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.

Monday November 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 4 and section 2, where students spent about 20 minutes of class time completing the workbook activities in class, before some teacher led instruction and several example problems. Students were assigned practice workbook page 104, to be due on Tuesday in class.
  

Assignments:  Students were assigned practice workbook page 104, 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 were introduced to the difference between an expression and an equation.  After a bit of class room instruction from Mr. Olsen, students were given some class time to begin working on workbook page 43, which is due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #21 is due on Wednesday in class.  Workbook page 43 is due Tuesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students finished defining the 30 chemistry vocabulary words they will be expected to memorize over the next 4 days.  Students were given a grade for the completed worksheet today in class.  Students were then given the remaining class time to complete their 30 flashcards and to begin the memorization process. 

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

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

Wednesday November 8, 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 1 on writing equations in slope intercept form from a set of given points on a graph, from a line on a graph, etc.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned practice workbook pages 99 & 100, to be due on Monday in class.
  

Assignments:  Students were assigned practice workbook pages 99 & 100 as homework, to be due on Monday in class.  The linear equations worksheet handed out in class is also due on Monday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students completed their chapter 2 test.

Assignments: Students were handed the section 2.3 Extension and Enrichment worksheet, to be due on Monday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students finished defining the 30 chemistry vocabulary words they will be expected to memorize over the next 10 days.  Once students finished defining the vocab words, they were handed a stack of 30 notecards to make flashcards to help them with the memorization process.  

Assignments:  Students should be coming to class on Monday with the 30 vocabulary words defined on the worksheet provided.  

Tuesday November 7, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students were handed their chapter 3 tests back and we went over some commonly missed problems.  Next, students were given class time to begin working on the activities for section 4.1 in the practice workbook.  
  

Assignments:  Students were assigned practice workbook pages 96 & 97 as homework, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students began working on the chapter 2 test.

Assignments: Review Homework #20 is due on Wednesday. Practice workbook pages 41 & 42 are due Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were defining several key chemistry vocabulary terms, including an example of each word as well as an explanation of how to use the word in a science setting.

Assignments:  None.

Monday November 6, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students took the chapter 3 TEST.
  

Assignments:  Students were then assigned practice workbook page 95 as homework as well as an Intercepts worksheet, 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 2 and rational numbers.  Students then spent the class period completing the chapter 2 review from the text book, as the chapter 2 test is scheduled for Tuesday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #20 is due on Wednesday.  The chapter 2 test will be Tuesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were introduced to the chemistry unit by taking some notes on scientific vocabulary presented in class.  Students completed a note-taking guide while following along on a powerpoint presentation during class.

Assignments:  Students should be completing the note-taking guide if they didn't finish in the class time provided.

Thursday November 2, 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 3 and working with functions.  Mr. Olsen reminded students of our  lesson on horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  Today students were describing and graphing linear equations with multiple transformations.  We practiced several problems together in class, identifying the presentation format and what clues to look for when deciding what type of transformation is occurring within the given problem based on the values of a, h and/or k. Students were then assigned practice workbook page 94 as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

The Chapter 3 test is scheduled for Monday 11/6/2017.

  

Assignments:  Students were then assigned practice workbook page 94 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 2 and rational numbers.  Students then were learning to multiply and divide rational numbers.  We reviewed the rules for multiplying and dividing with integers, as the same rules apply when multiplying and dividing rational numbers.  Next, we practiced several example problems together as a group, before students were assigned the rest of practice workbook page 40 #4-10 to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #19 is due on Friday.  Practice workbook page 40 #4-10 are due Friday in class.  Students can expect a quiz on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students groups completed their reciprocated learning posters, and then each group began sharing what they learned about their assigned invention.  

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday November 1, 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 3 and working with functions.  Mr. Olsen reminded students of our  lesson on horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  Today students were describing and graphing linear equations with multiple transformations.  We practiced several problems together in class, identifying the presentation format and what clues to look for when deciding what type of transformation is occurring within the given problem. Students were then assigned the section 3.6 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Thursday in class.
  

Assignments:  Students were then assigned the section 3.6 Practice A worksheet as homework, 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 2 and rational numbers.  Students then were learning to multiply and divide rational numbers.  We reviewed the rules for multiplying and dividing with integers, as the same rules apply when multiplying and dividing rational numbers.  Next, we practiced several example problems together as a group, before students were assigned practice workbook page 40 #1-3, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #19 is due on Friday.  Practice workbook page 40 #1-3 are due Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students grouped up into groups of 4 and each group was handed an article on an invention by Thomas Edison that ultimately failed.  Student groups read the article and then created a reciprocated learning poster that they will share with their classmates on Thursday in class. 

Assignments:  None.