Friday, December 7th
Math
8th grade
*handout Skill: Pattern and Prediction
*Our check-up was today

7th grade
*no new tasks
* measurements on Labsheet 1.3, table they created and relationships to the copy sizes should be complete (pages 10&11)

Science 7/8

Students should look at the world around them and think about the various objects in it.  They should pick two or three objects and think about their density.  How compact are these objects?  Try to imagine what is going on inside that object at the microscopic level and draw what you think you'd see if you were able to zoom in at that tiny level.  Write down any questions you may have.  This assignment is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

Thursday, December 6th
Math
8th grade
*Check-up tomorrow on best-fit lines and equations
*Car washes and analysis including equations for the situations
pages 27 - 29
*Practice on pages 34 & 35 #5&6, 4 if time

7th grade
*pages 10&11 for scaling up and scaling down should be complete with perimeters for the rectangle of the hats and areas for the triangles
The relationship of the copy size to the figures should be reflected upon
*Floor plan of a dollhouse is practice on page 13#5

Sixth Grade Humanities

Homework has been light the last week or two. We are tying up some loose ends as we close out the marking period, complete assessments, and finish our research and writing projects. Please encourage your children to be reading 20-30 minutes per night at home.

Students have done some reading and research in class about an explorer. In the next two days, they will write a summary/short report about their explorer to present to the class next week. The written piece will be due at the end of class on Friday. Some students may opt to do their publishing at home. Their project may be hand written or typed. It must include the five W's, including the explorer's motive for exploration, and a reference list that identifies sources used.

Wednesday, December 5th
8th grade
We had a work day today. Students were to have :
*Labsheet 4.2, Finding Slope handout, page 33#1-3 with Labsheet, page 25A, and page 40#35-36 done and submitted.  All of these assignments are related to linear relationships.

7th grade
We had a work day today. Students were to have:
Page 12#1 about scale, page 14&15 #8-12 with formulas, substitutions, values and units, page 15&16 #14-19 percentage work and a word problem submitted.

Tuesday, December 4th
Math
8th grade
*Car Wash situations page 27 equations for the first three bullets
*page 28 A

old work:
page 40 #35&36 work with tables & equations some needing the use of the distributive property

7th grade
* new task : page 10&11
table with measurements & A-E on page11
*First Challenge of the second trimester:
page 18#24 the possible paths for the ants

at this time:
page 12#1, finding height from reference
page 14 & 15 #8-12 formulas, substitutions, values and units
page 15 & 16 #14 - 19 percentage work, and a word problem
should have been submitted
(They will be entered in Power School after report cards are printed.)

Monday, December 3rd
Math
8th grade
new tasks:
*page 40 #35 & 36 work with formulas in a problem solving situation
*Distributive Property Sheet

Page 25 A and page 33 #1-3 are to be shared tomorrow in class

7th grade
new tasks
*fraction handout,  equivalence
*page 18#4
Collecting pages 15&16 #14-19 tomorrow Dec 4th