Thursday May 19, 2016

8th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Students were then introduced to chapter 7 and square roots.  Students were given time in class to work on the Chapter 7 Fair Game Review activity in their practice workbooks, before we jumped into a lesson how to identify a perfect square as well as how to use the square root function on a calculator.  After some teacher led instruction and several examples, students were assigned workbook page 146 to be due Friday in class. 

Assignments:  Review HW #60 is due Friday in class.  Workbook page 146 is due Friday in class.

7th Grade Math:  Today in math students began class with the Do Now.  Next, students were given class time to work on their Fraction Finding Mission projects. 

Assignments:  Review HW #60 is due Friday in class.  The Fraction Finding Mission project has a due date of Friday May 20th.  Workbook page 218 is due Friday in class.

  

Science:  Students began class with the Do Now.  Students then continued working on The Great Paper Roller Coaster Project.  Students began class by discussing as a group what work needs to be completed today in class, before assigning each group member some responsibilities to accomplish during today's class period.  Most groups began finalizing their groups' roller coaster frames built last week in class.  

Completed Roller Coasters are due in class on Friday of this week.  

Assignments:  None.