Monday October 31, 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 3.  Students continued reviewing transformations within the coordinate plane.  Students were working with horizontal and vertical stretches and shrinks.  There was lots of teacher led instruction and note-taking by students as Mr. Olsen was helping students key in on the clues that guide students when working with stretches and/or shrinks of graphs of linear equations.  Students were assigned problems #17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30 on page 152 of the textbook, to be due on Tuesday in class.  

Assignments:  Students were assigned problems #17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30 on page 152 of the textbook, to be due on Tuesday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  Students celebrated Halloween in Mr. Olsen's math class today by working on a halloween packet of math activities.  The halloween math packet will be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  The Halloween math packet is due on Wednesday in class.  

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students went on a nice sunny nature walk.  Mr. Olsen had students filling in a Nature Writing Prompt worksheet as we walked the Switzer Creek trail.  

Assignments: None.

Thursday October 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 3.  Students continued reviewing transformations within the coordinate plane.  Students were working on reflecting linear equations on a graph.  There was lots of teacher led instruction and note-taking by students as Mr. Olsen was helping students key in on the clues that guide students when working with reflections.  Students were assigned problems #13-16, 19, 21, 29, 31, 32, 34 on page 151 of the textbook, to be due on Friday in class.  Students can expect a quiz in class on Friday.

Assignments:  Students were assigned problems #13-16, 19, 21, 29, 31, 32, 34 on page 151 of the textbook, to be due on Friday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  Students continued working with algebraic expressions today in class.  We reviewed working with identifying terms, like terms, as well as coefficients and constants before students were introduced to how to identify linear expressions as well as how to add and subtract expressions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of adding and or subtracting expressions, students were assigned practice workbook page 50.  The workbook page 50 will be due Friday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #17 is due on Friday in class.  The workbook page 50 is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped back into their community health investigative teams and continued our work on the community health alerts.  Today students were looking for the source of the community health issue in question.

Assignments: None.

Wednesday October 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 3.  Students were reviewing transformations within the coordinate plane.  Students continued working with translating and reflecting linear equations on a graph.  There was lots of teacher led instruction and note-taking by students as Mr. Olsen was helping students key in on the clues that guide students when working with translations and/or reflections.  Students were assigned problems #7-10 on page 151 of the textbook, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned problems #7-10 on page 151 of the textbook, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  Students continued working with algebraic expressions today in class.  We continued working with identifying terms, like terms, as well as coefficients and constants.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of identifying terms and simplifying expressions, students were given class time to work on a simplifying expressions (including expressions using the distributive property) worksheet.  The workbook page 46 will be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #17 is due on Friday in class.  The workbook page 46 is due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped back into their Local Ecology Groups and we went outside to our established plots and took some measurements and filled out a data sheet. 

Assignments: None.

Tuesday October 25, 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 3.  Students were then introduced or were reviewing transformations within the coordinate plane.  Students began working with translating and reflecting linear equations on a graph.  There was lots of teacher led instruction and note-taking by students as Mr. Olsen was helping students key in on the clues that guide students when working with translations and/or reflections.  Students were assigned problems #1-6 on page 151 of the textbook, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned problems #1-6 on page 151 of the textbook, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  Students continued working with algebraic expressions today in class.  We continued working with identifying terms, like terms, as well as coefficients and constants.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of identifying terms and simplifying expressions, students were given class time to work on a simplifying expressions (including expressions using the distributive property) worksheet.  The simplifying expressions worksheet will be due Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #16 is due on Wednesday in class.  The simplifying expressions worksheet is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped back into the study of inquiry. Students continued our group investigative activity, and today students groups continued our investigation into possible explanations behind the school absences within our "test community" we have been working with.  Students were analyzing interview data and school calendars and drawing conclusions based on the evidence they gathered from the data.  

Assignments: None.

Monday October 24, 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 3.  Students were then working with how to describe the graph of the equation              y = mx + b.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were handed the section 3.5 Practice B worksheet, which will be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 3.5 Practice B worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  Students continued working with algebraic expressions today in class.  We continued working with identifying terms, like terms, as well as coefficients and constants.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of identifying terms and simplifying expressions, students were assigned the section 3.1 Practice A worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.  

Assignments:  Review HW #16 is due on Wednesday in class.  The section 3.1 Practice A worksheet is due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped back into the study of inquiry. Students continued our group investigative activity, and today students groups finalized their initial investigation into possible explanations behind the school absences within our "test community" we have been working with.  Students were analyzing attendance data and drawing conclusions based on the evidence they gathered from the data.  

Assignments: None. 

Thursday October 20, 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 3.  Students then began working with graphing horizontal and vertical lines as well as graphing linear equations by determining the x, and y intercepts.  After some teacher led instruction and a few example problems, students were assigned practice workbook pages 77-78 #1-8 to be due Friday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned practice workbook pages 77-78 #1-8 to be due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  Students were then introduced to chapter 3 and expressions and equations.  Mr. Olsen led students through several examples and introduced many new vocabulary words for students to begin familiarizing themselves with.  

Assignments:  Review HW #15 is due on Friday in class.  

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped back into the study of inquiry. Students continued our group discussion about how to identify questions that could be tested by a scientific investigation, and were then given the opportunity to work with a classmate as part of investigative team to determine a possible community health problem as part of a scenario set up by Mr. Olsen.  We will pick up with this activity on Friday in class.

Assignments: None. 

Wednesday October 19, 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 3.  Students then continued talking about function notation.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples worked out together, students were assigned some problems out of the text book, pages 125-126 #12-30 evens and 31-42 to be due Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems out of the text book, pages 125-126 #12-30 evens and 31-42 to be due Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities.  Students then made corrections to their chapter 2 tests in class.

Assignments:  Review HW #15 is due on Friday in class.  

Science:  Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped back into the study of inquiry. Students continued our group discussion about how to identify questions that could be tested by a scientific investigation, and were then given the opportunity to read three different letters to the editor.  Each student was then given the opportunity to develop two different testable questions about one of the letters and describe an investigation or experiment that would help them find some evidence to support their questions.

Assignments: None.