Friday, March 29, 2013

Friday, March 29th
Math
Grade 8
page 8  The Community Pool Problem
construct the outside portion of the pool
Grade 7
page 24, 2.1 The Addition of Integers
pattern identification

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Thursday, March 28th
Seventh grade parents please discuss with your student whether to sign-up for Spanish or French for 8th grade language.  I will be asking them in math class and passing the information along to Ms King.
Thursday, March 28th
Math
Grade 8
*Tile Walkways
Were Mary's concern's legitimate?  If so where do the concerns exist?
Grade 7
*page 18#32-38 practice with the chip model
*check-up tomorrow

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Wednesday, March 27th
Math
Grade8
*new task: Tile Walkways
Questions to think about: 
Could the area model be used for a response to this question?
The Distributive Property has been used in class for the last week, how might it relate to this question?
Grade7
*page 15 work with the chip model

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Tuesday, March 26th
Math
Grade 8
*Skill: Writing Equivalent Expressions
*Skill:Writing Expressions in Expanded Form
Grade 7
*Ordering Percents, Fractions, Decimals
*Skill: Variables, Tables and Graphs

Monday, March 25, 2013

Science 7/8

Students will have a quiz tomorrow on heat transfer.  Students should look over recent notes on heat and energy transfer.  They should know how to calculate calories ( using worksheets on calculating heat in calories A + B) and the heat transfer lab that we did in class to help study for it.
Monday, March 25th
Math
Grade 8
*new task: handout, Skill: Writing Equivalent Expressions
*in  class we worked on completing page 16#25-32
Grade 7
*new task: page 14 and top of 15, chip model for integer combinations
*we reviewed page 17#20-30