Tuesday, April 12, 2011

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Fridays: Hip-Hop Dance - The Prisms' next PE unit will be hip-hop dance class on Friday afternoons. Students need to wear or bring comfortable clothes and shoes for class.
• Download Ukulele Club documents (links fixed) here.
• Eighth Grade Project resource page updated 1/24, including project deadlines through the end of February and downloadable documents. Page will be updated as I get new information.

Math:

Grade 8
• Due Wed., 4/13:
  • Complete 4.3 on p. 45 and 4.3 Follow-up and #2 on p. 47. Use the properties of triangles we discussed today to help you solve.
  • Retest Wed., 4/13: Unit retest for Growing³ during math class.

Grade 7
• Due Wed., 4/13:
  • Complete 1.4 on p. 11 if not completed in class. Also, do #14 on p.18.

Language Arts:

• All
  • Due Thurs., 4/14: Read Ch. 5 and 6 is Nonna's Book of Mysteries. In LA journal, write reactions and questions on a page of journal. Include some for each of the two chapters read. Be ready to share in a discussion.

Social Studies:

• Due Thurs., 4/14: Finish reading handout about scholarship in the Golden Age of Islam, p. 26-35. Highlight or underline main ideas in the text.

Science:

• Due Thurs., 4/14: Summarize "From Limestone to Mortar" and be sure to explain the 3 key steps.

Spanish:

• Mi vida loca

Moment of Zen:

150 Years Ago

April 12, 1861: The first shots of the Civil War are fired in Fort Sumter, SC. From there, it was nearly four years and over 600,000 lives to the other side. Click above to visit a set of photos from the Civil War selected from the Library of Congress collection.