The document is an agenda for Monday, January 4th, 2010 that welcomes students to a new year and new unit on stretching and shrinking. It lists the daily homework which includes finding the area and perimeter of shapes from pages 12 problems 1, 2, and 8 in the stretching and shrinking textbook. It also previews a discussion on what similar means and describes a mystery contest being held at the school where a disguised teacher will appear each day for a week and students can pay $1 to guess their identity, with the first correct guess winning a prize.

1. Agenda Mon., Jan. 4, 2010 Welcome to a new year! & a new unit - Stretching & Shrinking Daily Scribe Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Homework 22 S&S p. 12 # 1, 2, 8 find area & perimeter. You may need to look up area & perimeter formulas - check your agenda's resource page. Problem 1.1

3. What does similar mean?

4. The Mystery Club at P.I. Middle School meets monthly. Members watch videos, discuss novels, play "whodunit" games and talk about real life mysteries. One day, a member announces that the school is having a contest. A teacher in disguise will appear a few minutes at school each day for a week. Any student can pay $1 for a guess at the identity of the mystery teacher. The student with the first correct guess wins a prize. The club decides to enter the contest together. Each member brings a camera to school in hopes of getting a picture of the mystery teacher. How might a photograph help in identifying the mystery teacher?

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