Covalent Bonding

The schedule is a little crazy the next couple of days because of the Writing SOL test, but we are practicing ionic bonding and naming and learning how to bond and name things that are covalent. 

If it is a - and -, the bond is covalent. The electrons are shared in the bond. To get the formula, you have to draw the Lewis Dot structures for the elements and connect the dots that don't have friends. You write the formula based on your drawing. To name it, use prefixes to indicate the number of atoms in the formula and the second one ends in -ide. For these it doesn't matter which element comes first.