David Murphy; 7th Grade Mathematics & Social Studies

Social Studies: We completed the end of the chapter 22 review today, or at least we were supposed too.  This should have been completed for HW.  We will spend Tuesday reviewing and getting ready for the TEST on Wednesday over Vietnam.  We also have a worksheet that compares Vietnam and India.  Believe it or not the two countries have quite a bit in common.

Math: Today was a day of blank stares and starry gazes.  I could almost hear the crickets chirping at times.  The content in question is section 4-5: Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences. This is a difficult concept to get them to understand.  However, I never said that the concept itself was difficult.  Rather, it is pretty simple.  The students just wig out, because they do not understand the relevance.  This too will come pretty soon. The assignment is Pgs. 244-245; Problems 2-40 even.  We will certainly go over the problems tomorrow before we check the HW.  Following that, The students will get a study guide to work for the Test on Thursday.  Yes, I put it off one day.