Wednesday, March 10, 2010

General Announcements:

• Parents! You can pick up your Prism's progress report in the main office! Also, conference slots still available for this Fri., 3/12 if you haven't signed up yet or need to make a last minute time change - Sign-up sheets in Prisms' main classroom entryway.
• 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 & 8th Grade:
  • Due Thurs., 3/11: Math's Mates 3.3, work for * problems and work for any N/A problems from 3.2 shown on a separate piece of lined paper. Begin 3.3 with problem #s incorrect on 3.2.
  • Bring homestudy due Wednesday to class Thursday.

Social Studies:

• Due Thurs., 3/11:
  • Organize your Ancient Rome folders per same criteria as Space Science folders
  • Write a summary
  • Get a parent's signature.

Science:

• Test Thurs., 3/11: Read over your notes, especially pre-assessment. Come up with a list of topics you want to review for test.

Language Arts:

• Due Thurs., 3/11: Finish reading Ch. 3 of The Children of Willesden Lane. You will be given an opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter in class.

Buddies:

• Due Thurs., 3/11: For Group going to Greens for Buddy Time: Bring a children's book to share with Greens.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:

• 8th Grade:

Moment of Zen:

Third-World Golf

Golf is a pastime that is traditionally associated with the wealthy and powerful, sometimes used as a metaphor for that. This association is not abstract: shelling out money for equipment and greens fees adds up. It's an interesting upset of that to find a golf subculture in the middle of some of the poorer cities in the world, hitting golf balls off of rooftops at abandoned buildings with precisely placed holes along an improvised course. It works a little like frisbee golf borrowed back to golf equipment. While urban golf is not limited to poor areas, golfers elsewhere have had more difficulty finding suitable courses. Click the picture above to see more pictures from a series by Polish photojournalist Tomasz Gudzowaty.

• Read more about Urban Golf