Wednesday February 18, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students continued learning more about prime and composite numbers.  Students today were learning about how to factor or simplify monomial fractions into simplest form.  After some teacher led instruction, and several examples, students were assigned the section 4.3 worksheet as homework, to be due Thursday in class.  

Assignments:  Review Homework #34 is due Thursday in class.  The section 4.3 worksheet is due Thursday in class. 

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued the conversation on prime and composite numbers.  Today students were learning about the differences between factors and multiples.  Students are working towards being able to find the LCM (least common multiple) or two or more numbers.  Students were asked to come to class on Thursday with the definition of LCM written in their own words, and at least two examples to illustrate their definition.   

Assignments:   Review Homework #34 is due Thursday in class.  

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped right back into their genetics project they were introduced to yesterday.  Today, students used the information they developed yesterday in class about their chosen Spongebob character to create the genetic profiles (genotypes and phenotypes) of their Father and Mother characters for their individual projects.  

Assignments:  None.