One of our crew played hooky for two days with the Discovery Channel crew, filming a documentary on Sasquatch. He brought back this HUGE foot print casting. Since most of us hadn't seen a casting made, we had to make a "Little Foot" of our own, and one brave student sacrificed his once clean foot. Quite a difference between the two!

Important Assignments to Turn In this Week:

Comic Dialogue story
Reading Page 208 with questions, vocabulary, and summary.
Math P. 207
Your signed report card summary
New: Academic Essay
New: Signed vocabulary quiz from last week
New: Signed MYBH quiz from last week

Here's something fun! This is the article we read today from The Onion.

Emergency Crews Attempt To Rescue Olympic Figure Skater Who Fell Through Ice

SPORTS NEWS IN BRIEF • Sports • Olympics • ISSUE 50•07 • Feb 19, 2014

SOCHI, RUSSIA—In a race against time, local emergency crews reportedly rushed to rescue Italian figure skater Carolina Kostner Wednesday after the Olympian plunged through a hazardous thin patch of ice during her short program at the Iceberg Skating Palace. “Unfortunately she skated way out into the middle of the rink where the ice was weak and it collapsed instantly when she landed her triple axel,” said rescue worker Ignativ Barkov, adding that Kostner ignored the sounds of cracking ice while performing an otherwise flawless step sequence and combination spin. “We have to act fast or she’ll succumb to hypothermia. Granted, a world-class athlete like Kostner can withstand the initial shock for a few minutes, but her thin, sparkly leotard will do little to protect her from the deep and frigid water below the ice.” At press time, crews were attempting another dive after initial efforts had only managed to recover a sequined headband and several loose rhinestones.

The amazing new vocabulary list:

commutative property
associative property
identity property- when the number stays the same after an operation (it keeps its identity)
zero property- when the answer becomes zero
distributive property- breaking a problem into smaller bits: 48 x 5 = (40 x 5) + (8 x 5)
inverse operation- The inverse of x is ÷ and the inverse of + is -
numerical expression- e.g.: 1 + 2
algebraic expression- e.g.: a + 2
variable- a letter used in an expression; the unknown
outline- specifically, a Harvard outline (you can Google it!)
evaluate- find the value of an expression
hypothermia- a condition of having not enough heat
rhinestones- fake diamonds used on a costume
sequin- a shiny thing sewn onto a costume
axel- a spin maneuver done by a figure skater
leotard- what is worn by a gymnast or figure skater