Monday May 1, 2017

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a set of warm up problems.  Students then jumped right back into chapter 9.  Students reviewed the quadratic formula, practiced a few problems, before being introduced to interpreting the discriminant.  We defined what a discriminant is, how to identify an calculate it, and the rules associated with how to use the discriminant while using the quadratic formula.  After some teacher led instruction with a few example problems thrown in, students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 521 #15-23 odds; 25; 26; 31-35 odds, to be due on Tuesday in class.  

Students can expect the chapter 9 test by the end of the week.

Assignments:  Students were assigned some homework from the textbook, page 521 #15-23 odds; 25; 26; 31-35 odds, to be due on Tuesday in class.  

7th Grade Math: Today in math students began class with their flashmaster activities. Next, students jumped back into our Perfect Shape activity.  Students pulled out their 8 index cards, one for each perfect shape, and were then given class time to finalizetheir perfect shapes.  The 8 perfect shapes will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday.

Assignments:   Review Homework #52 is due Wednesday in class.   The 8 perfect shapes will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday.

Science:  Students in the Taku House will be participating in a house wide project with a local artist in the schools.  All students will be creating their own art piece, in which will become part of a larger art piece towards the end of the project in three weeks time. 

Assignments: None.