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Week 25. Monday, 3/10. This Week’s Vocabulary:. Daily Math Problem Each time Adam walks home from school, he stops at the store and purchases 10 baseball cards. If he does his 5 days per week for 7 weeks, how many cards will he have?. 350 cards. Word of the Week: Legislation
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Monday, 3/10 This Week’s Vocabulary: Daily Math Problem Each time Adam walks home from school, he stops at the store and purchases 10 baseball cards. If he does his 5 days per week for 7 weeks, how many cards will he have? 350 cards Word of the Week: Legislation The act of making or enacting laws The Senate passed legislation banning the use of cell phones while driving.
Tuesday, 3/11 Daily Math Problem: Kelly earns $8.19 per hour working. If she works for 74 hours, how much money will Kelly earn? 606.06 • Reading Comprehension: • Prometheus
Wednesday, 3/12 Daily Math Problem: Box factories must have designers – people who decide the size and shape of boxes. What are the arrangements of rows, columns and layers that will hold 24 oranges? How many possible designs are there? 8 ways (measuring volume) Journal Prompt: What if there where no television? Why would this be good? Or bad?
Thursday, 3/13 Daily Math Problem: Kevin, Ellie, and Jillian play three different sports. One person plays soccer, one like to run track, and the other swims. Ellie is the sister of the person that swims. Kevin has math class with the swimmer and the track runner. Who plays which sport? • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • What you liked or disliked and why • What you wish had happened • What you wish the author had included • Your opinion of the characters • Your opinion of the illustrations, table and figures • What you felt as you read • What you noticed when you read • Questions you have after reading Jillian swims Kevin plays soccer Elli runs Grammar Practice: Rewrite each sentence fragment, adding a subject or a predicate or both to form a complete sentence. A huge green and white beach umbrella. Multiple Answers: Ms. Gutscher is holding a huge green beach umbrella.
Friday, 3/14 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “Everyone is attractive when they smile” • Reading Comprehension: • A Fruit? A Vegetable? Which Is It?
Monday, 3/17 Daily Math Problem There are 4 cookies for Mrs. Johnson’s 5 children to share evenly. What is the amount of cookie each child should receive? Write your answer as a fraction in lowest terms. This Week’s Vocabulary: 4/5 of a cookie Word of the Week: Perceive To become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses; recognize; discern. I perceive a note of sarcasm in your voice.
Tuesday, 3/18 Daily Math Problem: A university has 8,762 students enrolled. It also has 26 identical dormitories to house all students. If each dormitory has the same number of students, how many students are housed in each dormitory? 337 students to a dormitory • Reading Comprehension: • Cold-Water Winner
Wednesday, 3/19 • Daily Math Problem: • Four ECMS students left for school at 6:45 a.m. It took Mary 28.4 minutes to arrive to school, Nic 27.89 minutes, Jessica 9.365 minutes, and Sarah 29.32 minutes. Rank in order the names of the students from first to arrive to last to arrive. • 1)_______________ 2)_______________ 3)_______________ 4)_______________ From first to arrive to last Jessica Nic Mary Sarah Journal Prompt: Describe what you have enjoyed most about 6th grade and what you are most looking forward to in 7th grade.
Thursday, 3/20 Daily Math Problem: Corinne's group was responsible for painting windows on the set of a school play. The group painted 18 windows in 90 minutes. If they continued painting at this rate, how many windows would they paint in 3 hours? • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • I wonder what this means… • I really don't understand this part… • I really like/dislike this idea because… • This character reminds me of somebody I know because… • This character reminds me of me because… • This character is like (name of the character) in (title of book) because… • I think this setting is important because… • This scene reminds me of a similar scene in (title of book) because… • I like/dislike this writing because… 36 windows Grammar Practice: Select the correct comparative or superlative form of the adjective. This must be the (beautiful) spot in the world! a. most beautiful b. beautifulest c. more beautiful d. most beautifulest
Friday, 3/21 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “A chattering bird makes no nest” • Reading Comprehension: • Helping Horses
Monday, 3/24 Daily Math Problem Tony’s soccer team has a phone tree in case a soccer game is postponed or cancelled. The coach calls 2 families. Then each family calls 2 other families. How many families will be notified during the 4th round of calls? This Week’s Vocabulary: 32 families • Word of the Week: • Principle • A fundamental, primary, or general law of truth from which others are derived; a tenet. • The course is based on the principles of modern physics.
Tuesday, 3/25 • Daily Math Problem: • Mario buys 4 chairs and a table. He spends $245.99 in all. If each chair costs $38.95, how much does the table cost? $90.19 • Reading Comprehension: • The Smilodon and the Tiger
Wednesday, 3/26 • Daily Math Problem: • Gears on a bicycle are just circles in shape. One gear has a diameter of 4”, and a smaller one has a diameter of 2”. How much bigger is the circumference of the larger one compared to the smaller one? 6.28 inches Journal Prompt: Tell 5 things you would like to do on your next birthday
Thursday, 3/27 Daily Math Problem: 24, 45, 37, 36, 45, 79 What is the Mode? • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • This part is very realistic/unrealistic because… • I think the relationship between ______ and ______ is interesting because… • I like/dislike (name of character) because… • This situation reminds me of one in my own life. It happened when… • The character I most admire is ______ because… • If I were (name of character) at this point, I would … 45 • Grammar Practice: • Combine these two sentences with the use of appositives. • The house stood on a bare hill. • The house was a mansion with thirty-five rooms. The house, a mansion with 35 rooms, stood on a bare hill.
Friday, 3/28 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “Life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it” • Reading Comprehension: • What Mosquitoes Like About You
Monday, 3/31 Daily Math Problem 24, 34, 37, 36, 45, 79 What is the mean if you take out the outlier? This Week’s Vocabulary: 35.2 Word of the Week: Relevant Bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent. He gave a relevant remark.
Tuesday, 4/1 Daily Math Problem: Solve for the variable, then check your work by inputting your answer back into the equation. A = 4.04 B = 15.5 E = 102 • Reading Comprehension: • Ashurbanipal’s Library
Wednesday, 4/2 Daily Math Problem: Solve for the variable, then check your work by inputting your answer back into the equation. D = 3.12 X = 9 Journal Prompt: If your parents where to describe you, list two things they would say.
Thursday, 4/3 Daily Math Problem: A submarine starts at 300 feet below the water's surface and then dives another 200 feet further down. What integer represents its new position relative to the surface? • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • Today, what happened was…. • I like the way the writer… • My favorite character is… because… • This book would be better if… • I felt sad when… -500 Grammar Practice: Select the correct word or phrase from the choices. We stood in line next to Miss O'Neill and ________ at the theater. a. he b. him him
Friday, 4/4 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “It is nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice” • Reading Comprehension: • Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon
Monday, 4/7 Daily Math Problem A rectangle measures 8 centimeters by 9 centimeters. If the lengths of each side doubles, what is the effect on the area? The new area is 2 times greater than the old area The new area is 4 times greater than the old area The new area is 8 times greater than the old area The new area is 16 times greater than the old area This Week’s Vocabulary: Word of the Week: Seek To go in search or quest of; to try to find or discover by searching or questioning. He needed to seek the truth.
Tuesday, 4/8 • Daily Math Problem: • The school athletic club wants to fill the new pool. The pool is rectangular in shape and measures 65 m x 28 m x 12 m. If the water costs $0.05 per cubic meter, how much will it cost the club to fill the pool? $1,092 • Reading Comprehension: • Are Humans the Only Animals with Emotions?
Wednesday, 4/9 Journal Prompt: You bring home a stray animal, what happens? Daily Math Problem: = 68o 46o =
Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • What you liked or disliked and why • What you wish had happened • What you wish the author had included • Your opinion of the characters • Your opinion of the illustrations, table and figures • What you felt as you read • What you noticed when you read • Questions you have after reading Thursday, 4/10 Daily Math Problem: The temperature dropped 4o each hour for 3 hours. If the was 10o above zero at the start of the decline, what has the temperature after the 3 hours has passed? -2 below Grammar Practice: Select the sentence with correctly used commas. Will your dad drive us to the museum or shall we take a bus? Will your dad drive us to the museum, or shall we take a bus? Will your dad, drive us to the museum, or shall we take a bus? Will your dad drive us to the museum or, shall we take a bus?
Friday, 4/11 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “A day without laughter is a day wasted” • Reading Comprehension: • Population Pyramids
Monday, 4/14 Daily Math Problem Which of the following is a true statement? a) -5 < -6 b) -2 >; 4 c) -1 >; -6 d) -2 >; -1 This Week’s Vocabulary: Word of the Week: Financial Pertaining to monetary receipts and expenditures; money matters The company released its financial report for the quarter.
Tuesday, 4/15 Daily Math Problem: A large gift box is 22 cm long, 16 cm wide, and 3 cm high. How many more cubic centimeters will it hold than a box 16 cm long, 12 cm wide, and 3 cm high? 480 cubic centimeters • Reading Comprehension: • Back from the Brink of Extinction
Wednesday, 4/16 Journal Prompt: Describe a time when you where “moody” Daily Math Problem:
Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • I wonder what this means… • I really don't understand this part… • This character reminds me of somebody I know because… • This character reminds me of me because… • I think this setting is important because… • I like/dislike this writing because… Thursday, 4/17 Daily Math Problem: .000765 .02595 7320 36000 Grammar Practice: Making Compound Subjects and Verbs Agree Select the correct word from the choices provided. Neither potato chips nor candy _______ good for your health. a. is b. are are
Monday, 4/21 Daily Math Problem .236 x 24.1 This Week’s Vocabulary: 5.6876 Word of the Week: Ensure To make sure or certain; insure Our precautions ensured our safety.
Tuesday, 4/22 • Reading Comprehension: • Internet boom Daily Math Problem: = 34o 19o = = 52o
Wednesday, 4/23 (measuring surface area) $18.80 Daily Math Problem: Acme Manufacturing Co. is making jewelry boxes that are going to be chrome plated. Acme sends its boxes off to another company to do the plating who then charges Acme. The chrome plating costs $0.05 for every square centimeter covered in chrome. How much would it cost Acme to chrome plate a rectangular box with dimensions of 10 cm x 8 cm x 6 cm? Journal Prompt: What would you do if you saw a friend cheating on a test? And Why?
Thursday, 4/24 • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • This part is very realistic/unrealistic because… • I think the relationship between ______ and ______ is interesting because… • I like/dislike (name of character) because… • This situation reminds me of one in my own life. It happened when… • The character I most admire is ______ because… • If I were (name of character) at this point, I would … Daily Math Problem: Find the absolute value of: -2 6 - -4 = 2 = 6 =- 4 Grammar Practice: In each of the following sentences, draw one line under the complete subject and circle the complete predicate 1. Within steel and concrete vaults at Fort Knox lie bars of pure gold. 2. Since 1936, most of the gold in the United States has been kept at Fort Knox. Subject: bars of gold Predicate: lies Subject: Gold Predicate: kept at Fort Knox in 1936
Friday, 4/25 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “People may doubt what you say but they will always believe what you do” • Reading Comprehension: • Newsies Strike New York
Monday, 4/28 This Week’s Vocabulary: Daily Math Problem What is 4.5% of 880 39.6 Word of the Week: Analytical using a logical method of thinking about something in order to understand it, especially by looking at all the parts separately She has a clear analytical mind.
Tuesday, 4/29 Daily Math Problem: Find the Area of this irregular shape 7 6 12 168 square units 8 • Reading Comprehension: • A Mystery in Macedonia
Wednesday, 4/30 Daily Math Problem: Lilly the Llama’s leash is 7 feet long and connected to a stake in the ground. What is the area of the ground she is able to roam? 153.86 square feet Journal Prompt: What would happen if everyone wore the same clothes?
Thursday, 5/1 • Sentence Starters: • Choose 1 sentence starter to tell me about the book you are reading • When I started reading this book, I thought…. • I was surprised when….. • This book reminds me of…. • I predict that… • My favorite part so far is…. Daily Math Problem: On a scale model of a house, 2 inches on the model equals 7 feet on the house. If the living room is 8 inches long in the model, how long is it on the real house? 28 feet Grammar Practice: Rewrite and punctuate this run-on sentences. My father retired from the Air Force last year he is writing a book about his experiences. My father, who retired last year from the air force, is writing a book about his experiences.
Friday, 5/2 Quote of the Week: What does this quote me to you? “A problem is a chance to do your best” - Duke Ellington • Reading Comprehension: • Kids take to the Airways
Monday, 5/5 Daily Math Problem The area of triangle MLP is 18 sq in. What is the area of rectangle MNOP? This Week’s Vocabulary: 36 square inches Word of the Week: Authoritative showing that you expect people to obey and respect you an authoritative tone of voice
Tuesday, 5/6 Daily Math Problem: 53% Give the % of shaded area = ______ • Reading Comprehension: • Growing Good Examples in the White House