Wednesday, January 30, 2013

General Announcements:

• Friday PE: Wear or bring clothes/shoes to move in indoors.
• 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

Humanities:

• Due Wed., 1/30:
  • Chain of Fire: Read Ch. 16-18, Reading Log.
  Cry, The Beloved Country: Read Ch. 18-21, 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., 1/31 at Morning Meeting: Finish Record & Practice Journal, page 135-136
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 1/31 at Morning Meeting: textbook, p. 210, #1-3, 5, 8-12 even, 15
  Challenge: Telescope Problem

Science:

• Due Fri., 2/1: Answer questions from "Modeling Molecule" activity packet, #1-6

Spanish:

Grade 7
• Due Fri., 2/1: Pobre Ana chapter 4 sheets
Grade 8
• Due Mon., 2/4: Chap. 7 translation due.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 2/4: 60 notecards on topic due.

Moment of Zen

Tallest Surfed Wave

This past Monday, pro surfer Garrett McNamara (who, incidentally, is originally from Pittsfield), topped his own world record for tallest wave surfed, catching a wave off the Atlantic coast of Nazaré, Portugal thought to be over 100 feet tall. His previous record, set two years ago in Nazaré, was 78 feet tall. Click to read more about McNamara and the geological reasons that Nazaré gets such massive waves.