Thursday April 27, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Students then jumped right back into chapter 9.  Students reviewed the process for solving equations, before we went over how to solve quadratic equations using square roots.  Students reviewed the rules associated with completing the square, and after some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students jumped back into section 9.4 on solving quadratic equations by completing the square. Students then worked through several example problems before being assigned some problems from the text book, page 511 #18-22evens; 25-31 odds; 41; 43, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 511 #18-22evens; 25-31 odds; 41; 43, to be due on Friday in class..

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students jumped back into our Perfect Shape activity.  Students were handed 8 index cards, one for each perfect shape, and students were then given class time to begin creating their perfect shapes.  The 8 perfect shapes will be due at the end of class on Monday May 1st.  

Assignments:   Review Homework #51 is due Friday in class.   The 8 perfect shapes will be due at the end of class on Monday May 1st.   

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were given class time to create "Franken-isms" of their own designs.  Students were brainstorming ideas about two organisms, and the traits these animals have.  Students were then creating punnett squares to model possibilities for possible outcomes, before students were sketching what their organisms will look like.

Assignments: The Genetics word search is due Friday in class.

Wednesday April 26, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Students then jumped right back into chapter 9.  Students reviewed the process for solving equations, before we went over how to solve quadratic equations using square roots.  Students went over the rules associated with the concept, and after some teacher led instruction and several example problems related to solving equations using square roots, students jumped into section 9.4 on solving quadratic equations by completing the square.  Students worked through several example problems before being assigned some problems from the text book, page 511 #5-9 odds; 11-16 all; 17-21 odds, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 511 #5-9 odds; 11-16 all; 17-21 odds, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students jumped back into our Perfect Shape activity.  Students made sure their worksheets and tables were complete and accurate, before spending the remaining class time practicing making shapes with protractors. 

Assignments:   Review Homework #51 is due Friday in class.  

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were continuing to learn about and work with punnett squares.  Students spent the class period completing the SpongeBob worksheet we began in class on Tuesday.  If students finished early, they were handed a Genetics word search.  

Assignments: The Genetics word search is due Friday in class.

Tuesday April 25, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Students then jumped right back into chapter 9.  Students reviewed the process for solving equations, before students  felt they needed more practice solving quadratic equations through graphing by finding the x intercepts, or zeros of the function in standard form.  Students worked through several example problems in class before they were assigned some pages from the workbook for section 9.3, pages 286-289, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some pages from the workbook for section 9.3, pages 286-289, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students were introduced to a project entitled Drawing the Perfect Shape.  Students spent the class period completing a table of various polygons and calculating the sum of the interior angles of each polygon, as well as finding the exact measure of each individual interior angle.  

Assignments:   Review Homework #50 is due Wednesday in class.  Students should be coming to class on Wednesday with their Drawing the Perfect Shape worksheet of angle calculations completed.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were continuing to learn about and work with punnett squares.  Students spent the class period completing the section 3.2 worksheet on Probability and Genetics, as well as working with some punnett squares related to the characters in the Spongebob Squarepants shows.  

Assignments: None.

Monday April 24, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Students then jumped right back into chapter 9.  Students reviewed the process for solving equations through graphing, before students began solving quadratic equations through graphing by finding the x intercepts, or zeros of the function in standard form.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were were assigned some problems from the text book, page 494 # 8; 12; 20-32 evens; 47; 49.  These problems will be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 494 # 8; 12; 20-32 evens; 47; 49.  These problems will be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students continued working with and learning how to identify and draw adjacent and vertical angles using a protractor. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 7.2 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:   Review Homework #50 is due Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned the section 7.2 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students were reading to learn about probability in genetics and punnett squares and how they can show predictions of possible outcomes for offspring.  Students began class by defining several key vocabulary words, before we read section 2 of chapter 3 together as a group.  

Assignments: None.

Thursday April 20, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Students then jumped right into chapter 9.  Students reviewed the process for clearing radicals in fractions, before working through a process called rationalizing the denominator.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 486 # 39-43 odds; 46-54 evens; 55-59 all; and 62.  These problems will be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 486 # 39-43 odds; 46-54 evens; 55-59 all; and 62. These problems will be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students continued working with and learning how to identify and draw adjacent and vertical angles using a protractor. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned several problems from the textbook, page 274 #4-6, 8-13; 14-17 to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:   Review Homework #49 is due Friday in class.  Students were assigned the several problems from the text book, page 274 #4-6, 8-13; 14-17 to be due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students tallied up the data from yesterday's activity concerning individual traits.  Today, students were put into groups of four or five, and each group selected five traits and then created a double bar graph in order to display their groups information.  

Assignments: Students should be completing their double bar graph if they did not complete in the class time provided.  

Wednesday April 19, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Students then jumped right into chapter 9.  Students were working with and developing rules for multiplying and dividing radicals. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 485 # 5-11 odds; 14-20 evens; 21-25 all; and 29 and 30.  These problems will be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 485 # 5-11 odds; 14-20 evens; 21-25 all; and 29 and 30.  These problems will be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students continued working with and learning how to identify adjacent and vertical angles. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 7.1 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:   Review Homework #49 is due Friday in class.  Students were assigned the section 7.1 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Thursday in class. 

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students participated in and completed a class survey identifying characteristic physical traits of themselves and their class mates.  Todays activity included whether or not students could taste PTC paper.  

Assignments: None.

Tuesday April 18, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students completed the chapter 8 test.  Students then began working on the introduction activities for chapter 9.  Students have been asked to complete workbook pages 275-278 for class on Wednesday.  

Assignments:  Students have been asked to complete workbook pages 275-278 for class on Wednesday. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students working with and learning how to identify adjacent and vertical angles.  We spent a large chunk of class time reviewing and going over the vocabulary associated with identifying angles and practiced identifying adjacent and vertical angles together in class.

Assignments:   Review Homework #48 is due Wednesday in class.    

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then completed the section 3.1 worksheet on Mendel's Work on genetics in class.  Next, students participated in a class survey identifying characteristic physical traits of themselves and their class mates.

Assignments: None.

Monday April 17, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students began taking the chapter 8 test.  

Assignments:  None.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students were making corrections to their chapter 6 tests.  

Assignments:   Review Homework #48 is due Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned to finish their chapter 6 test corrections for class on Tuesday.  

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then jumped into their Local Ecology Groups and we went outside to our plots in order to collect some data for the month of April.  

Assignments: None.

Thursday April 13, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  We then jumped back into chapter 8 section 6 on choosing functions to model and write a function with a given data set.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the book, page 465/6 # 9-17 odds, 21, 24, 25, 32.  These problems will be due on Friday in class.  The chapter 8 TEST will be on Monday of next week.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the book, page 465/6 # 9-17 odds, 21, 24, 25, 32.  These problems will be due on Friday in class.  The chapter 8 TEST will be on Monday of next week.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students were introduced to chapter 7 and how to use a protractor.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were asked to complete workbook page 142 for class on Friday.

Assignments:   Review Homework #47 is due Friday in class.  Students were assigned workbook page 142 to be due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then took advantage of the weather and we walked the trail!

Assignments: None.

Wednesday April 12, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  We then jumped back into chapter 8 and students were reviewing how to factor a given expression, as well as reviewing slope intercept form.  Students then reviewed quadratic functions in intercept form, f(x) = a(x - p)(x - q) and how to find zeros of a quadratic function after factoring it.  Next, students were introduced to modeling data and determining which type of function works best. After some teacher led instruction, students were assigned and given some class time to complete the activities in the practice workbook.  Workbook pages 273 & 274 will be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Workbook pages 273 & 274 will be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students took the chapter 6 test.

Assignments:   Review Homework #47 is due Friday in class.  Students were handed a perimeter and area worksheet to complete for class on Thursday.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then took the chapter 2 test on photosynthesis, respiration, cell division and cancer.  

Assignments: Students should be completing a Mitosis crossword puzzle for class on Thursday.  

Tuesday April 11, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  We then jumped back into chapter 8 and students were reviewing how to factor a given expression, as well as reviewing slope intercept form.  Students were then introduced to quadratic functions in intercept form, f(x) = a(x - p)(x - q) and how to find zeros of a quadratic function after factoring it.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 455 #10; 24; 27; 29; 52; 54; 58; 63.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 455 #10; 24; 27; 29; 52; 54; 58; 63.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students reviewed the simple interest formula.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were handed a chapter 6 review activity and given class time to prepare for the chapter 6 test on Wednesday morning. 

Assignments:   Review Homework #46 is due Wednesday in class.  The chapter 6 test is scheduled for Wednesday morning.  

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students were then given some class time to continue working on the chapter 2 chapter review activity at the end of the chapter to help them to prepare for the chapter 2 TEST scheduled for Wednesday of this week.  Students were also busy creating a notecard that they will be able to use on the test.  

Assignments: The chapter 2 test on photosynthesis, respiration, cell division and cancer is scheduled for Wednesday in class.

Monday April 10, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  Students   We then jumped back into chapter 8 and students were reviewing how to factor a given expression, as well as reviewing slope intercept form.  Students were then introduced to quadratic functions in intercept form, f(x) = a(x - p)(x - q).  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 455 # 1, 3-6 all.  These problems will be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 455 # 1, 3-6 all.  These problems will be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students reviewed the simple interest formula.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were handed the section 6.7 Practice A worksheet, which will be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:   Review Homework #46 is due Wednesday in class.  The section 6.7 Practice A worksheet is due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  We then transitioned back into the textbook and students completed the section 2.4 worksheet on Cancer in class.  Students were then given some class time to begin working on the chapter 2 chapter review activity at the end of the chapter to help them to prepare for the chapter 2 TEST scheduled for Wednesday of this week.  

Assignments: None. 

Thursday April 6, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  Students   We then jumped back into section 8.3 on functions in the form of f(x) = x² + bx + c.  Students spent class time familiarizing themselves with finding the axis of symmetry and the vertex of a given function.  Next, students were determining characteristics and comparing transformations of the form f(x) = a(x - h)² + k to the parent function of f(x) = x².   After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 446 # 26, 31-34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 52, 57, 60.  These problems will be due on Monday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 446 # 26, 31-34, 36, 38, 39, 43, 52, 57, 60.  These problems will be due on Monday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students were introduced to the simple interest formula.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the activities in the practice workbook for section 6.7, pages 137-140, to be due Monday in class.

Assignments:    Workbook pages 137-140 are due Monday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  We then transitioned back into the textbook and students were reading to learn about cancer and its connection to the cell cycle.  Students defined several key vocabulary terms before we read section 2.4 in the Cells and Heredity Textbook.  

Assignments: None. 

Wednesday April 5, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  Students   We then jumped back into section 8.3 on functions in the form of f(x) = x² + bx + c.  Students spent class time familiarizing themselves with finding the axis of symmetry and the vertex of a given function.  Next, students were determining whether a given function was even, odd or neither, as well as comparing transformations of the form f(x) = a(x - h)² to the parent function of
 f(x) = x².   After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 446 #5-25 odds.  These problems will be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 446 #5-25 odds.  These problems will be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students were calculating discounts and markups.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were given class time to work on and complete problems from the textbook for section 6.6, #1, 2, 4-20, 22-25 to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:   Review HW #45 is due Wednesday in class.   Workbook pages 132-136 are due Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  We then transitioned back into our Mitosis flipbook activity.  Students spent the class period finalizing the final drafts of their Mitosis Flipbooks.

Assignments: Students should have turned in the final product for the Mitosis Flipbook project.  

Tuesday April 4, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  Students   We then jumped back into section 8.3 on functions in the form of f(x) = x² + bx + c.  Students spent class time familiarizing themselves with finding the axis of symmetry and the vertex of a given function.  Next, students were finding maximum and minimum values of functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 436 #13-17 odds, 21-26 all, 29, 32.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 436 #13-17 odds, 21-26 all, 29, 32.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students were calculating discounts and markups.  Students were given class time to work on and complete the activities in the practice workbook for section 6.6.  Once students worked through workbook pages 132-135, students were assigned workbook page 136 to be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:   Review HW #45 is due Wednesday in class.   Workbook pages 132-136 are due Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  We then transitioned back into our Mitosis flipbook activity.  Students spent the class period finalizing their rough drafts, before transferring their images developed in their rough drafts, onto the final draft paper.  The final drafts will be due at the end of class on Wednesday. 

Assignments: Students can be continuing to work on the final drafts of their Mitosis flipbooks.  The assignment is due at the end of class on Wednesday.

Monday April 3, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students continued with chapter 8 and quadratic functions.  Students   We then jumped back into section 8.3 on functions in the form of f(x) = x² + bx + c.  Students spent class time familiarizing themselves with finding the axis of symmetry and the vertex of a given function.  Next, students were finding maximum and minimum values of functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 436 #13-17 odds, 21-26 all, 29, 32.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.


Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 436 #13-17 odds, 21-26 all, 29, 32.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students were calculating discounts and markups.  Students were given class time to work on and complete the activities in the practice workbook for section 6.6.  Once students worked through workbook pages 132-135, students were assigned workbook page 136 to be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:   Review HW #45 is due Wednesday in class.   Workbook pages 132-136 are due Wednesday in class.

Science:  There was no science class today, as students took the new state assessment, PEAKs, this morning.  We then have math and language arts classes this afternoon.  

Assignments: Students can be continuing to work on the rough drafts of their Mitosis Flipbooks.  The rough drafts will be due on Friday at the end of class.