Thursday, March 21, 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:

• Grade 7:
  • Finish all research by Monday, April 1 (no joke!). At least 50 notecards in all outline categories.
• Grade 8: 1600 words of rough draft due Mon., 3/25
• All: Read about ½ of your novel by Tues., March 25.
• All: Study for test on Hinduism and geography of South Asia
• All: Due Fri., 3/22: If not completed in class, your MCAS practice test including all multiple choice and open response questions.

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.

Graph paper link on the sidebar →

Grade 7:

• Due Fri., 3/22
  • Level 1: textbook, p. 302-303, #4-12, 14, 19
  • Level 2:
Grade 8
• Nada

Science:

• :

Spanish:

Grade 7
• Study/practice conjugations of tener and tener phrases
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 3/25: At least 1600 words of your first draft.

Moment of Zen

This Dinosaur is Named after the 9-year-old who discovered it

Above is an artist's rendition of the recently named Vectidraco daisymorrisae, a small pterosaur that lived on the Isle of Wight, off the coast of Britain. Daisy discovered the bones four years ago while walking on the beach. After scientists from Southampton University announced that it was, in fact, a distinct species, they decided that the animal's name would give credit to its discoverer, now 13. Click above to read more about Daisy's find and more details about this dinosaur.

Wednesday, March 20, 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:

• Grade 7:
  
  • Finish all research by Monday, April 1 (no joke!). At least 50 notecards in all outline categories.
• Grade 8: 1600 words of rough draft due Mon., 3/25
• All: Read about ½ of your novel by Tues., March 25.
• All: Study for test on Hinduism and geography of South Asia
• All: Finish worksheet. Read and annotate "Many Ways to the Summit" - How does Hinduism differ from other religions we have studied?

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.

Graph paper link on the sidebar →

Grade 8

Science:

• Due Wed., 3/13: Two more resources for your research project on the Renaissance/Golden Age of Islam

Spanish:

Grade 7
• Study/practice conjugations of tener and tener phrases
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 3/25: At least 1600 words of your first draft.

Moment of Zen

Wednesday, March 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:

• Grade 7:
  
  • A total of 40 notecards (including those you've already done) is due Wed., 3/20
  • Practice long composition. Prompt is shared on Google Docs.
    
• Grade 8: 800 words of rough draft due Mon., 3/18
• All: Read about ¼ of your novel by Tues., March 19.

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.

Graph paper link on the sidebar →

Grade 8

Tech:

• I've gotten this question enough times, so here are the links to Fantastic Contraption and the World of Goo download page:
  
• Fantastic Contraption





• World of Goo Demo download page.

Science:

• Due Wed., 3/13: Two more resources for your research project on the Renaissance/Golden Age of Islam

Spanish:

Grade 7
• Study/practice conjugations of tener
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 3/13: At least 300 words of your first draft.

Moment of Zen

Universal Truth #536: Cats Like Boxes

Even when the kitty in question is a leopard.


(Click the photo to go to a video of lions and tigers playing with cardboard boxes.)

Monday, March 11, 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:

• If you signed up to make a Thank You card for one of the people who helped out with Coffeehouse, it's due tomorrow
• Grade 7: 20 notecards due Monday for "Hero" project.
• Grade 8: 100 words of rough draft due tomorrow
• All: Read about ¼ of your novel by March 19.

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.

Graph paper link on the sidebar →

Grade 7 Level 1

• Due Tues., 3/12: Your finished box project, including the following:
  • Sketch of box design and sketch of flat plan, dimensions labeled (does not need to be to scale, but I will be checking your proposed measurements against what your design describes). This page should also include the surface area of your design.
  • Your cardboard prototype
  • Your one-paragraph pitch, describing how your box design fulfills the criteria listed on the project sheet. For reference, those are:
    • easy to make
    • holds together with just cardboard and tape
    • easy to open and close
    • uses a minimum weight of packing material
    • visually interesting

Grade 8

• Due Tues., 3/12: textbook, p. 256, #1, 9-14, 16-20, 26, 28, 31

Tech:

• I've gotten this question enough times, so here are the links to Fantastic Contraption and the World of Goo download page:
  
• Fantastic Contraption


• World of Goo Demo download page.

Science:

• Due Tues., 3/12: At least 3 resources for your research project on the Renaissance/Golden Age of Islam

Spanish:

Grade 7
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Tues., 3/12: At least 100 words of your first draft.

Moment of Zen

Elemental Beauty

Japanese chemist and photographer R. Tanaka has a beautiful set of photos of elemental crystals, which take some intriguing forms (see the above Bismuth crystal). Click above to see his crystal Flickr set.

Wednesday, March 6, 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:

• Grade 7: 20 notecards due Monday for "Hero" project.
• Grade 8: Finish revising outline, bibliography and research by Monday

Math:

• Big Ideas Math Website: choose your color/name of book.
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7 Level 2
• Due Thurs., 3/7: textbook, p. 292, Ch. 6 test (odds)

Grade 8

Due Thurs., 3/7: textbook, p. 249-250, #1-4, 9-17, 23, 24, 25-33 odd

Tech:

• I've gotten this question enough times, so here are the links to Fantastic Contraption and the World of Goo download page:
  
• Fantastic Contraption


• World of Goo Demo download page.

Coffeehouse:

• Due Fri., 3/1: Screen your Coffeehouse Act!
• Keep working on Dr. Seuss acts!

Spanish:

Grade 7
Grade 8

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 3/11: Finish revising outline, bibliography and research by Monday.

Moment of Zen

Got Bookworms?

Artist Guy Laramee carves his sculptures from a unique medium - old books. Click to see more of his uncanny creations.

Science: Due Friday March 1

                  Experiment Report on Heat Transfer, following the Format given in class. See below for the data,

Math - Due Friday March 1st

7th Grade: ( for Grace)  complete your "bubble wrapping a  pyramid" worksheet

                   (for John)  p. 280-1 (text), # 1-3, 8, 12, 18


8th Grade:  Complete either of the the two worksheets handed out in class (6.2 )
                   "6.2 Practice", or "6.2 Bermuda Triangle" problem