Thursday, May 8, 2014

General Announcments:

• Friday, May 9: Field trip to Goldthread Apothecary in Conway. We will be leaving after lunch and returning by 3 pm.
   
• 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
• If you notice anything missing or wrong, please comment below. I don't always have the whole picture -Grace

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• from lesson on experimental probability:  answer questions #3-12 on p. 402

8th Grade:

• Grace's Group
• Due Fri., 5/9
• Finish 9.1 packet about exponents begun in class today, including sheet on back.
• Complete Ch. 9 Fair Game Review (both sides)
• John's Group: 
• from lesson on intro trigonometric ratios, answer questions # 2-9 on p. 755

Humanities:

• All: 
• Reading log 6 due Thursday
• Revised poem due tomorrow
• Grade 7
• Finish rough draft of research paper by Monday
• Grade 8
• Final draft due Friday

Science:   

• Your Milk/Detergent Lab questions are due tomorrow!  This means answering the questions in the
• "Data Analysis" and Conclusion" sections!
• FIELD STUDY ON ESSENTIAL OILS/ CONWAY/GOLDTHREAD APOTHECARY
• dress for cooler, possibly wet weather!

Atelier: 

• 
  

Spanish:

• Grade 7:  
• Grade 8:

8th Grade Project:

• Final draft due Friday
• Work on building your project (due 5/19)
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

 

Abstruse Goose tracks the progress of Earth's television signals across the universe.

Science/Math Homework, prepared on
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7

Sorry for the lack of posts during the last few weeks!

Math
7th Grade
Due Thursday, May 8:
Complete the questions for Activites 1,2 and 3 on pgs 215 - 217

8th Grade (John's group)
Due Thursday, May 8
Complete the Activity on p. 751, "Investigating similar triangles", including
the 3 questions of the "Drawing Conclusions" section

Science
due Friday, May 9
Complete the Data Analysis for your "Milkfat lab" experiment;
look on Google docs for some shared photos of the lab's results

REMEMBER: FIELD STUDY THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON!
Dress for the weather - we'll be inside and outside up in Conway, learning what essential
oils are, and how they are extracted through the distillation process.

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

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• 
  

8th Grade:

• Grace's Group
• Due Wed., 4/30:
• MCAS Practice Packet, Session 2 (calculator allowed)
• If not complete, finish bad statistics paragraphs
• John's Group: 
• 
  

Humanities:

• All
• Final draft of blog post due tomorrow. Bring in printed hard copy.
• Reading log 4 due Thursday, May 1
• Grade 7
• 1500 words of research paper due Monday
• Grade 8
• Key facts for trifold due Thurs.
• Work on building your project, due 5/19

Science:   

• 
  

Atelier: 

• 
  

Spanish:

• Grade 7:  Prueba mañana - Estudia la lista de adjetivos
• Grade 8: Have at least 8 pages done of text (paragraphs)

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:

Poptimus Prime: The World's Largest Balloon Sculpture

Made by balloon artist John Reid for Salt Lake City Comic Con in Utah, the sculpture is 50 feet tall and made of 4,302 balloons. It's so large that it can't stand in the convention center upright. Building it took Reid 42 hours.

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!)