Monday, November 19, 2012

Monday, November 19, 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
  • Tuesday, November 19: Students from Springfield Renaissance School visiting to discuss Anne Frank, see the school and eat pizza for lunch.
  • PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE).
Humanities:
  • Due Tues., 11/20: Finish Diary of Anne Frank and reading Log.
  • Test Tues., 11/13 on Countries of Europe
  • Due Wed., 11/21: Final draft of "Why Do People Practice Religion?" essay. Revised, 750-1000 words.
  • Work on writing story for cookbook spread (300-400 words), and making sure you have all ingredients and instructions for the recipe you collected from your interview subject.
Math:
  • NEWS FOR YOU!  You now have a link to your textbook!  This  link will bring you to the Big Ideas Math Website, where you will choose your color/name of book.  Then you can search the entire textbook - like today's sample problems done together in class.  Check it out - you can search without a username and password in the "Home Edition".
  • Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  • Grade 7
  • Due Tues., 11/20: On Practice Sheet begun in class today, complete the following: #1-6, 10, 13, 15. For Level 2, also do #19.
  • Grade 8
  • Due Tues., 11/20: textbook, p. 52, #2. 9, 10, 16, 19, 22
Science:
  • Nada
Music:
  • Due Thurs., 11/29:
    • L1: Practice "Simmon Tree" song until comfortable playing it.
    • L2: Learn more than one song on the sheet of songs using the notes B, A, G, E, D
    • L3: Write your own short recorder composition in the staff space provided on the B, A, G, E, D sheet
Moment of Zen

Squashleektato: A "Turducken" for Vegetarians

Extravagantly festive, the squashleektato is a sweet potato inside of some leeks inside of a squash, and is a vegetarian answer to the classic turducken: a chicken stuffed inside of a duck stuffed inside of a turkey.

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