Thursday December 15, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students were introduced to graphing systems of linear inequalities in two variables on the coordinate plane.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some problems from the textbook, page 278 #10, 18, 24, 30 to be due on Friday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 5 test on Friday of this week.

The cumulative final for chapters 1-5 is scheduled for Tuesday 12/20/16. 

Assignments:   Students were assigned some problems from the textbook, page 278 #10, 18, 24, 30, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students were then introduced to chapter 5 and finding ratios, rates and unit rates.  Students were given class time to make corrections to their chapter 4 tests.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #28 is due on Friday in class.  Chapter 4 test corrections are due Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then got into their Local Ecology Project groups and we went outside to visit our established plots to make observations and take temperatures for the month of December.  

Assignments: None

Wednesday December 14, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students were introduced to graphing inequalities in two variables on the coordinate plane.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some problems from the textbook, page 271 #3-15 odds, 19, 21, 25-29 odds, 30, to be due on Thursday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 5 test on Friday of this week.

The cumulative final for chapters 1-5 is scheduled for Tuesday 12/20/16. 

Assignments:   Students were assigned some problems from the textbook, page 271 #3-15 odds, 19, 21, 25-29 odds, 30, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students were then introduced to chapter 5 and finding ratios, rates and unit rates.  Students were given class time to begin working on the activities for section 5.1 in their practice workbooks.  Workbook pages 85-87 are due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #28 is due on Friday in class.  Workbook pages 85-87 are due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then took the chapter 1 test on Living Organisms.  

Assignments: Students were asked to complete a word search for class on Thursday.

Tuesday December 13, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students took a quiz on the first four sections of chapter 5. 

Students can expect the chapter 5 test on Friday of this week.

The cumulative final for chapters 1-5 is scheduled for Tuesday 12/20/16. 

Assignments:   Students were assigned some work from their practice workbooks, activity 1 on page 157, activity 3 on page 158 and the vocabulary definitions on top of page 159, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then took the chapter 4 TEST.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #27 is due on Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 161 #1-12 and from the practice workbook, page 83.  Both assignments are due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then were given class time to create a notecard full of any information they deem necessary in order to have success on the chapter 1 test on Wednesday.  

Students can expect the chapter 1 test on Wednesday of this week.  

Assignments: Students should be studying for the chapter 1 test.  

Monday December 12, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 5 and began determining the number of solutions for a system of linear equations. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some problems from the text book page 257 #1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9-12, 14, 18, 26 to be due on Tuesday in class. 

Assignments:   Students were assigned some problems from the text book page 257 #1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9-12, 14, 18, 26 to be due on Tuesday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  Students continued solving inequalities, and today they were given class time to begin the review process for the chapter 4 test on Tuesday in class.  

The Chapter 4 Test is scheduled for Tuesday December 13th.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #27 is due on Wednesday in class. 

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then read the final section of chapter on the Six Kingdoms that all organisms are grouped into.  Students defined some key vocabulary words, as well as answered some key guiding questions as we read the section aloud in class.  The section 1.4 worksheet, The Six Kingdoms, is due on Tuesday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 1 test on Wednesday of this week.  

Assignments: The section 1.4 worksheet, The Six Kingdoms, is due on Tuesday in class.

Thursday December 8, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 5 and began solving systems of linear equations through substitution.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 5.2 Practice A worksheet, to be due Friday in class. 

Assignments:   Students were assigned the section 5.2 Practice A worksheet, to be due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  Students continued solving inequalities, and today they began solving two step inequalities.  After a review of how to solve two step equations, students were reminded of the rules for solving inequalities when multiplying or dividing by an negative number.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework problems from the textbook, pages 150 & 151 # 1, 3, 5-10, 12, 15, 18, 19, to be due on Friday in class.  

Students can expect a quiz on Friday in class on one and two step inequalities.  The Chapter 4 Test is scheduled for Tuesday December 13th.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #26 is due on Friday in class.  Students were assigned some homework problems from the textbook, pages 150 & 151 # 1, 3, 5-10, 12, 15, 18, 19, to be due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then completed the Jelly Belly jelly bean taxonomic key activity we began on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: None.

Wednesday December 7, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students were introduced to chapter 5 and solving systems of linear equations through graphing.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework problems from the text book, pages 239 & 240 # 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, 28, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:   Students were assigned some homework problems from the text book, pages 239 & 240 # 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, 28, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  Students continued solving inequalities, and today they continued solving inequalities with multiplication and division.  Students needed a bit more practice on solving one step inequalities, so students were asked to complete a One-Step Inequalities worksheet (double-sided) and given class time to begin working on it.  The worksheet will be due on Thursday in class. 

Assignments:  Review Homework #26 is due on Friday in class.  Students were assigned the One-Step Inequalities worksheet to be due Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then broken into groups of two and asked to identify flavors of Jelly Belly jelly beans from a taxonomic key provided to them in class.   We will pick up on this activity on Thursday in class.   

Assignments: None.

Tuesday December 6, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students took the chapter 4 test.

Assignments:   Students were assigned some textbook work, page 233 #1-11 to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  Students continued solving inequalities, and today they continued solving inequalities with multiplication and division.  After some brief teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 143/144 # 1-3; 11-23 odds and 27-35 odds, to be due on Wednesday in class.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #25 is due on Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 143/144 # 1-3; 11-23 odds and 27-35 odds, to be due on Wednesday in class. 

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students continued working with and developing taxonomic keys for sets of given organisms.  After a bit of teacher led instruction, students were asked to develop a taxonomic key for 10 organisms.    

Assignments: None.

Monday December 5, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Students were continuing to work with piecewise functions and graphs, before they were given the remaining time in class to continue reviewing for the chapter 4 test on Tuesday.  

Assignments:   Students can expect the chapter 4 test on Tuesday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  Students continued solving inequalities, and today they were introduced to solving inequalities with multiplication and division.  After some brief teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned to complete the explorations or activities in their practice workbooks, pages 75-77, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #25 is due on Friday in class.  Pages 75-77 of the practice workbooks are due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were asked to develop a taxonomic key for the shoes in the groups they were sitting with today in class. They then were classifying other shoes within the classroom based on the taxonomic key they developed for their own shoes.      

Assignments: None.

Thursday December 1, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Students were then introduced to interpolation and extrapolation of data, as well correlation and causation.  Students were then working with writing and graphing the terms of arithmetic sequences.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the explorations from the practice workbook, pages 126-127, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:   Students were assigned the explorations from the practice workbook, pages 126-127, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  Students began solving inequalities using addition and subtraction.  After some brief teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 134 #1, 3-17, and 20, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #24 is due on Friday in class.  The problems from the text book, page 134 #1, 3-17, and 20, are due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then reading to learn about the Origins of Life from the textbook.  We read chapter one section three, Classifying Organisms, from the text book together, and students were answering some guiding questions as we read.    

Assignments: None.

Wednesday November 30, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Students were then introduced to interpolation and extrapolation of data, as well correlation and causation.  Students were then working with writing and graphing the terms of arithmetic sequences.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 207 #21-24 and pages 214-215 #1, 2, 3-25 odds, 16, 26, 38 to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:   Students were assigned some problems out of the textbook, page 207 #21-24 and pages 214-215 #1, 2, 3-25 odds, 16, 26, 38 to be due Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  After some brief teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were given class time to continue working with inequalities by completing the section 4.1 Practice A worksheet, which will be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #24 is due on Friday in class.  The section 4.1 Practice A worksheet is due Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then reading to learn about the Origins of Life from the textbook.  We read chapter one section two, The Origins of Life, from the text book together, and students were answering some guiding questions as we read.  The section 1.2 worksheet will be due on Thursday in class.  

Assignments: The section 1.2 worksheet will be due on Thursday in class. 

Tuesday November 29, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 4.  After some quick review of scatter plots and lines of best fit, students were given a lesson about using residuals to determine how well lines of fit model data sets.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems out of the textbook, page 206 #1, 2, 5-8, and 10, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:   Students were assigned some problems out of the textbook, page 206 #1, 2, 5-8, and 10, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  After some brief teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned some homework from their practice workbooks, page 70, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #23 is due on Wednesday in class.  Practice workbook page 70 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then got into their Local Ecology Groups and we went outside to our established plots and students completed a data sheet as a group.  

Assignments: If students did not finish the worksheet in the class time provided, it is due on Wednesday in class.

Monday November 28, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 4.  After some quick review of graphing a line and finding the x - intercept and writing an equation in point slope format, students were given a lesson on interpreting scatter plots and lines of best fit.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems out of the textbook, pages 199-200 #1, 2, 3-15 odds, and 22, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:   Students were assigned some problems out of the textbook, pages 199-200 #1, 2, 3-15 odds, and 22, to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued working with inequalities.  After some brief teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were given class time to begin working on the section 4.1 activities in their practice workbooks, pages 67-69, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #23 is due on Wednesday in class.  Practice workbook pages 67-69 are due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  We then transitioned back into reading to learn about "What is Life?"  We reviewed the six basic characteristics all living things share in common, before learning about what all living things need to survive.  After we finished reading section 1.1, students were given class time to complete the section 1.1 What is Life? worksheet.  

Assignments: If students did not finish the worksheet in the class time provided, it is due on Tuesday in class.

Tuesday November 22, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 4.  After some quick review of taking the slope of a line and the y intercept and writing an equation in point slope format, students were given a lesson on parallel and perpendicular lines.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 4.3 Practice A worksheet, to be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:   Students were assigned the section 4.3 Practice A worksheet, to be due Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued solving equations using inverse operations.  Today students took the chapter 3 test in class.

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

Science:  Today during science time students were given time to work with their assigned partners on the "Day in the Life" project.   The project is due on Wednesday at 1pm.   

We will be having an open house on Wednesday November 23, from 1:30 - 2:30 where students will be sharing their knowledge they acquired while researching their assigned country.  

Assignments: None

Monday November 21, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 4.  After some quick review of taking the slope of a line and the y intercept and writing an equation in point slope format, students were given class time to work on the section 4.3 explorations on parallel and perpendicular lines.  After several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 191 # 1-7 to be due on Tuesday in class. 

Assignments:   Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 191       #1-7 to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued solving equations using inverse operations.  Today students reviewed their knowledge of working with expressions and equations in preparation for the chapter 3 test on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #22 is due on Wednesday in class.  Students can expect the chapter 3 test in class on Tuesday.

Science:  Today during science time students were given time to work with their assigned partners on the "Day in the Life" project.   The project is due on Wednesday at 1pm.   

We will be having an open house on Wednesday November 23, from 1:30 - 2:30 where students will be sharing their knowledge they acquired while researching their assigned country.  

Assignments: None

Thursday November 17, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 4.  After some quick review of taking the slope of a line and the y intercept and writing an equation in slope intercept form, students continued working with point slope form.  Students were given the point slope formula and we practiced using a given point and the slope of a line to end up with an equation in slope intercept form.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 185 # 1, 8-14, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, to be due on Friday in class. 

Assignments:   Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 185    #1, 8-14, 15, 17, 21, 25, 27, to be due on Friday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued solving equations using inverse operations.  Today students reviewed how to solve equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and or division. Student were then introduced to solving two step equations.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were handed a Solving Two Step Equations worksheet and asked to complete the work for Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #21 is due on Friday in class.  The Solving Two Step Equations worksheet is due Friday in class.

Science:  Today during science time students were given time to work with their assigned partners on the "Day in the Life" project. 

Assignments: None

Wednesday November 16, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 4.  After some quick review of taking the slope of a line and the y intercept and writing an equation in slope intercept form, students began working with point slope form.  Students were given some time in class to work through some explorations regarding how to convert the slope formula into point slope form. Students were struggling with the concept, which led to a deeper class discussion of how that process might happen.  Students were asked to complete a description of how to write an equation when given the slope and a point on that line (or the y intercept).  

Assignments:   Students were asked to complete a writing prompt, to be handed in on Thursday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Students then continued solving equations using inverse operations.  Today students reviewed how to solve equations involving addition and subtraction.  Student then continued solving equations using multiplication and division (and addition and subtraction).  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some work from the text book, page 106 #3-27, to be due Thursday in class. 

Assignments:  Review Homework #21 is due on Friday in class.  The textbook page 106 #3-27 are due Thursday in class. 

Science:  Today during science time students were given time to work with their assigned partners on the "Day in the Life" project. 

Assignments: None