Wednesday November 6, 2013

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 3.  Today students were introduced to solving inequalities by using multiplication and division.  There are some new rules associated with inequalities and multiplying and/or dividing by negative integers.  After some teacher led instruction, and several examples, students were assigned problems from their at home text books, page 146 #12-28, to be due Wednesday (11/13/2013) of next week.     

Assignments:  The problems from page 146 #12-28 are due Wednesday in class.  Students were also handed a review worksheet to be due Wednesday in class as well.

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students took the chapter one test.      

Assignments:  None. 

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students began learning about chemistry root words, including commonly used prefixes and suffixes.  Students are currently learning and committing to memory, about 30 chemistry related root words, prefixes and suffixes.  Students spent todays class period reviewing their flashcards, as well as creating a physical action to represent each individual word to help them make connections between the word and its definition.      

Assignments:  Students should be reviewing the 30 flashcards of the vocabulary words they are committing to memory for next week's test.