NOTE: Students are to always have their current independent reading book with them in school. They should be reading for 20 minutes daily in their independent reading book.
Language Arts
Assigned today: Due Monday, 4/6, write open response answer to Reagan speech question. Use the graphic organizer and the speech to develop a well-developed response. Look at the Rico MCAS evaluation criteria to guide you also. Record start and stop time.
Previously assigned/still due: None
Math
Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school.
Assigned today: 7th Grade: None (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: None (Looking for Pythagoras).
Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None
Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet.
Social Studies
Assigned today: None
Previously Assigned/still due: Due Monday, 4/6, read "Judaism" handout, and answer questions on handout. Also, highlight parts that are interesting or about which you have questions.
Science
Assigned today: None
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Spanish
Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None
Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade & 8th Grade: Spanish Projects will be due Friday, 4/17 (before Spring Break). We will present them and enjoy Hispanic dishes that day!
8th Grade Project
- Write something everyday in your journal (except weekends, unless otherwise arranged with advisor): entries should be dated and focused on how your independent project is going, your feelings about it, challenges, successes.
- Journals are turned in every Friday morning (onto Marc's table). If we do not have school on Friday, they are turned in at the end of the day on Thursday.
Atelier
- Due Wednesday, 4/8, finish second composition. Place in "Other" homework bin in morning on 4/8.
Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:
- 8th grade - L.A. journal (for project entry)
- L.A. - "Reagan Speech" handout, graphic organizer, Rico MCAS evaluation criteria
- Social Studies handout - "Judaism"
REMINDER - TOMORROW, 4/3, IS A LATE START. SCHOOL WILL OPEN AT 9:15 A.M.
NOTE: Students are to always have their current independent reading book with them in school. They should be reading for 20 minutes daily in their independent reading book.
Language Arts
Assigned today: Due Friday, 4/3, write a well-developed answer to the open response question about Rico - based on graphic organizer and article. Also, record the time you began and the time you ended your writing on your homework paper.
Previously assigned/still due: None
Math
Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school.
Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Friday, 4/3, on Additional Practice, Investigation 7, do the following problems only: #1, 2, & 3. Use the formulas we've developed and pi= to 3.14. Show how you got each answer. Calculators may be used, as usual, for CMP assignments (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: Due Friday, 4/3, us the Pythagorean Theorem to find the helicopter distances in #8, 9, 10, and 11 on p. 35. Also, use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve #14, 15, and 16 on p. 36. (Looking for Pythagoras).
Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None
Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet.
Social Studies
Assigned today: Due Friday, 4/3, read pp. 202-203 and do parts A & B on p. 203 of handout ("The Triangular Trade"). Due Monday, 4/6, read "Judaism" handout, and answer questions on handout. Also, highlight parts that are interesting or about which you have questions.
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Science
Assigned today: None
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Spanish
Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None
Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade & 8th Grade: Spanish Projects will be due Friday, 4/17 (after Spring Break). We will present them and enjoy Hispanic dishes that day!
8th Grade Project
- Write something everyday in your journal (except weekends, unless otherwise arranged with advisor): entries should be dated and focused on how your independent project is going, your feelings about it, challenges, successes.
- Journals are turned in every Friday morning (onto Marc's table). If we do not have school on Friday, they are turned in at the end of the day on Thursday.
Atelier
- Due Wednesday, 4/8, finish second composition. Place in "Other" homework bin in morning on 4/8.
Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:
- 8th grade - L.A. journal (for project entry)
- L.A. - "Rico" handout
- Social Studies handouts - "The Triangular Trade" and "Judaism"
- Math 7 - math book and binder, and handout
- Math 8 - math book and binder, and handout of p. 35
NOTE: Students are to always have their current independent reading book with them in school. They should be reading for 20 minutes daily in their independent reading book.
Language Arts
Assigned today: Due tomorrow, complete first draft of novel.
Previously assigned/still due: None
Math
Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school.
Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due tomorrow, problems #1-99 on p. 93 (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: Due tomorrow, problems #1-101 on p. 80 (Looking for Pythagoras).
Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None
Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet.
Social Studies
Assigned today: Found a World Religion.
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Science
Assigned today: Due tomorrow, completed life-size model of human skeletal system.
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Spanish
Assigned today: 7th Grade: Translate the novel you are writing for L.A. into Spanish. 8th Grade: Translate the novel you are writing for L.A. into Spanish.
Previously Assigned/still due: 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 4/2, read ch. 6 (the last chapter!) 7th Grade & 8th Grade: Spanish Projects will be due Friday, 4/17 (after Spring Break). We will present them and enjoy Hispanic dishes that day!
8th Grade Project
- Write something everyday in your journal (except weekends, unless otherwise arranged with advisor): entries should be dated and focused on how your independent project is going, your feelings about it, challenges, successes.
- Journals are turned in every Friday morning (onto Marc's table). If we do not have school on Friday, they are turned in at the end of the day on Thursday.
Atelier
- Repaint the Sistine Chapel (don't tell the Pope, it's a surprise!).
- Finish second composition - due next Wednesday, 4/8.
Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:
- 8th grade - L.A. journal (for project entry)
For tomorrow, Wednesday 4/1, wear comfortable clothes (i.e. no skirts) suitable for yoga. This activity is part of our study of movement and the human skeleton.
NOTE: Students are to always have their current independent reading book with them in school. They should be reading for 20 minutes daily in their independent reading book.
Language Arts
Assigned today: None
Previously assigned/still due: None
Math
Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school.
Assigned today: 7th Grade: None (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: None (Looking for Pythagoras).
Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: Due Wednesday, 4/1, Math's Mate Term 4, Sheet 4. 8th: Due Wednesday, 4/1, Math's Mate Term 3, Sheet 4.
Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet.
Social Studies
Assigned today: None
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Science
Assigned today: None
Previously Assigned/still due: Due Wednesday, 4/1, read pp. 127-133, answer questions 1, 3-5 and Challenge #2 on p. 134.
Spanish
Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 4/2, read ch. 6 (the last chapter!).
Previously Assigned/still due: 8th Grade: None 7th Grade & 8th Grade: Spanish Projects will be due Friday, 4/17 (after Spring Break). We will present them and enjoy Hispanic dishes that day!
8th Grade Project
- Write something everyday in your journal (except weekends, unless otherwise arranged with advisor): entries should be dated and focused on how your independent project is going, your feelings about it, challenges, successes.
- Journals are turned in every Friday morning (onto Marc's table). If we do not have school on Friday, they are turned in at the end of the day on Thursday.
Atelier
- Due Wednesday, 4/1, finish first compositions. Place in "Other" homework bin in morning.
Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:
- 8th grade - L.A. journal (for project entry)
- Science handout - "Energy and Machines"
- Math's Mate
- Spanish 8 - ch. 6
NOTE: Students are to always have their current independent reading book with them in school. They should be reading for 20 minutes daily in their independent reading book.
Language Arts
Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 3/31, have your independent reading book with you in all classes. If you need to use the class library, do it before 3 p.m. today, Monday. Use the established library system. Grade 8 only: Bring all 8th grade Project research resources to school in an organized way.
Previously assigned/still due: None
Math
Reminder: Everyone must have their own calculator at school.
Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Wednesday, 4/1, Math's Mate Term 4, Sheet 4. DueTuesday, 3/31, on p. 78, do all of #13 and only a & b of #14. Show your strategy and calculation - not just answers (Covering and Surrounding). 8th Grade: Due Wednesday, 4/1, Math's Mate Term 3, Sheet 4. Due Tuesday, 3/31, complete 3.3 on p. 31 according to directions. Use the symbolic method accurately when applying the Pythagorean Theorem to solve any problem with a right triangle (Looking for Pythagoras).
Previously Assigned/still due: 7th: None 8th: None
Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper from the internet.
Social Studies
Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 3/31, complete Judaism survey.
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Science
Assigned today: Due Wednesday, 4/1, read pp. 127-133, answer questions 1, 3-5 and Challenge #2 on p. 134.
Previously Assigned/still due: None
Spanish
Assigned today: 7th Grade: Study vocabulary 8th Grade: None
Previously Assigned/still due: 8th Grade: Due Tuesday, 3/31, translation of p. 36 OR 37. 7th Grade & 8th Grade: Spanish Projects will be due Friday, 4/17 (after Spring Break). We will present them and enjoy Hispanic dishes that day!
8th Grade Project
- Write something everyday in your journal (except weekends, unless otherwise arranged with advisor): entries should be dated and focused on how your independent project is going, your feelings about it, challenges, successes.
- Journals are turned in every Friday morning (onto Marc's table). If we do not have school on Friday, they are turned in at the end of the day on Thursday.
Atelier
- Due Wednesday, 4/1, finish first compositions.
Materials Needed for Homework to be Taken Home:
- 8th grade - L.A. journal (for project entry)
- Math book and binder
- Math 8 - labsheet 3.3
- Spanish Gr. 8 - pages for translation
- Social Studies - Judaism survey handout
- Science handout - "Energy and Machines"
