Wednesday February 4, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  Next, students began learning more about prime and composite numbers.  Students watched a quick film on the Sieve of Eratosthenes, before they began filling in their own Sieve worksheet.  We will pick up on this concept tomorrow in class.

Assignments:  Review Homework #32 is due Friday in class.   

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued the conversation on prime and composite numbers.  Factors were also introduced and students spent much of the class period working with factors and describing and working with factors of several numbers. 

Assignments:   Review Homework #32 is due Friday in class. 

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students graded the chapter 2 tests together, before we began talking about Gregor Mendel and the idea of modern genetics.  Students defined several key vocabulary words, and we ended class by discussing the four nitrogen bases and what each pairs with in the DNA replication process.

Assignments:  None.