Thursday November 30, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4.  Students spent todays class period clarifying the rules to identifying, writing and graphing piecewise functions.  Next, students were handed a chapter 4 test review sheet, and given the remaining time in class to begin preparing for the chapter 4 test scheduled for Friday of this week.  

Assignments:  Students are taking the chapter 4 test on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  Students then spent the class period finding the difference between expressions.  

Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due on Friday in class.  Students can expect a quiz on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students transitioned into finding some understanding of the scientific meaning of "work."  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were handed a worksheet and asked to work with a partner to complete several questions.  

Assignments:  None. 

Wednesday November 29, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 6.  Students began with a lesson on identifying, writing and graphing piecewise functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some work from the text book pages 222/223, #3-17 odds, 23 & 27, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some work from the text book pages 222/223, #3-17 odds, 23 & 27, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  After some example problems, students then took their knowledge of GCFs and began factoring linear expressions.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned three (3) problems of linear expressions and asked to factor out the GCF for class on Thursday.  

Assignments: Review Homework #25 is due on Thursday in class.  Students were also assigned three (3) problems of linear expressions and asked to factor out the GCF for class on Thursday

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a class discussion on matter and chemical and physical changes of matter.  Students participated in an activity designed to help them understand the idea of physical changes on a substance.  

Assignments:  None. 

Tuesday November 28, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 6.  Students began by reviewing how to identify and write arithmetic sequences. Next, students were also reviewing how to graph absolute value functions as well as working with simple and compound inequalities.  Students were then assigned some work from the practice workbook, pages 126-127 & 129, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some work from the practice workbook, pages 126-127 & 129, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3. Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  After completing some in class work, students completed their work with The Sieve of Eratosthenes, where students are identifying the prime numbers between 1 and 100. 

Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday in class.  Students were also assigned the section 3.2 practice A worksheet, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a class discussion on matter and chemical and physical changes of matter.  Students were given class time to complete the section 1.1 worksheet on Describing Matter.  

Assignments:  The section 1.1 worksheet on Describing Matter is due on Wednesday in class.  

Monday November 27, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 6.  Students began by reviewing how to write an equation from a given set of data points as well as a line on a graph.  Next, students jumped into identifying and writing arithmetic sequences. After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 214-215 #1, 2, 3-25 odds & 16, 26,38 to be due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 214-215 #1, 2, 3-25 odds & 16, 26,38 to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of finding GCFs and factor trees and prime factorization.  After completing some in class work, students began working with The Sieve of Eratosthenes, where students are identifying the prime numbers between 1 and 100. 

Assignments: Review Homework #24 is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were reading to learn about Describing Matter.  Students began by defining several new vocabulary words, before we read chapter 1 section 1 on Describing Matter together as a class in the Chemical Building Blocks textbook.

Assignments:  None. 

Tuesday November 21, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 4.  Students began by reviewing how to write an equation from a given set of data points as well as a line on a graph.  Next, students jumped back into section 4 on scatter plots and identifying correlations in data sets.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 199-200 #1, 2, 3-15 odds & 22, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from the text book, pages 199-200 #1, 2, 3-15 odds & 22, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of an expressions and how to identify like terms and how to identify a coefficient and a constant term, as well as how to combine like terms.  Students then continued learning to adding and subtracting expressions by applying properties of operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, students were assigned practice workbook page 50, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due on Wednesday in class. Students were assigned practice workbook page 50, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were learning more about the discovery and organization of the periodic table. 

Assignments:  None. 

Monday November 20, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 4.  Students began by reviewing how to write an equation from a given set of data points as well as a line on a graph.  Next, students were given class time to begin working on the workbook activities for section 4 on scatter plots and identifying correlations in data sets.  Workbook pages 111-113 are due on Tuesday in class.

Assignments:  Workbook pages 111-113 are due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with a Do Now and several Flashmaster activities, before students transitioned into chapter 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of an expressions and how to identify like terms and how to identify a coefficient and a constant term, as well as how to combine like terms.  Students were then introduced to adding and subtracting expressions by applying properties of operations.  After some teacher led instruction and a few examples, we ran out of class time.

Assignments: Review Homework #23 is due on Wednesday in class. 

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began working with the Chemical Building Blocks textbook.  Students participated in a Think, Write Pair Share activity in class by sharing their ideas about petro vs. agro chemicals with a partner.  

Assignments:  None. 

Thursday November 16, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 4 and section 3, where students reviewed how to identify parallel lines and write equations of parallel lines.  Next, students were introduced to identifying and writing equations of perpendicular lines.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 4.3 Practice A worksheet as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

  

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 4.3 Practice A worksheet as homework, to 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 3.  Students reviewed the difference between an expression and an equation.  Next, we reviewed our knowledge of an expressions and how to identify like terms and how to identify a coefficient and a constant term, as well as how to combine like terms.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, where we worked together to identify the parts of an expression, students were assigned practice workbook page 46 to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments: Review Homework #22 is due on Friday in class. Students were assigned practice workbook page 46 to be due on Friday in class.

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students took the chemistry vocabulary test!

Assignments:  The Element word search is due on Friday.