Thursday September 27, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 2 and working with inequalities. After grading homework, students were given the remaining time in class to begin or continue preparing for the chapter 2 test, scheduled for Friday in class.

Assignments: Students can expect the chapter 2 test on Friday.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students began working with decimal operations.  After some teacher led instruction on dividing with decimals, students were working on a dividing decimals worksheet.  

Assignments:  Review HW #8 is due on Friday in class.  The dividing decimals worksheet will be due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and we went outside to take some collect any other plant specimens needed from their plots and to begin writing up a detailed plot location narrative. 

Assignments:  None.

Wednesday September 26, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 2 and working with inequalities. Students reviewed writing, graphing and solving linear inequalities using inverse operations.  Next, students continued working with absolute value inequalities.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 91 #1; 2; 3-17odds; 20; 23-27 odds, to be due on Thursday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 2 test on Friday of this week.

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

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students began working with decimal operations.  After some teacher led instruction on multiplying with decimals, students continued working on the multiplying decimals worksheet.  We will be completing this multiplying decimals worksheet in class on Thursday.

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

Science:  Today in science, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and we went outside to take some temperature data and to collect some plant samples that we hope to identify soon. 

Assignments:  None.

Tuesday September 25, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 2 and working with inequalities. Students reviewed writing, graphing and solving linear inequalities using inverse operations.  Next, students were introduced to working with absolute value inequalities.  After grading our homework from Monday, students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 53 & 54, to be due on Wednesday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 2 test on Friday of this week.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the practice workbook, pages 53 & 54, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students began working with decimal operations.  After some teacher led instruction on multiplying with decimals, students were handed a multiplying decimals worksheet.  We will be completing this multiplying decimals worksheet in class on Wednesday.

Assignments:  Review HW #7 is due on Wednesday in class. 

Science:  Today in science, students continued working on identifying the elements of design or presentation guidelines.  After a brief review of Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity, and what they are and how they are used, students were given the remaining time in class to complete the C.R.A.P. Practice activity.  

Assignments:  If students did not complete the C.R.A.P. Practice activity in the class time provided, it will be due at the beginning of class on Wednesday.

Monday September 24, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 2 and working with inequalities. Students were writing, graphing and solving linear inequalities using inverse operations.  Next, students were introduced to writing, graphing and solving compound inequalities.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from the text book, pages 85 & 86 #1; 2; 6; 9-12; 18-20; 23; 24; 28-31, to be due on Tuesday in class.

Students can expect the chapter 2 test on Friday of this week.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from the text book, pages 85 & 86 #1; 2; 6; 9-12; 18-20; 23; 24; 28-31, to be due on Tuesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students began working with decimal operations.  After some teacher led instruction on adding and subtracting with decimals, students completed two worksheets, one on adding decimals and one on subtracting decimals.  

Assignments:  Review HW #7 is due on Wednesday in class.  The adding and subtracting decimals worksheets are due on Tuesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students were working on identifying the elements of design or presentation guidelines.  After a brief introduction and review of Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity, and what they are and how they are used, students were handed a CRAP Practice packet and given 25 minutes of class time to begin working on finding good and bad examples of each element of design.  This assignment will be due at the end of class on Tuesday.

Assignments:   None.

Thursday September 20, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 2 and working with inequalities. Students were writing, graphing and solving linear inequalities using inverse operations.  After we graded our homework from Wednesday evening, students were assigned some work from the practice workbook pages 47 & 48 (section 2.5) as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

Students can expect a quiz on sections 2.1-2.4 on Friday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some work from the practice workbook pages 47 & 48 as homework, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students continued working with multiplication of whole numbers.  Students took a few notes on some tricks to help them when dividing whole numbers, including the Divide; Multiply; Subtract; then Bring down rules of long division.  Students were then given class time to complete the single and double digit division worksheet that we started on Wednesday.

Assignments:  Review HW #6 is due on Friday in class.  The division worksheet handed out in class is due on Friday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students from Mr. Olsen's home base blocked with Mr. Olsen in science.  Students were introduced to our year long project, the Local Ecology Project.  Students were broken into groups and each group proceeded to establish a one-meter square plot in the woods behind the school, off the main trail, and we will return to take measurements of our established plots once a month for the rest of the school year.  

Assignments:   None.

Wednesday September 19, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped back into chapter 2 and working with inequalities. Students were writing, graphing and solving linear inequalities using inverse operations.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some work from the textbook, pages 77 & 78 #1; 2; 13-16; 22-28 evens; 32; 33; 34; 35; 37; 41-43 as homework, to be due on Thursday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some work from the textbook, pages 77 & 78 #1; 2; 13-16; 22-28 evens; 32; 33; 34; 35; 37; 41-43 as homework, to be due on Thursday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students continued working with multiplication of whole numbers.  Students took a few notes on some tricks to help them when dividing whole numbers, including the Divide; Multiply; Subtract; then Bring down rules of long division.  Students were then handed a single and double digit division worksheet and given about 25 minutes of class time to get started on the work.

Assignments:  Review HW #6 is due on Friday in class.  The division worksheet handed out in class is due on Thursday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students from Mr. Sheufelt's home base blocked with Mr. Olsen in science.  Students were introduced to our year long project, the Local Ecology Project.  Students were broken into groups and each group proceeded to establish a one-meter square plot in the woods behind the school, off the main trail, and we will return to take measurements of our established plots once a month for the rest of the school year.  

Assignments:   None.

Tuesday September 18, 2018

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems, before students jumped into chapter 2 and working with inequalities. Students were reviewing the different types of inequalities, and practicing with several different scenarios.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some work from the textbook, pages 65 #3-19 odds; 20-25; 32 and page 71 #3-20 as homework, to be due on Wednesday in class.

The chapter 1 re-test opportunity (only offered with original test corrections turned into to Mr. Olsen) is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon of this week.

Assignments: Students were assigned some work from the textbook, pages 65 #3-19 odds; 20-25; 32 and page 71 #3-20 as homework, to be due on Wednesday in class.

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Do Now and their flashmaster.  Next, students continued working with multiplication of whole numbers.  Students took a few notes on some tricks to help them when multiplying with whole numbers, before students were using class time to complete our multiplication of whole numbers worksheet from Monday.  

Assignments:  Review HW #5 is due on Wednesday in class.  The multiplication worksheet handed out in class is due on Wednesday in class.

Science:  Today in science, students continued learning about the difference between observation and inference in science.  Today, students working as table groups to attempt to identify their collected plants while using some plant identification books.  

Assignments:   None.