Thursday November 20th

7th & 8th Grade General Science:
In science students finished working with their partner to complete their astronomy models of either the Earth/Moon, Earth/Sun, or Solar System/Milky Way Galaxy.
Homework: Finish astronomy models if not completed in class today

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7th Grade Math:
Today in math 7th graders continued working with scientific notation. The class reviewed standard form and scientific notation before finished working through problems from 2.5 practice. We then graded the assignment as a class and returned work to students.
Homework: Review #5 (story problems with decimals) is due tomorrow (Friday). Show all work for full credit.

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8th Grade Math:
In math class 8th graders reviewed using distributive property of multiplication to simplify variable expressions. This is a topic that many students in the class are struggling with. The class then finished discussing and working through section 2.5 practice which focused on solving equations that have adding and subtracting. By the end of class we introduced solving equations with division and multiplication.
Homework:Review #5 (one step equations with addition and subtraction) is due tomorrow (Friday). Students choose 10 problems from the sheet and must show all their work.