Wednesday, October 13, 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 Thurs., 10/14: Complete 2.3 on pp. 22-23 of CMP book.
• Grade 8
  • Due Thurs., 10/14: Complete #4, 5 and 6 on p. 26. For part (b) of #4, you should make the graph carefully rather than sketch it. You will need two sheets of grid paper.

Social Studies:

• Due Wed., 10/13: In group project packet, answer #1, fill out local library's weekly scehdule and when you will be going there before Friday.

Science:

• Due Thurs., 10/14: In complete sentences, answer a, b, c and d on the Food Web worksheet; answer on separate paper.
• Quiz Fri., 10/15 on Ecosystems

Language Arts:

• Due Thurs., 10/14:
  • Read for 20 min in independent reading book.
  • Have all LA materials in class with you
  • Design your costume for Literary Parade (Fri., 10/29). Locate a copy of the book.

Spanish:

• Grade 7 & 8:
  • Due Fri., 10/22: Have chosen your ofrenda subject.
  • Día de los muertos Documents

Moment of Zen On this day, I give you the gift of Dinosaur Comics in abundance. Yes, the pictures are the same every day and yes, it does get more awesome the more you read it.