Monday, November 30, 2009

• If you have not done so already, sign up for a shift at the Winter Fair this Saturday, December 5. Do not sign up for 12:20 or 1:00 shifts, as it conflicts with our performance. You may sign up with two Prisms on a line if there is only one slot available for the shift. If you have a serious scheduling conflict which prevents you from coming to the Winter Fair, have a parent write a note about this and bring it in. The schedule will be checked on Wed., Dec. 2. If you have not signed up or brought a note by this point, you will get an orange sheet.
• 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., 12/1: Do #7 on p. 55 of CMP book (writing an equation for total lunch cost and using it to find the cost of lunch given different numbers of people). Show how you got your answer, including showing all operations you did with a calculator (copy the table given on your homestudy paper). See your notes for expecations and conventions about what your equation should include, and make sure to write a statement defining each of your variables (i.e. "Let M=the total number of bananas in bunches").

8th Grade:

• Due Tue., Dec. 1: Do 23-26 on page 49 of CMP book (about solving equations using symbolic method practiced in class today). #25 & 26 are to the right of #24. Explain how you got your answers and use math vocabulary (Refer to your glossary).

Social Studies:

• Due Tue., 12/1: Submit a list of steps with time allotment showing how you will complete the project by the following Tuesday, 12/8. Make sure it includes all the information on the template handed out today (with Dec. calendar at the top).
• Due Wed., 12/2: Final drafts of answers to questions due.
• Due Thurs., 12/3Submit a photo of your project so far.
• Complete list of Due Dates leading up to Dec. 8

Science:

• None assigned

Language Arts:

• Due Tue., 12/1: Read for 20 min in your independent reading book and complete the next entry in your reading log.
• Group 1 only: Make significant progress on your knit/crochet project for Buddies meeting this Thursday.

Spanish:

• Grade 7
  • Due Thurs., 12/3: Complete Pobre Ana worksheet, part B only.

Moment of Zen: Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo has recreated her installation "Melting Men" in several different very public locations around the world since 2005. Azevedo creates and sets up 1,000 small human figurines made of ice, which melt over the course of a few hours. Although Azevedo's intent was to comment on the role of monuments in public space, most installations have been sponsored by environmental groups to draw attention to global warming. The picture above is from the most recent installation of the piece which took place this September in Berlin, Germany on the steps of central Gendarmenmarkt square. Temperatures were about 75 degrees Fahrenheit on the day of installation.