Tuesday December 10, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped onto chapter 5 and working with systems of equations.  Our schedule will be tight for chapter 5 and students will be responsible for completing two sections a day this week as we prepare for the chapter 5 test this Friday (December 13).  Students continued working on solving systems through substitution, and then began solving systems by using the elimination method.  Students were also introduced to determining if a given system has not solution, many solutions or just one solution.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students have been assigned homework from the text book.  

Assignments:  Section 5.1:  TB p. 239  #3; 4; 6; 8; 10; 18 and 28

Section 5.2:  Practice A worksheet

Section 5.3:  TB p. 251  #1; 2; 3-17 odds; 22; 23; 25

Section 5.4:  TB p. 257  #1; 2; 3; 6; 8; 9-12; 14; 18; 26

Section 5.5:  TB p. 265  #6; 12; 14; 20

Section 5.6:  TB p. 271  #3-15 odds; 19; 21; 25; 27; 29; 30

Section 5.7:  TB p. 278  #10; 18; 24; 30

Chapter 5 TEST is scheduled for this Friday December 13th!

The semester 1 Final is scheduled for next Wednesday December 18th.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students continued learning how solve equations using inverse operations.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students ended class by completing a solving one step equations worksheet in class.

 

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

Science: Day 2!  The Taku House was introduced to a house wide project on Tlingit Culture compared to another culture that lives in another type of biome around the world.  Mr. Sheufelt's class was mixed with Mr. Olsen's class and those groups were assigned a different biome to compare to the Tlingit culture.  Groups will be creating scale models of longhouses and other dwellings as well as producing a tri-fold poster of the research each group will be conducting over the next several days.

Assignments: None.

Monday December 9, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped onto chapter 5 and working with systems of equations.  Our schedule will be tight for chapter 5 and students will be responsible for completing two sections a day this week as we prepare for the chapter 5 test this Friday (December 13).  Students began section one on finding the solution of a system of equations through graphing.  Section two has students solving a system of equations by substitution.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students have been assigned homework from the text book.  

Assignments:  Section 5.1:  TB p. 239  #3; 4; 6; 8; 10; 18 and 28

Section 5.2:  Practice A worksheet

Section 5.3:  TB p. 251  #1; 2; 3-17 odds; 22; 23; 25

Section 5.4:  TB p. 257  #1; 2; 3; 6; 8; 9-12; 14; 18; 26

Section 5.5:  TB p. 265  #6; 12; 14; 20

Section 5.6:  TB p. 271  #3-15 odds; 19; 21; 25; 27; 29; 30

Section 5.7:  TB p. 278  #10; 18; 24; 30

Chapter 5 TEST is scheduled for this Friday December 13th!

The semester 1 Final is scheduled for next Wednesday December 18th.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were learning how solve equations using inverse operations.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students ended class by completing a solving one step equations worksheet in class.

 

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

Science: The Taku House was introduced to a house wide project on Tlingit Culture compared to another culture that lives in another type of biome around the world.  Mr. Sheufelt's class was mixed with Mr. Olsen's class and those groups were assigned a different biome to compare to the Tlingit culture.  Groups will be creating scale models of longhouses and other dwellings as well as producing a tri-fold poster of the research each group will be conducting over the next several days.

Assignments: None.

Thursday December 5, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Today students reviewed the arithmetic sequence equation and demonstrated their ability to graph piecewise functions.  Next, students were given 30 minutes of class time to continue preparing for the chapter 4 test scheduled for Friday.  

Assignments:  Students are scheduled to take the chapter 4 test in class on Friday.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were learning how solve equations using inverse operations.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students ended class by completing practice workbook page 56, to be due on Friday in class.

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #23 is due Friday in class.  Practice workbook page 56 is also due Friday in class.

Science:  Mr. Olsen's home base students spent the afternoon on a field trip to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.  

Assignments: None.

Tuesday December 3, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Today students reviewed the arithmetic sequence equation and how to use it before we jumped into section 4.7 on piecewise functions.  We worked through the practice workbook explorations together in class, and after some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some work from the practice workbook, page 129, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some work from the practice workbook, page 129, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were learning how to find greatest common factors of linear expressions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students ended class by completing a factoring expressions worksheet.

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class by connecting with their partner from the Periods of Earth research project we completed last week.  Student groups then completed the process of presenting their group research to their class mates.  

Mr. Sheufelt's home base science class is taking a field trip to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center tomorrow.  Mr. Olsen's class is scheduled for Thursday.  Students were reminded to bring a lunch and to wear warm clothes and proper footwear to explore outside at the glacier for about an hour before we head inside the visitor center to participate in a program put on by the visitor center rangers.

Assignments: None. 

Monday December 2, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Today students reviewed correlation and causation before we jumped into section 6 on arithmetic sequences.  Students were introduced to arithmetic sequences and how to identify the patterns involved, before learning the equation for an arithmetic sequence.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the explorations in the practice workbook, pages 214-215 # 1; 2; 3-25 odds; 16; 26; 38 to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the explorations in the practice workbook, pages 214-215 # 1; 2; 3-25 odds; 16; 26; 38 to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were reviewing how to find greatest common factors using lists of factors as well as factor trees. Students ended class by completing a factor tree worksheet in the last 20 minutes of class time. 

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #22 is due Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class by connecting with their partner from the Periods of Earth research project we completed last week.  Student groups then began the process of presenting their group research to their class mates.  

Assignments: None. 

Wednesday November 27, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Today students were working with scatter plots and correlations between data sets.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the explorations in the practice workbook, pages 114-115, to be due on Monday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the explorations in the practice workbook, pages 114-115, to be due on Monday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were learning about prime numbers and the sieve of Eratosthenes.  

 

Assignments:  None.

Science:  Students in the Taku House celebrated cultural holidays with each homeroom this afternoon.  

Assignments: None. 

Tuesday November 26, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Today students reviewed about how to find if two or more lines are parallel or perpendicular.   After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the explorations in the practice workbook, pages 111-113, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the explorations in the practice workbook, pages 111-113, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were learning about prime numbers and the sieve of Eratosthenes.  

 

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

Science:  Students took a walk outside on the trail during science today, practicing mindfulness throughout the walk.

Assignments: None. 

Monday November 25, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4 as we were reviewed our knowledge of point-slope form, and how to use the point-slope formula to write a linear function in slope intercept form.  Today students reviewed about how to find if two or more lines are parallel, before being introduced to finding how to lines may be perpendicular.   After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 4.3 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Tuesday in class.

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

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were continuing to add and subtract linear expressions. After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students completed a in-class worksheet on adding and subtracting linear expressions. 

 

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

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were introduced to the idea of mindfulness and how to begin to control their brains through meditation and/or finding strategies to help them cope with anxiety that may come with public speaking.  Student groups will be sharing their Periods of the Earth research beginning next Monday in class, so today's class period was dedicated to help students find ways to feel comfortable when public speaking.

Assignments: None. 

Thursday November 21, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4 as we were reviewed our knowledge of point-slope form, and how to use the point-slope formula to write a linear function in slope intercept form.  Today students were learning about how to find if two or more lines are parallel or perpendicular.   After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 191 #1-12, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 191 #1-12, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms and using the distributive property before simplifying.  Today, students were learning how to add and subtract linear expressions.  

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #20 is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with their assigned partner on creating a presentation on an assigned time PERIOD of the planet Earth.  Students are researching and developing a poster product that they can use to present their research to their classmates early next week.  Student groups should have finished up their research today in class and began printing and matting their information.  Friday will be the final work day for this poster project.

Assignments: None. 

Wednesday November 20, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4 as we were reviewed our knowledge of the slope formula and writing equations of functions presented in various ways into slope intercept form.  Today students were continuing to work with point-slope form, and how to use the point-slope formula to write a linear function in slope intercept form.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 4.2 Practice B worksheet, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 4.2 Practice B worksheet, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms.  Today, students continued working with the distributive property and continuing to simplify expressions by completing a review worksheet in class.

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #20 is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with their assigned partner on creating a presentation on an assigned time PERIOD of the planet Earth.  Students are researching and developing a poster product that they can use to present their research to their classmates early next week.  Student groups should have finished up their research today in class and we will begin putting final products together Thursday in class.

Assignments: None. 

Tuesday November 19, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4 as we were reviewed our knowledge of the slope formula and writing equations of functions presented in various ways into slope intercept form.  Today students were introduced to point-slope form, deduced from the slope formula by rearranging that formula into point-slope.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 185 #1; 8-14, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 185 #1; 8-14, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions by identifying the terms of an expression before combining like terms.  Today, students were working with the distributive property and continuing to simplify expressions by completing a review worksheet in class.

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #19 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with their assigned partner on creating a presentation on an assigned time PERIOD of the planet Earth.  Students are researching and developing a poster product that they can use to present their research to their classmates early next week.  

Assignments: None.  

Monday November 18, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 4 and we were reviewing our knowledge of the slope formula and writing equations of functions presented in various ways into slope intercept form.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 99-100, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 99-100, to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions.  Students reviewed the vocabulary introduced last week and then we practiced identifying the terms, the like terms, the constants, and the coefficients of a given expression, before simplifying that expression. 

Today, students were working with the distributive property and continuing to simplify expressions by completing a review worksheet in class.

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #19 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were introduced to our next in class project on creating a presentation on an assigned time PERIOD of the planet Earth.  Students were assigned a partner and a time period to research, and groups will spend the week researching and developing a poster product that they can use to present their research to their classmates early next week.  

Assignments: None.  

Thursday November 14, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were continuing to learn about how to transform absolute value functions.  After a lot of teacher led instruction and several example problems, students took a quiz on absolute value functions. Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 95, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 95, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions.  Students reviewed the vocabulary introduced last week and then we practiced identifying the terms, the like terms, the constants, and the coefficients of a given expression, before simplifying that expression. 

Today, students were continuing to 

 

Assignments:  None.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued learning about timelines, and today they began working on an online geologic timeline activity.  Students were introduced to the activity through a google classroom assignment, and then were given the rest of class to begin working on the timeline assignment.  We will continue working with this assignment on Friday in class.

Assignments: None.  

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students got their graded chapter 3 tests back and were given opportunities to ask clarifying questions.  Next, students began learning about how to transform absolute value functions.  After a lot of teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 94, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 94, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students were continuing to work with simplifying expressions.  Students reviewed the vocabulary introduced last week and then we practiced identifying the terms, the like terms, the constants, and the coefficients of a given expression, before simplifying that expression. 

Today, students were working on completing workbook page 43 in class.  Students were filling in tables in which they were substituting values in for the variable and writing the outcome into the table. 

 

Assignments:  Review Homework #18 is due on Thursday in class.  Workbook page 43 is due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued learning about timelines, and were working with a partner to complete their Personal Timeline.  

Assignments: None.