Homework -- 1/8

Language Arts Assigned today: For Friday, 1/9, study for Grammar Test that is like the Practice Test. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Friday, 1/9, work 30 minutes in Math League returned to you today. Correct errors first. 8th Grade: Due Friday, 1/9, complete 5.2 on page 68, A & B only. Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due Friday, 1/9, finish 8-Fold Path examples. Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Friday, 1/9, entry in Daily Cloud Journal. Also, write 3 examples of each form of heat transfer (use lined paper). Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Friday, 1/9, study 11 vocabulary words from worksheet in class. 8th Grade: Due Friday, 1/9, read pp. 20-23, finish questions 1-8. Previously Assigned/still due: None Technology Assigned today: None. Previously Assigned/still due: None Music Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Atelier Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: 8th Grade: Due Thursday, 1/15, complete sections I and II of 8th Grade Project Proposal (typed). Previously Assigned/still due: None

School Cancelled -- 1/7

School cancelled today due to inclement weather.

Homework -- 1/6

Language Arts Assigned today: Due Wednesday, 1/7, in blue grammar book, write 5 well-edited sentences, using either a reflexive or intensive pronoun. Label each pronoun. Place on Marc's table. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Wednesday, 1/7, work 20 minutes in Math League from where you stopped in class. 8th Grade: Due Wednesday, 1/7, work 20 minutes in Math League from where you stopped in class. Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Wednesday, 1/7, entry in Daily Cloud Journal. Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Thursday, 1/8, leer (read) capitulo 4. 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Technology Assigned today: None. Previously Assigned/still due: None Music Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Atelier Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None

Homework -- 1/5

Language Arts Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 1/6, bring in independent reading book read over break. Also, write 5 sentences in your blue book that have possessive nouns and pronouns in them. Edit these sentences. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: Due Tuesday, 1/6, Math's Mate Term 2, sheet 5. Show work on asterisked problems. 8th Grade: Due Tuesday, 1/6, Math's Mate Term 1, sheet 5. Show work on asterisked problems. Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 1/6, revise Siddartha summary and complete / tidy up drawings. Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 1/6, do first entry in Daily Cloud Journal. Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Technology Assigned today: None. Previously Assigned/still due: None Music Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Atelier Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 1/6, write a proposal supporting more social interactions among 7th and 8th graders. Previously Assigned/still due: None

Social Studies Assignment: Buddhism

Social Studies Assignment: Summarize the key events in Siddartha's quest for wisdom once he has had the Four Encounters. (Due Tuesday, 12/23)

• Leaves home/family/palace
• Becomes wandering holy man / joins a group (sangha)
• Perfects the practices - asceticism
• Does this for six years
• Realizes he hadn't fulfilled his quest: end of suffering (enlightenment)
• Leaves the sangha; eats full meal
• Sits beneath tree (bodhi tree), meditates
• Achieves enlightenment: how to overcome suffering

Also, make a drawing of the Buddha sitting in meditation under the Bodhi tree.

Homework -- 12/22

Language Arts Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 12/23, write a well-developed, edited, paragraph on your independent reading book choice to read over break. Bring book to school. Previously assigned/still due: None Math Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Note: When needed, you can always get grid paper for graphing from the internet. Social Studies Assigned today: Due Tuesday, 12/23, summarize (about 1 page) the key events in Siddhartha's quest for wisdom once he has had the Four Encounters. Also, make a drawing of the Buddha sitting in meditation under the Bodhi tree. Previously Assigned/still due: None Science Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Spanish Assigned today: 7th Grade: None 8th Grade: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Technology Assigned today: None. Previously Assigned/still due: None Music Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Atelier Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None Other Assigned today: None Previously Assigned/still due: None

School Cancelled

School was let out early on Thursday, 12/18, due to loss of electricity, and there was no homework assigned. Friday, 12/19, there was no school due to bad weather. The field trip to the Leverett Peace Pagoda will be reschedule.