Tuesday, October 22, 2013

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE. We will be up at the field.
• Parent Meeting about DC, Wednesday, October 23, 6:30-8, 3rd Floor Classroom
• Prisms Tavern Role Play, Friday, October 25. All Prisms families welcome!

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due : Complete R/P Journal pp. 41-42
  • Quiz tomorrow on sections 2.1 - 2.3
• 8th Grade:
  Grace's Group
  • Due :
  John's Group
  • Due Wednesday October 23: Quiz tomorrow on elements of
  • solving equations, writing equations in function form - see the Cumulative Review at the end of Chapter 3 for the kinds of questions you will face.
  • Practice tonight: graphing linear equations, pp. 221-2, #14-16,35,36, 41-43, 46, 50, 53, 60-63
  • 
    

Humanities:

• Due :

Science:

• Due : Friday, October 25
• Your cell analogy + your key is due
• 
  

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:

• 8th Grade:

Moment of Zen:
It's been a long week, so here's a picture of a pug in bubble wrap.

Monday, Oct 21

Math: due Monday 10/21 (actually due Friday 10/18!)
8th grade / JVB
No PoW due Monday, 10/21
p. 177 in Alg 1 text, #11,13,15,21,29
p. 178-9 # 37-39, 45

Grace:  Due Mon 10/21
Business plan + Ch. 1 Review Sheet

Math/7th Grade
Due Mon 10/21
No PoW due!
p.66-67 Text
2-9, 15-33 (odd) 35,36
( Challenge (optional) #47) - this was actually due last Friday, but
we had our field trip, so we'll check it in tomorrow morning.

Science:
Due Mon 10/21
1) Make/print out a key for your Cell Analogy work
2) Print out copy of your Final Honey bee/Cell essay
and turn in to John

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE. We will be up at the field.

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due :
• 8th Grade:
Grace's Group
• Nada:
John's Group
• 
  

Humanities:

• Read and annotate packet "A Young People's History of the US" Ch. 5 Due Tomorrow

Science:

• Due : 
• Spanish:

• 7th Grade: los números worksheet

• 8th Grade: la familia
  

Moment of Zen:


The Venn Diagram, the platypus and the keytar. Three great tastes, rolled into one.

Tuesday, Oct 15 Homework

SCIENCE:

Due Tuesday, 10/15 12 noon
Final Draft of Bee/Cell essay  shared with John

Due Wednesday, 10/16
Typed Unit Summary due (must be printed out)
Illustrated Folder Cover for Bee/Cell unit due

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE. We will be up at the field.

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due :Friday, Oct 11
  • pp. 60-1, 2,3,4*, 6*, 11* - 15 (odd), 22, 25-28, 30
  • * means estimate the answer to these first before you solve them!
• 8th Grade:
Grace's Group
• Due Thurs., 10/10: Finish citrus questions.
John's Group
• Due : Due Friday, 10/11 Practice 3.3, 1-15 (odd), 16-17, 19(make sure to show the function you used for this problem!) 
• 
  

Humanities:

• Study for test. Finish study guide.

Science:

• Due :  Due Friday, 10/11  COmplete your Summary and Sketch outline
• for your folder for this unit's work on honeybees and Cells
• Spanish:

• 7th Grade: los números worksheet

• 8th Grade:
  • Reading packet
  or
  • Ernestina story

Moment of Zen:


Azerbaijan releases election results...before the polls open.

Or, a reminder that ours is not the only government with issues right now.
(Click to read more)

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE. We will be up at the field.

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due :THursday, Oct 10
  • pp 34-5 in R/P Journal.  Complete both pages for tomorrow
• 8th Grade:
Grace's Group
• Due Thurs., 10/10: Finish tracing your stencil onto vellum.
John's Group
• Due : Due Thur 10/10  Complete 2.4-2.7 Problems #1,6
• 
  

Humanities:

• Study for test. Finish study guide. Due tomorrow.

Science:

• Due :  Due Friday, 10/11  COmplete your Summary and Sketch outline
• for your folder for this unit's work on honeybees and Cells
• Spanish:

• 7th Grade: los números worksheet

• 8th Grade:
  • Reading packet
  or
  • Ernestina story

Moment of Zen:
The 17th Century Pocketwatch
(Click to read more)

Homework for Science/Math for October 4-9

Science
due Saturday, October 5, by noon:   Share your rough draft of your cell/honeybee essay with me.
Unit test on Cells will be this coming Wednesday, October 9.

Math
Grade 7:  due Tuesday, Oct. 8  Make corrections on your Integers Test.
                Certain students to make arrangements for re-taking the test next week after school (WEDNESDAY IS PREFERRED!)

Grade 8:  JVB's group: No homework