Homework: Finish Chapters 3 and 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird, write down and explain three realistic events that happened in Chapters 1 through 4 (entry 3.4)
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Geometry- Thursday, February 4
Classwork: Investigated & made conjectures regarding diagonals in parallelograms by constructing them and comparing measurements. We then confirmed these conjectures through proof.
Homework: Diagonals in parallelograms handout (see math folder for a copy)
Coming soon: Quiz tomorrow!
Science- Thursday, February 4
Classwork: Began our unit on Electricity by building simple circuits, drawing energy flow diagrams of those circuits and testing conductors and insulators.
Homework: None
Stein - Math 8 Plus - Thursday, February 4, 2016
Classwork
Today, students completed 1.3, A-C on page 13. Students reviewed how to find areas of squares, rectangles and triangles and applied this knowledge to find the area of irregular figures. Students used geoboards to help them discover different strategies.
Focus Question
"How does knowing how to calculate areas of rectangles, triangles and squares help in the calculation of irregular areas?"
Homework
#15-25 (on handout or page 16) and #37-38 (pages 18-19) Answers to yesterday's homework, today's notes and a geoboard app are all available at http://norupstein.weebly.com/.
Ramin - ELA
Classwork
Realistic Fiction (To Kill a Mockingbird) – Day #2
Homework
Finish reading chapters 3 and 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird
Canvasser Thursday (2.4.16)
RR ELA- Reading logs are due Monday (2.8.16) Students should be reading for a minimum of 20 minutes ( 5 days a week) Do not forget to complete the short reader's response section, along with a parent signature for all five days.
RR Math- The homework packet and multiplication sheet are due on/before Thursday (2.11.16) The math test will also be on Thursday (2.11.16) Red group can finish day 2 workbook pages, if you did not complete them in class.
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