Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Note: today's homework blog post may be incomplete. Please check with someone in the class if you are unclear. - Grace

General Announcements:

• 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.
• Wed., 1/6: Next installment of Field Trip Money due ($20)
• Friday, 1/8: 6-7-8 Dance, 8-11 PM! Decoration committee meets 3-4 and must arrange own pickup at 4, Food committee meets at 7:45 in All-School space. Comment with music requests!

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due Wed., 1/6:Complete 1.3 and Follow-Up on pp.10-11 of CMP book. Use a ruler to create an eye-pleasing table into which you will record your data.
• 8th Grade:
  • Due Wed., 1/6: Complete #24, 25, 26, and 27 beginning on p.73. Be certain to organize your work so it is clear to the reader. Be certain to provide complete explanations for how you arrived at your answers.

Social Studies: Science:

• Due Wed., 1/6: In Physical Science textbook, read pgs. 317-324. Quiz on vocab/Inner Planets this Wed., 1/6.
  • Group 2 has books tonight (Tues. 1/5).

Language Arts:

• Due :

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:

• 8th Grade:

Moment of Zen: The noble leukocyte (or white blood cell), as immortalized by the folks at Giant Microbes. They also have adorable plushies of many disease-causing microorganisms, but this is the little guy who fights them back. The site also has a cute animation of the fightin' leukocyte. See you tomorrow, folks.