Wednesday, February 26, 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.
• Practice for Coffeehouse! 
• Coffeehouse Crafts due tomorrow!
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. We will be setting up for Coffeehouse on Friday afternoon until 4. Students should be picked up from Smith Voc at 4 and return between 5:30 and 5:45 for the show. We anticipate to be cleaned up and out by 9:45.

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• No homework tonight.

8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

Nada

John's Group: 

No homework tonight.

Humanities:

• Reading log #6 assignment due Thurs., 2/27
• Final draft of newspaper due Monday.
• Add to autobiography: What would your character say about Nat Turner? Due tomorrow.

Science:   

• Have you gotten your hypothesis approved by me, or have you talked with your partner about your idea for an experiment? Come ready to work on this tomorrow, and BRING YOUR VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES TO SCHOOL if you have them! We will use them this week.

Atelier:

• Borrowed scratchboard knives need to be returned.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • create sentences sheet

• 8th Grade:
• La guitarra misteriosa cap. 9 & 10

8th Grade Project:

• 100 Notecards due Tues.
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

Carved out of Brick.

Hip Hop Dance Video

Tuesday, February 25, 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.
• Practice for Coffeehouse! Your act must be at least preliminarily screened by the end of this week!
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• 
  

8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

due Tue., 2/25: Color your unfolded crane pattern. Nicely.

John's Group: 

Humanities:

• Reading log #6 assignment due Thurs., 2/27
• Final draft of newspaper due Monday.
• Finish Autobiography (1 page) 

Science:   

• Have you gotten your hypothesis approved by me, or have you talked with your partner about your idea for an experiment? Come ready to work on this tomorrow, and BRING YOUR VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES TO SCHOOL if you have them! We will use them this week.

Atelier:

• Borrowed scratchboard knives need to be returned.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • ar, er, ir 2 sided sheet

• 8th Grade:
• La guitarra misteriosa cap. 7 +8

8th Grade Project:

• 100 Notecards due Tues.
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

Poultry Shaming

I suppose it was the next inevitable pet shaming step. After the popularity of dog and cat shaming (for those not in the know, pet "shaming" involves taking pictures of pets with signs announcing their crime and posting them publicly). Fiber artist and backyard poultry keeper Amy Rawson posted a set of photos of her chickens, roosters and turkeys wearing signs announcing their misdeeds. I can't wait for alpaca shaming. Clearly, that is what must come next, if it hasn't already.

Monday, February 24, 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.
• Practice for Coffeehouse! Your act must be at least preliminarily screened by the end of this week!
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:  
• With 2 similar figures, how are their PERIMETERS related? How are their AREAS related?
• For Tuesday, 2/25: Answer all parts of pages 111-113 in your R and P journals...

8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

due Tue., 2/25: Chapter 5 Cumulative practice sheet

John's Group: 

due Tue., Feb 25: Algebra Textbook, pp 507-8 (Chapter 9.1) #23,26,29, the # 32-46 (odds only)

We learned that a solution to a quadratic equation actually means what its x-intercepts are; there are multiple ways to determine this. In addition to graphing, you might be able to find the square root(s) of the equation 

Humanities:

• Newspaper due pronto.
• Reading log #6 assignment due Thurs., 2/27
• Reflection on work habits due tomorrow
• Autobiography (1 page) due tomorrow

Science:   

• Have you gotten your hypothesis approved by me, or have you talked with your partner about your idea for an experiment? Come ready to work on this tomorrow, and BRING YOUR VIDEO RECORDING DEVICES TO SCHOOL if you have them! We will use them this week.

Atelier:

• Borrowed scratchboard knives need to be returned.

Spanish:

• 7th Grade:
  • La comida: fill in sheet

• 8th Grade:
• La guitarra misteriosa 6

8th Grade Project:

• Preliminary outline due Thursday
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

LEGOgraphy

Andrew Whyte has two photographic passions: long-exposure photography and his little LEGO photographer. His "LEGOgrapher" has been spotted pointing his camera at all kinds of interesting sights.

Tuesday, February 11, 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.
• Practice for Coffeehouse! Your act must be at least preliminarily screened by the end of this week!
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:
• Tonight, due Wed., Feb 12
• Level 1: p.198, #1-5, 7, 13-17, 20
• Level 2 p. 198 1-4, 8, 14-22 (even), 19, 21

Due Thursday: This weeks PoW

8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

• due Wed., 2/12: in packet, finish last two sheets (p. 114, 5.5 Practice and p. 187, 5.4 Practice A)

John's Group:

• due Wed., 2/12: Due Wed Feb 12Green Book, Inv4.2 Follow up, #2 p. 61
• 
  

 Humanities:

• Entire newspaper due Friday.
• Reading log #5 assignment due 2/13

Science:   

• Due Wednesday, Feb 12
• In the Physical Science Text: Read about Experiment Design in Chapter 2, pp.37-42
• 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:
  • complete el paquete para miércoles
  • prueba martes: "-AR verbos"

• 8th Grade:
• retake irreg. verbos miércoles
• cap. 4 y 5

8th Grade Project:

• Preliminary outline due Thursday
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

Seen recently in Tokyo, which is under a severe snowstorm warning for the first time in 13 years.

Monday, February 10, 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.
• Practice for Coffeehouse! Your act must be at least preliminarily screened by the end of this week!
• Coffeehouse, Smith Voc., Friday, Feb. 28. Watch this space for more details as they develop

Math:

• 7th Grade:We began a new Geometry unit on SIMILARITIES and TRANSFORMATIONS.Today, we investigated what it means for two objects to be geometrically similar to each other, and found that their sides (or parts) must be "in proportion" with one another.
• Tonight:
• In R&P Journal (also in the Textbook, p. 194-5, complete Activites 1 and 2; then, in the Textbook, p. 198, do questions 9 and 10

8th Grade:

Grace's Group: 

• due Tues., 2/11: in packet, finish last two sheets (p. 110, 5.4 Practice and p. 181, 5.3 Practice A)

John's Group:

• due Tues., 2/11: Today we completed Inv. 2.4, and what we can tell about the shape of the parabola formed by the quadrartic equation, by the equation itself.

 Humanities:

• One more side article due tomorrow.
• Reading log #5 assignment due 2/13

Science:   

• 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:
  • complete el paquete para miércoles
  • prueba martes: "-AR verbos"

• 8th Grade:
• retake irreg. verbos miércoles
• cap. 4 y 5

8th Grade Project:

• Take notes. 70 notecards due Tuesday.
• Eighth Grade Project Deadline Calendar

Moment of Zen:

All Rescue Sled-Dog Team

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