Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pi Day (3.14)

Science: Project work day, "What is Safe?" project and paper due on Wednesday, March 21.

Geometry: Celebrated Pi Day, congratulations to our memorization winners,  Ari Dubrinsky (327 digits of pi) and Leah Pernick (168 digits of pi)! Homework is to complete the 10.6 worksheet from yesterday. Chapter 10 test is on Thursday, March 22.

Pre-Algebra: We celebrated Pi Day.  We measured many circular objects to find the ratio of the circumference to the diameter.  Happy Pi Day.  No homework!

ELA: Students spent the hour cleaning up their Persuasive Research Project, typing and printing final drafts, and/or working on their TKM Packet for chapters 19-24.  Research Paper packet is in this order:
1. Rubric
2. Outline
3. 1st Draft
4. 2nd Draft
5. Peer Review
6. Final Draft
7. Bibliography

Phew! Big project, but we have been working on it step by step together, everyone should be ready to turn in their work either tomorrow or Friday (if they aren't going to Chicago).

Tech: All work day for our Investigate for our Family Budget....a few students have already turned in their Investigate for checking....moving right along

Humanities: Students reviewed 12.3 and shared current events in class. No homework.

Algebra (Graham) Pi Day activities. No homework.

Technology (Graham): Investigation portion of Family Budget is due next Wednesday.