Semana del 27 de mayo

lunes: no hay clase

miércoles: trabajamos con temas de "Latinoamérica"
8C: Vocab and Grammar section of Placement Test
8D: Listening section of Placement Test -- bring headphones or ear buds
all: possible Speaking section of Placement Test if you have done it yet

jueves: Fiesta de Boda with Maestra V and Eric -- coming during lunch if you'd like to :)

viernes: presentamos los temas de "Latioamérica"
Brownies if you submitted "puntos gratis" form to me ahead of time!

Semana del 20 de mayo

lunes: Listening portion of Placement Test -- bring earbuds or headphones (or borrow a friend's)
Bring materials for visual presentation of Museo de Latinoamérica

miércoles: no class: Band Trip

viernes: Vocab/Grammar portion of Placement Test

Bring materials for visual presentation of Museo de Latinoamérica

Semana del 13 de mayo

lunes: repasamos y estudiamos

miércoles: tomamos el Examen del Español - Parte 1 (bring a book or something non-computerized that you can do after the test)

viernes: no hay tarea (no examen)

Semana del 6 de mayo

lunes: trabajar con el proyecto de la ropa

miércoles: Proyecto de la Ropa is due at class time for all sections (modified 1/2 day schedule)

viernes: no hay tarea

Film Club: Last week of the year means Film Club Choice!  We'll be watching the Voyage of the Dawn Treader of the Chronicles of Narnia series.  Bring a snack and some friends to Maestra V's room at 3:30 on Friday.  See you there!

Semana del 29 de abril

lunes: trabajar con los proyectos de la ropa

miércoles: no hay clase (Shadow Day)

viernes:  trabajar con los proyectos de la ropa -- due el lunes, 6 de mayo

Film Club- Back in full swing this week with Desk Set, a movie about four ladies whose job is being threatened by a computer.  Also, bring suggestions for Film Club Choice next week!  See you on Friday at 3:30.

Semana del 8 de abril

lunes: trabajamos en clase

miércoles: trabajamos en clase
8A: ¡Fiesta!

viernes: Proyecto de Casas due

Film Club:  We're back in full swing this week with Charlie Chaplin's famous Modern Times.  The movie is a mixture of his signature comedy (poking fun of the new technologies of the day) and an awareness of social injustices that were prevalent during Depression-era USA.  Join us on Friday at 3:30pm in Maestra V's room.  All middle schoolers are welcome!

7th grade: Creation Care Articles

Pick one of these articles or the set of mini-articles to read. Then think about an interesting fact and a question you have related to the topic.

"Swirling Seas of Plastic Trash": What about trash in our oceans?

Source: Science News for Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2011/06/swirling-seas-of-plastic-trash/

"The Solar System's Biggest Junkyard": Trash where you least expected it would be!

Source: Science News for Kids

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2008/09/the-solar-systems-biggest-junkyard-2/

"A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change": How can we see changes in Earth's climate?

Source: US Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/signs/weather.html

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/signs/glaciers.html

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/impacts/signs/oceans.html

"EU Space Code of Conduct": What are some reasons that agreement about Space is difficult?

Source: BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17448173