Wednesday, October 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
• Thurs., 10/13: Philadelphia Convention role play.
• Fri., 10/28: Prisms Día de los muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. Download Full-Color Flier! (.pdf)

Humanities:

• Due Thurs., 10/13: Prepare for convention. Plan and practice your three motions that you will make or support if proposed. Include evidence in your support.
• Come dressed for the convention!

Math:

All
• Test Thurs., 10/13 On statistics topics covered so far.
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 10/12: Do Problem 4.1A. This will be considered part of your unit test.
Algebra B
• Due Fri., 10/14: p. 148, #25-35 odds, p. 150, #57, 58, 59, and p. 157, #33-41 odds. Show your work as we did in class and as is modeled on the sample sheet I gave you. From here on out, assignments will not be accepted without work shown.
• These problems expect you are comfortable with basic arithmetic using negative numbers, absolute values and the distributive property. If you need a little review on any of these, see the following chapters:
  • 2.2 (p.72) and 2.3 (p. 79): Addition & Subtraction with Negatives and Absolute Values
  • 2.5 (p. 93) and 2.7 (p. 108): Multiplication & Division with Negatives and Absolute Values
  • 2.6: Distributive Property (p. 100)

Science:

• Nichts

Español:

• 2011 Day of the Dead Calendar (.pdf)
• Day of the Dead Documents (2010 edition)

Moment of Zen:

This is a real animal: The Leafy Sea Dragon