Thursday, April 17, 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. Unless it's raining, we will be up at the field for the rest of the year!

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• due FRIDAY:  Your final box design is due!

8th Grade:

• Grace's Group
• Due Thurs., 4/17: Finish line of best fit practice sheet begun in class today.
• Due Fri., 4/18: MCAS Practice Session 1 (no calculator).
• John's Group: 
• 
  

Humanities:

• All
• Essay test this Friday: "Were Black people free after the Civil War?"
• Grade 7
• 800 Words of rough draft due Friday
• Grade 8
• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)

Science:   

• 
  

Atelier: 

• 
  

Spanish:

• Tod@s:  ¡No hay tarea para las vacacciones!

8th Grade Project:

• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

The Magical World of Snails

Wednesday, April 16, 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. Unless it's raining, we will be up at the field for the rest of the year!

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• due FRIDAY:  Your final box design is due!

8th Grade:

• Grace's Group
• Due Thurs., 4/17: finish 7.3 practice (back page of packet with Jerome the alligator).
• Due Fri., 4/18: MCAS Practice Session 1 (no calculator). If you will not be here on Friday, this is due Thursday.
• John's Group: 
• Due Thursday, April 17: MCAS practice questions due 1-20
• also due Thursday: Test corrections

Humanities:

• All
• Reading log 3 due Thursday.
• Essay test this Friday: "Were Black people free after the Civil War?"
• Grade 7
• 800 Words of rough draft due Friday
• Grade 8
• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)

Science:   

• 
  

Atelier: 

• 
  

Spanish:

• Tod@s:  ¡No hay tarea para las vacacciones!

8th Grade Project:

• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

The Tiny Robots of Steven Talkowski
For those of you who love cute robots and tiny street art as much as I do.
The secret: while the photos are real, the robots are computer-generated and added later.

Tuesday, April 15, 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. Unless it's raining, we will be up at the field for the rest of the year!

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• due FRIDAY:  Your final box design is due!

8th Grade:

• Grace's Group
• Due Fri., 18: MCAS Practice Session 1 (no calculator). If you will not be here on Friday, this is due Thursday.
• John's Group: 
• Due Thursday, April 17: MCAS practice questions due 1-20
• also due Thursday: Test corrections

Humanities:

• All
• Reading log 3 due Thursday.
• 
  
• Grade 7
• 800 Words of rough draft due Friday
• Grade 8
• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)

Science:   

• due Wednesday, April 16: There will be a reading assigned tomorrow; stay tuned!

Atelier: 

• 
  

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
• 10 oraciones comparing yourself and someone else (10 adjetivos)

• 8th Grade:
• Preguntas sheet

8th Grade Project:

• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

The Odd, Experimental Bikes of Sergio Garcia

Monday, April 14, 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. Unless it's raining, we will be up at the field for the rest of the year!

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• due Tuesday, April 15: Use your outline you worked on today to write your 1 paragraph project description of your Yarn Box design
• due FRIDAY:  Your final box design is due!

8th Grade:

• Grace's Group
• Due Tues., 4/15: 7.2 Practice A
• John's Group: 
• Due tomorrow: Nothing due
• Due Thursday, April 17: MCAS practice questions due 1-20
• also due Thursday: Test corrections

Humanities:

• All
• Reading log 3 due Thursday.
• 
  
• Grade 7
• 800 Words of rough draft due Friday
• Grade 8
• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)

Science:   

• due Wednesday, April 16: There will be a reading assigned tomorrow; stay tuned!

Atelier: 

• 
  

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
• 10 oraciones comparing yourself and someone else (10 adjetivos)

• 8th Grade:
• Preguntas sheet

8th Grade Project:

• Due 4/29: Picture & description of mentor
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

Pancakes with bite.

Nathan Shields is something of a pancake virtuoso. He posts images of his exquisite work at Saipancakes. Here is his collection of shark pancakes (including the whorl shark!)