Wednesday March 26, 2014

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students jumped back into chapter 7.  Today students were introduced to calculating simple interest and account balances.  We had some good discussions in class, which led to us running out of class time.  Students were assigned the chapter 7 standardized test at the end of chapter 7 as homework, page 373 #1-13. 
 
Assignments:  The chapter 7 standardized test, page 373 is due Thursday in class. Study Island Review Homework #19 is due by the end of the day on Friday.  

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students were introduced to chapter 4.  Students continued taking some notes on section 4.1 on writing the prime factorization of a number.  Students practiced making some factor trees of several numbers, in order to write out the prime factorization of each example.  After some teacher led instruction, students were assigned some problems from their at home text books, page 175, #16-40 Evens only.    

Assignments:  Review homework #13 will be due on Friday in class. Problems assigned from page 175, #16-40 Evens only are due Thursday in class.              

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students used the class period to continue building the columns and beams needed to build our paper roller coasters.           

Assignments:  None.