Saturday, November 20, 2010

Friday, November 19, 2010

General Announcements:
  • OK, folks - I need your help. I have the math assignment, and I'm pretty sure there's no LA homework, but please stick a comment up if you know there to be Science or Social Studies over the weekend.

Math:
  • Due Mon., 11/22:
    • "Scaling a Recipe" (brownie math) sheet, work shown on separate paper
    • OR
    • 5.4/5.5 (fraction/decimal/percent practice) - both sides of one sheet, work shown on separate paper
Language Arts:
  • Due Fri., 11/19:

Social Studies:

Science:
  • Due :

Spanish:
  • Grade 7:

Moment of Zen:

Buildings That Look Like What They Sell

Follow the link for 9 more including a building that looks like a bulldozer, a BMW building made to look like engine parts, and a financial building which draws its inspiration from old-school computer program punch cards.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Thursday, November 18, 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
  • 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:
  • Due Fri., 11/19: Math's Mates 1.8 and any attached N/A problems from previous sheets. Work for * problems should be shown on a separate sheet of paper. No calculators.
  • Test Tues., 11/23: Math's Mates Term 1 Test - it's just like a regular Math's Mates, but you do it in school.
Language Arts:
  • Due Fri., 11/19: Complete with quality: "Charting the Course" — this must be edited.

Social Studies:
  • Nada

Science:
  • Due Fri., 11/19: Answer attached questions about the reading on the "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico

Spanish:
  • Grade 7:

Moment of Zen:

This is what happens when you don't fold the map correctly and it wrinkles.

But actually it's what a recent earthquake in New Zealand did to railroad tracks.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Wednesday, November 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
  • Wed., 11/17: All citrus orders must be picked up. Someone from the class will be on hand during AM dropoff, midday (k-5) pickup, and afternoon (6-8) pickup until 4:30 to help you find your order and check it out. If you cannot pickup on Wed. 11/17, please contact me to make other arrangements.
  • 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:
  • On 3.8 sheet handed out today (Mixed # division), do even #s only. Work for these problems must be shown on separate paper.
Language Arts:
  • Nada

Social Studies:
  • Quiz Thurs., 11/18: Quiz on the geography of South Asia
  • Due Thurs., 11/18: On two-page map handout, look at the list of South Asian countries on second page. Color each of the names, then color the country on the first page the same color as its name. On other map handout, identify countries and major bodies of water by name.

Science:
  • Due Thurs., 11/18: In packet, read 94-101 and answer questions 1-3 on separate paper.

Spanish:
  • Grade 7:

Moment of Zen:

Click map for larger version

What if the largest countries had the biggest populations?


Curious folks decided to see what would happen if they lined up the lists of the world's countries in order by land area and by population, then, for each list number, map the name of the country with that population onto the shape of the country with that land area.

A couple things to notice:
  • Four countries, the US, Yemen, Ireland and Brazil, have the same position on the population list as the area list.
  • The South Asian countries, usually squished into a small corner of the map, occupy several of the largest areas, including Canada (India), Greenland (Vietnam) and Australia (Pakistan).

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

General Announcements:
  • Apologies for late blog - I spent this afternoon organizing citrus orders. Also, if you notice something missing or wrong, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
  • Wed., 11/17: All citrus orders must be picked up. Someone from the class will be on hand during AM dropoff, midday (k-5) pickup, and afternoon (6-8) pickup until 4:30 to help you find your order and check it out. If you cannot pickup on Wed. 11/17, please contact me to make other arrangements.
  • 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:
  • On 3.7 sheet handed out yesterday (Mixed # multiplication), do odd #s only. Work for these problems must be shown on separate paper.
Language Arts:
  • Nada

Social Studies:
  • Due Thurs., 11/18: On two-page map handout, look at the list of South Asian countries on second page. Color each of the names, then color the country on the first page the same color as its name. On other map handout, identify countries and major bodies of water by name.

Science:
  • Nada

Spanish:
  • Grade 7:

Moment of Zen:


Monday, November 15, 2010

Monday, November 15, 2010

General Announcements:
  • Wed., 11/17: All citrus orders must be picked up. Someone from the class will be on hand during AM dropoff, midday (k-5) pickup, and afternoon (6-8) pickup until 4:30 to help you find your order and check it out. If you cannot pickup on Wed. 11/17, please contact me to make other arrangements.
  • 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:
  • On 3.7 sheet handed out today (Mixed # multiplication), do even #s only. Work for these problems must be shown on separate paper.
Language Arts:
  • Nada

Social Studies:
  • Nada:

Science:
  • Due Tue., 11/16:
    • Using information from simplified stream food web, create a food pyramid on the back of the same sheet.
      Notes:
      1. Ignore the relationship between the hellbender and the tadpole.
      2. If an animal fits into more than one level of the pyramid, it goes in the higher/narrower level.

Spanish:
  • Grade 7:
    • Due Tue., 11/16: Comic of 1st page of Pobre Ana
  • Grade 8:
    • Due Tue., 11/16: Dibujos de 6 cosas que "le parece bonito."

Moment of Zen: