Friday, October 8, 2010

General Announcements:

• Citrus Sale! See details, access printable documents HERE
• 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 Tues., 10/12: Complete MM 1.4 according to usual protocol, with work shown for * problems on separate paper and completing any attached n/a problems from 1.2.

Social Studies:

• None

Science:

• None

Language Arts:

• Due Tues., 10/12: In an LA Journal entry develop the following topic sentence/position statement in a paragraph developed with evidence from the story. The paragraph should be about 200 words—about one page in the journal--: “A character that I truly admire in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry or "Marigolds" is __________________.” This is a legible first draft.

Spanish:

• Grade 7:
  • Due Tues., 10/12:
• Grade 8:
  • Due Tue., 10/12:

Moment of Zen

King of the Couch, King of the River

Steve Snell, a grad student in art at UMass, has been traveling the Connecticut River on his specially built couch boat. Click the picture above to read more about Snell, his work and his time on the river.