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We are chewing through a few in-class worksheets together and will have our very first project next week which will involve bringing in their own container-esque items and measuring them as best as possible! Bonus points will go to the most interesting item.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>7th<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have gotten through our first section of intro to algebra, substitution, and now we are graphing multiple points and developing a line through them. This uses substitution at least twice to get two different points on the line.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Algebra 1\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are covering some integral higher-level math concepts involving exponents and rationalization. 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