Thursday, January 10, 2013

Thursday, January 10, 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 researching your topic for Golden Age of Islam/European Renaissance debate.
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 Wed., 1/9:
    • L1: anyone? Bueller?
    • L2: textbook, p. 216, #12-16 and 5.4 Practice B Handout
  • Grade 8
  • Due Fri., 1/11: Start with Standardized Test Review (p. 101) then do Chapter Review, p. 95-98, one problem for each chapter./li>
Science:
  • Nada

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

Catmoflage


Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Wednesday, January 9, 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 revising fiction story according to rubric and comments. Final draft of story due Thurs., 1/10, 8 am.
  • Continue researching your topic for Golden Age of Islam/European Renaissance debate.
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 Wed., 1/9:
    • L1: textbook, p. 216, #4-11, 25-29
    • L2: textbook, p. 216, #4-8, 10, 18-19, 22
  • Grade 8
  • Nada/li>
Science:
  • Nada

Spanish
    Grade 7
  • Quiz Thurs., 1/10 on recent vocab
  • Grade 8
  • p. 71, ex. 6.1
Music:
  • Practice your performance song



Moment of Zen

Tiny, Tiny Trains


Miniature maker Mario Marchese built this working train set, featuring train cars only ½ inch long, into a wooden cheese box. Click to see more images and details about how it goes.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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
Humanities:
  • Continue revising fiction story according to rubric and comments. Final draft of story due Thurs., 1/10.
  • Continue researching your topic for Golden Age of Islam/European Renaissance debate.
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 Wed., 1/9: Calculate area of your group's wall based on your scaledrawing made in class today. Scale is 1 cm in drawing is 1 foot of real wall.
  • Grade 8
  • Due Fri., 12/21: #1-6 on Ch. 2 quiz in textbook, p. 94.
Science:
  • Nada

Spanish
    Grade 7
  • Quiz Thurs., 1/10 on recent vocab
  • Grade 8
  • p. 71, ex. 6.1
Music:
  • Practice your performance song



Moment of Zen

The Striped Icebergs of Antarctica (and 10 other Icy Marvels)


Click to read more about how these icebergs, found in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Antarctica, got their stripes. Also, see and read about 10 other remarkable ice formations, including sparkling blue rivers flowing over ice, icy spikes that grow from the ground in the Andes and what appears to be a frozen wave.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Monday, January 7, 2013

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
Humanities:
  • Continue revising fiction story according to rubric
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 Tues., 1/8: Finish puzzle begun in class.
  • Grade 8
  • Due Fri., 12/21: #1-6 on Ch. 2 quiz in textbook, p. 94.
Science:
  • Nada

Spanish
    Grade 7
  • Quiz Thurs., 1/10 on recent vocab
  • Grade 8
  • p. 71, ex. 6.1
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., 12/19: Second draft of cookbook border due.


  • Moment of Zen

    We Live In the Future: Roads That Glow in the Dark


    This year, the Dutch government will be experimentally painting lines on roads in a few areas of The Netherlands using glow-in-the-dark paint. The paint, a more-developed version of commonly available glow paint, absorbs sunlight all day and can glow for up to 10 hours during the night. Not only will the road markings glow in the dark, they will also be temperature-sensitive, displaying snowflakes on the road below freezing to indicate that roads may be slippery. Read more by clicking above.