Tuesday December 19, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now before all students took the semester one final exam on chapters 1 - 5.

Assignments:  None.

7th Grade Math: We didn't have math class today, as students were given class time to work with their social studies groups on the Longhouse projects that are due at the end of the day. 

Assignments: Review Homework #30 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got back into their groups and jumped right back into working on the Longhouse Project.  Today was the final work day given to students during school hours.

We will be having an open house event on Wednesday December 20th from 1:30 until 2:30 for parents and family members who would like to come visit with us and see the final products!

Assignments:  None.

Thursday December 14, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students were given the remaining time in class to work on a chapter 5 review sheet to prepare for the chapter 5 test scheduled for Friday in class.

The semester one final on chapters 1 - 5 is scheduled for next Tuesday 12/19/17.

Assignments:  Students can expect the chapter 5 test this Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned back into chapter 3. Next, students spent the class period practicing solving one step equations by using multiplication or division.  Students can expect a quiz on one-step equations on Friday in class.  

Assignments: Review Homework #29 is due on Friday in class. The section 3.4 Practice A worksheet is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got back into their groups and jumped right back into working on the Longhouse Project.  

We will be having an open house event on Wednesday December 20th from 1:30 until 2:30 for parents and family members who would like to come visit with us and see the final products!

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday December 13, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 5.  Students reviewed solving systems of linear equations through graphing as well as substitution and elimination.  We then began solving linear inequalities in two variables (section 5.6).  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 271 #3-15 odds; 19; 21; 25-29 odds; and 30 to be due on Wednesday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 5 test this Friday in class.

The semester one final on chapters 1 - 5 is scheduled for next Tuesday 12/19/17.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 278 #10; 18; 24; 30 to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned back into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of identifying terms, like terms, coefficients, and constants.  Next, students spent the class period practicing solving one step equations by using multiplication or division.  

Assignments: Review Homework #29 is due on Friday in class. The one step equation worksheet we began in class is due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were broken into groups and introduced to our Taku House wide project on longhouses.  Student groups will be building a model longhouse, modeled after a local clan and included will be some artistic component, a model longhouse as well as a model simple machine that helped them build this longhouse and a few different writing components describing their work and how it connects to the project goals.  

We will be having an open house event on Wednesday December 20th from 1:30 until 2:30 for parents and family members who would like to come visit with us and see the final products!

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday December 12, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 5.  Students reviewed solving systems of linear equations through graphing as well as substitution and elimination.  We then began solving linear inequalities in two variables (section 5.6).  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 271 #3-15 odds; 19; 21; 25-29 odds; and 30 to be due on Wednesday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 5 test this Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 271 #3-15 odds; 19; 21; 25-29 odds; and 30 to be due on Wednesday in class.  

Monday's assignment was text book page 257 #1; 2; 3; 6; 8; 9-12; 14; 18; and 26.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned back into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of identifying terms, like terms, coefficients, and constants.  Next, students spent the class period practicing writing equations from verbal sentences and vise versa, solving equations using addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division.

Assignments: Review Homework #28 is due on Wednesday (December 13th) in class. 

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a work lab where each students was calculating how much work it takes them to climb the Taku House staircase.  After some teacher led instruction, students were set free to complete the lab with their partner.  

Assignments:  None.

Thursday December 7, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 5.  Students reviewed solving systems of linear equations through graphing as well as substitution.  We then began by solving some systems by any method as warm ups.  Next, students were given class time to begin working on the practice workbook activities for section 5.4.  Workbook pages 147-149 are due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned work from the practice workbook, pages 147-149, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned back into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of identifying terms, like terms, coefficients, and constants.  Next, students took a quiz on combining like terms and simplifying expressions and solving equations using addition or subtraction.   

Assignments: Review Homework #27 is due on Monday (December 11th) in class. Students were assigned a solving equations worksheet (double sided) that will also be due on Monday.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students worked with their assigned partner to create a poster of the research they conducted during class on Wednesday.  We will present the final products on Monday in class.

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday December 6, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 5.  Students reviewed solving systems of linear equations through graphing as well as substitution.  We then began solving systems using the elimination method.  After some teacher led instruction, and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the text book.  Page 251 #1; 2; 3-17 odds; 22; 23; 25, to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned work from the textbook, Page 251 #1; 2; 3-17 odds; 22; 23; 25, to be due Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned back into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of identifying terms, like terms, coefficients, and constants.  Next, we continued our conversation about solving equations using addition and subtraction.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were handed a worksheet where they were solving addition equations by using subtraction.  

Assignments: Review Homework #27 is due on Monday (December 11th) in class. Students were assigned practice worksheet (section 7.2) on solving addition equations, to be due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were paired up and assigned one of six simple machines, and given class time to research the machine and answer several questions in order to put together a poster of the research they conducted. Thursday, students will be putting the research into a poster to display the information they found concerning their assigned simple machine. 

Assignments:  None. 

Tuesday December 5, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 5.  Students reviewed solving systems of linear equations through graphing.  They were then introduced to solving systems through a process called substitution.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 5.2 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Wednesday in class.  

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

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned back into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of identifying terms, like terms, coefficients, and constants.  Next, we began talking about solving equations using addition and subtraction.  

Assignments: Review Homework #26 is due on Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned practice worksheet (section 7.2) on identifying terms and combining expressions, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students revisited our lab from Monday's class on calculating "work."  Next, we began talking about simple machines.  We defined a simple machine and talked about how simple machines aid humans in accomplishing work.  

Assignments:  None. 

Monday December 4, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 5.  Students were introduced to solving systems of linear equations through graphing.  The intersection point of the two lines graphed on the same coordinate plane is the solution to the system.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 239 #3; 4; 6; 8; 10; 18; 28, to be due on Tuesday in class.  

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 239 #3; 4; 6; 8; 10; 18; 28, to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  Students then were factoring fractions, decimals and negative factors out of a given expression.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned practice workbook pages 51 & 52, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #26 is due on Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned practice workbook pages 51 & 52, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students transitioned into lab where they were calculating the amount of work they accomplished while "working out."  Students worked with a partner to make their way through the data sheet and completing the calculations for finding the amount of work they did while performing curls with light weights.

Assignments:  None. 

Thursday November 30, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4.  Students spent todays class period clarifying the rules to identifying, writing and graphing piecewise functions.  Next, students were handed a chapter 4 test review sheet, and given the remaining time in class to begin preparing for the chapter 4 test scheduled for Friday of this week.  

Assignments:  Students are taking the chapter 4 test on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  Students then spent the class period finding the difference between expressions.  

Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due on Friday in class.  Students can expect a quiz on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students transitioned into finding some understanding of the scientific meaning of "work."  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were handed a worksheet and asked to work with a partner to complete several questions.  

Assignments:  None. 

Wednesday November 29, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 6.  Students began with a lesson on identifying, writing and graphing piecewise functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some work from the text book pages 222/223, #3-17 odds, 23 & 27, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some work from the text book pages 222/223, #3-17 odds, 23 & 27, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  After some example problems, students then took their knowledge of GCFs and began factoring linear expressions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned three (3) problems of linear expressions and asked to factor out the GCF for class on Thursday.  

Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due on Thursday in class.  Students were also assigned three (3) problems of linear expressions and asked to factor out the GCF for class on Thursday

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a class discussion on matter and chemical and physical changes of matter.  Students participated in an activity designed to help them understand the idea of physical changes on a substance.  

Assignments:  None. 

Tuesday November 28, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 6.  Students began by reviewing how to identify and write arithmetic sequences. Next, students were also reviewing how to graph absolute value functions as well as working with simple and compound inequalities.  Students were then assigned some work from the practice workbook, pages 126-127 & 129, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some work from the practice workbook, pages 126-127 & 129, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  After completing some in class work, students completed their work with The Sieve of Eratosthenes, where students are identifying the prime numbers between 1 and 100. 

Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday in class.  Students were also assigned the section 3.2 practice A worksheet, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a class discussion on matter and chemical and physical changes of matter.  Students were given class time to complete the section 1.1 worksheet on Describing Matter.  

Assignments:  The section 1.1 worksheet on Describing Matter is due on Wednesday in class.  

Monday November 27, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 6.  Students began by reviewing how to write an equation from a given set of data points as well as a line on a graph.  Next, students jumped into identifying and writing arithmetic sequences. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 214-215 #1, 2, 3-25 odds & 16, 26,38 to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 214-215 #1, 2, 3-25 odds & 16, 26,38 to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  After completing some in class work, students began working with The Sieve of Eratosthenes, where students are identifying the prime numbers between 1 and 100. 

Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were reading to learn about Describing Matter.  Students began by defining several new vocabulary words, before we read chapter 1 section 1 on Describing Matter together as a class in the Chemical Building Blocks textbook.

Assignments:  None. 

Tuesday November 21, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 4.  Students began by reviewing how to write an equation from a given set of data points as well as a line on a graph.  Next, students jumped back into section 4 on scatter plots and identifying correlations in data sets.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 199-200 #1, 2, 3-15 odds & 22, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 199-200 #1, 2, 3-15 odds & 22, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of an expressions and how to identify like terms and how to identify a coefficient and a constant term, as well as how to combine like terms.  Students then continued learning to adding and subtracting expressions by applying properties of operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned practice workbook page 50, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due on Wednesday in class. Students were assigned practice workbook page 50, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were learning more about the discovery and organization of the periodic table. 

Assignments:  None. 

Monday November 20, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 4.  Students began by reviewing how to write an equation from a given set of data points as well as a line on a graph.  Next, students were given class time to begin working on the workbook activities for section 4 on scatter plots and identifying correlations in data sets.  Workbook pages 111-113 are due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Workbook pages 111-113 are due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of an expressions and how to identify like terms and how to identify a coefficient and a constant term, as well as how to combine like terms.  Students were then introduced to adding and subtracting expressions by applying properties of operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, we ran out of class time.

Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due on Wednesday in class. 

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began working with the Chemical Building Blocks textbook.  Students participated in a Think, Write Pair Share activity in class by sharing their ideas about petro vs. agro chemicals with a partner.  

Assignments:  None. 

Thursday November 16, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 3, where students reviewed how to identify parallel lines and write equations of parallel lines.  Next, students were introduced to identifying and writing equations of perpendicular lines.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 4.3 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

  

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 4.3 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of an expressions and how to identify like terms and how to identify a coefficient and a constant term, as well as how to combine like terms.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, where we worked together to identify the parts of an expression, students were assigned practice workbook page 46 to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due on Friday in class. Students were assigned practice workbook page 46 to be due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students took the chemistry vocabulary test!

Assignments:  The Element word search is due on Friday. 

Wednesday November 15, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 3, where students were learning about how to identify parallel lines and write equations of parallel lines.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned homework from the text book, page 191 #1-12 to be due on Thursday in class.

  

Assignments:  Students were assigned homework from the text book, page 191 #1-12 to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we continued learning about terms of an expression (or an equation), including identifying like terms and how to identify a coefficient and a constant term, as well as how to combine like terms.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, where we worked together to identify the parts of an expression, students were assigned six problems to complete for class on Thursday.

Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due on Friday in class. Students were assigned six problems to complete for class on Thursday.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students spent some class time quizzing each other on the 30 vocab words they are in the process of memorizing.  Students then participated in a review activity in table groups to help them prepare for the test tomorrow in class.

The Vocabulary quiz on these 30 words will be on Thursday of this week.

Assignments:  Students should be studying for the vocab test on Thursday in class.

Tuesday November 14, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 2, where students picked up on where we left off on Monday, by practicing writing the point-slope formula from a given point and the slope, or by working with the graph of a line.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned homework from the text book, page 185 #1; 8-15; 17; 21; 25; 27 to be due on Wednesday in class.
  

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

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we began learning about terms of an expression (or an equation), including identifying like terms and how to identify a coefficient as well as how to combine like terms. 

Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due on Wednesday in class. 

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students spent some class time quizzing each other on the 30 vocab words they are in the process of memorizing.  Students then spent time coming up with some physical actions as groups to help each other learn the words.  

The Vocabulary quiz on these 30 words will be on Thursday of this week.

Assignments:  Students should be coming to class on Wednesday with the 30 vocabulary words on Flashcards.