11.4 Humanities

Finish explorer's chart for the Age of Exploration - Due Monday

Nov 4th, Tucan a math

Both grades should organize their notebooks in preparation for the student-led conferences. Notes, Current Work (they did receive lists of assignments), and Vocabulary are sections
8th grade added page 18#12-17 a review of standards from Moving Straight Ahead.

11/4 Science

7th grade only- Students should spend 5-10 minutes this weekend filling out a learning log on the ecosystem card sort we've done in class on Wednesday and today.  I will collect 5 at random on Monday.

November 3rd, Tucana math

7th grade: Practice with similar figures, proportion, scale factors, area and perimeter.
page47#7, page 48#8 with Labsheet, page 48#9-14
8th grade: page 12#1, page 16 # 7-10 Please support your responses

Student/parent/teacher conferences

We will hold student-led conferences on November 15th, 21st & 22nd.  Students received a letter in advisory.  On the bottom of the letter, there is a form requesting a date and time for the conference.  Parents/Guardians should fill out the form and return it with their student as soon as possible.  Click the link on the wiki that says "Student Conference Letter" for a copy of the letter. 

Tuesday, November 2nd, Tucana math

Both grades should have their four graphs of (time, heartbeat) and a copy of their story put in the tray.

7th grade: We reviewed page 42 A&B in class today and worked on page 43 C. The relationship between scale factor, proportional side lenghts, perimeter and area are being explored. Exponential realationships are implicit and a desired place for the class to go.

8th grade: We are modeling a bridge and looking at the variables of thickness and length. We found the thickness is linear and the length is not. Graphs, tables and questions on page 7 & 9 should be completed and lend support for the conclusions.

Tuesday, November 1st, Tucana math

Students in both grades received a list of the tasks that have been assigned and they should be in the Current Work section of their notebooks.
7th grade: Scale factor and similarity are being explored along with perimeter and area of similar figures. Page #42 A&B should have a good start and we will continue work on this tomorrow.
8th grade: We have started Thinking with Mathematical Models. Bridge simulation is the focal point of gathering data, making graphs and equations. Page 7&9 should have data tables generated from the PHSchool.com website. Graphs should be attempted and we will continue work tomorrow.