Thursday April 28, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.   Students then began working on the chapter 5 test.  Students will be expected to complete the test on Friday morning.  

Assignments:  Review HW #54 is due Friday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.  

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with rational and irrational numbers.  Students reviewed the Pythagorean Theorem before we started talking about rational and irrational numbers. Students participated in a conversation about the difference between rational and irrational numbers before Mr. Olsen led them through a lesson on how to classify a value.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were given class time to complete the section 7.4 Practice B worksheet in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #54 is due Friday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.   

  

Science:  Students did not meet for science today, Wednesday or Thursday due to MAPs testing in the mornings.  We are having math and language arts classes in the afternoon.   

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday April 27, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now. We then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Students were given all of the the class period to begin reviewing for the chapter 5 test that is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.  Students were handed a chapter 5 review activity and given class time to work on it.

Assignments:  Review HW #54 is due Friday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.  The chapter 5 test will be Thursday.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with rational and irrational numbers.  Students reviewed the Pythagorean Theorem before we started talking about rational and irrational numbers. Students participated in a conversation about the difference between rational and irrational numbers before Mr. Olsen led them through a lesson on how to classify a value.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned workbook page 158, to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #54 is due Friday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.   Page 158 in the workbook is due Thursday in class.

  

Science:  Students did not meet for science today, Wednesday or Thursday due to MAPs testing in the mornings.  We are having math and language arts classes in the afternoon.   

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday April 26, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now. We then transitioned back into section 5.4 on solving systems by graphing.  Students reviewed the methods of substitution and elimination, before we continued setting equations equal to each other and then forming two equations in slope intercept form.  Students developed two x/y tables in order to find coordinates in order to graph both lines.  Once students graphed both lines, the solution to the system of equations is the intersection point on the graph. 

Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Wednesday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.  Workbook page 117 is due Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with rational and irrational numbers.  Students reviewed the Pythagorean Theorem before we started talking about rational and irrational numbers. Students were then given class time to begin working on the section 7.4 activities in the practice workbook, which will be due on Wednesday in class. 

Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Wednesday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.   The 7.4 activities in the workbook are due Wednesday in class.

  

Science:  Students did not meet for science today, Wednesday or Thursday due to MAPs testing in the mornings.  We are having math and language arts classes in the afternoon.   

Assignments:  None.

Monday April 25, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students completed the quiz we began in class on Friday.  We then transitioned into section 5.4 on solving systems by graphing.  Students reviewed the methods of substitution and elimination, before we began setting equations equal to each other and solving for the x variable.  Before class ended, students were reminded that MAPs testing will begin on Tuesday and continue through Thursday of this week.  Students were handed a review packet to work on throughout the week, and it will be due on Friday morning 4/30/16.  

Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Wednesday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with cubic roots.  Students reviewed square and cubic roots, before we moved back into working with the Pythagorean Theorem.  Students reviewed the formula and began practicing finding missing side lengths of right triangles. Students were assigned the section 7.3 Practice B worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.  Before class ended, students were reminded that MAPs testing will begin on Tuesday and continue through Thursday of this week.  Students were handed a review packet to work on throughout the week, and it will be due on Friday morning 4/30/16.   

Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Wednesday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.   The 7.3 Practice B worksheet is due Tuesday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Today students were reading to learn about the different types of energy.  Students defined several key vocabulary words, before we read the section in the book detailing the types of energy students are learning about, kinetic and potential energy.  

Assignments:  None.

Thursday April 21, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students continued working with solving systems of equations that have no solution or infinitely many solutions.  After some teacher led instruction that included some clues and tips of how to identify each type of set of equations and several examples, students were given class time to complete some problems out of the textbook page 227 #5-9, which will be due Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  The problems from the textbook for section 5.4, page 227 #5-9, are due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with cubic roots.  Students continued working with identifying cubes as well as how to identify positive and negative cubic roots.  After we graded the homework and answered several students questions, students were asked to complete the activities for section 7.3 in the workbook, pages 151-153, to be due Friday in class. 

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook pages 151-153 will be due Friday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Today was the final day of class time to work on this project.  Students were given all of the remaining class time to continue working on the final drafts of their Newton's Laws of Motion comic strips. The final drafts are due on Friday April 22nd. 

Assignments:  Final drafts of all three comics are due on Friday of this week.

Wednesday April 20, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students were introduced to solving systems of equations that have no solution or infinitely many solutions.  After some teacher led instruction that included some clues and tips of how to identify each type of set of equations and several examples, students were given class time to complete workbook page 116, which will be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  The workbook page for section 5.4, page 116, is due Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with cubic roots.  Students continued working with identifying cubes as well as how to identify positive and negative cubic roots.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned section 7.2 worksheet from the workbook (page 150) as well as the 7.2 Practice A & B worksheets which will be due Thursday in class.  

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook page 150 and section 7.2 Practice A & B worksheets will be due Thursday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students were then given all of the remaining class time to begin working on the final drafts of their Newton's Laws of Motion comic strips. The final drafts are due on Friday April 22nd. 

Assignments:  Final drafts of all three comics are due on Friday of this week.

Tuesday April 19, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students continued to solve systems of equations using elimination.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were given class time to complete the section 5.3 Practice A worksheet, which will be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  The 5.3 Practice A worksheet is due Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with square roots.  Students continued working with identifying perfect squares as well as how to identify positive and negative square roots.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned section 7.1 Practice B worksheet which everyone finished in class.  Students were then assigned the activities from the workbook for section 7.2, to be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook pages 147-149 are due Wednesday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students were then given all of the remaining class time to begin working on the final drafts of their Newton's Laws of Motion comic strips. The final drafts are due on Friday April 22nd. 

Assignments:  Final drafts of all three comics are due on Friday of this week.

Monday April 18, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students were introduced to solving systems of equations using elimination.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were asked to complete workbook page 112 for class on Tuesday.  

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook page 112 is due Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with square roots.  Students worked with identifying perfect squares as well as how to identify positive and negative square roots.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned workbook page 146 for class on Tuesday.

Assignments:  Review HW #51 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook page 146 is due Tuesday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students were then given all of the remaining class time to begin working on the final drafts of their Newton's Laws of Motion comic strips. The final drafts are due on Friday April 22nd. 

Assignments:  Final drafts of all three comics are due on Friday of this week.

Tuesday April 12, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students were introduced to solving systems of equations using elimination.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were asked to complete Activity 3 in their practice workbooks on pages 110-111 for class on Wednesday.  

Assignments:  Review HW #49 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook pages 110-111 are due Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued identifying and comparing linear and nonlinear functions from tables and graphs.  After some teacher led instruction and an example or two, students were asked to complete the section 6.5 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #49 is due Wednesday in class.  The section 6.5 Practice A worksheet is due Wednesday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students were then given all of the remaining class time to continue working on the rough drafts of their Newton's Laws of Motion comic strips.  Rough drafts of all three comics and the explanation page describing how they are demonstrating Newton's Law in their comic are due by Friday at the end of class.  The final products are due on Friday April 22nd.  

Assignments:  Rough drafts of all three comics are due on Friday of this week.

Monday April 11, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students completed the quiz we began on Friday in class.  As students finished the quiz, they were handed a section 5.2 Puzzle to complete, that will be due Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #49 is due Wednesday in class.  The section 5.2 puzzle will be due Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began identifying and comparing linear and nonlinear functions from tables and graphs.  After some teacher led instruction and an example or two, students were asked to complete the activities #1-4 in the practice workbook, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #49 is due Wednesday in class.  The section 6.5 activities from the practice workbook are due Tuesday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students were introduced to the next project, Newton's Laws in Comic strips.  After an introduction to the project and a quick question and answer session, students were set free to get started on completing the front side of our planning worksheet.

Assignments:  The front side of the planning worksheet is due in class on Tuesday.

Thursday April 7, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students continued working with solving systems of equations via substitution.  After some teacher led instruction and several in class examples, students were assigned some work from the textbook, page 212-213 # 13-20, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  Textbook page 212-213 #13-20 are due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning how to recognize when a pattern in real life is linear or nonlinear.  After some teacher led instruction and several in class examples, students were assigned the section 6.4 Practice A worksheet, to be due Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  Section 6.4 Practice A WS is due Friday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students spent today's class period demonstrating Newton's Third Law of Motion in a lab setting.

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday April 6, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students continued working with solving systems of equations via substitution.  After some teacher led instruction and several in class examples, students were assigned workbook page 108, to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  Workbook page 108 is due Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning how to identify linear and non linear functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned workbook pages 133-135, the activities for section 6.4.  The activities are due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  Workbook pages 133-135, activities for section 6.4, are due Thursday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students spent today's class period reading to learn about Newton's Third Law of Motion.  We read the chapter out loud together as a class, and then students were given the last 15 minutes of class time to complete the section 2.4 worksheet in class.

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday April 5, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students continued working with solving systems of equations via substitution.  After some teacher led instruction and several in class examples, students were assigned some text book work, page 212 # 7-12, to be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #47 is due Wednesday in class.  Text book page 212 # 7-12 are due Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning how to develop function rules for a given scenario or graph of a linear equation.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned workbook page 132 as well as section 6.3 Practice A.  Both assignments are due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #47 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook page 132 and 6.3 Practice A are both due Wednesday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students spent today's class period completing the friction lab we began in class on Monday.  We then transitioned back into the text book and began reading to learn about Newton's Third Law of Motion. 

Assignments:  Students should be completing the Sneaky Sneakers Friction Lab worksheet for class on Wednesday if they did not finish in the class time provided.

Monday April 4, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students were introduced to the idea of solving systems of linear equations through substitution rather than using tables and graphs.  After some teacher led instruction, and a few example problems, students were given class time to complete activity 3 on pages 106 &107 of the practice workbook, which will be due Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #47 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook pages 106-107 are  due Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning how to develop function rules for a given scenario or graph of a linear equation.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems to complete out of the textbook, page 261 #3-10, to be due Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #47 is due Wednesday in class.  Textbook page 261 #3-10 are due Tuesday in class.

  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Students spent today's class period testing the friction between different types of sneakers and different types of surfaces.  Students were introduced to the lab at the beginning of class, before they split into groups of 4, and began testing the different sneakers in each group.  

Assignments:  None.