Thursday December 19, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students completed the chapter 4 test.  

Assignments:  None.   

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Today students reviewed the process of solving equations using addition and subtraction.  Next, students were introduced to solving equations using division or multiplication.  After some teacher led instruction, students worked through some examples together.     

Assignments:  None.    

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with and learning about the periodic table.  Today students continued learning about the organization of the periodic table, and students completed their blank periodic table, by following the directions provided to them.   

Assignments:  None.    

Wednesday December 18, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students took the chapter 4 test.  Since we are having Toolbox everyday this week, our math classes are a bit shorter each day, thus students will be given about 30 minutes of class time on Thursday to complete the test if they need the time.  

Assignments:  None.   

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Today students were introduced to solving equations using addition and subtraction.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.5 worksheet, to be due in class.      

Assignments:  The section 2.5 worksheet on solving equations using addition and subtraction will be due on Thursday in class.     

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with and learning about the periodic table.  Today students continued learning about the organization of the periodic table, and students were assigned to completely fill in a blank periodic table, by following the directions provided to them.   

Assignments:  Students were assigned a blank periodic table.  It will be due at the end of class on Thursday.   

Tuesday December 17, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students participated in a chapter 4 review activity.  The chapter 4 test will be Wednesday in class.   

Assignments:  Review Homework #26 is due Wednesday in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Today students were introduced to solving equations using addition and subtraction.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned problems from the text book, page 93 #11-25 (odds) for class on Wednesday.        

Assignments:  Review homework #27 is due Wednesday in class.  The problems from the text book, page 93 #11-25 (odds) will be due Wednesday in class.    

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with and learning about the periodic table.  Today students continued learning about the organization of nonmetals and metalloids and how to locate them on the periodic table.  

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 3.3 worksheet on Nonmetals and metalloids, to be due on Wednesday in class.  

Monday December 16, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students reviewed simplifying fractions, as well as the rules of multiplying and dividing powers. Students were then introduced to scientific notation, product form and standard form.  After some teacher led instruction, students practiced converting numbers into and out of all three forms.  Students were then assigned the section 4.7 worksheet as homework for Tuesday.    

Assignments:  The section 4.7 worksheet is due Tuesday in class.  Review Homework #26 is due Wednesday in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Today students reviewed the process of identifying the terms, like terms, coefficients and constants of an expression.  Next, students practiced developing equations out of word sentences.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned the section 2.4 worksheet on solving equations mentally, to be due Tuesday in class.       

Assignments:  Review homework #27 is due Wednesday in class.    

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with and learning about the periodic table.  Today students were learning about the organization of nonmetals and metalloids and how to locate them on the periodic table.  

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 3.3 worksheet on Nonmetals and metalloids, to be due on Wednesday in class.  

Thursday December 12, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students reviewed simplifying fractions, as well as the rules of multiplying and dividing powers.  Many students had troubles simplifying monomial fractions, so we spent the majority of class discussing and going over several examples of monomial fractions.  Students were then briefly introduced to scientific notation.  Students can expect a quiz on Friday on the first six sections of chapter 4.   

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

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Today students reviewed the process of identifying the terms, like terms, coefficients and constants of an expression.  Next, students practiced developing equations out of word sentences.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned several problems from the text book, and given about 35 minutes of class time to complete the assignment.  Students turned in their work before leaving class.  Students can expect a quiz on the first three sections of chapter 2 on Friday.     

Assignments:  Review homework #26 is due Friday in class.    

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with and learning about the periodic table.  Today students were learning about the organization of metals on the periodic table, and how to determine if an element was a metal, non-metal or metalloid.  

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 3.2 worksheet on Metals, to be due on Friday in class.  

Wednesday December 11, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying and dividing powers.  Students then completed the the lesson on negative and zero exponents.  We reviewed the rules that say that any nonzero number raised to a zero exponent is always equal to 1.  We also reviewed how to remove negative exponents by placing them into the denominator of a fraction.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the 4.6 worksheet as homework, to be due Thursday in class.   

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 4.6 worksheet as homework to be due Thursday in class.  Review Homework #25 is due Friday in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Today students reviewed the process of identifying the terms, like terms, coefficients and constants of an expression.  Next, students were introduced to writing out an expression from a given word sentence.  We practiced several examples together as a class before we ran out of class time.   

Assignments:  Review homework #26 is due Friday in class.    

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued working with and learning about the periodic table.  Today students were learning about the organization of the table and how elements came to be in the position they are in on the table.  We finished reading chapter 3 section 1 as a class, and students were responsible for answering some guiding questions as we read, as well as defining some key vocabulary words as we read.     

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 3.1 worksheet on Organizing the Elements, to be due on Thursday in class.   

Tuesday December 10, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying and dividing powers.  Students practiced several examples of dividing or multiplying exponents, including some challenge problems designed to help students connect with the rules (properties).  Students were then introduced to negative and zero exponents.  We worked through some examples that displayed patterns, in the hope that students began to make connections to the rules and the actual problems they are being asked to solve.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned problems from their at home text books, page 201-202 #1-31, to be due Wednesday in class.   


Assignments:  Students were assigned problems from their at home text books, page 201-202 #1-31, to be due Wednesday in class.  Review Homework #24 is due Wednesday in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Today students continued working with simplifying expressions.  Many students did not complete their homework on Monday evening, thus todays class period was dedicated to students actually competing the assignment of section 2.3.  

Assignments:  Review homework #25 is due Wednesday in class.  The section 2.3 worksheet (odds) is due Wednesday in class if they did not complete the work in the class time provided.   

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were introduced to the periodic table.  Students began class by completing the Think, Write Pair share activity from yesterday's class, before we began to read about the history of the periodic table.  Students were responsible for answering several guiding questions as we read about the organization of the elements of the periodic table.    

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 3.1 worksheet on Organizing the Elements, to be due on Thursday in class.