Wednesday November 4, 2015

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students spent today's class period by learning about tessellations.  Students continued working with the concept of tessellations and students spent the class period creating a unique tessellation of their own.  Students created a 2.5" x 3" square shape that they were then asked to utilize in order to create a full page tessellation for homework.  

Assignments:  Review HW #19 is due Friday in class.  Students should be bringing in their own full page tessellation to class on Thursday.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then spent the class period participating in review activities in order for them to prepare themselves for the chapter 2 test on Thursday.  

 

Assignments:  Review HW #19 is due Friday in class.  The chapter 2 test is scheduled for Thursday.  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then given about 15 minutes of class time to review their vocabulary words, before all students took the science vocabulary root word test.  

Assignments:  Students should be completing a chemistry/element word search for class on Thursday if they did not finish in the class time provided.

Tuesday November 3, 2015

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students spent today's class period by learning about tessellations.  Students continued working with the concept of tessellations and students spent about 20 minutes working on activity 2 in their practice workbooks.  Students were then asked to create their own tessellation and bring it into class on Wednesday.

Assignments:  Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class.  Students should be bringing in their own tessellation to class on Wednesday.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students continued to work with chapter 2 and Transformations.  We then jumped into section 7 of chapter 2 on dilations within the coordinate plane.  Students reviewed the different transformations we have covered thus far in chapter 2, before we began a conversation about enlarging or shrinking an image within the coordinate plane.  Students then were given class time to begin working on activity 3 on page 47 of the practice workbook.  Page 48 of the workbook is due Wednesday in class.  

 

Assignments:  Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class.  Page 48 of the workbook is due Wednesday in class. 

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then given class time to continue reviewing their 30 vocabulary words all students have to commit to memory for the vocabulary test scheduled for Wednesday this week.  The class then participated in a review activity called Slap Happy, where students competed in groups of 3 or 4 to collect the most words in a given amount of time.  The winner of each table group will receive an extra credit point on the test on Wednesday. 

Assignments:  Students should be memorizing the 30 vocabulary words as they will be tested on these on Wednesday November 4th.

Monday November 2, 2015

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students spent today's class period by learning about tessellations.  Students were introduced to the concept of tessellations and students spent about 20 minutes working on activity 1 in their practice workbooks.

Assignments:  Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class.  Activity 1 on page 25 of the practice work book is due Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students continued to work with chapter 2 and Transformations.  We then jumped into section 7 of chapter 2 on dilations within the coordinate plane.  Students reviewed the different transformations we have covered thus far in chapter 2, before we began a conversation about enlarging or shrinking an image within the coordinate plane.  Students then were given class time to begin working on activities 1 & 2 on pages 45 and 46 of the practice workbook.  

 

Assignments:  Review HW #18 is due Wednesday in class.  Page 45-46 of the practice workbooks are due Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then given class time to continue reviewing their 30 vocabulary words all students have to commit to memory for the vocabulary test scheduled for Wednesday this week.  

Assignments:  Students should be memorizing the 30 vocabulary words as they will be tested on these on Wednesday November 4th.

Thursday October 29, 2015

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students spent today's class period grading the chapter 1 test.  We then continued our class discussion concerning the coordinate plane.  Students were introduced to two more new vocabulary words, congruent and corresponding, that they then practiced applying on the examples we worked on together in class. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned page 24 of their practice workbooks, to be due Friday in class.   

Assignments:  Review HW #17 is due Friday in class.  Page 24 of the practice workbooks is due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students continued to work with chapter 2 and Transformations.  We then jumped back into section 6 of chapter 2 on similar shapes and how the area and perimeter may be affected when working with similar shapes.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples we did together, students were assigned page 44 of the practice workbook, to be due Friday in class.

 

Assignments:  Review HW #17 is due Friday in class.  Page 44 of the practice workbooks are due Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then introduced to the 30 science vocabulary words that they will be expected to memorize over the next week.  Students were given class time to finish defining the prefixes, suffixes and root words they need to commit to memory.  Once done with defining the words, students began creating flashcards to help memorize the words.  

Assignments:  Students should be memorizing the 30 vocabulary words as they will be tested on these on Wednesday November 4th.

Wednesday October 28, 2015

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students spent today's class period grading the chapter 1 test.  We then continued our class discussion concerning the coordinate plane.  Students viewed a video about the coordinate plane, filled in a worksheet that included the lyrics of the rap in the video, before we reviewed the important aspects of using the coordinate plane.  Students were asked to complete four problems related to coordinate planes for homework, to be due on Thursday in class.   

Assignments:  Review HW #17 is due Friday in class.  The worksheet on coordinate planes is due Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students continued to work with chapter 2 and Transformations.  We then jumped into section 6 of chapter 2 on similar shapes and how the area and perimeter may be affected when working with similar shapes.  Students began working on Activities 1-4 in their practice workbooks in class, and pages 41-43 of the practice workbooks will be due in class on Thursday.

 

Assignments:  Review HW #17 is due Friday in class.  The activities on pages 41-43 of the practice workbooks are due Thursday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then introduced to the 30 science vocabulary words that they will be expected to memorize over the next week.  Students were given class time to begin defining the prefixes, suffixes and root words they need to commit to memory.

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday October 27, 2015

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students spent today's class period grading the chapter 1 test.  We then continued our class discussion concerning the coordinate plane.  Students participated in a class wide activity designed to bring an understanding about the importance of "why" the coordinate plane is set up the way it is, and the vocabulary associated with how to properly use the coordinate plane.  We will jump into chapter 2 officially on Wednesday.     

Assignments:  Review HW #16 is due Wednesday in class.  

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students continued to work with chapter 2 and Transformations.  We then jumped back into section 5 of chapter 2 on similar shapes and proportions and how to identify them.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples working with the cross products property, students were assigned page 40 of their practice workbooks, to be due Wednesday in class.

 

Assignments:  Review HW #16 is due Wednesday in class.  Page 40 of the practice workbooks is due Wednesday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then given about 15 minutes of class time to complete the "How well do I know these words" worksheet.  We then transitioned into a presentation on prefixes, suffixes, and root words.  Students filled out a note-taking guide during the presentation, and turned it in to the box before leaving.  

Assignments:  None.

Monday October 26, 2015

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students spent today's class period grading the chapter 1 test.  We then transitioned into a class discussion concerning the coordinate plane.    

Assignments:  Review HW #16 is due Wednesday in class.  

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students continued to work with chapter 2 and Transformations.  We reviewed the coordinate plane and how to use it, and went over several key vocabulary words. 

 

Assignments:  Review HW #16 is due Wednesday in class.  

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students watched the end of the Mythbusters episode we began on Friday in class, before we transitioned into the next unit on chemistry.  Today students began filling out a "How well do I know these words" vocabulary worksheet, which will be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students should be completing the Chemistry "How well do I know these words" worksheet for class on Tuesday.