Thursday, May 3, 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
• Hip Hop PE Thursdays from now until the beginning of May. Wear or bring clothes you can dance in and sneakers.
• Friday, 5/4: Grandparents/Grandfriends day
• Friday, 5/4: HCCPS Music Festival, Helen Hills Hills Chapel

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 5/4:Final draft of music essay due - five paragraphs/400-ish words.
• Due Fri., 5/4: Gr. 8: 2500 words of 8th grade project research paper. Share with Beth & John
• Due Fri., 5/4: Gr. 8: Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Due Thurs., 5/3: Complete MCAS Open response questions handed out today
Grade 8

Algebra A
• Due Fri., 5/4: Complete 2 MCAS Open Response questions handed out today.
Algebra B
• Due Fri., 5/4: p. 615, #39-45 odd. These ask you to do three things:
  1. Write a quadratic equation in standard form: ax²+bx+c=0
  2. Factor the ax²+bx+c expression
  3. Use the factored form to find both solutions (x-intercepts).
  You must show some kind of check that demonstrates your factorization works. You will not get credit for solutions based on faulty factorization.

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 3/28: Project Proposal
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

Unflappable.

This week in Mumbai, India