Thursday, December 13, 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
• Fri., Dec. 14: 6-7-8 Dance
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE), and warm clothes that you can still move in - we are still outside until further notice.

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 12/14: Finish at least one (single-spaced) page in your ficai
• Work on fiction piece about religious conflict.

Math:

• NEWS FOR YOU!  You now have a link to your textbook!  This  link will bring you to the Big Ideas Math Website, where you will choose your color/name of book.  Then you can search the entire textbook - like today's sample problems done together in class.  Check it out - you can search without a username and password in the "Home Edition".
• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
Grade 7
• Due Thurs., 12/13:
  
  • L1: p. 198-199, #1-4, 7, 13-17, 20
  • L2: p. 198-199, #1-4, 8-10, 14-18, 19-27
Grade 8
• Nada
  

Science:

• Quiz Fri., 12/14: Quiz on density/practical applications of heat.
• Due Fri., 12/14: Complete Physics Worksheet.

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
• Due Thurs., 12/6 Ch. 2 Grammar ser & estar
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/6: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at your level using either the new sheet with C' and D' or with an older sheet including songs with fewer notes.

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/12: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Minimum Wage Machine

This piece by artist Blake Fall-Conroy, who describes the purpose of his work as being, "...More about communicating ideas and less interested in making art," is a tactile illustration of the minimum wage. The user turns a crank, which dispenses a penny every 4.97 seconds, 725 per hour, equaling the NY State minimum wage of $7.25.