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Friday, 9/9: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #3

Prep sheet for Test #3:
KBARR: ___/35         Warm Ups:  ___/10  ___/17
Other Extra Credit: (May include: +3 for Spelling 3x.)

Mental Floss.

  1. In a certain city, 5% of all persons in town have unlisted phone numbers. If you select 100 names at random from the city’s phone directory, how many of the people selected will have unlisted phone numbers?
  2. How many animals of each species did Moses take aboard the ark with  him? (Note: It asks how many animals, not how many pairs.)
  3. Using the words DROVES and NEWS write seven words using each letter once.
  4. How many times can you subtract 6 from 36? (Alert: math.)
  5. If everybody in the world jumped off a cliff, would you? Why/not? No credit without correct reason!!)
  6. Which is smallest? nobis, nettikt, wrothag, useom, irgafef

 

Test #3

Doodle Theme: Alien Invasion!

Thursday, 9/8: Spelling/SAWs, Outsiders, Voibs!

Tomorrow’s Test: Spelling, SAWs (all), Outsiders, Husker Du?
(Please RELOAD the test page for the latest version.)

Double-Feature Preview: “Verb!” and “Mr. Morton”

“Warm Up, 9/8.” (17!) Write the answer only. Spelling or SAW (all 10).
maturity, narrative, creative, believable, cooperation, movable,
ignorance, requirement, revision, security, insurance, separately

  1. a) revision  b) requirement  c) beleivable  d) all correct
  2. young : mature :: stationary : _____
  3. (2) His instructions were so ______ that everyone _______(ed) them differently.
  4. His loss in the race was _____ a pulled hamstring muscle.
  5. “_____ is bliss.”
  6. option : requirement :: conflict : _______
  7. (2) A first -person _______ is sometimes more _______ because we usually trust the narrator to tell his own story.

    List all the adjectives you find in each sentence.

  8. My pink llama swam smoothly across the calm seas to his hidden lair.
  9. I climbed Mt. Cheese only to find that the view was disappointing.

    List the verbs you find in each sentence.

  10. “I am wet!” she cried, with a frown on her face.
  11. Millie felt scared as she peeked around the corner.

 

Messy Room samples?

The Outsiders!

Wednesday, 9/7: Debrief Test #2, Spelling/SAWs, Outsiders, VERBS!

Double-Feature Preview: “Verb!” and “Mr. Morton”


Debrief Test #2. Reruns for Friday: #15, 16, 21, 34, 35.
34, 35? Really? Again?

“Warm Up, 9/7.” Copy 2-7! The answers will be spelling words or SAWs from this week. Write the answers for 8-10.

  1. a) insurance  b) security  c) seperately  d) all correct
  2. refusal : cooperation :: childishness : _____
  3. rewrite : revision :: story : ______ 
  4. purpose : function :: requirement : ______
  5. locker : storage :: _____ : security
  6. knowledgeable : ignorant :: young : _____
  7. soldier : obedient :: artist : _____
  8. The reason we drop the last e from a word like narrate  before we add an ending like ive,  is that… a) Narrate ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending ive  also ends with an e.  c) The ending ive  begins with a consonant  d) The ending ive  makes it an adjective.  e) The ending ive  begins with a vowel.
  9. The reason we don’t drop the last e from a word like separate before we add an ending like -ly, is that… a) Separate ends with a consonant sound.  b) The ending -ly ends with an y.  c) The ending -ly  begins with a consonant  d) The ending -ly  makes it an adjective.  e) NOTA
  10. Based on the videos, copy and complete this sentence: “A verb is a word that…”

 

The Outsiders…

Tuesday, 9/6: Copy Homework, SRI

HOMIES: This week’s SAWs:

guideline, mature, ambiguous, due (to), status

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guideline, mature, ambiguous, due (to), status

 

Short Week!

Copy homework into planner.

Copy spelling list into notebook. Bonus for practicing spelling words 3x each by Friday in your notebook.

  • maturity
  • narrative
  • creative
  • believable
  • cooperation
  • movable
  • ignorance
  • requirement
  • revision
  • security
  • insurance
  • separately

Get a Chromebook. Log in. Open Chrome. Come here to middleschool.mrcoward.com.

Click:  https://h100000583.education.scholastic.com/slms/studentaccess

Click the blue RI icon. Follow the directions.

If you finish early, start your homework.

Friday, 9/2: Paperwork, Mental Floss, Test #2, 3-Day Weekend

Prep sheet for Test #2:
Adjectives: ___/9  ___/5   ___/5
KBAR total for the week: KBAR: ___/40 
 Vocabulary Homework: ____/20
Vocabulary Practices: ___/12  ___/12  ___/12
Other Extra Credit: Period 3 claims +3 for Vocab Relay.

 

Mental Floss.

  1. A boat has a ladder hanging off the side that has six rungs. Each rung is one foot apart. The bottom rung is one foot from the water. The tide rises at 12 inches every 15 minutes. High tide peaks in one hour. When the tide is at its highest, how many rungs are under water?
  2. Show how it is possible to name the capital of each and every one of the United States in less than a minute.
  3. Which is correct, “bigger of two halves” or “biggest of two halves”?
  4. Johnny’s mother had four children. The first was April, the second was May, and the third was June. What was the name of her fourth child?
  5. There are ten sheep walking in a straight line across a field. What numbered sheep can look back and say he is the third from the last in line?
  6. A house painter paints numbers on all the new houses in a neighborhood from 1-100. How many times does he have to paint the digit 9? (Not a trick; I’m just betting you can’t count.)

Test #2.
Please Note: Choose E for #5. None of the answers is correct, so make sure you pick E.

Finished early? Your choices:
1) Doodle – Theme: “Weird Planet.” The theme is optional; you may doodle about whatever you want. If I like it you get get extra credit.
2) Trackword. 10 words = +1, 20 = +2, etc.
3) Read something.
4) Nap. Just don’t snore.
5) Stare blankly (and silently) into space.

Have a tremendous 3-day weekend!