To do...April 30

1. Math - textbook p. 222 #1 a, b, d, 3, 4, 7, 10
2. Dance Projects - presented on Friday
3. Hoops for Heart $ by next Wed.
4. Science - "Planets, Asteroids, Comets..." due Friday

Persuasion Map

Persuasion Map

Art Research Project

 Learning Goal: Create a blog post about your artist and create a reproduction of one of their pieces


Success Criteria:

• who is the artist that you chose to research? 
• what type of work did they create? ( paintings, sculptures, both, etc) 
• what style of art? (abstract, realistic, etc.)
• three interesting facts about the artist
• quote from the artist OR about the artist 
• what you like or don’t like about the artist and their work (your opinion). Your opinion should be specific. 
• choose 3 pieces of art that the artist created and include them in your post

Sources:

Artist Research Websites

Art cyclopedia

Biographies of Famous Artists

Meet the Artist

Dance Rubric

To do..April 25

1. Math test - Monday (Tuesday for the basketball boys)
2. Science - Eclipses (checking on Monday)
3. Dance Project - performances next Friday

To do...April 23

1. Math textbook (from Monday): p. 425 #4; p. 424 #1 a-d; p. 418 #1-3, 5; p. 414 #1-6
2. Math test - Probability: Monday
3. Dance Presentations - next week
4. Science - write up about ECLIPSES (including diagrams)

Summary & Reflection Assessment

Choose one of the following articles and write a summary and reflection on Google Docs (remember to share with me). It is to be completed during class time.

Monopoly gets 5 new rules

or "Should Caroline be allowed to play football?" (printed version)

A good summary:  

• Your own language (no quoting or examples from text)
• Important character/people’s names
• Most Important Events/Details
• Most Important Words/Vocabulary
• Logically Organized
• You include an effective introductory and concluding sentence
• Conventions (Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation)

A good reflection:

• Shares opinion of text
• Always tries to uncover the Big Idea in a text
• Always tries to uncover the most important part of the text
• Challenge the text by asking questions
• Makes connections when talking about background knowledge
• What’s the author’s viewpoint?  Do they show a bias?

Our NHL Playoff Picks

The chances of picking both conference winners and the Stanley Cup winner is 1/128 or 0.8%. According to our two classes, we think Boston over Chicago in the finals. We will see how well we do (who picked Toronto?)