Thursday April 24, 2014

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day. Next, students took a quiz to demonstrate their abilities to find the surface area of various prisms and cylinders.  

Assignments:  Students were handed a Pythagorean Theorem worksheet to complete over the three day weekend.    

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students jumped back into chapter 4.  Students began class reviewing the rules for multiplying and dividing powers, before using the rest of the class period to be introduced to working with negative and zero exponents.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 4.6 worksheet.  It will be due on Monday 4/28.

Assignments:  The section 4.6 worksheet (odds only) is due Monday.                  

Science: Today in science students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students continued talking about and learning about bridge designs.  Today students were introduced to trusses and how they help dissipate and transfer the load amongst the entire structure.  Students then began sketching truss designs.  Students are expected to have six different trusses sketched for class on Monday.   

Assignments:  Students should be completing their six truss sketches by Monday.