Thursday January 30, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing how to identify exponential growth or decay, as well as how to identify the percent rate of change from a given function.  We spent some time on how to re-write exponential functions before students continued working with the compound interest formula.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned the section 6.4 Practice B worksheet as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 6.4 Practice B worksheet as homework, 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 with inequalities and chapter 4.  We began class with a quick review/lesson on inequality symbols and how to use them when working with number lines.  Students were then solving inequalities by using addition or subtraction.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students used the last 20 minutes of class time to complete an inequality puzzle worksheet.

Assignments:  Review Homework #30 is due on Friday.  The solving inequalities puzzle worksheet is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got together with their partner and finalized their digital poster.  Students then began putting together a 3-D model of their assigned planet. The project will be due on Friday by the end of the day.  

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts and/or the Space Math as well as the Earth digital poster google classroom assignments if they did not complete them during the class time provided.

Wednesday January 29, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing how to identify exponential growth or decay, as well as how to identify the percent rate of change from a given function.  We spent some time on how to re-write exponential functions before students were introduced to the compound interest formula.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, pages 319-320 #22-29; 44; 54; 57-60, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, pages 319-320 #22-29; 44; 54; 57-60, 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 continued working with inequalities and chapter 4.  We began class with a quick review/lesson on inequality symbols and how to use them when working with number lines.  Students were then solving inequalities by using addition or subtraction.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students used the last 20 minutes of class time to complete an inequality worksheet.

Assignments:  Review Homework #30 is due on Friday.  The solving inequalities worksheet is due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got together with their partner and finalized their research of their assigned planet and began putting together their digital poster.  Students will also be putting together a 3-D model of their assigned planet. The project will be due on Friday by the end of the day.  

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts and/or the Space Math as well as the Earth digital poster google classroom assignments if they did not complete them during the class time provided.

Tuesday January 28, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Monday, before students participated in an exponential growth population density activity/lab.  

Assignments:  The population density activity we began in class is due on Wednesday.

7th Grade Math: Students began math class with the Do Now and a problem of the day.  Next, students continued working with inequalities and chapter 4.  We began class with a quick review/lesson on inequality symbols and how to use them when working with number lines.  Students were then given class time to work on and complete an inequality review worksheet, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #29 is due on Wednesday.  The inequality review worksheet is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got together with their partner and continued researching their assigned planet and began putting together their digital poster.  The project will be due on Friday by the end of the day.  

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts and/or the Space Math as well as the Earth digital poster google classroom assignments if they did not complete them during the class time provided.

Monday January 27, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Friday, before students began learning about exponential growth and decay functions.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, pages 319-320 #4; 5-21 odds; 38, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, pages 319-320 #4; 5-21 odds; 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 continued working with inequalities and chapter 4.  We began class with a quick review/lesson on inequality symbols and how to use them when working with number lines.  Students were then given class time to work on and complete section 4.1 Practice A worksheet, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #29 is due on Wednesday.  The section 4.1 Practice A worksheet is due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were given 20 minutes of class time to complete and submit their digital planet poster on Earth.  Next, students were paired up with a partner and assigned a planet from our solar system.  Together with their partners, each group will research their assigned planet and create a digital poster product on that research.  The project will be due on Friday by the end of the day.  

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts and/or the Space Math as well as the Earth digital poster google classroom assignments if they did not complete them during the class time provided.

Thursday January 23, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from the Wednesday, before we reviewed how to work with negative and zero exponents as well as how to write in rational exponent form.  Students then continued working with exponential functions.  Students continued learning how to graph exponential functions.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned the section 6.3 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 6.3 Practice A worksheet as homework, 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 with inequalities and chapter 4.  We began class with a quick review/lesson on inequality symbols and how to use them when working with number lines.  Students were then given class time to work on and complete practice workbook pages 67 and 68, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #28 is due on Friday.  Practice workbook pages 67-68 are due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were taking their research about planet Earth they found on Wednesday in class and began using it to create a digital poster representing the Earth.

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts and/or the Space Math google classroom assignments if they did not complete them during the class time provided.

Wednesday January 22, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from the weekend, before we reviewed how to work with negative and zero exponents as well as how to write in rational exponent form.  Students then continued working with exponential functions.  Students continued learning how to graph exponential functions.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned homework from the textbook, page 310-311 #28; 32; 33; 34; 36, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned homework from the textbook, page 310-311 #28; 32; 33; 34; 36, 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 with inequalities and chapter 4.  We began class with a quick review/lesson on inequality symbols and how to use them on a number line.  Students were then given class time to work on and complete practice workbook pages 65 and 66, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #28 is due on Friday.  Practice workbook pages 65-66 are due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were researching about planet Earth in order to create a digital poster representing the information they found when researching the Earth.

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts and/or the Space Math google classroom assignments if they did not complete them during the class time provided.

Thursday January 16, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Tuesday, before we reviewed how to work with negative and zero exponents as well as how to write in rational exponent form.  Students then continued working with exponential functions.  Students were learning how to graph exponential functions.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned homework from the textbook, page 310 #21-24 and 25-35 odds, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned homework from the textbook, page 310 #21-24 and 25-35 odds, 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 taking the chapter 3 test. 

Assignments:  Review Homework #27 is due on Friday.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were calculating how much they weigh on all of the planets of the solar system by multiplying their estimated (or actual) weight on Earth by the gravitational force exerted on each of the planets.  

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts google classroom assignment if they did not complete it during the class time provided.

Wednesday January 15, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Tuesday, before we reviewed how to work with negative and zero exponents as well as how to write in rational exponent form.  Students then continued working with exponential functions.  Students were learning how to identify and evaluate exponential functions.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned homework from the textbook, page 310 #5-14 and 15-19 odds, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned practice workbook pages 178-179 as homework, 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 the rules for adding and subtracting integers as well as combining like terms.  Students participated in a chapter 3 review activity in order to be prepared for the chapter 3 test on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #27 is due on Friday.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Students then completed our google classroom assignment, where students are finding five fun facts about each of the planets of our solar system.  

Assignments: Students should be completing the Planets - 5 Fun Facts google classroom assignment if they did not complete it during the class time provided.

Tuesday January 14, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Monday, before we reviewed how to work with negative and zero exponents as well as how to write in rational exponent form.  Students were then introduced exponential functions.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned practice workbook pages 178-179 as homework, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned practice workbook pages 178-179 as homework, 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 the rules for adding and subtracting integers as well as combining like terms.  We then continued building our skill of solving two step equations.  Students were given class time to complete the two step equations worksheet we began working on in class on Monday, which students turned in before leaving class.

Students can expect the chapter 3 TEST on Thursday of this week.

Assignments:  Review Homework #26 is due on Wednesday.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Students then began working on a google classroom assignment, where students are finding five fun facts about each of the planets of our solar system.  

Assignments: None. 

Monday January 13, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Tuesday, before we continued working with negative and zero exponents as well as simplifying expressions using the rules of exponents.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the textbook as homework, p. 303-304 #1; 8-12; 16-34 evens; 35; 40, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the textbook as homework, p. 303-304 #1; 8-12; 16-34 evens; 35; 40, 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 the rules for adding and subtracting integers as well as combining like terms.  We then continued building our skill of solving two step equations.  Students were given class time to work on solving several two step equations which students turned in before leaving class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #26 is due on Wednesday.

Science:  Mr. Olsen's homebase had a block this afternoon with Mr. Olsen in science.  Students are currently learning about our solar system and we watched a film exploring our planet Earth and the solar system we are apart of.  

Assignments: None. 

Thursday January 9, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Tuesday, before we continued working with negative and zero exponents as well as simplifying expressions using the rules of exponents.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 6.1 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students  were assigned the section 6.1 Practice A worksheet as homework, 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 the rules for adding and subtracting integers as well as combining like terms.  We then continued building our skill of solving one step equations.  Students were given class time to complete an in class maze worksheet practicing our skills of solving one step equations.

Assignments:  None.

Science:  There was no science classes today as the Taku House completed MAPs testing this morning and students had math and language arts classes this afternoon.

Assignments: None. 

Wednesday January 8, 2020

Algebra I:  There were no math classes today as the Taku House continued with MAPs testing this morning and students had science and social studies classes this afternoon.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 296 #5-21 odds, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: There were no math classes today as the Taku House continued with MAPs testing this morning and students had science and social studies classes this afternoon.

Assignments:  Review Homework #25 is due Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class by completing the Do Now.  Next students continued learning about the solar system.  Today students were calculating the distances of the eight planets of our solar system to the sun in astronomical units on a google classroom assignment.

Assignments: None. 

Tuesday January 7, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by reviewing the answers to our homework from Monday, before we began working with negative and zero exponents.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 296 #5-21 odds, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the text book, page 296 #5-21 odds, 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 the rules for adding and subtracting integers as well as combining like terms.  We then continued building our skill of solving one step equations.  Students were given class time to complete an in class maze worksheet practicing our skills of solving one step equations.

Assignments:  Review Homework #25 is due Thursday in class.

Science:  There was no science classes today as the Taku House began MAPs testing this morning and students had math and language arts classes this afternoon.

Assignments: None. 

Monday January 6, 2020

Algebra I:  Students began math class with the Do Now and the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped into chapter 6.  Students began by completing textbook page 289 #1-11 in class.  We went over the answers together before students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 167-169, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some work from the practice workbook, pages 167-169, 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 the rules for adding and subtracting integers as well as combining like terms.  Students were given class time to complete an in class worksheet practicing those skills.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #25 is due Thursday in class.

Science:  Students began class by completing the Do Now.  Next students began learning about the solar system.  We watched a quick video helping students understand the magnitude of the distances between the planets, before students ended class by comparing and estimating the size of objects and distances of items here on Earth in comparison to the distances of objects in space.

Assignments: None.