Thursday September 29, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students took a quiz on inequalities.  When students finished the quiz, they were assigned a section 2.5 Practice B worksheet, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 2.5 Practice B worksheet, to be due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  We then jumped back into chapter 2 and began discussing rational numbers.  Students continued working through how to convert decimals to fractions and how to order a group of fractions and decimals in order from least to greatest.  Students spent the class period completing some worksheets that had them practicing converting fractions to decimals and vice versa.  For homework, students were asked to complete a worksheet where they are adding and subtracting decimals, to be due Friday in class.

Students can expect a quiz on rational numbers on Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #10 is due on Friday in class.  Students were assigned a worksheet where they are adding and subtracting decimals, to be due Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students to a social studies quiz on the five themes of geography.  Students then got into their LEP groups and finalized their groups Taku Watershed Poster Project.    

Assignments: None. 

Wednesday September 28, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 2.  Students continued working with compound inequalities, and after reviewing our homework from Tuesday evening, students began solving compound inequalities and learning to differentiate between compound inequalities that involve "and" and inequalities that involve "or".  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned problems from the textbook, pages 85/86 #1, 2, 6, 9-12, 18-20, 23, 24, 28-31, to be due Thursday in class.  

Students can expect a quiz on Thursday in class. 

Assignments:  Students were assigned problems from the textbook, pages 85/86 #1, 2, 6, 9-12, 18-20, 23, 24, 28-31, to be due Thursday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  We then jumped into chapter 2 and began discussing rational numbers.  Students continued working through how to convert decimals to fractions and how to order a group of fractions and decimals in order from least to greatest.  We then continued our discussion on how to identify a rational number and how to determine if a rational number is a terminating decimal or a repeating decimal.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned workbook page 28 to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #10 is due on Friday in class.  Students were assigned workbook page 28 to be due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Students then got into their LEP groups and continued working on their group's Taku Watershed Poster Project.  In groups, students make several key decisions, including font types, font sizes, matting colors and measurements, in order for the group to put together their final products in class on Thursday.    

Assignments: The Taku Watershed Poster Projects are due at 3pm on Thursday.  

Tuesday September 27, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 2.  Students were introduced to solving compound inequalities.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were asked to complete practice workbook pages 48 & 49 in the last few minutes of class. The homework is workbook page 51, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned workbook pages 48 & 49 & 51 for class on Wednesday.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  We then jumped into chapter 2 and began discussing rational numbers.  Students continued working through how to convert decimals to fractions and how to order a group of fractions and decimals in order from least to greatest.  We then began discussing how to identify a rational number and how to determine if a rational number is a terminating decimal or a repeating decimal.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned some text book work, page 48 #1-10, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some work from the text book, page 48 #1-10, to be due Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Students then got into their LEP groups and we went outside to our ecology plots we established last week.  Groups then collected plant specimens from their plots in order to identify the plants, as well as writing a plot location narrative and drawing a map of how to find their plot.  

Assignments: Students need to have they assigned paragraph for the Taku Watershed Poster Project typed up and ready to print for class on Wednesday. 

Monday September 26, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 2.  Students were introduced to solving inequalities that involve multiple steps.  After some teacher led instruction, and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 77 # 1, 2, 13-16, 22-28 evens, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37 and 41-43, to be due Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, page 77 # 1, 2, 13-16, 22-28 evens, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37 and 41-43, to be due Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  We then jumped into chapter 2 and began discussing rational numbers.  Students were working through how to convert decimals to fractions and how to order a group of fractions and decimals in order from least to greatest.  After some teacher led instruction and some examples to help guide students, students were asked to complete a set of five problems where they will be ordering a given list of rational numbers from least to greatest, to be due in class on Tuesday.  

Assignments:  Students are to be completing the five problems given to them in class or ordering the given rational numbers from least to greatest, to be due Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Students then got into their LEP groups and continued working together to write their group paragraphs for the Taku Watershed Poster project.  Students took class time to peer review or peer edit each others work, in order to improve the final products.  Once students had peer reviewed another's work, students were given access to a computer and their Google Docs account in order to type their hand written paragraphs.  

Assignments: Students need to have they assigned paragraph for the Taku Watershed Poster Project typed up and ready to print for class on Wednesday. 

Friday September 23, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 2.  Students were introduced to solving inequalities using addition, subtractions as well as multiplication and division.  After some teacher led instruction, and some focus on the rule of flipping the inequality sign when multiplying or dividing by a negative integer.  Students worked through several examples before being assigned work out of the text book, page 65 #3-19 odds; #20-25 all; and #32 AND page 71 #3-20 all, to be due on Monday morning in class. 

Assignments:  Students were assigned work out of the text book, page 65 #3-19 odds; #20-25 all; and #32 AND page 71 #3-20 all, to be due on Monday morning in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  We then jumped into chapter 2 and began discussing rational numbers.  Students had their chapter 1 tests returned today in class, and then given time to make corrections to any problems they missed on the test.   

Assignments:  The chapter 1 test corrections are due Monday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Students then got into their LEP groups and continued working together to write their group paragraphs for the Taku Watershed Poster project.  Groups were instructed that they need three hand written paragraphs before they can peer edit each others work, or type up the final drafts on the computer.  

Assignments: Students need to have they assigned paragraph for the Taku Watershed Poster Project completed and in class ready to be peer edited on Monday.

Wednesday September 21, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, students jumped into chapter 2.  Students were given about 20 minutes of class time to begin working through the activities in the practice workbook (pages 27 - 30) before we came back together as a class to review some key concepts and to define some vocabulary that will help them better understand inequalities.  Students were then assigned workbook pages 31 and 32, to be due on Thursday in class.  

Assignments:  Students were assigned workbook pages 31 and 32, to be due on Thursday in class.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  We then jumped into chapter 2 and began discussing rational numbers.  We engaged in a class discussion of how to identify a rational number as well as how to recognize that fractions are just a division problem.  We spent time practicing converting decimals to fractions and vice versa, before we ran out of class time.  

Assignments:  Review HW #8 is due Friday in class.  

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  We blocked classes in science and social studies today.  Students from Mr. Olsen's homebase had science for the full two hours this afternoon, and we went outside and established their Local Ecology Plots that groups of students will be returning to each month from today until April.  Students will be observing the plot they established in class today over the course of the school year.  

Assignments: None.

Tuesday September 20, 2016

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Next, we took the chapter 1 test.  

Assignments:  None.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  We then graded our quizzes from Friday.  Next, students took the chapter 1 test.  

Assignments:  Review HW #7 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook pages 23 & 24 are due Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  We blocked classes in science and social studies today.  Students from Ms. Villanueva's homebase had science for the full two hours this afternoon, and we went outside and established their Local Ecology Plots that groups of students will be returning to each month from today until April.  Students will be observing the plot they established in class today over the course of the school year.  

Assignments: None.