Thursday, February 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.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  
  CHAPTER 4 TEST THIS FRIDAY, FEB 7!
• Due 

8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

• due Friday, 2/7: in packet, finish p. 102, then on p.103, divide up each shape into triangles - as few as possible

John's Group:

• due Wednesday, 2/5: 

 Humanities:

• Reading log #5 assignment due 2/13

Science:   

DUE FRIDAY, 2/7

• Read Physics textbook section on "Forces and Friction", pp. 263-272, and answer questions on p.273 (1-4, 6-8, 10)
• Bring in a video recording device (if you have one!) this Friday
• Bring in a shoebox or other small box to store your mousetrap cars!
  (talk to your mousetrap car teammate so that one of you brings in a box - Thank you!

Atelier:

• Borrowed scratchboard knives need to be returned.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • fill in sheet
  • prueba miércoles: "-AR verbos"

• 8th Grade:
• retake irreg. verbos miércoles
• Cap. 1 preguntas

8th Grade Project:

• Take notes. 70 notecards due Tuesday.
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

Ice Orchestra Plays Instruments Made of Ice

Tuesday, February 4, 2013

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.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  
  CHAPTER 4 TEST THIS FRIDAY, FEB 7!
• Due Wed., 2/5: Textbook, p.184
  
  • Level 1: 1,3,5, then pages 185-186 Chapter Review (evens only)
  • Level 2: 2,4,6, then Standardized test practice,pp 189-191
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8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

• due Wednesday, 2/5: Nothing due (you finished it in class!), but in case you end up with time on your hands before the next class and want to make more of the Sonobe units I showed you how to fold today, here's a video with instructions for how to fold one (others are available about how to put them together into cool, 3D shapes): How to fold a Sonobe Unit

John's Group:

• due Wednesday, 2/5: 

 Humanities:

• Read and annotate "We take nothing by conquest" due Wednesday
• Reading log #5 assignment due 2/13

Science:   

DUE FRIDAY, 2/7

• Read Physics textbook section on "Forces and Friction", pp. 263-272, and answer questions on p.273 (1-4, 6-8, 10)
• Bring in a video recording device (if you have one!) this Friday
• Bring in a shoebox or other small box to store your mousetrap cars!
  (talk to your mousetrap car teammate so that one of you brings in a box - Thank you!

Tech:

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Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • fill in sheet
  • prueba miércoles: "-AR verbos"

• 8th Grade:
• retake irreg. verbos miércoles
• Cap. 1 preguntas

8th Grade Project:

• Take notes. 70 notecards due Tuesday.
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

How to Sneeze in 10 Languages

Monday, February 3, 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.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  
  CHAPTER 4 TEST THIS FRIDAY, FEB 7!
• Due Tuesday 2/4: pp. 182-3, Textbook, Chapter 4
  
  • Level 1: #8,13,17,25,32
  • Level 2: (same pages as above) 24, 30-36 (even)

8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

• due Tuesday, 2/4: Finish Chapter 5 Fair Game Review (last sheet in 5.1 packet begun today, front and back sides, p. 93-94)

John's Group:

• due Tuesday, 2/4: from the Green Connected Math book
• Investigation 1.1: Complete your graph of the data you calculated in class (p.6 in the little Green book) and answer 1.1 D. Then, look at Problem 1.1 Follow Up, and answer #1 in the Follow Up
• Read p.7, then do Problem 1.2 a-e. p.8
• Finally, do Problem 1.3 (Writing an Equation) A. through D (do this without a graphing calculator!)

 Humanities:

• Read and annotate "We take nothing by conquest" due Wednesday
• Reading log #5 assignment due 2/13

Science:   

DUE TOMORROW!

• Bring in a shoebox or other small box to store your mousetrap cars!
  (talk to your mousetrap car teammate so that one of you brings in a box - Thank you!

Tech:

• 
  

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • fill in sheet
  • prueba miércoles: "-AR verbos"

• 8th Grade:
• retake irreg. verbos miércoles
• Cap. 1 preguntas

8th Grade Project:

• Take notes. 55 notecards due Tuesday.
• First meeting with mentor due Jan. 31
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

This is a little later than your  newspapers, but is an actual ad for a "rocking bathtub" from 1901.