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 jumped into surface area of prisms and cylinders.  Students were introduced to the surface area formula for prisms today in class, and after some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned five problems from their at home text books, on page 541 # 6,7,8,9, 14.  

Assignments:   Students are to complete the problems from their at home text books for class on Friday, as well as completing their 30 minutes of Study Island time.  

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.   Students then jumped into chapter 5 on converting fractions to decimals and vise versa.  Students practiced converting fractions into decimals and understanding the difference between a repeating decimal and a terminating decimal.  Students were then assigned some problems from the textbooks, p.222 #20-35 (odds only) to be due on Friday.        

Assignments:  Students were assigned some problems from their at home text books, page 222, # 20-35 (odds only) for Friday in class.  Students should be completing their 30 minutes of Study Island for this week, by Friday afternoon.   

Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then introduced to the Bikini Bottom Genetics Project.  In class today, each student selected a character from the SpongeBob tv show, and proceeded to develop a list of physical traits that they can manipulate in order to create a family of offspring for their chosen character. 

Assignments:   None.