Thursday, October 14, 2010

General Announcements:

• Mon., 10/18: River Cleanup! As part of Science and our study of river ecology, the Prisms will be picking up trash near the Mill River. Come join us, either from 12:40-1:45, or 1:45-3pm , or both of these times.
• Wed., 10/27: Día de los muertos: Join us for a pot-luck Day of the Dead celebration from 6:30 to 8 PM in the All-School Space.
• 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
  • Due Fri., 10/15:
    • Complete 2.4 on pp. 23-24 of CMP book.
    • 7B: Complete 1.1B and follow-up using your data from the bouncing ball experiment.
• Grade 8
  • Due Fri., 10/15: Complete graphing a, b, and c tables on p. 27. Also, do 2.4 on p. 21 (Graph paper is available if you need it for your approach).

Social Studies:

• Due Fri., 10/15: Library resources you've collected or a note from a parent describing your library research process so far.

Science:

• Quiz Fri., 10/15 on Ecosystems

Language Arts:

• Due Fri., 10/15:
  • Apply the Venn Diagram approach as used in class to analyze, compare and contrast the settings of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and "Marigolds". Use the resource made in class and bring it back with homework to Friday's class

Spanish:

• Grade 7 & 8:
  • Due Fri., 10/22: Have chosen your ofrenda subject.
  • Día de los muertos Documents
  • Day of the Dead Research Websites - Some good jumping off points for information about how the holiday is celebrated: (Updated 10/14/10)
    • http://www.dayofthedead.com
    • http://mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
    • http://azcentral.com/ent/dead

Moment of Zen photo by Ramiro Chaves