Friday, October 1, 2010

General Announcements:

• Read about the Prisms' ongoing observations in defining intelligent here.
• We need tissues! Cold season is upon us and we need nice tissues for sore noses. If every Prism family donated one box of tissues, that would almost certainly get us through the worst of tissue season.
• Fridays: Bring sneakers, clothes to run in and water bottle for Frisbee!

Math:

• Grade 7 & 8:
  • Due Mon., 10/4: Complete MM 1.3 according to usual protocol, with work shown for * problems on separate paper and completing any attached n/a problems from 1.2.

Social Studies:

• Due Mon., 10/4: Copy the timeline and mark key Indian periods.

Science:

• No homework

Language Arts:

• Due Mon., 10/4: With your parents, read through letter about the citrus fundraiser, fill out and sign it and have one or both of your parents sign it.

Spanish:

• Grade 7:
  • Due Fri., 10/1: Releer p. 1 de Pobre Ana.(Reread p. 1 of Pobre Ana)
• Grade 8:
  • Due Thurs., 9/30: Lee cuento 1: Verdadero o falso (Read story 1 - true or false)

Atelier:

• Due Wed., 10/6: 12 in square observed self-portrait. Use black pencil.

Moment of Zen The above photo is from science class one week ago (Fri., 9/24), in the Mill River behind the school. The photo below is from Friday, 10/1, after two days of heavy rain brought the river to levels nearing those of the snowmelt-fueled spring swell.