Thursday, May 24, 2012

Thursday, May 24, 2012

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
  • Thursday, May 31 - Prism Tempest performances, 1:30 PM. Come see us perform scenes from two versions of Shakespeare's classic desert-island play and read scenes reinterpreted in different historical contexts.
  • Friday, June 1 - Il Teatro
  • Tuesday/Wedensday, June 5 & 6: Eighth Grade Project Exhibitions
  • Wednesday, June 13 - Graduation
  • Friday, June 15 - Last Day of School!
Humanities:
  • Work on Memorizing your lines for your Shakespeare performance
  • Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.
Math:
  • Graph paper link on the sidebar →
    Grade 7
  • Due Fri., 5/25: Handout (p. 486-489), #1-21 odd-numbered problems only (we did some of these in class).
  • Grade 8

    Algebra A
  • Nichts
  • Algebra B
  • Due Fri., 5/25: p. 725, #17-25 odds, 37, 39 - Two problems have decoy solutions!
  • Upcoming test dates:
  • Thurs., 5/31: Unit Test covering the following:
    • Combining exponents
    • Combining & factoring polynomials
    • Finding solutions of quadratics using factoring/Quadratic Formula
    • Simplifying/solving expressions with radicals
  • Thurs., 6/7: NHS Algebra Placement Test (Students not attending NHS next year will still take it as a cumulative review)
Science:
  • Nada

8th Grade Project:
  • Practice presentation, including interactive
  • Final draft of research paper due post-haste!
Moment of Zen

World's Largest Tetrahedron

Students at Copley Middle School in Ohio made this 8 foot plus tall pyramid out of over 21,000 folded paper pyramids. Click to read more.

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