7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the problem of the day.  Students then jumped back into chapter 10, and today students were introduced to finding the area of parallelograms and trapezoids.  Students were introduced to the area formulas for both parallelograms and trapezoids, and worked through several example problems, calculating the area for the given polygon.  Students were then assigned the 10.3 worksheet to be due on Tuesday in class.  

Assignments:   Students are to complete the 10.3 worksheet for class on Tuesday.  

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the problem of the day.   Students then jumped back into taking notes on section 4.7 on scientific notation.   Students practiced converting numbers from standard form into product form and then into scientific notation.  They also practiced converting from scientific notation into standard form.  After some teacher led instruction, students were assigned the 4.7 worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.       

Assignments:  Students were assigned the 4.7 worksheet as homework, to be due Tuesday in class.   

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then got into groups that included at least one 8th grader and one 7th grader, and together they worked together discussing and solving practice SBA questions, as all 8th graders will be taking the Science SBA on Wednesday morning of this week.  
Assignments:   None.     

FYI:  Parents!  Starting on Monday (10/22, the first day of the second quarter), teachers in the Aurora house will no longer accept late work from our students.  Students will get credit for the work they do, when it is due.