Monday, March 15, 2010

General Announcements:

• 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., 3/16: Complete 7.2 and 7.2 Follow-up. Staple it to 7.1 homework.
• 8th Grade:
  • Due Tue., 3/16: Complete #1-4 on p. 46-48 of CMP book. Use the Pythagorean Theorem and the symbolic method for solving problems. Convert answers to approximate measurements, rounded to the nearest tenth as necessary (Remember ≈ for approximate answers!)

Social Studies:

• Due Tue., 3/16: Read handout "The Need for New Plan of Government" p 17-20. On p. 21, answer #1, 2 and 3b: #2 and 3b must be on separate paper, #1 may be answered on worksheet or with the other two questions.

Science:

• Due Tue., 3/16: Make sure cover for "Physics of Motion" folder is completed and glued to folder. Also, complete summary if not done.

Language Arts:

• Due Thurs., 3/18: Read Children of Willesden Lane ch. 6, 7 and 8. You will be given an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the reading on Thursday.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade: Due Tues., 3/16: Study the 10 terms for Ch. 6 quiz.

• 8th Grade: Due Tues., 3/16: Translation from p. 26 of Robo en la noche

Moment of Zen:

Compost Cookies?

Would you put potato chips in a cookie? Christina Tosi, the ringleader at Momofuku Milk Bar in New York City, adds potato chips and more to what she calls "Compost Cookies." Tosi recently revealed her recipe and varying food writers have been posting about their attempts and what combinations of crunch and melt they add to the base. Some conservatively keep to known combinations like pretzels and chocolate, while others like David Lebovitz, who calls his "Amnesty Cookies," see it as an opportunity to rifle through the cabinets and get rid of leftovers (Lebovitz's cookies included everything from chocolate-covered marshmallow bears to corn chips). Other ingredients have ranged from bacon to Goldfish to coffee grounds. Continually, people have been surprised with the alchemy that takes place in the cookie and turns it into whatever the baking equivalent of gold is. Click the photos above to visit the recipe if you want to try it yourself. I also have it on high authority that different versions of these have been turning up for sale at Outlook Farm pretty regularly (this would be the same authority that shared the recipe with me and makes all the cookies at Outlook). Speaking of round baked goods, if you missed out on π day yesterday, since we weren't in school to do anything, you have another chance to celebrate π this summer on European π day on July 22nd.