Thursday, January 9, 2014

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.
• Lowell trip Fri., Jan 24. We will be departing the school at 6:45 am and returning around 5:00 pm. Students will need to bring a lunch.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• Due Friday, Jan 10
• 7th Grade:
• Complete both scale drawings of your ergonomic desk chair
• 8th Grade: 
• Grace's Group:
  • Due Fri., 1/10: Finish Activities 2 & 3 (the balloon and rollercoaster problems) in the packet handed out today.
  John's Group:
  • Complete Gift Card  systems of linear inequality problem, then examples p. 435, # 6-11, using graph paper when needed

 Humanities:

• Reading log #2 due Thurs., 1/16.
• Read and annotate "The Women of Early America" underline dates, events, people, products for your newspaper. Due Friday.

Science:   No new homework, BUT...  your Pro/Con graphic organizer for your genetics speech is past due, and the final printed copy of your speech is due this coming Monday, January 13.

Tech:

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Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • earphones
  • "ar" verbs worksheet

• 8th Grade:
• earphones
• 12 oraciones con 12 verbos

8th Grade Project:

• Take notes. 10 notecards due Tuesday, 1/14.

Moment of Zen:

First and last lines of every regeneration of the Doctor. Fascinating.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.
• Forbes Library trip this Thursday morning, Jan. 9. We will back in time for lunch
• Lowell trip Fri., Jan 24. We will be departing the school at 6:45 am and returning around 5:00 pm. Students will need to bring a lunch.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Quiz Thurs., 1/9 on proportional relationships.
• 8th Grade:
• Grace's Group:
  • Due Wed., 1/8: Finish 2.6 Practice A
  John's Group:
  • 
    

 Humanities:

• Reading log #1 due Thurs., 1/9.
• Read and annotate "The Women of Early America" underline dates, events, people, products for your newspaper. Due Friday.

Tech:

• 
  

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • earphones
  • "ar" verbs worksheet

• 8th Grade:
• earphones
• 12 oraciones con 12 verbos

8th Grade Project:

• Preliminary research due Thursday

Moment of Zen:

What's next for the banana?

Did you know that there are many varieties of banana the way there are with apples and many other fruits? It's hard to tell because virtually all the bananas we see around here are Cavendish bananas. However, Cavendish bananas are currently threatened by Panama Disease, a fungal blight. However, there are many other varieties of banana that are not affected by this disease. Click above to read about 7 banana varieties that may start turning up when the Cavendish goes into short supply.

DueDueGeneral Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.
• Forbes Library trip this Thursday morning, Jan. 9. We will back in time for lunch
• Lowell trip Fri., Jan 24. We will be departing the school at 6:45 am and returning around 5:00 pm. Students will need to bring a lunch.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • Due Wed., 1/8: Ch. 3 Practice Quiz handed out in class today.
  • Quiz Wed., 1/8 on proportional relationships.
• 8th Grade:
• Grace's Group:
  • Due Wed., 1/8: Finish 2.6 Practice (last page of packet from today)
  John's Group:
  • 
    

 Humanities:

• Reading log #1 due Thurs., 1/9
• Read And Annotate "The Women Of Early America" Underline Dates, Events, People, Products For Your newspaper. Due Fri.
• Tech:

• 
  

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • earphones
  • Subject pronoun hoja

• 8th Grade:
• earphones
• Proyecto

Science:

• Complete reading about cells in packet handed out during Tech/Humanities this morning. Due Wednesday.

Moment of Zen:

Visualizing different map projections. Click to read more.

Monday, January 6, 2014

General Announcments:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Mondays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.
• Forbes Library trip this Thursday morning, Jan. 9. We will back in time for lunch
• Lowell trip Fri., Jan 24. We will be departing the school at 6:45 am and returning around 5:00 pm. Students will need to bring a lunch.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  • 
    
• 8th Grade:
• Grace's Group:
  • 
    
  John's Group:
  • 
    

 Humanities:

• Finish reading "A Shoeful of Cotton Seeds" and annotate

Tech:

• Due ASAP: Your interactive DC map Prezi, if not already shared. Make sure your Prezi meets all of the requirements outlined here. Share with gmrowicki@hilltowncharter.org and send me an email if you have questions about Prezi, Dropbox, or the project.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • earphones
  • Subject pronoun hoja

• 8th Grade:
• earphones
• Proyecto

Science:

• Complete reading about cells in packet handed out during Tech/Humanities this morning. Due Wednesday.

Moment of Zen:

Meet the Lyre Sponge.

The lyre sponge is one of a number of species that was discovered last year. Click here to read about several others discovered in 2013.

Monday, January 6

Due Wednesday, Jan 8
Science: Read the handout on how cells
reproduce (given to you this morning);
come with your questions this Wednesday during our lab

Math: None for either 7th/8th grade, due to delayed opening