Wednesday September 1st

8th Grade Math: In math 8th graders corrected section 1.2 Practice from yesterday's class.  Students then began work in section 1.3 which reviews order of operations.  We discussed the acronym Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally (Parentheses, exponents, multiplication/division, addition/subtraction) as a tool for remembering order of operations.  We also discussed adding grouping symbols to division problems with a fraction bar. 
Homework:

• Finish section 1.3 Practice (#1-15 odds)
• Review #2 is due Friday

7th Grade Math: Today in 7th grade math students completed a word problem warm up and then transitioned to grading their classwork from yesterday (section 1.2 Practice).  The class was then introduced to section 1.3 which covers Powers and Exponents. 
Homework:

• Finish section 1.3 Practice (#2-20 evens)
• Review Homework #2 is due Friday

7th/8th Grade Science:  Today in science students finished writing the directions for a classmate to re-create a drawing of various geometric shapes.  Once the directions were finished the class exchanged papers and students attempted to follow the written directions (procedures) of one of their peers. 
Homework: none