8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. We then began reviewing how to solve equations using inverse (opposite) operations. Students reviewed how to solve equations using multiplication and/or division. After some teacher led instruction and several more example problems, students were given a choice of assignments, page 99 #8-24 OR page 804 #36-51, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class. Students were given a choice of assignments, page 99 #8-24 OR page 804 #36-51, to be due Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students continued working with scientific notation, product form and standard form. After some teacher led instruction and several more examples where we were converting standard form numbers into product form and scientific notation and vise versa, students were assigned some problems from the book to continue practicing these skills, page 80 #1-29 odds, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class. Students were assigned problems from the book page 80 #1-29 odds, to be due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned back into memorizing the 33 scientific vocabulary prefixes, suffixes and root words that all students will be required to know. Students spent some time today defining several new vocabulary words related to cells, before they were given the rest of the class time to continue memorizing the 33 prefixes, suffixes and root words they will have a vocabulary test on. The vocab test is scheduled for Thursday of this week.
Assignments: Students should be completing their 33 flashcards in order to continue memorizing these vocabulary words for the upcoming vocab test on Thursday of this week.
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Monday, November 17, 2014
Monday November 17, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. We then began reviewing how to solve equations using inverse (opposite) operations. Students reviewed how to solve equations using addition and subtraction today, before we began solving multiplication and division equations using inverse operations. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.6 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class. Students were assigned the section 2.6 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students continued working with scientific notation, product form and standard form. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were converting standard form numbers into product form and scientific notation and vise versa, students were assigned the section 2.5 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class. Students were assigned the section 2.5 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned back into memorizing the 33 scientific vocabulary prefixes, suffixes and root words that all students will be required to know. Students spent class time on Friday defining these vocab words, and they were given class time today to create flashcards for all 33 words. Students can expect a vocabulary test on these 33 words on Thursday of this week.
Assignments: Students should be completing their 33 flashcards in order to continue memorizing these vocabulary words for the upcoming vocab test on Thursday of this week.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class. Students were assigned the section 2.6 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students continued working with scientific notation, product form and standard form. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were converting standard form numbers into product form and scientific notation and vise versa, students were assigned the section 2.5 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.
Assignments: Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class. Students were assigned the section 2.5 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned back into memorizing the 33 scientific vocabulary prefixes, suffixes and root words that all students will be required to know. Students spent class time on Friday defining these vocab words, and they were given class time today to create flashcards for all 33 words. Students can expect a vocabulary test on these 33 words on Thursday of this week.
Assignments: Students should be completing their 33 flashcards in order to continue memorizing these vocabulary words for the upcoming vocab test on Thursday of this week.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Thursday November 13, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. We then began reviewing how to solve equations using inverse (opposite) operations. Students reviewed how to solve equations using addition and subtraction today. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned problems from the text book, page 93 #11-26, to be due Friday in class.
Assignments: Students were assigned problems from the text book, page 93 #11-26, to be due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we reviewed the rules of division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were solving division problems involving decimals together, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 72, #1-19 (odds), to be due Friday in class.
Assignments: Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 72, #1-19 (odds), to be due Friday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into our next unit on cells. Today in class students participated in a powerpoint presentation introducing some biology vocabulary words, including prefixes, suffixes and root words related to biology. Students filled in a note-taking guide during the presentation, and there are several questions at the end of the note-taking guide that need to be answered using complete sentences, and is due on Friday in class.
Assignments: The science vocabulary note-taking guide is due Friday in class.
Assignments: Students were assigned problems from the text book, page 93 #11-26, to be due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we reviewed the rules of division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were solving division problems involving decimals together, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 72, #1-19 (odds), to be due Friday in class.
Assignments: Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 72, #1-19 (odds), to be due Friday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into our next unit on cells. Today in class students participated in a powerpoint presentation introducing some biology vocabulary words, including prefixes, suffixes and root words related to biology. Students filled in a note-taking guide during the presentation, and there are several questions at the end of the note-taking guide that need to be answered using complete sentences, and is due on Friday in class.
Assignments: The science vocabulary note-taking guide is due Friday in class.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Thursday November 6, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students reviewed solving equations with variables and writing equations based on verbal sentences (section 2.4). We then transitioned into solving equations using inverse (opposite) operations. Students were introduced to solving equations using addition and subtraction today. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.5 worksheet as homework, to be due Thursday 11/13 (the next time our class will meet).
Assignments: The homework, the section 2.5 worksheet, is due Thursday 11/13 in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we reviewed the rules of division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were solving division problems involving decimals together, students were assigned the section 2.4 worksheet to be due Thursday 11/13 in class.
Assignments: Students were assigned the section 2.4 worksheet to be due Thursday 11/13 in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into our next unit on cells. Today in class students defined several key vocabulary words, before we read section one of chapter one in the Cells and Heredity textbook on Discovering Cells together. Students were then assigned the section 1.1 worksheet on Discovering Cells. The worksheet, section 1.1, will be due Thursday 11/13 in class.
Assignments: The discovering cells worksheet, section 1.1, is due on Thursday 11/13.
Assignments: The homework, the section 2.5 worksheet, is due Thursday 11/13 in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we reviewed the rules of division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were solving division problems involving decimals together, students were assigned the section 2.4 worksheet to be due Thursday 11/13 in class.
Assignments: Students were assigned the section 2.4 worksheet to be due Thursday 11/13 in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students transitioned into our next unit on cells. Today in class students defined several key vocabulary words, before we read section one of chapter one in the Cells and Heredity textbook on Discovering Cells together. Students were then assigned the section 1.1 worksheet on Discovering Cells. The worksheet, section 1.1, will be due Thursday 11/13 in class.
Assignments: The discovering cells worksheet, section 1.1, is due on Thursday 11/13.
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Thursday October 30, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students began solving equations with variables and writing equations based on verbal sentences (section 2.4). After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.4 worksheet as homework, to be due Friday in class. Students can expect a quiz on identifying and simplifying variable expressions on Friday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due Friday in class. The homework, the section 2.4 worksheet, is due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we began talking about division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were solving division together we ran out of time. Students can expect a quiz on decimal operations (addition, subtraction and multiplication) on Friday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due Friday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students took the chapter 1 test on living organisms.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due Friday in class. The homework, the section 2.4 worksheet, is due Friday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we began talking about division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples where we were solving division together we ran out of time. Students can expect a quiz on decimal operations (addition, subtraction and multiplication) on Friday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #17 is due Friday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students took the chapter 1 test on living organisms.
Assignments: None.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Wednesday October 29, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued to identify parts of and simplify variable expressions. We practiced several more examples of simplifying expressions and combining like terms. After some teacher led instruction, students were assigned some homework problems from the text book, page 81 #25-30, 34 and 35, to be due Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework problems from the text book, page 81 #25-30, 34,35 are due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we began talking about division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, to be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, is due on Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students participated in a review activity designed to help them prepare for the chapter 1 test scheduled for Thursday in class. Students created a review notecard that they will be able to use on the test.
Assignments: Students have a test on the information we learned from chapter 1 of the "From Bacteria to Plants" textbook on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework problems from the text book, page 81 #25-30, 34,35 are due Thursday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students reviewed the rules associated with multiplying decimals, before we began talking about division and dividing decimal numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, to be due on Thursday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The homework out of the text book, page 70 #57-65, is due on Thursday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students participated in a review activity designed to help them prepare for the chapter 1 test scheduled for Thursday in class. Students created a review notecard that they will be able to use on the test.
Assignments: Students have a test on the information we learned from chapter 1 of the "From Bacteria to Plants" textbook on Thursday in class.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tuesday October 28, 2014
8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Students then transitioned back into chapter 2. Today in class students continued to identifying parts of and simplifying variable expressions. Students practiced simplifying several example problems with some teacher instruction mixed in, and then students were assigned the section 2.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due on Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students continued working in section 2.3 on multiplying decimals. We practiced multiplying whole numbers together as a group, before students wrote down and began discussing how the rules for multiplying decimals is different from multiplying whole numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students read an article on the six kingdoms of classification. Students then participated in a think, write pair share activity, where students answered several questions on their own, and then shared their ideas with a classmate.
Assignments: None.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due on Wednesday in class.
7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters. Students were then introduced to chapter 2 on decimal operations. Today students continued working in section 2.3 on multiplying decimals. We practiced multiplying whole numbers together as a group, before students wrote down and began discussing how the rules for multiplying decimals is different from multiplying whole numbers. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 2.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Wednesday in class.
Assignments: Review Homework #16 is due Wednesday in class. The section 2.3 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.
Science: Students began class with the Do Now. Next, students read an article on the six kingdoms of classification. Students then participated in a think, write pair share activity, where students answered several questions on their own, and then shared their ideas with a classmate.
Assignments: None.
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