Tuesday, April 23, 2013

General Announcent:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Fridays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Humanities:

• Grade 7: Final hero essay due Fri., 4/26. Email to Anna at alogowitz@smith.edu when complete.
• Grade 8: Eighth grade project due Mon., 5/6
• Due ASAP: Action plan worksheet.
• All: Read "One Hundred Eggs" and make inferences.

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: Choose your level/color

Grade 7:

Due Wed., 4/24
• Level 1: Finish your 100 coin flips, keeping record of how many times it comes up heads after 1, 10, 20, 50 and 100 flips.
• Level 2: Finish Ch. 9 Pretest, textbook, p. 416 all.

Grade 8

• Due Tues., 4/24: Activities #1-4 on 7.1 handout (Volume of Prisms)

Science:

• Due Wed., 4/10: Your completed project.

Español:

Grade 7:
Grade 8

Music:

• Due Thurs., 4/11: Practice "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and, if you're playing recorder for the Renaissance dance, practice your part for this also.
• Practice your other recorder song, if still necessary.
• If you've lost or are confused by your music, see this Google Doc which contains the sheet music and links to Soundcloud to recordings of the music you can play along with.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 5/6: Project due.

Moment of Zen

This Picture is actually a room full of objects

The image is only able to be seen from a specific viewing point. Click to read more about how the image is created and see pictures of it looking like a rather mundane, if cluttered, room.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

General Announcent:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Fridays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Humanities:

• Grade 7: Draft of hero essay due Fri., 4/12. Email to Anna at alogowitz@smith.edu when complete.
• Due Mon., 4/22: Action plan worksheet.
• All: Finish your novel by 4/11 (Thursday)

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: Choose your level/color

Grade 7:

• Nada
Grade 8
• Due Fri., 4/12: Do odd numbered problems on Prob. Set A or B and #4 on Volume & Surface Area Prob. Set (all handouts).

Science:

• Due Wed., 4/10: Your completed project.

Español:

Grade 7:
Grade 8

Music:

• Due Thurs., 4/11: Practice "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and, if you're playing recorder for the Renaissance dance, practice your part for this also.
• Practice your other recorder song, if still necessary.
• If you've lost or are confused by your music, see this Google Doc which contains the sheet music and links to Soundcloud to recordings of the music you can play along with.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 4/8: Proposal outline and rough draft

Moment of Zen

Two-Headed Shark

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

General Announcent:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Fridays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Humanities:

• Due Mon., 4/22: Action plan worksheet.
• All: Finish your novel by 4/11 (Thursday)

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: Choose your level/color

Grade 7:

• Test Thurs., 4/11 on Volumes of Prisms and Pyramids
• Due Wed., 4/10:
  • Level 1: Finish "Future Space Pyramid" worksheet, #9 if not already done. Email Grace if you get stuck.
  • Level 2:
  Grade 8
• Due Wed., 4/10:

Science:

• Due Wed., 4/10: Your completed project.

Español:

Grade 7:
Grade 8

Música:

• Due Thurs., 4/4: Practice "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and, if you're playing recorder for the Renaissance dance, practice your part for this also.
• Practice your other recorder song, if still necessary.
• If you've lost or are confused by your music, see this Google Doc which contains the sheet music and links to Soundcloud to recordings of the music you can play along with.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 4/8: Proposal outline and rough draft

Moment of Zen

Solar Powered Hybrid Remote Controlled Lawn Mower

Click for details.

Monday, April 8, 2013

General Announcent:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Fridays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Humanities:

• Due Mon., 4/22: Action plan worksheet.
• All: Finish your novel by 4/11 (Thursday)

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: Choose your level/color

Grade 7:

• Test Thurs., 4/11 on Volumes of Prisms and Pyramids
• Due Tue., 4/9:
  • Level 1: Finish "Future Space Pyramid" worksheet. Email Grace if you get stuck.
  • Level 2: Finish pool plan. Your proposal should include the following:
    1. Proposed Shape (Bird's eye view sketch)
    2. Proposed depth (cutaway sketch)
    3. Initial Calculations
  Grade 8
• Due Tue., 4/9: handout, p. 274-275
  • L1: #4-6, 10, 11, 13-14, 16-18
  • L2: #4-6, 10, 11, 13-14, 16-22

Science:

• Due Tues., 4/9: Finish coloring climate map
• Due Tues., 4/9: Your completed poster.
• Due Wed., 4/10: Your completed project.

Español:

Grade 7:
Grade 8

Música:

• Due Thurs., 4/4: Practice "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and, if you're playing recorder for the Renaissance dance, practice your part for this also.
• Practice your other recorder song, if still necessary.
• If you've lost or are confused by your music, see this Google Doc which contains the sheet music and links to Soundcloud to recordings of the music you can play along with.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 4/8: Proposal outline and rough draft

Momiento de Zen

Not Photoshopped.

“This is Porkey, she’s an African Pygmy Chameleon. She’s in a bike gang with me (her mom.) Porkey is in such good shape and likes to eat fruit flies.” -Lindsay E.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

General Announcent:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Fridays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Humanities:

• Grade 8: Outline of proposal and rough draft due Monday, 4/8
• Grado 7: Outline due Wednesday, 4/3. When the outline is done, send it to Anna at alogowitz@smith.edu and begin rough draft.
• All: Finish your novel by 4/11 (Thursday)
• Todos: Study for test on Hinduism and geography of South Asia (Friday., 4/5)

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: Choose your level/color

Grade 7:

• Due Fri., 4/5:
  • Level 1: textbook, p. 314, #7-12; p. 320, 11, 12, 14
Grade 8
• Nothing:

Science:

• Due Wed., 4/3: All text and pictures completed, edited and printed.

Español:

Grade 7:
Grade 8

Música:

• Due Thurs., 4/4: Practice "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and, if you're playing recorder for the Renaissance dance, practice your part for this also.
• Practice your other recorder song, if still necessary.
• If you've lost or are confused by your music, see this Google Doc which contains the sheet music and links to Soundcloud to recordings of the music you can play along with.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 4/8: Proposal outline and rough draft

Momiento de Zen

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

General Announcent:

• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace
• Fridays: Wear or bring comfortable clothes for PE.

Humanities:

• Grade 8: Outline of proposal and rough draft due Monday, 4/8
• Grado 7: Outline due Wednesday, 4/3. When the outline is done, send it to Anna at alogowitz@smith.edu and begin rough draft.
• All: Finish your novel by 4/11 (Thursday)
• Todos: Study for test on Hinduism and geography of South Asia (Friday., 4/5)

Math:

Big Ideas Math Website: Choose your level/color

Grade 7:

• Nada
Grade 8
• Nothing:

Science:

• Due Wed., 4/3: All text and pictures completed, edited and printed.

Español:

Grade 7:
Grade 8

Música:

• Due Thurs., 4/4: Practice "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and, if you're playing recorder for the Renaissance dance, practice your part for this also.
• Practice your other recorder song, if still necessary.
• If you've lost or are confused by your music, see this Google Doc which contains the sheet music and links to Soundcloud to recordings of the music you can play along with.

8th Grade Project:

• Due Mon., 4/8: Proposal outline and rough draft

Momiento de Zen

Tortoise Cozies

They're not quite as cute as penguin sweaters, but they come pretty darn close.

Lunes, 1 de abril de 2013

Anuncios generales:

• Si note algo que falta o algo incorrecto aquí, haz un comentario abajo. No sé siempre de todo. -Grace
• Viernes: Lleva ropas cómodas en que se puede moverse.

Humanidades:

• Grado 7:
• Grado 8: Esquema de propuesta y borrador de papel para el lunes., 4/8
• Grado 7:Esquema para el miércoles, 4/3. Cuándo la esquema está completa, mandala a Anna a alogowitz@smith.edu y comienza la borrador.
• Todos: Completar su novela para el 11 de abril (jueves)
• Todos: Estudiar para una prueba sobre el hinduismo y la geografía del Asia del sud (vier., 4/5)

Matemáticas:

Sitio de Matematicas de Ideas Grades: Elegir su nivel/color

Grado 7:

• Nivel 1: Para el mar., 4/2: Completa todas las preguntas en la hoja sobre el pirámide.
• Nivel 2: Para el mar., 4/2: Texto, p. 308-309, #2-5, 9-17, 19
Grade 8
• Para mar., 4/2: Completa las hojas que recibieron en clase sobre area de figuros tridimensional.

Sciencia:

• Para el mier., 4/3: Todo el texto y todas las imagenes para su presentación, editados y impresos.

Испански Язык:

7-ой класс: вторник, 4/2 Сказка кошки - перезаписать сказку.
8-ой класс вторник, 4/2 Перечитать гл. 4. Создавать 8 вопросы (с ответами) о главе.

Música:

• Para jue., 4/4: Practicar "El león ya se duerme" y, si toque el flautín para la baila del renascimiento, practica su línea para esta también.
• Practica la otra canción de flautín, si ya no está completa
• Si haya perdido su música o si estés confusad@, mira esta Google Doc que tiene la música y cadenas a SoundCloud con grabaciones.

Proyecto de grado 8:

• Para lun., 4/8: Esquema de propuesta y borrador de papel.

Momiento de Zen

Algunos chistes, queremos que sean de verdad...