Friday, October 23, 2009

You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go. Math:

• None assigned.

Social Studies:

• Due Monday, 10/26: Finish your illustration of a historical event.

Science:

• Due Monday, 10/26: Write summary paragraph about what we've studied in Science so far:
  • Shackleton's Journey
  • Navigation techniques using stars (quadrants)
  • Latitude and longiture
  • Herzog's "Encounters at the End of the World"
  • Ice core analysis
• Draw a cover for your Science notebook that includes an image or theme from this unit.

Language Arts:

• Due Monday, October 26:
  • Read Ch. 9 in Goddess of Yesterday
  • Be ready for a quiz
  • Journal Entry: Describe one important decision made in this chapter. Then, state what the positive and negative consequences of the decision were. Include evidence from the story to support your opinions.

Moment of Zen:

Thursday, October 22, 2009

You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go. Math: 7th & 8th Grade:

• Due Fri. 10/23:
  • Math's Mates, Term 1, Sheet 5
  • Bring a calculator, a ruler, and a free reading book for the second part of your test.

Social Studies:

• Due Mon., 10/26: Finish your illustration of a historical event.

Language Arts:

• Due Friday, 10/23: Read Ch.8 in Goddess of Yesterday. (19 pages) On white, lined paper, write four quiz questions plus their answers that would be appropriate for a quiz I will give on Ch.8. Be sure all is edited well. These will be used for a lengthier quiz on the reading of Ch.8. (I will read the questions orally and you will answer with short answers.)

Moment of Zen: Believe it or not, this is a cake. See other interesting and, occasionally, disastrous cakes at Cake Wrecks.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go. Math: 7th & 8th Grade:

• Due Thursday, 10/22: Be ready for test on Investigations 1 and 2 both Thurs., 10/22 and Fri., 10/23. Use the following materials to help you prepare:
  • Your returned homework assignments from Inv. 1 & 2
  • Your CMP textbook
  Make sure you have a book with you in Math in case you finish early!
• Due Friday, 10/23: Complete Math's Mate, Term 1, Ex. 5, begun in class today. Show any written work/computation, especially for problems with a *, on a separate sheet of white, lined paper.

Social Studies:

• Due :

Science:

• Due :

Language Arts:

• Due Friday, 10/23: Read Ch.8 in Goddess of Yesterday. (19 pages) On white, lined paper, write four quiz questions plus their answers that would be appropriate for a quiz I will give on Ch.8. Be sure all is edited well. These will be used for a lengthier quiz on the reading of Ch.8. (I will read the questions orally and you will answer with short answers.)

Spanish:

Moment of Zen:

(photo credit: Gabe F.) This slithery fellow was curled up in a bush outside the Prisms yesterday after Homework Club on Tuesday.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go. Math: 7th Grade:

• Due Wed., 10/21: Complete #4 on p. 28-29 and #6 on p. 30 of CMP book according to directions. Show how you got your answers. Write responses in complete, edited sentences. Use relevant math vocabulary. You will need graph paper.

8th Grade:

• Due Wed., 10/21:Complete #5 (parts a and c only) and #6 (all parts) on p. 26 of CMP book. Show how you got your answers. Write responses in complete, edited sentences. Use relevant math vocabulary. You will need graph paper.

Social Studies:

• Due Wed., 10/21: The pg. 2 questions (handed out today) about the Solon/Democracy reading.

Science:

• Due Wed., 10/21: Your finished pouch made from the felt we dyed

Language Arts:

• Due Wed., 10/21:
  • Read Ch. 7 in Goddess of Yesterday (12 pages).
  • On white, lined paper, write four quiz questions that would be appropriate for a quiz I might give on Ch. 7 and answer them.

Spanish:

• Correction: As stated in Deena's letter, and not in yesterday's homework blog, the Prisms' Día de los Muertos celebration will be at 6:00-7:30 PM on Friday, October 30 in the All-School Space.

Moment of Zen: What's your caption?

Monday, October 19, 2009

You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go. Math: 7th Grade:

• Due Tues., 10/20: Complete all parts of #2 on p. 27 of CMP book according to directions. Write your responses in complete, edited sentences. Show how you got your answer. You will need graph paper.

8th Grade:

• Due Tues., 10/20: Complete #1, 2 and 3 on p. 24 of CMP book. Treat these like test questions. Write your responses in complete, edited sentences. Show how you got your answer. You will need graph paper.

Social Studies:

• Due Tues., 10/20: Read "Solon/Democracy" reading and answer questions on p. 1
• Due Wed., 10/21: Answer the p. 2 questions about "Solon/Democracy" reading.

Science:

• None assigned

Language Arts:

• Due Wed., 10/21:
  • Read Ch. 7 in Goddess of Yesterday (12 pages).
  • On white, lined paper, write four quiz questions that would be appropriate for a quiz I might give on Ch. 7 and answer them.

Spanish:

• Bring home the note about our Día de los Muertos celebration, which will take place on Friday, 10/30/09 at 6:00 PM

Moment of Zen: