Week+of+August+31+2015

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 * Have a great weekend!
 * Labor day is this September 6 so no school on Monday.
 * Friday math due tomorrow! Be sure you show your work for all the problems you solved. Neatness counts.
 * X-tra Credit for X-tra Math this week. Next week X-tra Math will be a required homework assignment.
 * ** The Friday Math (due Friday) **
 * ** The Plant Worksheet (due Tomorrow) **
 * ** Xtra-Math This week extra credit (due every school week night) ** ** Here is a link to [|X-tra-Math] **

=Homework: August 31:=
 * Math: Today we were assigned our first Friday math paper. It is due on Friday. Each night students should complete 1/4 of the total problems. Be sure to check in during workshop or after school if some problems are tricky or too complicated.

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 * [[image:kheveyvt/photo (2).JPG]] || ===9/3 Today in science class we conducted our first experiment: Our question was: Will ice melt faster in fresh water or salt water. The students used the scientific method to write a lab report using the scientific method.===

Science: Today we learned how to write a strong conclusion and worked on writing conclusions of our Salt Lab. Ask your student about his or her on-line lab report. [|Conclusion Writing] [|Conclusion Tutorial]
 * Today in math: We continued to practice working with ratios and ratio tables. Students gave real-life examples of ratios. Like for every 4 cookies my dad eats I eat 1.** ||

Math: We learned how to use tape diagrams to solve ratio problems. [|Tape Diagram 1] Setting up tape diagrams [|Tape Diagrams] Examples: [|Solve Ratios] Using tape diagrams September 2: Science: We talked about what a dependent and independent variable is. We learned more about the scientific method. Here is a link to a video that helped us learn the scientific method: [|Scientific Method Steps]
 * Class Notes:**

Science: We are learning about the scientific method. We learned the difference between a guess and a prediction and used vocabulary such as dependent and independent variables. Here is a link to a video that summarizes our lesson. [|Variables Video] [|Scientific Method Steps] This song reviews the steps to the scientific method.
 * September 1:**

August 31 In math class we learned about ratios. We even made ratio tables. Work on Friday math each night.