of rectangles and squares, and after some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned some problems out of the text book, page 34-35 #1-8 to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #12 is due Friday in class. The homework, page 34-35 #1-8 is due Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into the text book, From Bacteria to Plants. Students spent todays class period defining 14 key vocabulary words, before we read section 1.1 on What is Life?, together as a group, answering several essential questions as we read.
Assignments: None.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Tuesday October 7, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned into chapter 2. We continued talking about the commutative, associative and identity properties of addition and multiplication. Students defined the six properties in words, and we began working on identifying each property in action. Students also learned about the additive identity (0), and the multiplicative identity (1) and how to identify each in a math problem. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned some homework problems out of the text book, page 66 #16-23 and page 804 #1-8, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, page 66 #16-23 and page 804 #1-8 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued talking about the differences between expressions and equations, before we began solving equations using mental math. Students also learned about the distance formula, D = R * T. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 1.5 worksheet, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class. The section 1.5 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students sat with their local ecology groups, and finalized their groups Taku Watershed Poster Project. Students used the class period to prep and polish their group posters in order to turn them in by the end of class deadline!
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, page 66 #16-23 and page 804 #1-8 is due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. We continued talking about the differences between expressions and equations, before we began solving equations using mental math. Students also learned about the distance formula, D = R * T. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 1.5 worksheet, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class. The section 1.5 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students sat with their local ecology groups, and finalized their groups Taku Watershed Poster Project. Students used the class period to prep and polish their group posters in order to turn them in by the end of class deadline!
Assignments: None.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Monday October 6, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned into chapter 2. We began talking about the commutative, associative and identity properties of addition and multiplication. Students defined the six properties in words, and we began working on identifying each property in action. Students also learned about the additive identity (0), and the multiplicative identity (1) and how to identify each in a math problem. Students were then assigned some homework problems out of the text book, page 66 #1-15, to be due Tuesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, page 66 #1-15 is due Tuesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. Students reviewed some key vocabulary, and we reviewed PEMDAS, before we began talking about the differences between expressions and equations. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, we ran out of class time!
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students sat with their local ecology groups, and continued working on their group Taku Watershed Poster project. Within their groups, students assigned each other responsibilities, and todays class period was dedicated to completing tasks and putting themselves in a position to finalized their posters Tuesday in class. The poster is officially due at the end of class on Tuesday October 7, 2014.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class. The homework, page 66 #1-15 is due Tuesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. Students reviewed some key vocabulary, and we reviewed PEMDAS, before we began talking about the differences between expressions and equations. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, we ran out of class time!
Assignments: Review HW #11 is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students sat with their local ecology groups, and continued working on their group Taku Watershed Poster project. Within their groups, students assigned each other responsibilities, and todays class period was dedicated to completing tasks and putting themselves in a position to finalized their posters Tuesday in class. The poster is officially due at the end of class on Tuesday October 7, 2014.
Assignments: None.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Wednesday October 1, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then took the chapter 1 Test.
Assignments: Review HW #10 is due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. Students reviewed some key vocabulary, and we reviewed PEMDAS and practiced several example problems together. Students were then assigned some homework out of their at home text books, page 19 #1-15, to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #10 is due Friday in class. The problems on page 19 #1-15 are due Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students sat with their local ecology groups, and were introduced to their next project on a poster about the Taku River Watershed. Each group will be responsible for completing a poster that includes information concerning the Geography and Ecology of the watershed, the historical uses of the watershed and the current uses and threats to the watershed. Students were given about 20 minutes of class time to begin researching answers to guiding questions provided to them by Mr. Olsen.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review HW #10 is due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students then transitioned into the text book. Students reviewed some key vocabulary, and we reviewed PEMDAS and practiced several example problems together. Students were then assigned some homework out of their at home text books, page 19 #1-15, to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #10 is due Friday in class. The problems on page 19 #1-15 are due Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students sat with their local ecology groups, and were introduced to their next project on a poster about the Taku River Watershed. Each group will be responsible for completing a poster that includes information concerning the Geography and Ecology of the watershed, the historical uses of the watershed and the current uses and threats to the watershed. Students were given about 20 minutes of class time to begin researching answers to guiding questions provided to them by Mr. Olsen.
Assignments: None.
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