Friday, April 8, 2011

Friday, April 8, 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
  • Fri., April 8: Frisbee team organizational meeting at 3:15 in the River Classroom
  • 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 Mon., 4/11:
    • Complete 3.3, 3.3 Follow-up, and #20 on p. 37-38. You will need dot paper.
    Grade 7
  • Due Mon., 4/11:
    • Complete 1.2 on p. 7 if not completed in class. Do Follow-up on p. 7-8. You will need the data from our spinner game in class today.

Language Arts:
  • All
    • Due Mon., 4.11: Look up an write definitions for vocab. for Ch. 2 & 3 of Nonna.... Read Ch. 2 & 3 and be ready for a quiz on the reading.

Social Studies:
  • Nada

Science:
  • Due Mon., 4/11: Finish your 3-part illustration of "From Limestone to Mortar" with colored pencil

Spanish:
Moment of Zen:

New Alien Mineral



Wassonite, a sulfur-titanium compound, was recently discovered in small amounts in a meteorite unearthed in Antarctica. While not a new element, wassonite still represents a compound never examined on Earth before, and which exhibits a never before seen crystalline structure in the way it's formed. Click the heading to read more about its discovery and structure.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Thursday, April 8, 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
  • Create-an-Ad due Thurs., 4/7
  • Fri., April 8: Frisbee team organizational meeting at 3:15 in the River Classroom
  • 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 Fri., 4/8:
    • Complete #1 and 2 on p. 34 and 3.2 Follow-up on p.30 using the Pythagorean Theorem and the symbolic method. You will need dot paper.
    Grade 7
  • Due Fri., 4/8:
    • #7 on p.15 and complete 1.1 if not completed in class time.

Language Arts:
  • All
    • Due Fri., 4/8: Complete the reading of Ch.1. Then in LA journal, write a list of questions and comments about what you are reading—not whether you like it or not. HAVE BOOK WITH YOU NEXT LA PERIOD TODAY—AND LA JOURNAL OF COURSE.

Social Studies:
  • Nada

Science:
  • None:

Spanish:
Moment of Zen:

New Alien Mineral



Wassonite, a sulfur-titanium compound, was recently discovered in small amounts in a meteorite unearthed in Antarctica. While not a new element, wassonite still represents a compound never examined on Earth before, and which exhibits a never before seen crystalline structure in the way it's formed. Click the heading to read more about its discovery and structure.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wednesday, April 6, 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
  • Create-an-Ad due Thurs., 4/7
  • Fri., April 8: Frisbee team organizational meeting at 3:15 in the River Classroom
  • 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 Thurs., 4/7:
    • Complete #3-7 on p. 34 in Looking for Pythagoras using the Pythagorean Theorem and symbolic method.

Language Arts:
  • All
    • Due Thurs., 4/7: Complete final copy of intro ¶

Social Studies:
  • Nada

Science:
  • Due Thurs., 4/7: Finish any work not completed in class: "My Dear Watson" sheet.

Spanish:
Moment of Zen:

The Golden Books Gown



Made out of actual children's books.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Tuesday, April 5, 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
  • Create-an-Ad due Thurs., 4/7
  • Fri., April 8: Frisbee team organizational meeting at 3:15 in the River Classroom
  • 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 7 & 8
  • Due Wed., 4/6:
    • Complete Math's Mate 3.2 and any attached N/A problems, according to usual protocol.

Language Arts:
  • All
    • Due Thurs., 4/7: Complete final copy of intro ¶

Social Studies:
  • Due Wed., 4/6: Write a one paragraph summarizing what you got out of the movie we watched today in class.

Science:
  • Due Wed., 4/6: Finish any work not completed in class -
    • Section 7.1 review questions #1-9 on p. 144 of Physical Science textbook.
    • "My Dear Watson" sheet.

Spanish:
Moment of Zen:

The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision...



...and not a spaceship from the future.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Monday, April 4, 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 7
  • Due Tues., 4/5:
    • None

    Grade 8
  • Due Tues., 4/5 Complete 3.1 and follow-up

Language Arts:
  • All
    • Due Thurs., 4/7: Complete final copy of intro ¶
  • Grade 8:
  • Due Wed., 3/30: Complete your revised outline. Bring original plus a copy for your advisor.

Social Studies:
  • Nada

Science:
  • Due Tues., 4/5: Read Ch. 7.1 (p 138-144) in Physical Science textbook.

Spanish:
Moment of Zen:

Liu Bolin, April Fool



I posted about this guy last year, too, but he continues finding new and spectacular ways to blend in, using himself as a canvas. Last Friday, he camouflaged himself to Le Grand Palais in Paris (above). Follow the link to watch him disappear in all sorts of surroundings.