Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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., 1/18 - We visit Historical Sites around Northampton.
• Thurs., 1/19 - We visit Forbes Library to see their research facilities
• Wed., 1/25 - Forbes Library Research Day
• Wed., 1/25 - Coffeehouse Planning Meeting, 3rd Floor Classroom, 6:30-7:30
• Fri., 3/2 - Prisms Coffeehouse!
• Yoga Unit in PE on Fridays - Please wear or bring comfortable clothes to move in on Fridays during this unit.
• Student Art Exhibit at Meekins Library: This is an encore exhibit of last year's Prisms artwork currently on display at the Meekins Library in Williamsburg Center. Throughout the month of January, their 3-tiered drawings illustrating the history of the Connecticut River are on display.

Humanities:

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  
  Grade 7
• Due Wed., 1/18: "Word Problems " Worksheet, # 1, 3, 5, 7 and "Using Similar Polygons" #1-12, odd-numbered problems only.
  Challenge: #15-17

Grade 8
• Due Wed., 1/18: Applications, p. 34-35, #3-11
  Challenge: p. 49-50, #6, #12

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., Jan. 23: Bibliography and specific research question due.

Moment of Zen:

A different way of having your nose in a book

As part of an ad campaign for Dutch Book week in March, which this year focuses on biographies, they took off from the idea of biographies as "Written Portraits" (Geschreven Portretten) and carved a 3D image of the subject's face from their biography. Anne Frank is pictured above; click to see more.