Friday, October 7, 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
• Thurs., 10/13: Philadelphia Convention role play.
• Fri., 10/28: Prisms Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. Download Full-Color Flier! (.pdf)

Humanities:

• Nada

Math:

Grade 7
• Due Tues., 10/11: I know there was another 7th Grade assignment, but it wasn't on the board nor did I assign it, so I don't know what it is. First person to comment with the correct Gr. 7 assignment gets something shiny!
Grade 8
• Due Tues., 10/11: Investigation 4 additional practice sheet.
All
• Due Tues., 10/11: Do MM 1.5 according to usual protocol (no calculator, work for * problems on separate paper) including any attached N/A problems.
Algebra B
• Check your school e-mail
• Due Wed., 10/12: Review solving for a variable by using opposite operation, p. 135, #21-41 odd-numbered problems only and p. 141, #4-11, and distributive property, p. 137 # 61-75, odds only. Focus on showing each step of your work - this is a format review as much as a content review.
• These problems expect you are comfortable with basic arithmetic using negative numbers, absolute values and the distributive property. If you need a little review on any of these, see the following chapters:
  • 2.2 (p.72) and 2.3 (p. 79): Addition & Subtraction with Negatives and Absolute Values
  • 2.5 (p. 93) and 2.7 (p. 108): Multiplication & Division with Negatives and Absolute Values
  • 2.6: Distributive Property (p. 100)

Science:

• Nichts

Español:

• Day of the Dead Documents (2010 edition)

Moment of Zen:

A Fantastic Voyage in a Puddle

Artful prankster Slinkachu (also responsible for Inner City Snail, a very slow-moving street art project), focuses on tiny art. The British artist has been installing still vignettes with tiny people for years. This piece features a sneaker in a puddle and tiny people in a bottlecap. Click the photo to see more images of this project at different levels of close-up and to see more of Slinkachu's tiny people installations.

Wednesday, October 5, 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
• Thurs., 10/13: Philadelphia Convention role play.
• Fri., 10/28: Prisms Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 10/7: Final draft of letter to editor and "Burning Issues at the Constitutions"

Math:

Grade 7
• Due Fri., 10/7: In Samples and Populations, do problem 2.1 and follow-up.
Grade 8
• Due Fri., 10/7: Do 3.3 A, and also, on p. 44, do #3-6, 8a-b, and #9a on p. 46

Science:

• Due Thurs., 10.6: "Flower Structure and Reproduction" packet, questions 1-14. Finish coloring flower diagram if not complete.

Moment of Zen:

Tuesday, October 4, 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
• Thurs., 10/13: Philadelphia Convention role play.
• Fri., 10/28: Prisms Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.

Humanities:

• Due Wed., 10/5: Final draft of your constitution, edited using the rubric.

Math:

All
• Due Wed., 10/5: If not completed in class, complete histogram for your team's das 19 or 20 data and the worksheet using statistics to compare your team's das 12 and das 19 or 20 data.

Science:

• Ничего

Atelier:

All
• Due Wed., 10/5: If not yet completed, your symbolic self-portrait.

Moment of Zen:

Many Ways to Build on A Skeleton

In an x-ray, you could be any number of people. Artist Matthew Cox takes advantage of this, building on top of the skeletal framework given by x-rays with embroidery, imagining what that piece of the body could be doing: eating a banana, holding flowers, smiling or taking a walk outside. Click above to see more of Cox's embroidered x-rays.

Monday, October 3, 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
• Tue., 10/4: Minicourse #1 Signup sheets due if not turned in during class.

Humanities:

• Due Tue., 10/4: First draft of position letter to the editor.
• Due Wed., 10/5: Final draft of your constitution, edited using the rubric.

Math:

All
• Nada

Science:

• Ничего

Español:

Grade 8
• Prueba el martes, 10/4 Vocab. quiz on words from "El Muchacho Pastor"

Moment of Zen:

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me:
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
Emma Lazarus's famous verse takes on a different tone with a hungry monster in view. It's the New New Colossus.

Click above to see more 1970s Japanese postcards featuring monsters attacking famous world landmarks. If you ever wanted to see a sea monster come out of a reflecting pool, this is for you.