Thursday September 28, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students took the chapter 2 test.  

Assignments: Textbook page 101 and workbook page 58 (intro to chapter 3) will be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 2 and rational numbers.  We spent todays class period reviewing how to simplifying a fraction into simplest terms, as well as how to write a fraction from a given decimal.  We ended class converting fractions into decimals by dividing the numerators by the denominators.  Students are to complete the front side of the converting fractions to decimals worksheet we began in class (#11-16), to be due Friday in class.

Assignments: Review HW #10 is due Friday in class.  

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then continued our discussion on observations in science.  We then transitioned back into the jigsaw activity in order for students to complete the sharing process.  Next, students were learning about dependent and independent variables in science.  Students defined the vocabulary words, before working together to identify the dependent and independent variables in given situations.  

Assignments:  Students can be brainstorming ideas for their upcoming Dry Ice experiment/investigation we will be beginning on Friday in class.

Wednesday September 27, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before we jumped back into chapter 2.  Today students continued our conversation on inequalities.  The rest of the class period was dedicated to reviewing for the chapter 2 test, scheduled for Thursday in class.  

Assignments: The chapter 2 test will be on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 2 and rational numbers.  We spent todays class period reviewing how to write a fraction from a picture, and how to write equivalent fractions from a given rational number.

Assignments: Review HW #10 is due Friday in class.  

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then continued our discussion on observations in science.  We then transitioned back into the jigsaw activity we began on Tuesday in class, where students were researching given questions on Dry Ice and carbon dioxide in order to share the information they researched with their table mates.  Students had most of the class period to complete the jigsaw worksheet, before students observed a demonstration by Mr. Olsen called the Mystery of the Floating Bubbles.  Students wrote a hypothesis on what they thought would happen, before watching the demonstration, and then providing some explanations and conclusions of what they saw. 

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday September 26, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before we jumped back into chapter 2.  Today students continued our conversation on compound inequalities.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 91 #1; 2; 3-17 odds; 20; 23-27 odds.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned homework from the textbook, page 91 #1; 2; 3-17 odds; 20; 23-27 odds.  These problems will be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students took the chapter 1 test.  When students finished up the test, they were assigned workbook pages 23 & 24 (intro to chapter 2), to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: Review HW #9 is due Wednesday in class.  Workbook pages 23 & 24 will be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then continued our discussion on observations in science.  We then transitioned back into the jigsaw activity we began on Tuesday in class, where students were researching given questions on Dry Ice and carbon dioxide in order to share the information they researched with their table mates.  

Assignments:  None.

Monday September 25, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before we jumped back into chapter 2.  Today students continued our conversation on compound inequalities.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the workbook, page 53 activity 1 and definitions on page 55..  This activity will be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned homework from the workbook, page 53 activity 1 and definitions on page 55..  This activity will be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students participated in a review activity in order to prepare for the chapter 1 test on Tuesday.  

Assignments: Review HW #9 is due Wednesday in class.  The chapter 1 TEST is scheduled for Tuesday of this week.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then continued our discussion on observations in science.  Today, students were learning about and identifying variables in given scenarios.  We then transitioned into a jigsaw activity, where students were researching given questions in order to share the information they researched with their table mates.  

Assignments:  None.

Friday September 22, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before we jumped back into chapter 2.  Today students continued our conversation on compound inequalities.  After a bit of teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, pages 85/86 #1; 2; 6; 9-12; 18-20; 23; 24; 28-31.  These problems will be due on Monday in class.

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

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students reviewed the section 1.3 worksheet we did as homework.  Next, students took a quiz on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers (and word problems too!).  

Assignments: Students were handed a section 1.4 Enrichment worksheet on multiplying negative integers, to be due on Monday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then continued our discussion on observations in science.  Today, students were learning about investigable questions in science and how to identify them.  After some vocabulary review, students broke back into pairs and worked through the remaining list of 14 questions, attempting to sort the questions into categories, including experiments, systematic observations or research based questions.

Assignments:  None.

Thursday September 21, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before we jumped back into chapter 2.  Students took a quiz on the first four sections of chapter 2 today in class.  

Assignments: Students were assigned some workbook pages, p. 48-51 that will be due on Thursday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students reviewed the section 1.3 worksheet we did as homework.  Next, students reviewed the rules for multiplying integers, before students were introduced to dividing integers.  Students learned that dividing integers has the same rules as multiplying integers. After a bit of teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned workbook page 22, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments: Review HW #8 is due on Friday in class.  Students were assigned workbook page 22, to be due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then continued our discussion on observations in science.  Today, students were learning about investigable questions in science and how to identify them.  After some vocabulary review, students broke into pairs and worked through a list of 14 questions, attempting to sort the questions into categories, including experiments, systematic observations or research based questions.

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday September 20, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before we jumped back into chapter 2.  Students reviewed the rules for solving inequalities using multiplication and division, continued students began solving inequalities involving multiple steps.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples problems, students were given class time to begin working on the workbook activities for section 2.5 on compound inequalities.  Workbook pages 48-51 will be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some workbook pages, p. 48-51 that will be due on Thursday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students reviewed the section 1.3 worksheet we did as homework.  Next, students reviewed the rules for multiplying integers, before students were introduced to multiplying integers.  After some teacher led instruction on how to work with exponents, and several examples, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 26 & 27 #1-45, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments: Review HW #8 is due on Friday in class.  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 26 & 27 #1-45, to be due on Thursday in class. 

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now. Students then continued our discussion on observations in science.  Today was take 2 on yesterday's lab.  Students were back in their table groups, and students were exploring dry ice in a soap solution when using different temperatures of water.  Groups preformed the experiment, and made some qualitative  and quantitative observations as they observed the phenomena.  Students ended class by attempting to explain what they witnessed as well as providing some conclusions and explanations.

Assignments:  None.