Homework and Notes from 12/16/14

Homework:

Math:
6-2 Skills Practice
Rates
#s 1-24

English:
Finish 12/16/14 Journal for Chapter 13 of Harry Potter

Tuesday, December 16

3 new words:

Here is what happened today:

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Choose one character. Write two descriptive sentences to explain what he/she looks like.

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Notes:

In Current Events, we read the article entitled Ancient Japanese Giant Salamanders Win Top Marks For Being Awesome Dads. With their large flattened heads, small beady eyes and slimy skins, Japanese giant salamanders are not destined to take home the prize for "best-looking". However, according to a team of scientists they may just be eligible for the most "awesome dad" award, at least amongst amphibian males who are not known for their nurturing personalities. Measuring almost 5-feet long, the ancient animal that has inhabited earth for over 20 million years, ranks amongst the largest of all amphibians, second only to their close relatives, the Chinese giant salamanders. Found in the rivers of northern Kyushu Island and western Honshu in Japan, they spend their entire lives in freshwater. Every year during breeding season, large males called "den-masters", create burrows or dens along the stream banks, that are accessible only to females. However, unlike many other salamander species, the females leave soon after laying a string of between 300-600 fertilized eggs. It is the males that remain behind to ensure the unborn babies are taken care of. The well-kept secret of this ancient creature was unearthed and published on November 11th in the Journal of Ethnology, by Japanese biologists Sumio Okada, Yukihiro Fukuda, and Mizuki Takahashi. (DogoNews)

Presentations: Our New Year's Resolutions presentations will be on Thursday 12/18/14! Please join us from 1-2. We will be serving some snacks and drinks! Afterwards, we will be creating a gingerbread house for our craft. Let me know if you can come!