Thursday, November 29, 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
• Sat., Dec 1: Winter Fair! Prisms are performing on recorder and other instruments in the PE Space (formerly the CDSS offices) at 11:30 AM.
• Tue., Dec. 11: Trip to Islamic Society in West Springfield.
• Fri., Dec. 14: 6-7-8 Dance
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE), and warm clothes that you can still move in - we are still going up to the field until further notice.

Humanities:

• Study for Geography Test on Southwest Asia. Revise cookbook story. Final draft due!
• 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 Fri., 11/30: Pick one of the end of Ch. 2 problems handed out today: Either the bookcase problem or the party planning problem.
Grade 8
• Nada

Science:

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
Grade 8
• Chap. 5 grammar book (Reg. Present Tense) Quiz Fri. 30th

Music:

• Practice your part for "Step Back Baby" and show up to the Winter Fair ready to play! Also, practice one song in

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/5: First draft of cookbook border.

Tech

Bring in Flash Dive ASAP

Moment of Zen

Birds on Twitter

Latvian artist Voldemars Dudums set up a Twitter account for hungry birds outside his house. The setup is a keyboard overlaid with squares of bacon fat. When the birds peck at the food, they press the keys. Their messages are uploaded to the Twitter account @hungry_birds.