Thursday January 24, 2019

Algebra I: Today in math students began class with a Do Now and a warm up problem.  Next, students were working with chapter 6 and reviewing the rules of and use of exponents.  Today, after grading our homework from Wednesday (6.4 explorations), students were continuing to work with exponential functions.  Students were given the formula for working with exponential growth and decay functions.  After some teacher led instruction and several example problems, students were assigned some homework from section 6.4 from the textbook pages 319-320 #4; 5-21 odds; and 38, to be due on Friday in class.

Assignments: Students were assigned some homework from section 6.4 from the textbook pages 319-320 #4; 5-21 odds; and 38, to be due on Friday in class.

7th Grade Math: Students began class with the Do Now, Flashmasters and/or the Problem of the Day.  Next, students were continuing to work with expressions.  We were continuing to evaluate and simplify expressions.  Students also defined several key vocabulary words in class today.

Assignments:  Students can expect a quiz on expressions on Friday in class. 

Science:  Students began science class today with the Do Now.  Next, students got into their Local Ecology Project groups, and we went outside to collect our January data at our established plots behind the school.

Assignments:  The section 1.1 worksheet, Discovering Cells, is due on Friday in class.