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
  • 
    

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:

• 
  

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.

Thursday, January 30, 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:
  PoW handed out Monday - due Monday, February 3 (check your make-up folder if you were absent Monday!)
• due Friday, 1/31: Finish R&P Journal, p. 104, #1-6 using the Interest = Principal * rate * time equation (I = Prt) we looked at in class.
• 8th Grade:
• Grace's Group: 
• Nada
• John's Group:
• Nada

 Humanities:

• Newspaper: 2nd side article due tomorrow
• Reading log #5 assignment due Monday, 2/3

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:
  • paquete -ar verbos

• 8th Grade:
• preposiciones paquete

8th Grade Project:

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

Moment of Zen:

Submitted without comment.

Wednesday, January 29, 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.
• Lowell trip Fri., Jan 24. We will be departing the school at 6:45 am and returning around 5:00 pm. Students will need to bring a lunch.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  PoW handed out Monday - due Monday, February 3 (check your make-up folder if you were absent Monday!)
• due Thursday, 1/30: Finish the 4.3 Practice sheet you began in class today (4.3 Practice A or B or 4.3 Enrichment & Extension)
• 8th Grade:
• Grace's Group: 
• Test tomorrow, Thursday, 1/30. Use your Review Sheet and the key to study.
• John's Group:
• Finish "Properties of Exponents" packet begun in class today.

 Humanities:

• Newspaper: One main article and one side article. Due Thursday
• Reading log #4 assignment due Thursday

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:
  • paquete -ar verbos

• 8th Grade:
• preposiciones paquete

8th Grade Project:

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

Moment of Zen:

Submitted without comment.

Tuesday, January 28, 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.
• Lowell trip Fri., Jan 24. We will be departing the school at 6:45 am and returning around 5:00 pm. Students will need to bring a lunch.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
  PoW handed out Monday - due Monday, February 3(check your make-up folder if you were absent Monday!)
• due Wednesday:  Practicing markup and discounts Chapter 4.3:  pp. 176-7, 
• Level 2:   # 1-3, 8,12,16,17,18-29
• Level 1 #1-3,5,7,11-17 (odd) 21, 22
• 8th Grade:
• Grace's Group: 
• Ch. 3 Review Sheet: Do at least one problem from each section, plus 6 additional problems of your choice from the sheet (14 total). See key in email.
• John's Group:
• Practicing Exponential growth and exponential decay
• p.482, #31
• p.488-9  #11-25, odd, #34

 Humanities:

• Annotate "The Other Civil War" due Wed.
• Newspaper: One main article and one side article. Due Thursday
• Reading log #4 assignment due Thursday

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:
  • 10 oraciones con verbos (then take out verbs)

• 8th Grade:
• prueba miércoles - España info

8th Grade Project:

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

Moment of Zen:

"Dark Forces" by Matthew J. Mahoney

Darth Vader, as styled in banana peels

Monday, January 27, 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.
• Lowell trip Fri., Jan 24. We will be departing the school at 6:45 am and returning around 5:00 pm. Students will need to bring a lunch.
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade: Practice with calculating discounts and markupscomplete R&P Journal, pp 98-99 exercises,
  then, in the textbook, pp. 176-7, do #4, 9, 14
  PoW handed out today - due Monday, February 3
• 8th Grade:
• Grace's Group: Nada
• John's Group:
• John's Group: Practice graphing and writing exponential growth equations
  Complete class handout on exponential growth of cell phone use,
  then, in the text, section 8.5 (Exponential Growth Functions), do page 474, #57, and then p. 480,
  

  1-5, 15 and 17.

  PoW (will handout tomorrow - due Mon. Feb 3)

 Humanities:

• Reading log #3 due Thurs., 1/23.
• Plan for newspaper, due tomorrow.

Science:   

• Be ready to give your Genetics Pro/Con Speech
• DUE TUESDAY - 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:
  • earphones
  • traduce

• 8th Grade:
• earphones
• ser/estar sheet (2 sides)

8th Grade Project:

• Take notes. 40 notecards due Tuesday.
• Mentors due Jan. 30

Moment of Zen: