Wednesday, February 13, 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., 2/13: Finish your novel about South Africa (Cry, The Beloved Country or Chain of Fire), complete reading log and come ready to discuss.

Math:

• Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
• Due Wed., 2/13:
  • Level 1:
  • Finish finding the surface area of both cylinders that can be made from an 8½ by 11 sheet of paper.
  • Quiz tomorrow on surface area of prisms/cylinders
  • Level 2: Make a net to scale for your assigned pyramid and do textbook, p. 274, #7, 9. 14
Grade 8
• Due Wed., 2/13: textbook, p. 234, #18-23 odd, 27-32.
  Challenge: 34

Science:

• Due Thurs., 2/14: 2 page reading on salt, p. 172-173
• Test Fri., 2/15 on limestone cycle. Use study guide handed out today to prepare.

Coffeehouse:

• Due Fri., 2/15: Script for your Dr. Seuss skit due to your group members and room leader (Grace, Beth, John) via Google Docs

Spanish:

Grade 7
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 2/25: 100 notecards (total) on topic due.

Moment of Zen

Now You've Seen a Giraffe Sweater

Japanese artists Mai Yamashita and Naoto Kobayashi knit this sweater as a gift for a 4 meter tall giraffe in a zoo. The giraffe has, as of yet, declined to wear it.

See also: Penguin Sweaters.