Tuesday, December 16, 2014

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Students should plan an act and make a craft for Coffeehouse.  Coffeehouse is scheduled for Friday, February 27.

HOMEWORK:

Math:

7th Grade:

• QUIZ Wednesday on rates and proportions, study sections 3.1-3.5
• "Tasty Oats" worksheet due Thursday.  Rubric attached.

8th Grade:

• John's Group:.
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• Grace's Group:
• Finish what you started in class.

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Humanities:

Literature Study:

• DUE THURSDAY
• Chain of Fire 
• Read Chapters  22-27
• Cry, the Beloved Country
• Read Chapters  26-29

All:

• Get ready for Round Table #2.  Finish planner by Wed. 12/17
• Watch "How to Spark a Movement" 

Grade 7:

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Grade 8:

• Make decisions on your "Decisions to Make" sheet.  DUE FRIDAY 12/19

Science:   

• DUE FRIDAY 12/19
• Ch.4 "Density and Buoyancy" pg. 73-75, 77-80
• Answer questions on pg. 81 #1-3, 5, 7-9 written on a separate piece of paper

Language Arts

All

• n/a

Grade 7

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Grade 8

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Atelier: 

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Spanish:

Grade 7:

• Worksheet Las Fechas

Grade 8: 

• Arregla (fix) los errores en la lectura

Tech:

• n/a

Music: 

• n/a

UPCOMING TESTS/DUE DATES:

7/8:

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7TH GRADE:

• QUIZ Wednesday on rates and proportions, study sections 3.1-3.5

8TH GRADE:

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MOMENT OF ZEN

Today is illustrator Quentin Blake's birthday. You probably know him from the illustrations he did for various Roald Dahl books like these:

and

Here's a video of him telling (and illustrating!) a story on a BBC show called "Jackanory" from the '70s: