Announcements, assignments and general information regarding Norup International's 8th grade class.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Geometry
Math 8 - Stone
Stein - Individuals & Societies - 4.28.17
What We Did Today:
Students finished working on and submitted their Chapter 15 Assessments. The assessment needed to include:
a minimum of ten events/people that you feel helped cause the Civil War
a date, or range of dates, for each event/person
an explanation (a few sentences) on how the event/person led to the war for each
must be in chronological order
Homework:
Any work that needs to be completed for your IB Project should be worked on as well. This is due May 8.
Announcements:
Community Project presentations are due May 8. Please sign up with Ms. Stein if your group would like to use a computer during lunch on Wednesday next week. All 8th Graders are welcome to sign up!
Stein - Individuals & Societies - 4.28.17
What We Did Today:
Students completed and submitted their Chapter 15 Assessments in class. The assessment needed to include:
a minimum of ten events/people that you feel helped cause the Civil War
a date, or range of dates, for each event/person
an explanation (a few sentences) on how the event/person led to the war for each
must be in chronological order
Homework:
Your complete IB Project is due May 8.
Announcements:
Community Project presentations are due May 8. Please sign up with Ms. Stein if your group would like to use a computer during lunch on Wednesday next week. All 8th Graders are welcome to sign up!
Stein - Intro to Coding - 4.28.17
What We Did Today:
Students read the Smithsonian article, "'Dream Big' shows that engineering is not just about math and science." Students annotated, answered questions and wrote a paragraph regarding the content of the article. The assignment is available at Newsela using students' Google Accounts.
Homework:
None.
Stein - Math 8 Plus - 4.28.17
What We Did Today:
Students completed 1.1 and 1.2 vocabulary in their notebooks. Words and definitions are found below. Students also started Problem 1.3, : Sliding Around: Translations." Students discovered properties of translational symmetry and used these generalizations to construct their own translation. Notes and vocabulary (definitions and audio reading of the definitions) are available athttp://norupstein.weebly.com/math-8-plus-blog.
Focus Question:
What does it mean to say that a figure has slide or translational symmetry? How is each point related to its image under transformation by translation?
Homework:
None.