General Announcements:
- Parents! Teacher Conference Sign-ups for next Friday's (3/12) Conference Day now posted in the front entryway of the Prisms. Sign up soon for best chance at getting your preferred time slot! Parents who don't come to the school regularly can feel free to e-mail Grace for sign up help. Please include preferred range of time and if you would prefer to conference with Jane or John. We will do our best to accommodate your requests.
- 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., 3/14:
- Please bring work originally due today to Thursday's math class (Gr. 7: 5.3 about parallelograms; Gr. 8: 3.2 about square & triangle puzzles).
- Math's Mate 3.2 according to new protocol:
- Do last week's N/A (not attempted) problems and work for * problems on a separate sheet of lined paper.
- Begin by circling the problem numbers you got wrong on 3.1 on 3.2 and doing those problems first.
- Incorrect * problems with no work shown and any problems left blank or answered with ? will be considered N/A.
Social Studies:
Science:
- Due Thurs., 3/4:
- Plot all data points on your graph
- Answer: "What is the relationship between the height of ramp and the speed of the ball?"
Language Arts:
- Due Thurs., 3/4: On separate lined paper, write a journal entry addressing the following:
- Look up and copy a dictionary's definition of "racism." List your source and its copyright date.
- Add your own definition of "racism."
- Follow the same steps for "anti-Semitism"
Spanish:
- 7th Grade: Be ready for a quiz on Thurs., 3/4 on Ch. 4 of Piratas
- 8th Grade: ¡No hay tarea!
Moment of Zen:
Pothole Gardens
"If we planted one of those in every hole, it would be like a forest in the road." -Pete Dungey, British artist behind a number of tiny gardens in potholes.
Wonder if he knows the guy who
makes art on snail shells, then lets the snails go.
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