Friday 10/27

Friday 10/27

All Homework is due the following day unless otherwise noted.

Math 7 and 8

7th - Finish not done in class  Quiz Thursday

8th- Finish anything not done in class --Practice 2.7 -
        Quiz Tuesday

Language Arts

Literature
Group A: quiz & discussion on Monday 10/30

Animal Farm: Finish Book write down 3 questions for discussion, and study bold vocabulary words

Group B, C,D: quiz and discussion on Tuesday 10/31

Animal Farm: Finish Book, write down 3 questions for discussion, and study bold vocabulary words.

Humanities

Finish Conference packet if not done

Science

Due Mon Oct 30: SL cards
Write a detailed proposal for unit- Due Tuesday
VOCAB QUIZ ON FRIDAY NOV 3

Spanish-  
8th: Write your own story using 8-10 sentences, check email

Music

None

Tech

None

Atelier

CSL: 1.     Below is the list of major issues facing Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Please rank your top three topics of interest, with 1 being the topic you are most interested in developing a service project around.

Email all answers to Meghan (msiudzinski@hilltowncharter.org). Due by 9pm the day before your CSL class meets.

Education & Community Development

Environmental Protection/Recovery

Health/Medicine

Refugees coming to mainland US from Puerto Rico

Food and Clean Water Access

2.     Take a look at the following two examples of people in our area helping with the situation. Write down 2 to 5 ideas that these projects gave you about ways your CSL team might begin to brainstorm about helping Puerto Ricans, either in Puerto Rico or in our area.

http://www.recorder.com/Northfield-woman-gathers-solar-lights-for-her-native-Puerto-Rico-13227547

http://www.gpsk12.org/gps-central/administration/recorder-%E2%80%98miracle-minute%E2%80%99-greenfield-high-raises-600

Mindfulness
Mindfulness: lesson 3:

1. Pay attention to times when you are having an unpleasant experience and you wish things were different (example: a difficult homework assignment).

2. Notice if the feeling of wanting things to be different adds to the unpleasantness.
Mindfulness: lesson 4

Find one minute each day to practice mindfulness.  You can choose from any of the following options:

1. Mindful eating

2. Mindful breathing

3. Mindful listening

4. Some other thing to focus your attention and awareness on.

Please email Emilie with any questions at ewoodward@hilltowncharter.org