Today in math we found our weight on other planets.
On Jupiter, Mr. Connelly would weight almost 200kg! I think I’ll go to Mars instead.
We wrote our own aubade poems. These poems either celebrate or lament the coming of dawn. Here’s the example we listened to in class:
In the afternoon we rehearsed the Talent Show performances. We still have some work to do.
In the math review we came across some new words:
check/cheque – a piece of paper promising that your bank will give a person money on your behalf.
overdraft/overdraw – to spend more money than is in your account.
Here is the newspaper story about a Malaysian student who spent 4.6 million dollars in Australia after the bank accidentally gave her an unlimited overdraft:
Homework
- Read for at least 30 minutes every night. Record your reading in your log.
- Practice the spelling words (below).
- Use Khan Academy for a total of one hour over the week.
- Challenge: write a one page informational piece about something that exists outside the solar system. You have two weeks for this project. We will discuss ideas to get us started in class.
Spelling List 1
unreal unready unable unlike undo
reassemble reheat redo reuse replay
disabled disappear disgrace disorder disobey
bruise gossip vivid unkempt regret
Spelling List 2
ecology ecosystem economy
hydrogen hydroponics
hypothermia hypochondria hypoactive hypodermic hypocrisy
epilogue gossiping vividly unkempt monotonous
credible ornamental remorse bruised correlation
fiveast 