Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Wednesday November 3rd

8th Grade Math: Today in math students continued learning about life math.  The focus of today's lesson was to find the percent of a number as it applies in the situation of taxes being taken out of an individuals yearly salary. 
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7th Grade Math: In 7th grade math students worked with Tanagrams as a warm-up problem at the start of class. They then transitioned to an assignment that focused on fractions and how to add and subtract fraction shapes. 
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7th/8th Grade Science: Today in science students continued working on the mineral identification lab that they stated yesterday.  Their task was to assess the attributes of 14 mineral samples (luster, hardness, color, streak color, and density) to help them identify each mineral. 
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