Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Wednesday January 14th

7th & 8th Grade General Science: Today in science students read from the textbooks a section on the properties of waves. Students took notes and we discussed the important points from the reading.
Homework: none

7th Grade Math: Today students continued learning about finding equivalent fractions. Students practiced using prime factorization to write fractions in their simplest form.
Homework: Complete Section 4.3 practice (all problems due tomorrow)

8th Grade Math: Today in math we began chapter 4 by reviewing how to find the prime factorization of a number. The class was then introduced to the new material which involves factoring monomials.
Homework: Finish 4.1 Practice (due tomorrow): #1-14 all, 15-23 odds, 24-29 all, and 30, 31, or 32