Thursday November 21, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were introduced to chapter 4.  Today, students learned some key vocabulary concerning prime factorization, and after some teacher led instruction, and several example problems for students to observe and ask clarifying questions, students were assigned the section 4.1 worksheet as homework.       

Assignments:  Review homework #21 is due on Friday.  The section 4.1 worksheet is due Friday in class.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working with properties of addition and multiplication. Today students were introduced to the distributive property.   After some teacher led instruction, we watched a short video online about the distributive property, and took a short quiz about the film together, confirming our answers together.    

Assignments:  Review Homework #21 is due Friday in class. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students participated in a lab designed to help students identify the differences between mixtures and pure substances, as well as homogenous and heterogenous mixtures.  

Assignments:  Students should be completing their Mixing Mixtures lab worksheet for class on Friday.  Students were also assigned a worksheet on Describing Matter, to be due on Friday as well.