Week of October 18-22

I will be transitioning to my class space on the Hulstrom website this week.  I will be sure to show this change to students in class.  I will post a link to the wiki there in the interim.

 

Friday 10/22

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -7,3,5,6)

Classwork - VP Quiz, Sally & Juan Stories collected

Homework -  Reteaching work - if you have this for retake requirements

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  1.  If there are 6 toads in a 2m by 3m area, what is the population density of the toads? 2.  If the entire toad habitat is 100m by 300 m, what is the entire toad population?  3.  What is wrong with these sentences:  a.  I should of brought my homework with me to class.  b.  I do not know witch assignment I was supposed to turn in today.  c.  I thought tha we had to turn in are own papers but they put there names on my paper. 

Classwork - Collected reading guide for Section 2.2, mini groups for comics - feedback (positives and suggestions for changes)

Homework - Final Cycle comic due by Tuesday

 

Thursday 10/21

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -5,-4,1,5)

Classwork - Exemplars collected, re-teaching/small group work (order of operations & Distributive property OR properties of geometric figures/equation writing)

Homework -  The story of Sally & Juan due Friday 10/22, finish your practice problems for re-teaching groups

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  population density practice 1.  if there are 45 sand crabs in a 3m by 5m area, what is the population density of the sand crabs?  2.  If the entire beach is 40m by 15m, what is the entire population of sand crabs?

 

Classwork -  Section 2.2 work checked with inside-outside circle (will be collected tomorrow), mini-group for Ch 1 Test retake - key terms review plan, comic expectations (at least 5 panels, humor, correct grammar/punctuation/spelling, presentation format)

Homework - Cycle comic rough draft due tomorrow (see Writing in Science box p. 53 in your textbook).

 

Wednesday 10/20  - Mrs. K was out today at a math meeting

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - none

Classwork - Building Block Dilemma & Display Dilemma Exemplars

Homework -  Finish Exemplars if you did not complete them in class, the story of Sally & Juan due Friday 10/22.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  none

Classwork - Section 2.2 reading/key terms/reading guide

Homework - Section 2.2 work due tomorrow 

 

Tuesday 10/19

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -6,-6,6,6)

Classwork - Discuss creating tables & graphs from narratives, collected Additional Practice p. 8, mini-group reteaching for writing equations from rules, Bridges Exemplar begin

Homework -  Finish Bridge Exemplar, mid-term grade reflection (with parent/guardian signature) due tomorrow, The story of Sally & Juan due Friday 10/22, Writing equations mini-group - finish your practice problems.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  If a second level consumer has 200 kcal of energy available, what energy is available to the other levels in the food chain (producers, first level consumers, third level consumers)?

What is your prediciton about how you will do on the quiz today?  Why? 

Classwork - Section 2.1 Quiz, began reading & key terms for Section 2.2, mini-group for Ch 1 Test retake - must have a key terms review plan by Thursday 10/21

Homework - Mid-term grade reflection (with parent/guardian signature) due by tomorrow 

 

Monday 10/18

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -9,-4,-1,4)

Classwork - Additional Practice p. 8 # 6-7 (creating graphs from narrative descriptions), individual conferences with students about missing work and quiz/test retakes.

Homework -  Begin the story of Sally & Juan due Friday 10/22, mid-term grade reflection (with parent/guardian signature) due by Wed. 10/20

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  Where do organisms get their energy within an ecosystem?  Where does this energy originate? 

Classwork - Completed reading guide discussion for section 2.1, added notes to our Food web diagram, created Mono Lake food web, reviewed the trout-stream ecosystem food web.

Homework - Section 2.1  & Mono Lake quiz tomorrow - reading guide, food web/energy pyramid diagrams, Mono Lake food web, trout-stream food web all collected during quiz. 

Be thinking about what you need to do if you have to retake Ch 1 test, mid-term grade reflection (with parent/guardian signature) due by Wed. 10/20

 

 

 Week of October 11-15

It's mid-term time!  Please be sure to check your student's grades in Infinite Campus.  If you do not have access to IC or have forgotten your access info, please email Deb Hall ASAP.  I will be sending home parent signature sheets (for mid-terms) this week which will require that you have access to your student's info on IC.  Students should have access to IC using their id # as their login and their birthdate (mmddyy) as their password.

 

A few students have required unit test or quiz retakes (if they scored below 70%).  I will be arranging reteaching time and retakes for quizzes/tests individually and with small groups.   Please understand that this means your student may be doing nightly work for our current unit/topic and some reteaching/reflecting work for a previous unit until he/she is ready for the retake.

 

Wednesday 10/13

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -7,-5,-2,7)

Classwork - Corrected p. 8 & 6.9, discussed patterns for functions with constant rates (linear pattern) and with increasing/decreasing rates (curve), collected bus problems graphs & tables, returned unit tests.

Homework -  missing work, mid-term grade reflection (with parent/guardian signature) due by Wed. 10/20

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  Give one example of an interaction between an organism and an abiotic factor in our classroom right now, give one example of an interaction between two biotic factors in the park right now. 

Classwork - Returned papers, discussed abiotic & biotic interactions in Mono Lake, reviewed first page of reading guide for section 2.1, added notes to our Food web diagram, discussed test results (next week there will be a required plan for mandatory retakes and study plans submitted for optional retakes).

Homework - Be thinking about what you need to do if you have to retake Ch 1 test, mid-term grade reflection (with parent/guardian signature) due by Wed. 10/20, Section 2.1 quiz on Tuesday 10/19 (start studying).

 

Tuesday 10/12

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -5,-1,1,6), also describe the following 3 things:  your behavior for the sub, the class's behavior, and your feedback about the sub.

Classwork - Additional Practice p. 8 - making & evaluating tables & graphs - We reviewed graph & table expectations, we discussed when to connect the points on a coordinate graph (remember - When the data is continuous)

Homework -  6.9 graphs, data tables & equations

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  List the most important thing you learned about Mono Lake from the video yesterday, describe the following 3 things:  your behavior for the sub, the class's behavior, and your feedback about the sub.

Classwork - Response Sheet: Mono Lake (trout -stream ecosystem foodweb), Food web & food chain diagrams (notes), tests returned & discussed briefly.  2.1 Key Terms collected & reading guides checked (we will go over these tomorrow).

Homework - Finish your food web & food chain diagrams (from the book), finish your trout-stream ecosystem foodweb, review your Ch. 1 test.

 

Monday 10/11

7GT2 Math

Classwork - Mrs. K. was out today.  We had a guest teacher.

Warm-up - Sketch a graph that tells something about you.  Be sure to label and scale your axes and give your graph a title, last week's warm-ups collected.

Classwork - Additional Practice p. 8 - making & evaluating tables & graphs

Homework -  Enrichment 11-2

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - Mrs. K. was out today.  We had a guest teacher.

Warm-up -  Section 2.1 Assessment p.47 - Use complete sentences to answer question 3.

Classwork - Video "Of Ice and Fire: A Portrait of the Mono Basin",  Question sheet "Thinking About Mono Lake", last week's warm-ups collected. 

Homework - Conclusion practice redos are due by Tuesday 10/12, 2.1 Key Terms and Reading guides are due on Tuesday at the beginning of class.

 

 

Week of October 4-7

It's mid-term time!  Please be sure to check your student's grades in Infinite Campus.  If you do not have access to IC or have forgotten your access info, please email Deb Hall ASAP.  I will be sending home parent signature sheets (for mid-terms) next week which will require that you have access to your student's info on IC.   We will also be sending home conference requests later this week (remember that At-risk conferences are on Oct. 15th).  I am pleased with the progress of both classes the past week!  They are definitely rising to the challenge of Hulstrom and being 7th graders.  However, there are still a number of students for whom missing assignments and organizational issues are interfering with academic success.  I am having daily conversations with many of these students, but if you would like to discuss some specific strategies that we can implement between home and school, please call me.

** Additional Note - Grades for this week will be posted by Saturday.  It is a chemo week so I appologize for the delay.  Recently Mondays have been the difficult recovery day for me.  While I sincerely hope to be here on Monday 10/11, I let students know that it is a possibility that they will have a guest teacher on Monday.  Mid-term report signature sheets will come home with students on Monday as well.  Thanks for your understanding and patience.

 

Friday 10/8

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -9,-2,-1,4 )

Classwork - Reviewed answers to 6.2/6.3 with inside/outside circle activity (keep this for discussion of challenge problems next week).  Matching graphs to verbal descriptions -card sort activity, team & class discussions (save these for finishing next week)

Homework -  Anyone with missing assignments from last week should get them turned in to the late folder by Monday 10/11.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  Give an example of a food chain.

Classwork - Discussion of differences between food chains & food webs, Continue Chapter 2.1 Key Terms and Reading guide (textbook pages 42-47) - You should make a Key Terms into an activity that's meaningful to you.  We discussed charts with drawings, flip books, scrapbooks, examples & non examples, etc.  Remember - NO REGURGITATION!  This is the last day you will have class time to work on this.  Turtle Lab redos collected. 

 

Homework - Conclusion practice redos are due by Tuesday 10/12, 2.1 Key Terms and Reading guides are due on Tuesday at the beginning of class.

**Anyone with missing assignments from last week should get those turned in to the late folder by Monday 10/11.

 

 

Thursday 10/7

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -7,-6,-2,8)

Classwork - Reviewed 6.4, Group input to finalize best thinking on advantages/disadvantages of data representations charts, discussed constant rate of change vs. variable rates of change and what they look like in a graph.

Homework -  6.2 & 6.3 (Modeling situations with graphs)

Anyone with missing assignments from last week should get them turned in to the late folder by Monday.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  List your favorite: color, food, song (or band), book, movie, candy, sport (or activity/hobby_), superhero.

Classwork - Continue Chapter 2.1 Key Terms and Reading guide (textbook pages 42-47) - You should make a Key Terms into an activity that's meaningful to you.  We discussed charts with drawings, flip books, scrapbooks, examples & non examples, etc.  Remember - NO REGURGITATION!

 Small group discussion & reteaching about expectations for Conclusion practice redos.

Homework - Turtle Lab redos are due by Friday 10/8, Conclusion practice redos are due by Tuesday 10/12, 2.1 Key Terms and reading guides are due on Tuesday at the beginning of class.

**Anyone with missing assignments from last week should get those turned in to the late folder by Monday 10/11.

 

Wednesday 10/6

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -6,-4,-2,2)

Classwork - Finalized Tables & Graphs flip chart, discussed patterns in graphs, began homework.

Homework -  6.4 (Modeling situations with graphs) Do 6 of the 8 remaining problems, Complete the table of the advantages/disadvantages of data representation (on the back of 6.4)

**Anyone with missing assignments from last week should get them turned in to the late folder by Monday 10/11.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  Compare (means similarities & differences) a food web and a food chain.

Classwork - Begin Chapter 2.1 Key Terms and Reading guide (textbook pages 42-47) - We'll continue these in class tomorrow, small group discussion about expectations for Turtle Lab redos.

Homework - Turtle Lab redos are due by Friday 10/8, anyone with missing assignments from last week should get those turned in to the late folder by Monday.

 

Tuesday 10/5

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - none

Classwork - Unit Test

Homework -  None, be sure you have your yellow flip chart with you (we started this last week), anyone with missing assignments from last week should get them turned in to the late folder by Monday.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  none

Classwork - Chapter 1 test. 

Homework - none, anyone with missing assignments from last week should get those turned in to the late folder by Monday.

 

Monday 10/4

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -3,-3,-1,7)

Classwork - Review of state & book standards for the unit test, Papers returned, quiz corrections discussed

Homework -  Unit Test tomorrow- lots of studying - use your standards to help you!

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  list all the important parts that should be included in a complete hypothesis, write an example hypothesis (topic of your choice)

Classwork - Review sheets for test, Flow chart & key terms, met with small group regarding section 1.2 quiz grades (those with below 70%), all papers returned. 

Homework - Chapter 1 test tomorrow- LOTS of studying, finish your 2 review sheets!

 

 

Saturday October 2

My apologies for not having my grades updated by Friday.  All grades have been updated as of this evening.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks! 

 

Week of September 27-October 1

Grades are up and running in IC!  Please be sure to check your grades soon!

This week in math we are reviewing variables, expectations for graphs & tables, writing rules/equations/expressions to demonstrate variable relationships, creating tables & graphs to demonstrate variable relationships, and comparing/contrasting constant and non constant changes in variables.  We will have a mini quiz about rules & equations on Wed. and we will have a unit test for our integers unit on Friday. (Unit test will be postponed to next Tuesday as we need more distributive property practice first).

In science this week we complete Chapter 1 with a look at adaptations & interactions within communities. We will take a section 2 quiz on Wed. and will have our Chapter 1 test next Tuesday. 

 

Friday 10/1

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - magic triangle (right side:1,6,7,3     left side: 1,9,5,2     bottom 2,8,4,3)  Your task was to try to arrange the digits 1-9 in a triangle so that the sum of all the sides is a value between 17-24.  All the sides must have the same sum and you can only use the digits once each.

Classwork - Distributive Property  moving from an area model to the factored & expanded forms, groups for flip chart info, mini groups for quiz reteaching, returned quiz and discussed retake requirements & options. 

Homework -  Unit Test on Tuesday - start studying.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up -  make a list of all the things you had to consider when making your butterfly

Classwork - Discussion of defense mechanisms and primary/secondary succession, went over answers for Key Terms/Activity sheets for sections 1.3 & 1.4  - these were collected at the end of class. 

Homework - Chapter 1 test on Tuesday - Start studying.

 

Thursday 9/30

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -7, -7, -4, 1)

Classwork - Distributive Property  practice changing expanded forms to factored forms and drawing area models. 

Homework - Finish your distributive property practice start with the area model and write the expanded & factored forms of the expression based on that (long side of the area model has lengths 4 and y, short side of the area model has lengths 3 and x).  Unit Test on Tuesday - start studying.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  p. 30 Skills Activity, and compare mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism using a 3 circle venn diagram.

Classwork - Discussion of symboisis (3 types) and their similarities & differences, checked off Key Terms/Activity sheets for sections 1.3 & 1.4 (bring these back to class tomorrow). 

Homework - p. 24 Discovery Activity - Design a butterfly (trace the one in the book) such that is is camoflaged when you wear it in to class tomorrow

1.1 quiz corrections (on a separate piece of paper attached to your original quiz, solve the problem correctly and explain your mistake) due tomorrow.  Chapter 1 test on Tuesday - Start studying.

 

Wednesday 9/29

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - Describe your favorite thing(s) about autumn.

Classwork - translating verbal rules quiz, distributive property  practice changing factored forms to expanded forms and drawing area models. 

Homework - Finish your distributive property practice.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  Describe your favorite thing(s) about atumn.

Classwork - Section 1.2 Quiz, Read,/Key Terms/Activity sheets for sections 1.3 & 1.4 - due tomorrow at the beginning of class, review expectations for 1.1 quiz corrections

Homework - Sections 1.3 & 1.4 Key Terms and Activity sheets due tomorrow, 1.1 quiz corrections (on a separate piece of paper attached to your original quiz, solve the problem correctly and explain your mistake) due by Friday.

 

 

Tuesday 9/28

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 1.  Write the expanded form for (8+2)(4+3).  2.  Write the factored form of 5x2 + 5x6.  3.  Draw an area model for each problem.

Classwork - translating verbal rules (4.10) reviewed answers, discussed factoring & purpose for distributive property   

Homework - Complete the 4 questions on your yellow flip chart "Analyzing Tables & Graphs", Quiz corrections due by Wed. 9/29 (on a separate piece of paper attached to your original quiz, solve the problem correctly and explain what your mistake was originally).  Translating rules to equations quiz tomorrow.
 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  Think about our debate about overpopulation of deer. Use complete sentences to answer the following: 1.  State your position on the problem.  2.  State the most important supporting idea/fact for your position.  3.  State the most important counter-point to your position.

Classwork - Read, Key Terms, and Activity sheets for sections 1.3 & 1.4 - begin, due Thursday at the beginning of class, returned papers, discussed proficient examples for lab conclusions, graphs, & warm-ups, collected "Counting Turtles" lab.

Homework - Section 1.2 Quiz tomorrow!  Be sure to study!, begin your 1.1 quiz corrections (on a separate piece of paper attached to your original quiz, solve the problem correctly and explain your mistake) due by Friday.

 

 

Monday 9/27

7GT2 Math

Classwork - 

Warm-up - 24 Integer Game (#s are -8, -3, 8, 9)  Use each number only once and any operations you choose such that the result is 24.

Classwork - finish Sage & Scribe - translating verbal rules (2.10), discussed variables (definition), how we use graphs to tell stories, rates of change on a graph, independent vs. dependent variables & where they go on a graph.   

Homework - Do p. 4.10 (writing expressions from rules), Quiz corrections due by Wed. 9/29 (on a separate piece of paper attached to your original quiz, solve the problem correctly and explain what your mistake was originally). 
Secret Homework word is France (write the word down in your planner and secretly show it to Mrs. K.)

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  Math box on p. 27 (Analyzing Data)

Met in debate groups to discuss positions for debate, debated different solutions to problematic deer population explosion

Homework - Finalize your position from our debate today, Finish your "Counting Turtles" Lab - due tomorrow

Secret Homework word is France (write the word down in your planner and secretly show it to Mrs. K.) 

 

 

Week of September 20-24

Yeah!  I finally have access to IC for my two 7th grade classes!    Grades should be accessible later this week.  Please be sure to email Deb Hall in the office if you are having difficulties accessing your student's grades.  In math we are finalizing our study of math properties, integers & integer operations, as well as a review of order of operations.  We will start our mini variables unit this week.  In this unit we will be translating verbal rules into equations, evaluating the use of rules/equations/graphs/tables, and translating data from one representation to another.  In science this week we are studying about populations by focusing on different sampling methods for population estimations as well as factors that limit population sizes.  We will complete Chapter 1 work next week with a look at adaptations & interactions within communities.  

 

Thursday 9/23

7GT2 Math

Classwork - I Have/Who Has? integer practice, Sage & Scribe - translating verbal rules (2.10), returned quizzes and review quiz correction expectations (on a separate piece of paper attached to your original quiz, solve the problem correctly and explain what your mistake was originally) 

Homework - Quiz corrections due by Wed. 9/29 - BE SURE TO CHECK INFINITE CAMPUS FOR YOUR GRADES AFTER 5:00 FRIDAY

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  Calculating on p. 15  and p. 18 (in the caption for the flamingo illustration at the top of the page).

Began Counting Turtles Lab, met in debate groups to discuss positions for debate on Monday.

Homework - none, BE SURE TO CHECK INFINITE CAMPUS FOR YOUR GRADES AFTER 5:00 FRIDAY

 

Wednesday 9/22

7GT2 Math

Classwork - Using graphs to distort information, translating rules (verbal expressions of math relationships) into equations (numerical expressions of math relationships). 

Homework - 1.9 (Do #1-3 only)

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  Math boxes on p. 16 & p. 20 (inequalities)

Collected Bean & Toothpick mini labs, Limiting Factors - amoeba simulation

Homework - Read pg. 22-23 "Science and Society" in your text.  Come to class tomorrow ready to take & defend your position on the issue.  You can use the web link at the bottom of p. 23 or other resources to gather more info about this topic if you like.   Be sure to bring in a list of any extra resources you consult.

 

Tuesday 9/21

7GT2 Math

Classwork - Review of 4 quadrant graphing, review of fact families, expressions vs. equations- Notes and practice, Exit quiz for distributive property & fact family (as applied to integer operations) 

Homework - 10.1 (Choose 2 of the graphs to complete, you can do more if you feel like you would like extra practice), 8.5 complete all 3 of these problems

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  What factors might account for a death rate that is higher than a birth rate in a given population?

Ch 1 Section 2 Key Terms - collected at the end of class, toothpick population estimation mini lab, review of mean/median/mode as measures of "center"

Homework - Finish Mini Lab questions (see below)

Toothpick Population Mini Lab - Answer the following questions:

1. As the lead ecologist for this reasearch study, what will you report as the toothpick population in your journal article for Ecologist Magazine?  Explain.
2. What method did you use to estimate the toothpick population?

Bean Population Mini Lab - Answer the following questions:

1. What estimation method did you use to determine the bean population?
2. What is your estimate for the entire bean population?  Explain how you arrived at this number.

 

 

Monday 9/20

7GT2 Math

Classwork - Inverse Property, Identity Property, Distributive Property - Notes and practice,

Homework - P. 2.2 (Distributive Property)

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  Answer the 3 questions in the "Key Concepts" section on p. 13 in your text (top left corner of the page)

Ch 1 Section 2 Reading & Key Terms (due at the end of class tomorrow), bean population estimation mini lab

Homework - Key Terms will be collected at the end of class tomorrow, you will only have 5-10 minutes of class time to work on these.

 

Week of September 13-17

It feels like the beginning again today, but a great beginning!  We are still working to get our classes rearranged in Infinite Campus so students will be bringing home hand-written progress reports later this week to help update parents/guardians about current progress.  Please be sure to let me know if you have any questions/concerns about your student's progress.

Enjoy the beautiful Colorado weather this week!

 

Friday9/16

7GT2 Math

Classwork - Quiz, missing assignment lists distributed to all students

Homework - Parent/Guardian signature on Missing Assignment Lists, all late/missing work due by Monday at 8:30 am in box outside room 109

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  Predict what your grade will be on today's quiz.  Predict what you think your overall science grade is at this time.

Chapter 1 Section 1 Quiz, "Oh Deer" habitat graph and questions

Homework - Warm-ups due Monday in class, Parent/Guardian signature on Missing Assignment Lists due in class on Monday, all late/missing work due by Monday at 8:30 am in box outside room 112

 

Thursday 9/16

7GT2 Math

Classwork - Properties of integers activity

Homework - Quiz tomorrow (Real/Rational/Integer #'s, Order of operations, computations & problem solving situations using integers)

 

7AAP Science

Classwork -

Warm-up:  Make a list of all the factors that affect the ability of wildlife to successfully reproduce and maintain their populations over time.  Be sure to include both natural and human factors.

 "Oh Deer" habitat activity

Homework - Quiz tomorrow (Chapter 1 Section 1 - all key words and habitat info)

 

Wednesday 9/15 - Ms. Mullin was our guest teacher today

7GT2 Math

Classwork - Corrected p 1.4, Variable Dilemma math Expemplar

Homework - none

 

7AAP Science

Classwork -

Warm-up:  none

Collected Hypothesis/Conclusion packet, tech training in the library

Homework - none

 

 

Tuesday 9/14

7GT2 Math

Classwork - notes about commutative & associative properties, Begin p 1.4

Homework - 1.4 is due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - 

Warm-up:  The DNA of a chimpanzee is 98% the same as the first humans to walk upright.  Do you think this statement is true or false?  Explain why.

Finish video & notes "Among the Wild Chimpanzees" - collected questions, Review Hypothesis packet

Homework - Hypothesis/Conclusion Packet - conclusion pages due tomorrow at the beginning of class tomorrow.

  

Monday 9/13

7GT2 Math

Classwork - notes about absolute value, review and work time for integer & order of operations calculations

Homework - Finish all your calculations (2.1,2.2, 2.13, 3.15)  Due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

 

7AAP Science

Classwork -

Warm-up:  Who was Jane Goodall?  What do you know about her?

collected warm-ups (8/31-9/10), video & notes "Among the Wild Chimpanzees"

Homework - Hypothesis/Conclusion Packet - hypothesis pages due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

 

 

 

 

Week of September 7-10

Change is in the air and there are lots of changes happening at Hulstrom this week!

Due to the rearranging of classes and teaching assignments, many middle school students are changing teachers and class schedules (you should have received an email regarding theses changes). 

This has affected my 6th grade classes in the following ways: 

**1st period 6th grade AAP students will now have Mr. Paul Kaiser as their teacher.

**6GT math(2nd period), 6 AAP science (now 3rd hour instead of 4th) and 6 AAP math (now 4th hour instead of 3rd) will continue to have a fabulous substitute (Ms. Jamie Hill) until we are able to hire a permanent teacher for this position.  I will continue to provide lesson planning and student support for these classes as needed.

 

I will now be teaching the 7th GT2 math class 2nd hour and the 7th AAP science class 4th hour.  While I am sad to be changing just as I was getting to know our wonderful 6th graders, I feel strongly that the changes we are making as a 6-8 team will be best for students.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about these changes.

 

Friday 9/10

7 GT2 Math

Classwork - Reviewed the answers to homework Sheet 2.2 "How did the astronaut feel about going to Mars?", definition of "metacognition" in you math notebook .  Took notes on "Operations with Integers"and worked on worksheet 2.13.

Homework-none

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - Reviewed the ecology vocabulary and completed the Sorting Out LifeActivity

Homework-none

 

Thursday 9/9

7 GT2 Math

Classwork - EXPLORE test

Homework - Sheet 2.2 "How did the astronaut feel about going to Mars?", definition of "metacognition" in you math notebook   Due tomorrow at the beginning of class

 

7AAP Science

Classwork - EXPLORE test

Homework - none

 

Wednesday 9/8

7 GT2 Math

Classwork - Class notes (Real numbers, rational numbers, integers), general outline - learning plan for Sept.

Homework - Sheet 2.2 "How did the astronaut feel about going to Mars?", definition of "metacognition" in you math notebook   Due tomorrow at the beginning of class

 

7AAP Science

Classwork -

Warm-up:  As an ecologist observing an organism within its habitat.   List the essential things you must include to make a complete description of that habitat.

Re-do "Writing in Science - habitat description" 3 paragraphs (description of room/house/surroundings, description of how you get water/food/shelter, why is this habitat specific to you), some students took back their Dot Lab to complete

Homework - Writing in Science habitat paragraphs, Dot Lab, any missing work, blue intro letter to parents/guardians

 

Tuesday 9/7

7 GT2 Math

Classwork - I have/Who Has?, teamwork & table leader expectation, getting to know Mrs. K.

Homework - A good student/teacher/school is... survey (pink for you and blue for your parent/guardian).  Due tomorrow at the beginning of class

 

7AAP Science

Classwork -

Warm-up:  Write 2 things you would like to know about Mrs. K. personally and 2 things you would like Mrs. K. to know about you personally.

Finish "Writing in Science - habitat description" collected as exit ticket, collected Dot Lab, discussed missing assignments (every student met with Mrs. K. and wrote down any missing assignments in his/her planner) ALL missing work is due in the Late bin by Monday 9/13 for 50% credit (if not turned in by Monday, missing assignment scores will become zeros), getting to know Mrs. K.

Homework - A good student/teacher/school is... survey (pink for you and blue for your parent/guardian).  Due tomorrow at the beginning of class