Friday, December 17, 2010

Friday, December 17, 2010

General Announcements:
  • If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
  • Fri., 12/17 - 6-7-8 Dance!: A production of HCCPS Student Council and the dance committees now forming, we invite HCCPS students in grades 6-8 to get their best moves on from 8-11 PM. A snack or drink to share is your admission ticket!
  • 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.

Math:
  • All: Due Mon., 12/20:
    • Complete Math's Mate 2.2 according to usual protocol, highlights of which include:
      • No calculators
      • Show work for * problems on separate paper
      • Complete any attached N/A problems, which may ask you to reference the 2.1 worksheet.
      • If you're stuck on a problem, comment on this blog post with your question, and I will respond as soon as I can.

Language Arts:
  • Test Wed., 12/22: On topics in all of The Gift of Sarah Barker.
  • Due Mon., 12/20: Read Chs. 19-22 of ...Sarah Barker. Be ready for a quiz on these chapters Monday.

Social Studies:
  • Eat something "mindfully" this weekend.

Atelier:
  • Continue working on your project as needed. You know what needs doing.

Science:
  • Due Mon., 12/20 Finish reading handout on Evolution. Answer questions 1-9 on p. 265 using complete sentences on separate paper.

Spanish:
  • All:
  • Grade 7: Write 10 sentences with verbs from Pobre Ana
  • Grade 8: Finish "La Cucaracha Estela" cuento; find and translate 5 new vocab. words.

Moment of Zen:


Art students in São Paulo, Brazil, made a sculpture of a monkey out of 10,000 flip-flops. It was created for recent Pixel Show, a international art and design fair held in São Paulo.

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