Monday May 11, 2015

8th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with the Problem of the Day.  This morning, students jumped back into chapter 6 and students continued working with similar and congruent figures.  After some review of finding some corresponding side lengths and angles, students were introduced to finding missing side lengths of similar shapes.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned the section 6.5 worksheet as homework, to be due Friday in class.    
 
Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Friday in class. Students were assigned the section 6.5 WS as homework, to be due Friday in class, as this week we will begin MAPs testing on Tuesday through Thursday.    

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmasters.  Next, students continued working in chapter 6 and integers.  Today, students were reintroduced to the coordinate plane and section 6.8.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples of locating and identifying ordered pairs on the coordinate plane, students were assigned the section 6.8 WS, that will be due on Friday of this week. 

Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Friday in class.  The section 6.8 WS is due Friday in class, as this week we will begin MAPs testing on Tuesday through Thursday.

Science: Students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students groups began presenting their Human Body Quest presentations on their assigned body system.

   

Assignments:   Students should be finalizing their assigned body system presentations and working on their presentation notes.  Presentations began on Thursday in class.