Wednesday, January 2, 2013

General Announcements:

• 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

Humanities:

• Continue revising fiction story according to rubric

Math:

• 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 Fri., 12/21: textbook, p. 204, #8-11, 14-17. Challenge: 15, 17-24
Grade 8
• Due Fri., 12/21: p. 81, #11, 13, 15, 16 and 2 problems of your choice from either 2.5A or 2.5B Practice sheet.

Science:

• Nada
  
  

Spanish

Grade 7
• Nichts
Grade 8
• ничего: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at your level using either the new sheet with C' and D' or with an older sheet including songs with fewer notes.

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/19: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Contest for New Birthday Song

Remember how the quintessential English-language birthday song, "Happy Birthday" is copyrighted? The Free Music Archive, which is exactly what it sounds like, is currently running a contest attempting to establish a new standard. Who knows if they'll succeed in establishing a new standard, but it's worth checking out.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

General Announcements:

• 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

Humanities:

• Over Vacation: Revise fiction story according to rubric
• Cook your recipe, serve it to family and friends to make sure that it's a good recipe and written clearly.

Math:

• 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 Fri., 12/21: textbook, p. 204, #1-3, 8-11. Challenge: 16
Grade 8
• Due Fri., 12/21: p. 81, #11, 13, 15, 16 and 2 problems of your choice from either 2.5A or 2.5B Practice sheet.

Science:

• Due Fri., 12/21:
  
• Complete organizing science binder (notes from last unit, oldest→newest)


• Finish questions about lab activities in packet handed out today.

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
• Due Thurs., 12/6 Ch. 2 Grammar ser & estar
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/6: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at your level using either the new sheet with C' and D' or with an older sheet including songs with fewer notes.

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/19: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

General Announcements:

• 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

Humanities:

• Test Wed., 12/19 on Islam
• Due Thurs., 12/20: Finish first draft of fiction piece (3-12 pages)

Math:

• 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 Thurs., 12/20: Complete R&P Journal, p. 111-113. You can cut out and use the shapesets in the back of the R&P journal to help.
  
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/20: In textbook, finish p. 78, #1 and 2 (if not done), then do p. 80, #1, 2, 8-10, 14. Challenge: 17

Science:

• Due Fri., 12/21:
  
• Complete organizing science binder (notes from last unit, oldest→newest)


• Finish questions about lab activities in packet handed out today.

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
• Due Thurs., 12/6 Ch. 2 Grammar ser & estar
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/6: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at your level using either the new sheet with C' and D' or with an older sheet including songs with fewer notes.

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/19: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Therapy Chickens?

The University of Minnesota St. Paul brought in a troop of therapy animals to help soothe finals-stressed college students. Most of the group were of a more canine persuasion, but then there's Woodstock (pictured above). Woodstock is a therapy chicken. He is not the only therapy chicken. In fact, as places concerned with dog allergens become more interested in the positive effects of therapy animals, chickens are becoming increasingly popular. Click above to read more.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

General Announcements:

• 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

Humanities:

• Test Wed., 12/19 on Islam
• Due Thurs., 12/20: Finish first draft of fiction piece (3-12 pages)

Math:

• 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
  

Science:

• Nada.

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
• Due Thurs., 12/6 Ch. 2 Grammar ser & estar
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/6: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at your level using either the new sheet with C' and D' or with an older sheet including songs with fewer notes.

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/19: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Thursday, December 13, 2012

General Announcements:

• 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
• Fri., Dec. 14: 6-7-8 Dance
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE), and warm clothes that you can still move in - we are still outside until further notice.

Humanities:

• Due Fri., 12/14: Finish at least one (single-spaced) page in your ficai
• Work on fiction piece about religious conflict.

Math:

• 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 Thurs., 12/13:
  
  • L1: p. 198-199, #1-4, 7, 13-17, 20
  • L2: p. 198-199, #1-4, 8-10, 14-18, 19-27
Grade 8
• Nada
  

Science:

• Quiz Fri., 12/14: Quiz on density/practical applications of heat.
• Due Fri., 12/14: Complete Physics Worksheet.

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
• Due Thurs., 12/6 Ch. 2 Grammar ser & estar
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/6: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at your level using either the new sheet with C' and D' or with an older sheet including songs with fewer notes.

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/12: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Minimum Wage Machine

This piece by artist Blake Fall-Conroy, who describes the purpose of his work as being, "...More about communicating ideas and less interested in making art," is a tactile illustration of the minimum wage. The user turns a crank, which dispenses a penny every 4.97 seconds, 725 per hour, equaling the NY State minimum wage of $7.25.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

General Announcements:

• 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
• Tue., Dec. 11: Trip to Islamic Society in West Springfield. Wear clean, long-sleeved shirts, long pants and clean socks. Boys should wear or bring a tie. Girls should bring a scarf or large piece of fabric to cover their head. Everyone needs to bring a lunch.
• Fri., Dec. 14: 6-7-8 Dance
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE), and warm clothes that you can still move in - we are still going up to the field until further notice.

Humanities:

• Due Thurs., 12/13: Read remaining chapters in Tasting the Sky. Summarize each chapter in 3-4 sentences and answer the questions about the section.
• Work on fiction piece about religious conflict.

Math:

• 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 Thurs., 12/13: Record & Practice Journal, p. 107-109 - all problems.
  
Grade 8
• Quiz Thurs., 12/13 on Ch. 2.1-2.4
• Due Thurs., 12/13:
  
  • Reg.: p. 72-73, #1, 5-21 odds
  • Adv.: p. 72-73, #1, 8-14 even, 13-23 odd

Science:

• Quiz Fri., 12/14: Quiz on density/practical applications of heat.
• Due Fri., 12/14: Complete Physics Worksheet.

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
• Due Thurs., 12/6 Ch. 2 Grammar ser & estar
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/6: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at least one song using B, A, G, E, D . If you've mastered one, pick another to work on or write your own!

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/12: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Monday, December 10, 2012

General Announcements:

• 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
• Tue., Dec. 11: Trip to Islamic Society in West Springfield. Wear clean, long-sleeved shirts, long pants and clean socks. Boys should wear or bring a tie. Girls should bring a scarf or large piece of fabric to cover their head. Everyone needs to bring a lunch.
• Fri., Dec. 14: 6-7-8 Dance
• PE on Friday - Bring sneakers/shoes you can run in (no flip flops or sandals for PE), and warm clothes that you can still move in - we are still going up to the field until further notice.

Humanities:

• Due Wed., 12/12: Read "Jerusalem," "Jericho" and "Accident" chapters of Tasting the Sky. Summarize each chapter in 3-4 sentences and answer the questions about the section.
• Study for Geography Test on Southwest Asia (on Friday, 12/7). Revise cookbook story. Final draft due!
• Work on writing story for cookbook spread (300-400 words), and making sure you have all ingredients and instructions for the recipe you collected from your interview subject.

Math:

• 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., 12/11: Complete construction worksheet handed out today examinging 6-divisions and 12-divisions.
  
Grade 8
• Due Tues., 12/11: R & P, p. 39; textbook, p. 72, #3 and 4, p. 69 #25

Science:

• Nada

Spanish

Grade 7
• Chapter 2 Vocabulary Quiz 12/4 (Tues.) Pobre Ana
• Due Thurs., 12/6 Ch. 2 Grammar ser & estar
Grade 8
• Due Thurs., 12/6: Read Chap. 4 Piratas

Music:

• Practice at least one song using B, A, G, E, D . If you've mastered one, pick another to work on or write your own!

Atelier

Due Wed., 12/12: Second draft of cookbook border due.

Tech

Have flash drive at the ready

Moment of Zen

Christmas, Japanese Style

Although the majority of Japanese people aren't Christian, Christmas has become an important holiday to many people in Japan. They have their own unique ways of decorating which have aspects of the familiar but with a uniquely Japanese twist. The image above, an installation in a Tokyo mall, seems to sum this up particularly well.