Thursday October 31, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were reviewing translating and reflecting linear functions.  Students then jumped back into section 6 on horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  We reviewed the format and presentation of the functions and how to identify the type of transformation, before taking some class time to build a foldable in an effort to provide students another opportunity to keep track of all the details involved with transforming linear functions.   After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 89,  to be due on Friday in class. 

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 89,  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 continued working on the chapter 2 test.  We will finish the test on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were handed a Halloween-themed EXTRA CREDIT packet that will be due on Monday November 4th.  

Science:  No science class today as we celebrated Halloween with some fun, games and a movie before a school wide assembly to close the day.  

Assignments: Students can be working on their digital posters of the layers of the atmosphere and the layers of the Earth.

Wednesday October 30, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were reviewing translating and reflecting linear functions.  Students then jumped back into section 6 on horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page152 #17-22; 29; 31; 32; 34, to be due on Thursday in class. 

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page152 #17-22; 29; 31; 32; 34, 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 began working on the chapter 2 test.  We will finish the test on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  None.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then  continuing to learn about the layers of the Atmosphere as well as the layers of the Earth.  A google classroom assignment was created with directions on how to create a digital poster for each of the layers of the atmosphere and the layers of the Earth and instructions on what is expected to be included on each poster.  

Assignments: None.

Tuesday October 29, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were reviewing graphing functions as well as using intercepts to graph functions.  Students then jumped back into section 6 on translating and reflecting the parent function y = x.  Students practiced identifying and describing horizontal and vertical translations, before we started learning about reflecting functions on the x and y axes.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page151 #13-16, to be due on Tuesday in class. 

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page151 #13-16, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing fractions (and mixed numbers) and working with decimals.  Today students were preparing for the chapter 2 test scheduled for Wednesday by working towards completing the chapter review activities on page 71-73 #1-26 in the text book.  

Students can expect the chapter 2 test on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #16 is due on Wednesday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then learning about the layers of the Atmosphere as well as the layers of the Earth.  A google classroom assignment was created with directions on how to create a digital poster for each of the layers of the atmosphere and the layers of the Earth and instructions on what is expected to be included on each poster.  

Assignments: None.

Monday October 28, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were reviewed graphing horizontal and vertical lines as well as using intercepts to graph functions.  Students then jumped back into section 6 on translating and reflecting the parent function y = x.  Students practiced reflecting points in the coordinate plane in both the x and y axes.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page151 #1-10, to be due on Tuesday in class. 

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page151 #1-10, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing fractions (and mixed numbers) and working with decimals.  Today students were continuing to multiply and divide rational numbers.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were completing a quick worksheet on multiplying and dividing rational numbers.

Assignments:  Review Homework #16 is due on Wednesday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then learning about the history of the Earth and information on the layers of the Earth as well as the layers of the atmosphere of the Earth.

Assignments: None.

Thursday October 24, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were reviewed graphing horizontal and vertical lines as well as using intercepts to graph functions.  Students then jumped into section 6 on translating and reflecting as well as stretching and shrinking linear functions.  After some teacher led instruction, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 84-86, to be due on Friday in class. 

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 84-86, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting and multiplying and dividing fractions (and mixed numbers) and working with decimals.  Today students were continuing to multiply and divide rational numbers.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were completing the practice workbook, page 40.  

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

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were continuing to drawing their own watershed.  Students were logging into google classroom and clicking on an interactive map with layers that show all the watersheds and subwatersheds of the Juneau region.  Students were locating their home on the map and then drawing the watershed that includes their home on graph paper including all of the waterways contained in that subwatershed.  Students will be transferring their rough drafts from graph paper onto white paper and adding color on their final products.  

Assignments: None.

Wednesday October 23, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were reviewed graphing horizontal and vertical lines as well as using intercepts to graph functions.  Students then jumped back into section 5 on describing the equation y = mx + b.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the 3.5 Practice B worksheet as homework, to be due on Thursday in class.  

Assignments:  Students were assigned the 3.5 Practice B worksheet as homework, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting unlike fractions and working with decimals.  Today students were multiplying and dividing rational numbers.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned homework from the practice workbook, page 40.  

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

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then drawing their own watershed.  Students were logging into google classroom and clicking on an interactive map with layers that show all the watersheds and subwatersheds of the Juneau region.  Students were locating their home on the map and then drawing the watershed that includes their home.  

Assignments: None.

Tuesday October 22, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were reviewed graphing horizontal and vertical lines as well as using intercepts to graph functions.  Students then jumped into section 5 on describing the equation y = mx + b.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the text book, pages 141-142 #5-13; 15-21 odds to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the text book, pages 141-142 #5-13; 15-21 odds 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting unlike fractions and working with decimals.  Today students were subtracting (and adding) rational numbers.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned a worksheet with 810 subtracting rational numbers worksheet, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #14 is due on Wednesday in class.  The subtracting rational numbers worksheet assigned in class is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then drawing their own watershed.  Students were logging into google classroom and clicking on an interactive map with layers that show all the watersheds and subwatersheds of the Juneau region.  Students will locate their home on the map and then draw the watershed that includes their home.  

Assignments: The writing prompts on google classroom were due on Tuesday October 22.

Monday October 21, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Today students were graphing horizontal and vertical lines as well as using intercepts to graph functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook pages 79-81, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook pages 79-81, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting unlike fractions.  Today students were subtracting (and adding) rational numbers.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned a worksheet with 8 adding and subtracting rational numbers worksheet, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #14 is due on Wednesday in class.  The adding and subtracting rational numbers worksheet assigned in class is due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then completing an assignment on our google classroom involving writing prompts related to the Switzer Creek watershed.  

Assignments: The writing prompts on google classroom is due on Tuesday October 22.

Wednesday October 16, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students took an informal quiz on function notation, and how to graph an equation in slope intercept form.   Next, students were reviewing how to use function notation in order to solve and graph functions.  Today students were graphing horizontal and vertical lines as well as using intercepts to graph functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 3.4 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Monday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 3.4 Practice A worksheet as homework, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting unlike fractions.  Today students were adding rational numbers.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned practice workbook page 32, to be due on Monday in class.

Assignments:  Practice workbook page 32 is due on Monday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students were blocking with social studies and we watched the film "The Patriot." 

Assignments: The writing prompts on google classroom is not due until Tuesday October 22.

Tuesday October 15, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students took an informal quiz on function notation, and how to graph an equation in slope intercept form.   Next, students were reviewing how to use function notation in order to solve and graph functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook page 74, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook page 74, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting unlike fractions.  Today students were converting fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned practice workbook page 28, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #13 is due on Wednesday in class.  Practice workbook page 28 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then continuing to learn about watersheds.  Today, students were adding color to their sketches of Switzer Creek we created yesterday in class.  Once students completed the colored sketches of creek, students logged into Google classroom and began working on some writing prompts.  

Assignments: The writing prompts on google classroom is not due until Tuesday October 22.

Monday October 14, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, we graded our homework from Tuesday, giving students the opportunity to ask clarifying questions and check their work against that of Mr. Olsen, before jumping back into section 3 and learning how to use function notation in order to solve and graph functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 125 #1-10 all; 12-30 evens; 37-41 odds, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 125 #1-10 all; 12-30 evens; 37-41 odds, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting unlike fractions.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students were given 30 minutes of class time to complete an adding and subtracting unlike fractions worksheet in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #13 is due on Wednesday in class.  The adding and subtracting unlike fractions worksheet is due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then continuing to learn about watersheds.  Today, students walked out to the Switzer Creek meadow and were sketching the Switzer Creek watershed.

Assignments: None

Thursday October 10, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, we graded our homework from Tuesday, giving students the opportunity to ask clarifying questions and check their work against that of Mr. Olsen, before jumping into section 3 and learning how to use function notation.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 72, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 72, 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 reviewing their knowledge of adding and subtracting like fractions.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students were given 30 minutes of class time to complete an adding and subtracting like fractions worksheet in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #12 is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then learning about watersheds.  Students were defining what a watershed is and we had a class discussion on how we delineate watersheds, as well as potential impacts and benefits of human activities within watersheds.

Assignments: None

Wednesday October 9, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, we graded our homework from Tuesday, giving students the opportunity to ask clarifying questions and check their work against that of Mr. Olsen, before jumping back into section 2 on being able to identify whether data is discrete or continuous as well as being able define the domain and graph the information.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 118-119, #35-39 & 41, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 118-119, #35-39 & 41, 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 reviewing their knowledge of greatest common factors and converting fractions into simplest form.  Students were also working on coming up with equivalent fractions.  Students were given 30 minutes of class time to complete a GCF and Equivalent fraction worksheet in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #12 is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then learning about watersheds.  Students completed a review of the Earth's water cycle, before taking an introductory quiz to show what they already know about watersheds.  

Assignments: None

Tuesday October 8, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, we graded our homework from Monday, giving students the opportunity to ask clarifying questions and check their work against that of Mr. Olsen, before jumping back into section 2 on identifying functions as linear of nonlinear as well as using discrete or continuous data.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 68, to be due on Wednesday in class.

The chapter 2 re-test is scheduled for Wednesday at lunch and after school.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 68, 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 playing a fraction and equivalent decimal war card game with a class mate.  

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

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were continuing to learn about the Earth's water cycle.  After a bit of teacher led instruction, students were finalizing their sketches of a diagram of the water cycle on heavyweight paper and adding color to the final product.  

Assignments: None

Monday October 7, 2019

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, we graded our homework from the weekend, giving students the opportunity to ask clarifying questions and check their work against that of Mr. Olsen, before jumping into section 2 on identifying functions as linear of nonlinear.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 64-66, to be due on Tuesday in class.

The chapter 2 re-test is scheduled for Wednesday at lunch and after school.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, page 64-66, 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 playing a fraction and equivalent decimal war card game with a class mate.  

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

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then learning about the Earth's water cycle.  After a bit of teacher led instruction, students were sketching a diagram of the water cycle on heavyweight paper.  

Assignments: None