Class Topics: 02.02.12

In EDM, students collaborated with peers and developed effective feedback to complete a construction project.  The assignment dealt with creating a geometric design by following specific directions.   The assignment is graded on a rubric that the students had access to both prior and during the assignment.
In class, students...

• collaborated with peers to complete a construction task.
• generated effective feedback to assist a peer in completing a task.

For homework, students SHOULD...

• work on RAFT Writing Activity (First and Third Period Only).
• practice the following Khan Academy skills to front-load for the Unit Six Formative Pretest.
• Order of Operations Video
• Skill Practice
• Simple Equations Video
• Skill Practice

Monica, Grace and Cat Girl
are busy constructing.  

Shark Boy can work both in
and out of the water with a ruler.

The two S's measure with
precision.

In Pre-Algebra, students worked with volume, specifically Lesson 6.6: Volume of Prisms and Cylinders.  We discussed what makes a prism a prism and learned that it is a three-dimensional figure named for the shape of its bases which are two congruent polygons.  After introducing the formulas we talked about how they are applied to calculate for volume.  

In class, students...

• viewed a video on finding volume.
• applied the formula for volume of a prism and cylinder to problem situations.
• worked on Problem Solving 6.6.

For homework, students SHOULD...

• complete Problem Solving 6.6.

A little taste of the application of

the skill from today.