Tuesday October 30, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 6.  Today students reviewed translations and reflections of linear equations and continued working with horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  Today, students were describing linear functions with multiple transformations.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook page 90-92, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook page 90-92, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math, students began class with the Do Now, and then working on their Flashmaster activities or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were working on their adding and subtracting integers by participating in a playing card game of "War" with a class mate.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #15 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students were finalizing the Google slides activity within Mr. Olsen's Google Classroom site, on researching and learning about different types of good and bad bacteria. Students created a slide show on different types of bacteria and answering several prompting questions related to the assignment on Google classroom.  

Assignments:  This slide show assignment is due at the end of the day on Tuesday.

Monday October 29, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 6.  Today students reviewed translations and reflections of linear equations and continued working with horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  Students created a foldable designed to help them identify the type of transformation applied to the parent function.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook page 89 and textbook page152 #17-22 to be due on Tuesday in class.  

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook page 89 and textbook page152 #17-22 to be due on Tuesday in class.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math, students began class with the Do Now, and then working on their Flashmaster activities or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were working on their adding and subtracting integers by participating in a playing card game of "War" with a class mate.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #15 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students continued working on a Google slides activity within Mr. Olsen's Google Classroom site, on researching and learning about different types of good and bad bacteria. Students are creating a slide show on different types of bacteria and answering several prompting questions related to the assignment on Google classroom.  

Assignments:  This slide show assignment is due at the end of class on Tuesday.

Thursday October 25, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 6.  Today students reviewed translations and reflections of linear equations and continued working with horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the text book pages 152 #17; 18; 20; 22; 25; 27; 30, to be due on Friday in class.  

Students can expect a quiz on Friday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the text book pages 152 #17; 18; 20; 22; 25; 27; 30, to be due on Friday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math, students began class with the Do Now, and then working on their Flashmaster activities or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students continued working with adding and subtracting integers. 

Assignments:  Students can expect a quiz on adding and subtracting integers on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began working on a Google slides activity within Mr. Olsen's Google Classroom site, on researching and learning about different types of good and bad bacteria. Students are creating a slide show on different types of bacteria and answering several prompting questions related to the assignment on Google classroom.  

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday October 24, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 6.  Today students continued working with translations and reflections of linear equations.  Students were also introduced to horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the text book pages 151-152 #13-16; 19; 21; 29; 31; 32; 34, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the text book pages 151-152 #13-16; 19; 21; 29; 31; 32; 34, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students did not have math class today due to the Princess Sophia Opera field trip for all 7th graders.

Assignments:  Review Homework #14 is due Thursday in class.  The adding and subtracting integers worksheet we began in class on Tuesday is due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups and went outside to their established plots to collect our data needed for the month of October.

Assignments:  None.

Monday October 22, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 6.  Today students were introduced to translating and reflecting a linear equation.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of review on standard form and how to find x & y intercepts, students were assigned practice workbook pages 84-86, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned practice workbook pages 84-86, to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students continued subtracting integers.  Students reviewed that in order to use the rules of adding integers when subtracting, they need to rewrite the subtraction problem as an addition problem by adding the opposite of the second term.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 1.3 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #14 is due Wednesday in class.  The section 1.3 Practice A worksheet is due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began talking about good and bad bacteria, and how they influence our daily lives.  We will begin a multi-day lab on Tuesday in class, so today's class period was about preparation for the lab.  

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday October 17, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 5.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of review on standard form and how to find x & y intercepts, as well as how to graph a line in slope intercept form, students were assigned section 3.5 Practice B worksheet, to be due on Monday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned section 3.5 Practice B worksheet, to be due on Monday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were introduced to subtracting integers.  Students learned that in order to use the rules of adding integers when subtracting, they need to rewrite the subtraction problem as an addition problem by adding the opposite of the second term.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned practice workbook page 14 as homework, to be due on Monday in class.

Assignments:  The practice workbook page 14 is due on Monday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students defined several vocabulary words, and then read pages 10-13 of the From Bacteria to Plants text book, and answered several questions related to the reading.  

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday October 16, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 4 and an introduction to section 5 and working with functions in standard form and slope intercept form.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of review on standard form and how to find x & y intercepts, as well as how to graph a line in slope intercept form, students were assigned some work from the practice workbook, page 79-81 as homework, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some work from the practice workbook, page 79-81 as homework, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were continuing to add integers.  Students review the definitions of what positive and negative integers are as well as opposites, before we reviewed the song to help us remember the rules adding and subtracting integers.   After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students were given class time to complete the section 1.2 Practice A worksheet.  This worksheet will be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #13 is due on Wednesday in class.  The section 1.2 Practice A worksheet is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and they were given class time to complete a self evaluation as well as a group evaluation of the work done to complete the poster project on time.

Assignments:  Students should be completing their self and group evaluations for the Taku Watershed Poster Project as homework if they did not finish in the class time provided.

Monday October 15, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 4 and working with functions in standard form.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to work with standard form and how to find x & y intercepts, as well as how to graph a line in slope intercept form, students were assigned the section 3.4 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned the section 3.4 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Tuesday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were continuing to add integers.  Students defined what positive and negative integers are as well as opposites, before we reviewed the song to help us remember the rules adding and subtracting integers.   After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students began working on practice workbook page 10.  This workbook page 10 will be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #13 is due on Wednesday in class.  Workbook page 10 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and they were given class time to continue working as a group on the Taku Watershed Poster Project.  Groups were finalizing their group projects today in class.  Posters are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday.

Assignments:  Students and groups should be finalizing their group poster products if they did not finish in the class time provided.

Thursday October 11, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 3, section 3 and working with function notation.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to use function notation, as well as how to graph a line in slope intercept form, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 72-73, to be due on Friday in class.

Students can expect a quiz on Friday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook page 72-73, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were introduced to adding integers.  Students defined what positive and negative integers are, before we learned a song to help us remember the rules adding and subtracting integers.   After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students began working on practice workbook page 8.  This workbook page 8 will be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #12 is due on Friday in class.  Workbook page 8 is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and they were given class time to continue working as a group on the Taku Watershed Poster Project.  Groups were finalizing and printing their paragraphs, and were beginning to plan out their final products.  

This project will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday October 17.

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday October 10, 2018

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, section 3 and working with function notation.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to work with and write functions using function notation, students were then assigned some homework from the textbook, pages 125-126 #1-10; 12-30 evens, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, pages 125-126 #1-10; 12-30 evens, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were continuing to work with the concept of absolute value.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students completed practice workbook page 6.  Students were then handed the section 1.1 Practice A worksheet.  This worksheet will be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #12 is due on Friday in class.  Section 1.1 Practice A worksheet is due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and they were given class time to continue finalize their assigned paragraph within their group.  Once students have a hand written paragraph, students then found a student from another group and peer edited each other's work.  Once the peer edit process was complete, students were free get on Google Docs and type their paragraphs and share it with their group members.

This project will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday October 17.

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday October 9, 2018

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.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to work with and write functions using function notation, students were then assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 69 & 70, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 69 & 70, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were introduced to the idea of absolute value.  We defined the vocabulary words and practiced identifying the absolute value of several examples. 

Assignments:  Review HW #11 is due on Wednesday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and they were given class time to continue researching their assigned portion of the project, and to begin writing the rough draft of the paragraphs for each of the three parts of the project.  

This project will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday October 17.

Assignments:  None.

Monday October 8, 2018

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.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to identify discrete or continuous data sets as well as how to graph the domain and range, students were then assigned some homework from the text book, pages 118-119 #35-39; and 41, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the text book, pages 118-119 #35-39; and 41, to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students went down to the library and checked out their math textbooks and practice workbooks.  When we got back to class, students were given class time to complete a text book scavenger hunt, designed to help students learn how to navigate the text and familiarize themselves with the text.  

Assignments:  Review HW #11 is due on Wednesday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and they were introduced to the Taku Watershed Poster Project.  After a brief introduction to what is to be expected of each group, student groups were handed a packet of research information that each group then divided amongst themselves in order to begin researching their assigned portion of the project.  

This project will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday October 17.

Assignments:  None.

Thursday October 4, 2018

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.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to identify linear functions using graphs, tables and equations as well as how to identify discrete or continuous data sets.  Students were then assigned workbook page 68.  Workbook page 68 is due on Friday in class.

Assignments: Workbook page 68 is due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students continued working with like and unlike fraction operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few reminders of how to multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers, students were given class time to work through a dividing fractions and mixed numbers packet.  

Assignments:  Review HW #10 is due on Friday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and the groups went outside to attempt to find another groups plot from the other science class using the groups plot location narrative and hand drawn map.

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday October 3, 2018

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.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to identify linear functions using graphs, tables and equations.  Students were then assigned workbook pages 64-66.  Workbook pages 64-66 are due on Thursday in class.

Assignments: Workbook page 64-66 are due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students began working with like and unlike fraction operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few reminders of how to multiply fractions, students were given class time to work through a multiplying fractions and mixed numbers packet.  Thursday we will be dividing fractions and mixed numbers.

Assignments:  Review HW #10 is due on Friday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and the groups finalized and printed their groups plot location narrative as well as completing a detailed hand drawn map (in color!) of how to find their plots.

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday October 2, 2018

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.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of how to identify functions, and dependent and independent variables, students were assigned workbook page 63.  Workbook page 63 is due on Wednesday in class.

The chapter 2 RE-Test is scheduled for this Wednesday at lunch and after school.  

Assignments: Workbook page 63 is due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students began working with like and unlike fraction operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few reminders of how to add and subtract like and unlike fractions, students were given class time to continue working on the  fraction packet.  The packet will be due on Wednesday.

Assignments:  Review HW #9 is due on Wednesday in class.  The like and unlike fraction packet will be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and the groups finalized their groups plot location narrative as well as completing the process of identifying and classifying the plant specimens we collected from our LEP plots last week.

Assignments:  None.

Monday October 1, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students were introduced to chapter 3 and working with functions.  After a brief introduction to functions by Mr. Olsen, students were given class time to work on the practice workbook activities in the workbook, pages 59-61.  These workbook pages will be due on Tuesday in class.

The chapter 2 RE-Test is scheduled for this Wednesday at lunch and after school.  

Assignments: Practice workbook pages 59-61 are due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students began working with like and unlike fraction operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few reminders of how to add and subtract like and unlike fractions, students were handed a packet and were given class time to start working on the packet.  The packet will be due on Wednesday.

Assignments:  Review HW #9 is due on Wednesday in class.  The like and unlike fraction packet will be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and the groups began finalizing their groups plot location narrative as well as beginning the process of identifying and classifying the plant specimens we collected from our LEP plots last week.

Assignments:  None.