Tuesday, February 2, 2010

General Announcements:

• Tuesday, Feb. 2: Complaints for choir due today by 5 PM in writing: blog comment, email, or note on Grace's desk (desk deadline is end of Homework Club). Complaint Submission Guidelines here.
• Friday, Feb. 5: Prisms' Coffeehouse! St. Mary's Church, Haydenville, 6-9 PM — Dinner, dessert & entertainment! Tickets now available for purchase! $5/person, $20/family. Parents - please buy your tickets in advance
• Eighth Grade project documents available here, including Phase 2 calendar (updated 1/22/10).
• 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 Wed., 2/3: Complete 5.1 and 5.1 Follow-up (p. 46 in CMP book) according to directions. You will need the handout from Jane. You must show how you got your answers, but do not need to write out your strategy if shown clearly.
• 8th Grade:
  • Due Wed., 2/3: Complete #5-12 on T-Ed 138-139 (handout).

Social Studies:

• None Assigned

Science:

• Due Wed., 2/3: "Experiments & Data" - Read Ch. 2.2 in Physical Science textbook (or photocopy of textbook) and answer #1-6 on p. 43.

Language Arts:

• Test Upcoming: Study Grammar Lessons 6 & 7 on helper verbs, past/present participles, and action verb tenses (present, future, simple past) for upcoming test. There will be review questions as well on Lessons 1-5.

Atelier:

• Due Wed., 2/3: If not already completed and turned in, bring Golden Spiral collage piece and deliver to Atelier ASAP.

Spanish:

• None Assigned

Moment of Zen:

It Feels Like Home: Repurposed Dwellings

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle aren't just written in that order because it sounds snappy—they're also listed in order of importance, but they also entail several other verbs with that prefix, notably reimagine and repurpose. Repurposing what would otherwise be trashed reduces both the need for new materials and waste from old ones. Living spaces, which can consume quite a lot of materials, can be creatively reimagined using existing structures no longer needed for their original purpose. This article details 13 different items which have been imaginatively repurposed into homes. They range from shipping containers to missile silos (and the airplane pictured above), but despite their wide range of origins they all now have at least one thing in common: to someone, they feel like home.