Monday, April 25, 2016

Monday April 25, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into chapter 5.  Today students completed the quiz we began in class on Friday.  We then transitioned into section 5.4 on solving systems by graphing.  Students reviewed the methods of substitution and elimination, before we began setting equations equal to each other and solving for the x variable.  Before class ended, students were reminded that MAPs testing will begin on Tuesday and continue through Thursday of this week.  Students were handed a review packet to work on throughout the week, and it will be due on Friday morning 4/30/16.  

Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Wednesday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students jumped into chapter 7 and began working with cubic roots.  Students reviewed square and cubic roots, before we moved back into working with the Pythagorean Theorem.  Students reviewed the formula and began practicing finding missing side lengths of right triangles. Students were assigned the section 7.3 Practice B worksheet, to be due Tuesday in class.  Before class ended, students were reminded that MAPs testing will begin on Tuesday and continue through Thursday of this week.  Students were handed a review packet to work on throughout the week, and it will be due on Friday morning 4/30/16.   

Assignments:  Review HW #53 is due Wednesday in class.  The review packet handed out in class on Monday is due Friday in class.   The 7.3 Practice B worksheet is due Tuesday in class.
  
Science:  Today in science, students began class with the Do Now.  Students then transitioned back into the unit on physics.  Today students were reading to learn about the different types of energy.  Students defined several key vocabulary words, before we read the section in the book detailing the types of energy students are learning about, kinetic and potential energy.  

Assignments:  None.

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