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 Tues., 3/23:
- (Extra requirement) 7.4B - follow directions. Be sure to explain how you got your answers and show all calculations.
- Do p. 76 #1-5. Use formulas for area A=πr² and circumference C=πd or C=2πr. Use π=3.14.
- 8th Grade:
Social Studies:
Science:
- Due Tue., 3/23: Two ¶s and a sketch:
- ¶ 1: Summarize today's activity of planting and preparing the "growing system" for our Brassica rapa seed.
- ¶ 2: Reflection on whether a seed is alive or not. Explain your reasoning.
- Sketch 1/3 of a page large of what you think is inside the seed.
Language Arts:
- Due Wed., 3/24: Read Ch. 10 & 11 in Children of Willesden Lane.
Spanish:
- 7th Grade:
- Chapter 7: 10 drawings with Spanish from chapter.
- 8th Grade:
- Capítulo 6 en Robo en la noche: translations from class.
Moment of Zen:
He wasn't in the clip you saw Friday in All-School, so here's Cheburashka, the cute little protagonist of the show with the singing, accordion-playing crocodile. Click the picture above to read more about Cheburashka's ongoing influence, including a renaissance in Japan, where cute things live forever.
Here's a few more pictures (click for full-size):
There's quite a number of stylings of Cheburashka as Che Guevara and vice versa, which makes far more sense than it seems at first.