Week Plan 4/22

Mr. Davis’ Wild Weekly Plan
April 22, 2008

This week we will finish Krautin’ in America and begin making vinegar. Also we will start our Amish Friendship Bread, which will not be finished for 10 days. We are going to take a look at the California Math Content Standards for 7th Grade and see how we’re progressing. Our homework will focus on math concepts deemed most important by the State of California (one of the best states by far).
*Thursday at 12:00 will be a parent-student-teacher roundtable.

Tuesday:

Class:
1. Quiz: Fractions
2. Collect Mighty Microbes Review Homework
3. Begin Amish Friendship Bread starter
4. Math Review: scientific Notation, Rational/irrational numbers
5. Handout all homework for week and Prokaryote (bacteria) vs. Eukaryote (yeast) info

Homework: CA Content Standards #1

Wednesday:

Class:
1. Observe sauerkraut and fermented apple juice.
2. Prokaryote vs. Eukaryote handout
3. Create and carry out plan for making vinegar
4. Math Review: % change, exponents, roots

Homework: CA Content Standards #2

Thursday:

Class:
1. Observe yeast cells
2. Amish Friendship Bread and vinegar
3. Math Review: properties and equations
4. Quiz: Bacteria vs. Yeast

Homework: CA Content Standards #3

Friday:

Class: Rotation Stations focusing on the MATH within our Mighty Microbes project

Mighty Microbes - Handouts, etc.

http://staff.htmma.hightechhigh.org/~wesd/Wes%20Davis%20Teaching%20Portfolio/MightyMicrobes.html

Click the link above (or copy and paste into your browser) for handouts. The review questions are due Tuesday; students should have the information in their notes and can supplement with the internet.

My digital portfolio is at www.staff.htmma.hightechhigh.org/~wesd

Have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr. D

Thursday - What's going on in class?

posted at 10:30 am

The My Little Ponies have begun Not Making Wine by fermenting apple juice in various containers. Today we took a pop quiz on microbiology and graphing. Additionally the MLP's are helping fine tune the final product for our Mighty Microbes project.

The Cutie Pies are going to begin fermenting their apple juice today and will focus on graphing horizontal and vertical lines.

THANK YOU LISA CAIRNCROSS FOR PREPARING OUR BASKET FOR THE CATWALK CABARET!!!

Krautin' in America

Watch as students bravely try sauerkraut for the first time.



Homework Tonight: Graphing horizontal and vertical lines