Enjoy the Snow Day!
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
General Announcements:
Moment of Zen
Dogwool
From a photo series by Erwan Fichou documenting people who collect their dog's shed fur and turn it into wearable clothing. Bet it still smells funky when it gets wet...
- 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
- Continue preparing for Golden Age of Islam/European Renaissance debate, this Wed., 1/16.
- 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
- Nada Grade 8
- Nada
- Due Thurs., 1/17 How does a candle burn? 200-word write up with attached diagram
- Due Fri., 1/11: Initial, exploratory research (as guided on handout from the other day).
- Grade 7
- Quiz Fri., 1/11 on recent vocab Grade 8
- p. 71, ex. 6.1
- Practice your performance song
Moment of Zen
Dogwool
Monday, January 14, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
General Announcements:
Moment of Zen
Dollhouse built inside a guitar
Lorraine Robinson built this dollhouse as a college going-away present for her daughter. The house is built into the body of her daughter's first guitar. Click to see more pictures.
- 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
- Continue preparing for Golden Age of Islam/European Renaissance debate, this Wed., 1/16.
- 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 Tue., 1/15:
- L1: Finish 5.4 Practice A
- L2: Complete 5.4 Extension: your room or assigned classroom
Grade 8
- Due Tue., 1/15:
- L1: Go over Ch. Review, textbook, p. 95-98.
- L2: Finish standardized text practice
- Due Wed., 1/16 How does a candle burn? 200-word write up with attached diagram
- Due Fri., 1/11: Initial, exploratory research (as guided on handout from the other day).
- Grade 7
- Quiz Fri., 1/11 on recent vocab Grade 8
- p. 71, ex. 6.1
- Practice your performance song
Moment of Zen
Dollhouse built inside a guitar
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
General Announcements:
Moment of Zen
Catmoflage
- 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
- Continue researching your topic for Golden Age of Islam/European Renaissance debate.
- 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>
- Nada
- Due Fri., 1/11: Initial, exploratory research (as guided on handout from the other day).
- Grade 7
- Quiz Fri., 1/11 on recent vocab Grade 8
- p. 71, ex. 6.1
- Practice your performance song
Moment of Zen
Catmoflage
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
General Announcements:
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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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>
- Nada
- Grade 7
- Quiz Thurs., 1/10 on recent vocab Grade 8
- p. 71, ex. 6.1
- 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:
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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Nada
- Grade 7
- Quiz Thurs., 1/10 on recent vocab Grade 8
- p. 71, ex. 6.1
- 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:
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.
- 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
- Continue revising fiction story according to rubric
- 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.
- Nada
- Grade 7
- Quiz Thurs., 1/10 on recent vocab Grade 8
- p. 71, ex. 6.1
- Practice at your level using either the new sheet with C' and D' or with an older sheet including songs with fewer notes.
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.
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