Tuesday, December 14, 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
• Parent Meeting Tues., 12/14, 6:30-8 PM The meeting will take place in the third-floor classroom. We will start planning for Coffeehouse, Graduation (which is put on by the 7th Grade parents) and let you know what's coming up for 8th Grade Project.
• Parents! Signup sheets for conferences are up in the entranceway to the Prisms' River Classroom, and slots are going fast! Check in soon to make sure you get your choice of time, and remember that conferences will be with the teacher, parent and Prism student.
• 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:

• Test Wed., 12/15 and Thurs., 12/16
• All: Due Tues., 12/14:
  • Study for unit test, using homework and textbook from this unit.

Language Arts:

• Due Th. 12/16: Read Chs. 11-15 of ...Sarah Barker. Be ready for a quiz on these chapters Thursday.

Social Studies:

• Fri., 12/17: Quiz on Hinduism/Gandhi

Atelier:

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

Science:

• Due Wed., 12/15: Completed prewriting for Succession story
• Due Thurs., 12/16: Completed Succession story

Spanish:

• All: Finish & study verb wheel using the following sites:
  • www.conjugation.org
  • www.verbix.com/languages/spanish.shtml
• Grade 7: Write 10 sentences with verbs from Pobre Ana
• Grade 8: Finish "La Cucaracha Estela" cuento; find and translate 5 new vocab. words.

Other:

• Grade 8:
  • Due Wed., 12/15: A letter to Emilie describing what you will do to contribute to a productive classroom environment in Wellness. The letter should be a page in length (typed, double spaced or neatly handwritten), well-formatted and well-edited.

Moment of Zen:

TreeHotel: Yes, Really

Apparently, TreeHotel, located in Northern Sweden, isn't unique in putting guests up in the trees, but takes the idea to new levels, with each tree-bound unit sporting a different concept: the Mirrorcube (pictured above), the Bird's Nest (below), and the UFO are just a few of the inaugural treehouses of TreeHotel, which opened with 6 rooms and plans to expand to 24. Click on the photo above to read an initial review of it by the Swedish newspaper The Local (in English) or on TreeHotel to visit the hotel's website (also in English).

So...field trip?