Monday, April 25, 2011

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
• Fridays: Hip-Hop Dance - The Prisms' next PE unit will be hip-hop dance class on Friday afternoons. Students need to wear or bring comfortable clothes and shoes for class.
• Download Ukulele Club documents (links fixed) here.
• Eighth Grade Project resource page updated 1/24, including project deadlines through the end of February and downloadable documents. Page will be updated as I get new information.

Math:

Grade 8vc
• Due Tues., 4/26:
  • Complete #2, 3, 6, and 7 on T-145 handout using the Pythagorean Theorem and the symbolic method.

Grade 7
• Due Tues., 4/26:
  • Complete #18 on p.29 by using a counting tree to organize data. Also, do #5-8 on pp.37-39. (For #8 assume a 100 square grid contains the floor plan.)

Language Arts:

• All
  • Due Tues., 4/26: Read Ch. 7 and 8 of Nonna’s Book of Mysteries. In LA journal, write questions that you have from your reading and comments. Fill a journal page. Be ready to share in class Tuesday. Be ready for a quiz on your reading.

Social Studies:

• Rien

Science:

• Due Tues., April 26: Write a 1-page summary of our Chemistry studies; include what was the most interesting topic for you.

Spanish:

Grade 7
• Due Tues., 4/26: Read Ch. 1 of Piratas.
Grade 8
• Due Tues., 4/26: Resumenes de Robo en la noche hasta capítulo 4 (summaries up to ch. 4).

Moment of Zen:

Japanese origami artist Takayuki Hori's most recent exhibition, Oritsunagumono (translated as "things folded and connected"), examines the fragility of the existence of many species, using specially designed and printed sheets of transparent origami paper featuring images of the skeletons of animals. When folded, they printed images come together in a three-dimensional image of the animal's skeleton.