Friday, January 28, 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
• Yoga Fridays - For the Fridays until February break, the Prisms should bring comfortable clothing for yoga class in the afternoon, and a mat if you have it. Last week we had enough mats for everyone if the two groups shared, but you may want to label your mat if you want to get the same one back.
• Wednesday, 2/2: Reception/Celebration of the Prisms' artistic work on the history of the Connecticut River Valley, 6:30-7:15 pm in the Atelier.
• 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:

• All: Due Mon., 1.31: Math's Mates 2.6 according to usual protocol, including any attached N/A problems from 2.4 or 2.5.
• Test Fri., 2/4: Math's Mates Midterm 2 Test (covering material from 2.1-2.4) - Now and not then is the time for questions. You can email questions to Grace whenever at grace.mrowicki AT gmail.

Language Arts:

• Due Mon., 1/31: Have one book related to your research topic.

Social Studies:

• Nada

Science:

• Due Mon., 1/31: Type up your experiment report, following given format.

Spanish:

Moment of Zen:

Spiderman?

French daredevil climber Alain Robert freeclimbed the 450-foot tall Hang Seng Bank headquarters in Hong Kong earlier this week, nominally to draw awareness to the pollution of the densely populated city. Robert has climbed 85 other buildings around the world, including the second tallest building in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after two previous attempts, which both ended with his arrest at the 60th floor. While he has been arrested and fined numerous times for climbing buildings, he's also been invited and paid to climb buildings on several occasions, notably to promote the British TV premiere of the movie Spiderman in 2003, when he was paid to climb the 312 foot Lloyd's of London building wearing a Spiderman costume.

Wednesday, January 26, 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
• Yoga Fridays - For the Fridays until February break, the Prisms should bring comfortable clothing for yoga class in the afternoon, and a mat if you have it. Last week we had enough mats for everyone if the two groups shared, but you may want to label your mat if you want to get the same one back.
• Wednesday, 2/2: Reception/Celebration of the Prisms' artistic work on the history of the Connecticut River Valley, 6:30-7:15 pm in the Atelier.
• 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 7: Due Thurs., 1/27: 3.1 on p. 28 and #1-5 on p. 33-34
• Grade 8: Due Thurs., 1/27: 2.1 on p. 18 and 2.1 follow-up on p.18
• All: Math's Mates Mid-term 2 test coming up end of next week

Language Arts:

• All: Have your LA journal and independent reading book every day.
• Due Thurs., 1/27: Grade 8: Bring all research materials to class.
• Due Fri., 1/28: Have a set of 4x6 index cards, lined on one side
• Due Mon., 1/31: Have one book related to your research topic.

Social Studies:

• Nada

Science:

• Due Thurs., 1/27:
  • Complete graph of data from experiment today
  • Answer on back of sheet: What patterns (if any), did you see in the data? Did the data confirm your hypothesis? If you didn't have a hypothesis, use the class' hypothesis: that the bigger the jar got, the longer the candle would burn.
• There is some debate as to whether both classes have the same assignment

Spanish:

Moment of Zen:
The heart of a lighthouse: much like the heart of a seashell.

Tuesday, January 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
• Yoga Fridays - For the Fridays until February break, the Prisms should bring comfortable clothing for yoga class in the afternoon, and a mat if you have it. Last week we had enough mats for everyone if the two groups shared, but you may want to label your mat if you want to get the same one back.
• Tuesday, 2/1: Reception/Celebration of the Prisms' artistic work on the history of the Connecticut River Valley, 6:30-7:15 pm.
• 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 7: Due Wed., 1/26: Study for quiz on scientific notation. Complete #5 and #7 on p. 23 and #11 on p. 24. You will need grid paper and dot paper.
• Grade 8:
  • Due Wed., 1/26: Study for quiz on scientific notation. Complete 1.3 on p. 9 and #14 and #15 on p. 14.
  • Retest Wed., 1/26: Continue reviewing material from Moving Straight Ahead. Test will take place after school, so you need to make arrangements to stay after. You will be able to finish the test in time to make the 4:15 bus.
• All: Math's Mates Mid-term 2 test coming up end of next week or beginning of the following week.

Language Arts:

• All: Have your LA journal and independent reading book every day.
• Due Tues., 1/25: Group 2: Turn in recent photo of yourself to leave with Overlook resident. Bring in additional album/collection of photos to share.
• Due Thurs., 1/27: Grade 8: Bring all research materials to class.
• Due Fri., 1/28: Have a set of 4x6 index cards, lined on one side
• Due Mon., 1/31: Have one book related to your research topic.

Social Studies:

• Due Wed., 1/26: Gp. 1: Draw 3 goods traded along the Silk Road.

Science:

• Nada

Spanish:

Moment of Zen:

A Dinosaur's Life

Long-exposure photograph of Diplodocus skeleton in the Museum of Natural History. Kind of puts the notion of time in relation to dinosaurs in perspective.

Monday, January 24, 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
• Yoga Fridays - For the Fridays until February break, the Prisms should bring comfortable clothing for yoga class in the afternoon, and a mat if you have it. Last week we had enough mats for everyone if the two groups shared, but you may want to label your mat if you want to get the same one back.
• Tuesday, 2/1: Reception/Celebration of the Prisms' artistic work on the history of the Connecticut River Valley, 6:30-7:15 pm.
• 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 7: Due Tues., 1/25: #6 on p. 23. Study the vocab in class notes and scientific notation.
• Grade 8:
  • Due Tues., 1/25: Graph by hand #2 on p. 10 (table data). Complete all of #3 on p. 11. Study scientific notation for quiz.
  • Retest Wed., 1/26: Continue reviewing material from Moving Straight Ahead. Test will take place after school, so you need to make arrangements to stay after. You will be able to finish the test in time to make the 4:15 bus.
• All: Math's Mates Mid-term 2 test coming up end of next week or beginning of the following week.

Language Arts:

• All: Have your LA journal and independent reading book every day.
• Due Tues., 1/25: Group 2: Turn in recent photo of yourself to leave with Overlook resident. Bring in additional album/collection of photos to share.
• Due Thurs., 1/27: Grade 8: Bring all research materials to class.
• Due Fri., 1/28: Have a set of 4x6 index cards, lined on one side
• Due Mon., 1/31: Have one book related to your research topic.

Social Studies:

• Nada

Science:

• Due Tues., 1/25: Side-by-side ½-page colored pencil illustrations of combustion and photosynthesis, to be completed on white, unlined paper.

Spanish:

Moment of Zen:

A Dinosaur's Life

Long-exposure photograph of Diplodocus skeleton in the Museum of Natural History. Kind of puts the notion of time in relation to dinosaurs in perspective.