Monday, January 14, 2013

General Announcements:

• Friday PE: Wear or bring clothes/shoes to move in indoors.
• 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

Humanities:

• Continue preparing for Golden Age of Islam/European Renaissance debate, this Wed., 1/16.

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 Tue., 1/15:
  • L1: Finish 5.4 Practice A
  • L2: Complete 5.4 Extension: your room or assigned classroom
Grade 8
• Due Tue., 1/15:
  • L1: Go over Ch. Review, textbook, p. 95-98.
  • L2: Finish standardized text practice

Science:

• Due Wed., 1/16 How does a candle burn? 200-word write up with attached diagram

8th Grade Project

• Due Fri., 1/11: Initial, exploratory research (as guided on handout from the other day).

Spanish

Grade 7
• Quiz Fri., 1/11 on recent vocab
Grade 8
• p. 71, ex. 6.1

Music:

• Practice your performance song

Moment of Zen

Dollhouse built inside a guitar

Lorraine Robinson built this dollhouse as a college going-away present for her daughter. The house is built into the body of her daughter's first guitar. Click to see more pictures.