Friday, February 22, 2013

Weekend homework

We had a long day of assessments, get outside and make a snowman! No homework this weekend. Unless you have science fair work.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Homework

Modelling Equations worksheets
Algebra test tomorrow

  • Words to math
  • Substituting for the variable
  • Solving for the variable
Make sure to bring your Maximum Ride books to class:)

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Homework

Math and vocabulary test tomorrow.
Algebra test Friday.

  • Solving for a unknown variable, one and two steps.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Homework

See previous post for language.
Math two step equation worksheet.

Asking Good Questions



Good readers know that asking questions helps them understand the text a whole lot better. The strongest readers ask the most questions! Asking questions helps readers to focus on parts that are hard to understand, stay interested in their reading, and better understand what they read.
Readers ask questions before, during, and after they read. Some questions can be answered from the story, and some questions can be answered by using background knowledge to make an inference. 




I wonder ...
Why ...
How is (a character) feeling ... I’m not sure why ...
How come ...
I’m confused about  


Read chapters 66-71   develop and answer 6 good questions make sure they are a variety of types of questions, I.e., straight from the text and inference. Make sure to answer with your point of view.