Tuesday, May 4, 2010

General Announcements:

• Friday, May 7: We will be meeting at 8:30 directly at Helen Hills Hills Chapel for a hip-hop rehearsal. There is an essential e-mail from Amy about coordinating transportation to and from Smith College. We need to know:
  • If you need transport from HCCPS to Smith at 8:15
  • If you can drive from HCCPS at 8:15
  • If you can drive from Smith to HCCPS at 9:30 - We need to transport the whole class back and, due to scheduling, the bus is not an option.
• Share Your DC Pictures! Pick up to 20 of your best shots from DC to upload to the group account at Photobucket for official trip documentation. Sort photos into the albums for Monuments/Memorials, Museums, People, and Other. Email Grace if you need the login information or if you have trouble logging in. The account is private, but I have a separate guest password to pass along to parents, grandparents, etc. which grants view-only access.
• 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., 5/5:
    • Finish MCAS packet (Session 2) handed out today, except the final open response, #39.
    • Scientific Notation Worksheet (2.1) handed out today, #1-10, work on lined paper.
• 8th Grade:
  • Due Wed., 5/5: Finish MCAS packet handed out today. Write out answers for open-response questions on lined paper as if writing in test booklet. Work for all other questions shown in packet.

Social Studies:

• Due Wed., 5/5: Complete questions in packet handed out today analyzing 5 documents.

Science: None assigned Language Arts:

• Due Wed., 5/5: Read for 20 min in independent reading book. Bring book to class.

Moment of Zen:

Tiny Census

Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between an astronomical event happening on a huge scale from a tiny creature in the deep sea. The above picture is one of those cases (it's actually an amoeba). Click the picture above or below to follow to National Geographic's recent gallery of microscopic undersea life, featuring some spectacular, if a bit surreal specimens.