Thursday, March 4, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010

General Announcements:
  • Parents! Teacher Conference Sign-ups for next Friday's (3/12) Conference Day now posted in the front entryway of the Prisms. Sign up soon for best chance at getting your preferred time slot! Parents who don't come to the school regularly can feel free to e-mail Grace for sign up help. Please include preferred range of time and if you would prefer to conference with Jane or John. We will do our best to accommodate your requests.
  • 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 Fri., 3/5: Complete #8-#11 on p. 52. Show how you got each answer. Include units of measurement and answer questions in complete, edited sentences that show the original question.
  • 8th Grade:
    • Due Fri., 3/5: Complete #8-#11 on p. 35 using the Pythagorean Theorem and symbolic method.
Social Studies:
  • None assigned
Science:
  • None assigned
Language Arts: Spanish:
  • 7th Grade:
      Due Fri., 3/5: Complete 2 activities in Qué Tal magazine
  • 8th Grade:
    • ¡No hay tarea!
Moment of Zen:

Happy National Pun Day!

"The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability."

~Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia, 1849

Why today? Because only on March Fourth can you really March Forth to the beet of your own humor and see how it's taken root. I leave the rest up to you: please comment with your best (I use the term loosely) puns, so we can all share in the punishment.

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