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. 

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.