Tuesday October 1, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 2.  Today students picked back up with the distributive property.  In class, we reviewed the rules associated with adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers with same and different signs, before practicing several examples of writing equivalent numerical and equivalent variable expressions.   

Assignments:  Students were assigned the section 2.2 worksheet as homework to be due Wednesday in class.  Review Homework #9 is due on Wednesday in class.   

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students jumped back into chapter one on evaluating and writing variable expressions.  We reviewed several important vocabulary words and practiced substituting and evaluating variable expressions.  Students were then assigned the section 1.1 worksheet and given about 25 minutes of class time to begin the assignment.       

Assignments:   The section 1.1 worksheet is due Wednesday in class.  Review Homework #9 is due Wednesday in class. 
     
Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began planning their own dry ice investigations.  Today students needed to complete their group's materials list and a detailed procedures list in order to be prepared to conduct their investigations tomorrow (Wednesday) in class.   

Assignments:  Students should be putting the final touches on their procedures list for their investigations they will be conducting on Wednesday in class.