Thought for the Day

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.    EDDIE CANTOR

ABRA-HAM "EL GUAPO"

Today's spelling words were: galvanize, bullion, affluent, buoyancy, pilfer, acceleration, and velocity.

The homework for tomorrow is:
Spelling worksheet
Math page 475 (10-24 even)
Science page 355(1c, 2b, 4 & 5)
Essay about raising tobacco taxes.
Picture about drugs.

Today for math we finally know how to do the graphs that we were doing  for 2 days!
It was easier than what we all tought!
And Deb finally gave us homework for that section 8-( !
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                posted by Abraham Silva!

March 30

OOps! We were singing right before buses came and forgot to do the blog. I'll make sure the spelling words get put on here tomorrow.
Good news, there isn't much homework. Spelling worksheet due Friday (If you forgot to pick one up, they're on the overhead projector by the door.) The reading assignment and job for the reading circles.

March 29th 2011

Today's Spelling words:
rural, urban, displacement, bilateral, symmetry, diversity, plankton.

Today in science we learned about Speed and Velocity.
We learned that the equation to find speed is:
Speed = Distance divided by Time
We also learned that the equation to find slope is:
Slope = Rise divided by Run

TODAY'S HOMEWORK:
Math pg 475 #'s 1-4
Reading group assignment

DONT FORGET THAT THE ESSAY AND POSTER AGAINST DRUG AWARENESS ROUGH DRAFT ARE DUE FRIDAY!!!

Have a great day!
Lacey Hester

March 28

Algebra chapter review 571
History - write two letters one from anti-slavery point of view, the other from pro-slavery point of view. Letters will be graded on the logic of the arguments.

Science - think of a demonstration that will help explain the word you were given to do. ( reference point, distance, displacement, vector)

Spelling words: portmanteau, complimentary, complementary, supplementary, congruent, similar, spiritual

March 25 - TGIF

Oops. I put wrong information for extra credit projects in previous blog. Projects are due Wednesday!
Algebra. Page 563 (2-26 evens)
Reading assignment for groups.
The history projects were generally good today. Nice job, guys.

REPORT CARDS

NEXT WEEK IS LAST WEEK OF THIRD QUARTER.
 A.R. POINTS FOR THIS PERIOD WILL END FRIDAY, APRIL 1.
EXTRA CREDIT PROJECTS DUE MONDAY.

DO NOT FORGET

Mom's, Dad's Aunt's, Uncle's
Pine's 6th 7th and 8th is having their culture day tomorrow if you want to come, 9:30 am. Deb will be providing the salad for the 8th graders because they are doing the Imperial Valley. We all hope to see you all there......MEGAN=)

March 23,2011!!!!!by VAL!!!

Math page 557 (10-28 evens +19&21), Drug essay rough draft & poster due next Friday,
reading jobs, spelling worksheet due Friday, history projects on the Imperial Valley due this Fri.!!
    Math:FINDING DISTANCES IN GRAPHS!!!!!!!!!!AWESOME!!!
     Ex: 
                d=(square root)(x2 + x1) squared + (y2 +y1)squared
       II=(-1,5)
       I=(5,-2)              (5+1)2 + (-2-5)2
                                   6*6           7*7    =   d=(squared root) 36+49=85
                          d= square root 85 or d=9.22
          MATH EXTRA CREDIT:5 POINTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 BY VALERIE!!!!HAHAHAH

Wednesday, March 23

Algebra 552 (10 - 34 evens)
Spelling worksheet due Friday
Reading groups job
       Spelling words: bulwark, halyard, phosphorescent, dinghy, chart, frond, Polynesia

Essay topic - If taxes on tobacco products were raised would fewer young people smoke? Start researching. We'll start talking more about it tomorrow.
Rough draft of your drug/alcohol poster due next Friday.

Tuesday, March 22

Algebra. Page 737 lesson 10-3
Four ideas for drug/alcohol poster.
Reading and job assignment in nautical novel
(We forgot to do spelling today. Here are the words you will get tomorrow:
Stele
Monolith.
Resentful
Jib
Circumspect
Alcove
Morale

Monday, March 21

Algebra page 544 (2-28,34-42 evens)
Science page 581 (all) 582 (two each section) 583 (all)
Spelling words: Shoal. Impel. Doldrums. octave. Archipelago. Balsa. Hydraulics.
Read and do job of nautical novel.
-Deborah

March 18

Algebra page 737 (section 10-2) all evens
Bring your information about the Imperial Valley city you are researching. I will have the boards in class for you to work on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

happy st patricks day march 17 2011 by mandi

today homework
math pg 538 2-30 evens
read book from class
Are you
director ,
connector,
vocabulary ,
literary luminary,
or
illustrator?

Wednesday,

Spelling words: preclude. Fiancé. Indigo. Primary. Broker. Plantation. Quadratic.
Algebra: worksheet 10-1 (extra credit word problems on back)

MARCH 15, 2011!!!! BY VAL!!!!

Today we found out how to do radical eqautions!!!!!yay fun.
like:                  9 over 6-radical sign over 2...... well then we change the bottom half.Do the opposite.So in the bottom we put (6+ radical sign 2) next to the 6-r.s. 2.Well what you do to the botttom you do to the top!So it would be 9 times (6+ radical sign 2) so it would be 54+ 9r.s 2)
        REMEMBER!!!!!YOU CANT TIMES THE RADICAL SIGN!!!!!!!!!

    SO 54+9R.S.2) /,over,36-r.s2 so it equals 34 under 54+9(r.s.)2AWSOME!!!!
  
SPELLING WORDS FOR TODAY ARE: requiem:n-a song from mass played for the dead, deviate:v.-to not follow a plan, leprechaun:n.-an elf in Irish folklore, municipality:n.-self gov. for a city, parallax:n.-an apparent change in the direction of an object, precocious:adj.-early development, ghetto:n.-the area of a city in which a group of people is forced to live.
     REMEMBER: PLAY ON WEDNESDAY @ 8:30 am & 6:30 pm! STUDY YOUR LINES!!!-VAL

from Deb - the way to read that problem is 9 divided by 6 + square root of 2

Late Post for Monday

Algebra page 542 (2-30 evens) *Do not do numbers 14 and 16.
Write a limerick about either Algebra or St. Patrick's Day.
(Began watching PBS video "Mill Times")
TUESDAY IS PERFORMANCE DAY.

March 11- FRIDAY

Algebra 465 all
History worksheet Chapter 11 - Monday

DRESS
REHEARSAL MONDAY. BRING YOUR COSTUME

March 10

Algebra page 458 (12 - 30 evens)
History packet for Chapter 11 is due Monday.
Answers for literature "Rules of the Game" (questions copied from board)
Spelling test tomorrow
GET PLAY PROPS AND COSTUMES TOGETHER!
BEGIN ACTING - NOT READING!

Wednesday's spelling words

Cul-de-sac. Epiphany. Ubiquitous. Eponymous. Jocular. Awful. Offal.

romeoooooo time 3/9/11

today's homework is :
math worksheet
spelling worksheet due Friday
Bill Gates business letter final draft - Friday
history worksheet for Lesson 3 (The entire packet of
history worksheets is due Monday)
People in play - stop reading your lines....start acting!
Have costumes by Monday

Tuesday, March 8

Internet was down at school today so this is a late blog from my home. The homework today in algbra was page 734 Lesson 8-5 do all even numbers. We read History Chapter 11, Lesson 2. The worksheet will be due when we finish the whole chapter.  The business letter to Bill Gates is due tomorrow (Imagine you are applying for a grant on behalf of Pine School. What would you say to convince Bill Gates to give the money to Pine School and what would it be used for?) The art done on graph paper will be due Friday.
PRACTICE YOUR PART IN THE PLAY. PERFORMANCE IS NEXT WEEK - WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
FIND YOUR COSTUME!

WINDY MONDAY :( --------> by ALEX -----> 3/7/11---->XP

For today's homework we have----->
MATH PG. 450 (2-3O) EVENS :(
AN ESSAY ABOUT SENDING A LETTER TO BILL GATES :|
HISTORY WORKPAGE SEC. 1 :P
&
OPPOSITE GRID ART WORK (DUE FRIDAY) :)
SPELLING
textile
gibbous
crescent
waxing
waning
chronic
& penumbra

Planet Brochure due Monday

Imagine you are a travel agent trying to convince people to visit the planet you have chosen. Based on gravity, temperature, surface conditions, etc., what kinds of activities are available for a tourist? What are things the tourist should watch out for? What are some of the landmarks that the tourist would want to visit?  The 'hotel' and means of transportation is all science fiction, of course; but include as much real science as you can.

homework

math worksheet

planet brochure

memorize  your parts for the play  people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


genaro silva

March 2, 2011

Algebra page 733 section 8-3 (problems 1-24 all)
Answer questions about "The Moustache."
History questions about the video due tomorrow.
SPELLING TEST TOMORROW. 
MEMORIZE PLAY PARTS.

MARCH 1ST

MATH:-PAGE 444(2-30_evens)=D

SPELLING WORKSHEET- DUE THURSDAY

Spelling words for today_ MALADY, INTERLOPER, TALLOW, PRESIDIO, MESTIZO, EMPRESARIO, EXPLICT, IMPLICT

FINAL DRAFT DUE- ( TOMORROW)

DON'T FORGET TO START WORKING ON PLANET BROCHURE DUE- MONDAY

!!!FIELD TRIP TOMORROW TO WOMEN'S CLUB!!!

CRAZY HAT TOMORROW!=^D             (FYI) JORGIE IS GNARLY!!

                                                JORGIE_PORGIE:D