Monday, November 2, 2009

You must have an independent reading book every day. If you are getting close to the end of one, have the next one at school and ready to go. Math: 7th Grade:

• Due Tue., 11/3: Complete 3.2 on p. 38-39 of CMP book about the number of customers who would sign up for the tour at a given price. Write in complete, edited sentences that explain your thinking and show your work. Be sure I know the question from your answer. You will need graph paper.

8th Grade:

• Due Tue., 11/2: Complete #22 on p. 33 of CMP book about the populations of four towns over eight years. Graph the data for the first three towns (Deep Valley, Nowhere and Swampville) on the same coordinate grid, and the data for Mt. Silicon on a seperate sheet of graph paper. If you began graphing all four on the same paper, you can leave the data for the first three there, but you need to make a seperate graph of them as well. You will need two sheets of graph paper and at least three colored pencils. Please use colored pencil instead of symbols to show the different lines on the grid. Be careful choosing your scale. Write in complete, edited sentences that explain your thinking and show your work.

Social Studies:

• Due Tue., 11/3: Write a letter as a Spartan or Athenian. Detailed instructions are on the last page of the "Two City-States" handout.

Science:

• Due Wed., 11/4: Read Science World handed out today: answer the questions and make a bar graph of the data - use a ruler!

Language Arts:

• Due Thurs., 11/5: Chapter 12 in Goddess of Yesterday:
  • Read Ch. 12 (21 pages).
  • Be ready for a quiz.
  • On an index card, write a question you have about what you read and a short passage copied from the chapter that you would like the class to discuss.
• Also for Thursday: Bring instruments into school to practice with Nick Kachulis from 12:45-1:25.

Spanish: 7th grade:

• Due Tue., 11/3: In the Ahora magazine, read one article to tell the rest of the class about on Tuesday.

8th grade:

• Nada

Moment of Zen: This edition of Dinosaur Comics: Greek myth with a little bit of Vonnegut for good measure?