Thursday April 30, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  This morning, students jumped back into chapter 6 and are learning how to solve proportions using the cross products property.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 6.3 WS (odds) as homework, to be due Thursday in class.  As a reminder, the test for the FFM is scheduled for May 8th.    
 
Assignments:  Review HW #50 is due Friday in class.  The section 6.3 WS (odds) is due on Friday in class.  Students should be continuing the memorization for their Fraction Finding Mission.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Today, students continued working with the properties of addition and multiplication, as well as learning about the identity properties and inverse properties.  Students were then introduced to the distributive property.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples we ran out of class time.

Assignments:  Review HW #50 is due Friday in class.  

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got back with their assigned body system partner and groups were given time in the computer lab to finalize their research, and to begin putting together their presentations on Google Slides or the powerpoint program.    

   

Assignments:   Students should be researching their assigned body system.

Wednesday April 29, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  This morning, students jumped back into chapter 6 and are learning how to solve porportions.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 6.2 WS (odds) as homework, to be due Thursday in class.  As a reminder, the test for the FFM is scheduled for May 8th.    
 
Assignments:  Review HW #50 is due Friday in class.  The section 6.2 WS (odds) is due on Thursday in class.  Students should be continuing the memorization for their Fraction Finding Mission.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Students reviewed the difference between positive and negative integers, as well as how to use a number line to help in their understanding of an integer and its opposite.  Today, students continued working with the properties of addition and multiplication, as well as learning about the identity properties and inverse properties.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 6.6 WS as homework, to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #50 is due Friday in class.  The section 6.6 WS is due Thursday in class.

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got back with their assigned body system partner and groups were given time in the computer lab to finalize their research, and to begin putting together their presentations on Google Slides or the powerpoint program.    

   

Assignments:   Students should be researching their assigned body system.

Monday April 27, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  This morning, students jumped into chapter 6 and began learning about ratios and unit rates.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 6.1 WS (odds) as homework, to be due Wednesday in class.  As a reminder, the test for the FFM is scheduled for May 8th.    
 
Assignments:  Review HW #49 is due Wednesday in class.  The section 6.1 WS (odds) is due on Wednesday in class.  Students should be continuing the memorization for their Fraction Finding Mission.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Students reviewed the difference between positive and negative integers, as well as how to use a number line to help in their understanding of an integer and its opposite.  Today, students continued to work with  rational numbers, irrational numbers and the differences between them and how to identify them in an expression or equation. Students were also introduced to the commutative and associative properties of addition and multiplication. 

Assignments:  Review HW #49 is due Wednesday in class.  

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, Ms. Villanueva's students were given class time to continue researching their assigned body system with their partners.  Mr. Olsen's students had a guest visitor from the Green's Creek Mine in the classroom to go over safety concerns and a general overview of our field trip scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday April 28th) to Admiralty Island and the Hecla Greens Creek Mine.  

   

Assignments:   Students should be researching their assigned body system.

Thursday April 23, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  This morning, our school had a practice evacuation drill, and it took place from 845am and lasted until after 930am.  Thus students reviewed the expectations of the Fraction Finding Mission and were then given time to review their foldables to help students begin the memorization process.  As a reminder, the test for the FFM is scheduled for May 8th.    
 
Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  Students should be continuing the memorization for their Fraction Finding Mission.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Students reviewed the difference between positive and negative integers, as well as how to use a number line to help in their understanding of an integer and its opposite.  Today, students were introduced to rational number, irrational numbers and the differences between them and how to identify them in an expression or equation. 

Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students got back with their LEP groups, and we went outside to our one meter square plots to take some data and make observations to aid in the upcoming iMovie project.    

   

Assignments:   Students should be completing the Body Systems packet handed out on Wednesday in class.  It will be due Friday in class.

Wednesday April 22, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students reviewed the expectations of the Fraction Finding Mission and we then built foldables to help students begin the memorization process.  As a reminder, the test for the FFM is scheduled for May 8th.    
 
Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  Students should be continuing the memorization for their Fraction Finding Mission.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Students reviewed the difference between positive and negative integers, as well as how to use a number line to help in their understanding of an integer and its opposite.  Today, students continued to work with dividing integers, and the rules associated with same and different signs.  Students also began converting temperatures between Fahrenheit and Celsius and vise versa.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 6.5 WS #1-15, to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #48 is due Friday in class.  Students were assigned the section 6.5 WS #16-34, to be due Thursday in class.

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students moved into the next unit/topic in science, the human body.  Today students were filling in a packet based on the information we read as a class on Tuesday.  Students also completed a survey concerning our next project in science, the Human Body Quest.    

   

Assignments:   None.

Tuesday April 21, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students completed their chapter 5 test in class today.  Students were also introduced to the Fraction Finding Mission.  Students will be responsible for learning and memorizing 17 commonly used fractions and their decimal and percentage equivalents by May 8th.    
 
Assignments:  Review HW #47 is due Wednesday in class.  Students should be beginning the memorization for their Fraction Finding Mission.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Students reviewed the difference between positive and negative integers, as well as how to use a number line to help in their understanding of an integer and its opposite.  Today, students were introduced to dividing integers, and the rules associated with same and different signs.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 6.5 WS #1-15, to be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #47 is due Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned the section 6.5 WS #1-15, to be due Wednesday in class.

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students moved into the next unit/topic in science, the human body.  Today students read about the levels of organization within the human body and how stress affects everyone.  

   

Assignments:   None.

Monday April 20, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students began taking the chapter 5 test in class today.  
 
Assignments:  Review HW #47 is dueWednesday in class.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Students reviewed the difference between positive and negative integers, as well as how to use a number line to help in their understanding of an integer and its opposite.  Today, students were introduced to multiplying integers, and the rules associated with same and different signs.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned the section 6.4 WS, to be due Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #47 is due Wednesday in class.  Students were assigned the section 6.4 WS to be due Tuesday in class.

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students moved into the next unit/topic in science, the human body.  Today students worked with a partner to label and identify as many bones, parts, organs, and systems as they could by sketching an outline of a human body and drawing in and labeling as much as possible.  

   

Assignments:   None.