Friday, November 9, 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
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE).

Humanities:

• Due Thurs., 11/8: Complete prewriting for essay on "Why people practice religion" which you will begin writing in class tomorrow.
• Test Tues., 11/13 on Countries of Europe
• Due Wed., 11/14: Read pp. 171-208 of Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl and complete Reading Log

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
• Nada:
Grade 8
• Nada:

Science:

• Nada

Music:

• Due Thurs., 11/15: Become comfortable playing the notes of the "Step back, baby, step back," response of "Step Back Baby." If you're feeling bold, try the other line or any of the other 3 songs on that sheet which use the 4 notes we've practiced (B, A, G, E).

Moment of Zen

Veterans' Day Wreath

Originally called Armistice Day and celebrating the end of the "Great War" (WW I), Veterans' Day was later expanded to commemorate veterans of other conflicts. The wreath is made of toy soldiers, melted together, and decorated with a poppy, the use of which as a symbol commemorating veterans also dates back to WW I.

Wednesday, November 7, 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
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE).

Humanities:

• Due Thurs., 11/8: Complete prewriting for essay on "Why people practice religion" which you will begin writing in class tomorrow.
• Test Tues., 11/13 on Countries of Europe
• Due Wed., 11/14: Read pp. 171-203 of Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl and complete Reading Log

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 Thurs., 11/8:
  • L1: textbook, p. 79, #4-6
  • L2: textbook, p. 79, #4-6 and R & P journal, p. 48
Grade 8
• Nada:

Science:

• Nada

Moment of Zen

Nate Silver: Statistics Superhero

Nate Silver had his own sort of big victory on Tuesday, predicting the outcomes of all 50 states to within just a few percentage points. Yes, Florida is too close to call right now and recounting, but Silver's Monday prediction in Florida suggested Obama would take the state by hundredths of a percent, which is exactly what is playing out. The former baseball statistician started an election statistics blog leading up to the 2008 election (where he predicted 49/50 states), which quickly gained many followers for his statistical rigor and clear explanations of his process. The blog, FiveThirtyEight (named for the number of electoral votes) was picked up by the New York Times in 2010.

Tuesday, November 6, 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
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE).
• Tues., Nov. 6: Field trip to Springfield Renaissance School. We will be leaving before hot lunches arrive, so please send a bag lunch.

Humanities:

• Test Tues., 11/13 on Countries of Europe
• Due Wed., 11/7: Read pp. 147-171 of Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl and complete Reading Log
• Interviews should be done by Nov. 7th

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
• ничего:
Grade 8
• Test Wed., 11/7: on material in Chapter 1. The end of unit test will look a lot like the pretest, so the best way to study is to review the questions on the prestest

Science:

• Due Wed., 11/7: Finish Physics of Heat Worksheet 1 that you began in class today.

Atelier:

• Due Wed., 11/7 Self Portraits, if not done

Moment of Zen

512 Paths to the White House

This New York Times interactive feature shows a tree diagram of election outcomes. It leaves nine states (FL, NC, OH, WI, CO, IA, NH, NV, VA), those where the polls suggest a less than 99% certain outcome, up to you. Assigning a Dem/Rep outcome to any of those states updates the tree diagram, shows how many paths to victory each candidate has given those circumstances, and also shows what percentage of the outcomes lead to a victory for each. Use in conjunction with your predictions of choice, and see what might happen! There are, given those nine states up for grabs, 5 possible outcomes where Obama and Romney each receive 269 electoral votes, thus tying and sending the matter to the Congress. The House decides the president, the Senate the VP in these cases, which could lead to a puzzling Romney/Biden or Obama/Ryan ticket.

Monday, November 5, 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
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE).
• Tues., Nov. 6: Field trip to Springfield Renaissance School. We will be leaving before hot lunches arrive, so please send a bag lunch.

Humanities:

• Test Tues., 11/13 on Countries of Europe
• Due Wed., 11/7: Read pp. 147-171 of Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl and complete Reading Log
• Interviews should be done by Nov. 7th

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., 11/6:
  • L1: textbook, p.74, #13-19 odd; Record & Practice Journal, p. 44, #1-6
  • L2: Finish Record & Practice journal, p. 44; Read examples on p. 73 in the textbook, then do p. 74, #26-28
Grade 8
• Due Tues., 11/6: textbook, p. 42: do all odds in Chapter 1 test

Science:

• Due Wed., 11/7: Finish Physics of Heat Worksheet 1 that you began in class today.

Atelier:

• Due Wed., 11/7 Self Portraits, if not done

Moment of Zen

Reasons to Have a House