Grade 6 Math Review For Tomorrow's Test

Review:

After you take each quiz, make a note of any questions you get wrong in MSWORD.  Pick one from each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

• Grade 6's go to this page for Chapter 3 (Number Relationships) and work through quizzes 1 - 4 and 8 to 9 that cover all of the main subjects in the recent unit in Math that we are currently working through.

Make a note of any questions you get wrong in MSWORD after each quiz.  Pick one from each quiz and post comments on why you got it wrong and what you understand now...

Born to Run Post#4

In the last chapter, Craig had Alfie "taken away" because he came up lame in a race and would never be able to run competitatively again.  Craig has always said that the greyhounds are not pets; they are working dogs.  Becky was horrified when she saw what actually happened to Alfie and all the previous dogs that could no longer run.

1. I'm going to ask you to do something hard!  Defend Craig's position: what possible reasons could Craig have for

• not allowing the dogs in the house
• not allowing Becky or anyone coddle the dogs
• not keeping the dogs around after they are no longer able to race

2. What alternatives could Craig have chosen for his dogs, once they can no longer run?

Remember:

Draft your answers in Google Docs or MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; use Google Read and Write or Word Talk to PROOF READ them for COPS before copying them into the blog editor and posting them. Don't forget your first name on your post.

Born To Run Post#5

Becky chose to runaway from Craig and her mother in order to "save" Brighteyes.  She had to endure all sorts of hardships, and, in the end, found herself in hostpital and seriously injured.  She was lucky that Brighteyes was "adopted" by another, kind, person; it could have been far worse. 

• What other realistic and safer alternatives could Becky have chosen instead of running away to save Brighteyes? 
• How else could she have stopped Craig from having his dogs picked up by the grey Land Rover and "taken away"?

Remember:

Draft your answers in Google Docs or MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; use Google Read and Write or Word Talk to PROOF READ them for COPS before copying them into the blog editor and posting them. Don't forget your first name on your post.

Born to Run Post#3

In the last chapter, Becky told Brighteyes and Alfie about her father's death.  She explained that she would never be able to tell anyone else, not even her mother about the events leading up to it.  Becky believes she is responsible for her father's death because she used all the milk up the previous evening. Her father, who was making their breakfast for them, then had to go out to get some more milk at the corner store because she pretended not to hear him when he asked her if she would go.

Becky believes that her father would still be alive if she had got up and gone for the milk. 

1. Is Becky right to blame herself for her father's death? Explain.
2. What do you think Becky's dad would say to Becky about it? What would you say?

Draft your answers in Google Docs or MS WORD. Edit them for clarity and details; use Google Read and Write or Word Talk to PROOF READ them for COPS before copying them into the blog editor and posting them. Don't forget your first name on your post.

Born to Run Post#2

What evidence did the author, Michael Morpurgo, give us in the previous chapters to suggest that Mr. Boots was not a trustworthy person?  Remember to start your answer in Google Docs (Google read and write) or MS Word (Word Talk) to edit it for clarity and details, and to proof read it before copying it into the blog comments.  Remember your name.

Born to Run Post#1

The following quote is from chapter one of Born to Run.

"Mrs Brightwell...was always on at Patrick about...using what she called "lazy words", such as 'cool' or 'wicked', or worst of all, 'whatever'."

Explain in your own words what you think Mrs. Brightwell means by "lazy words."  Come up with a list of six other "lazy words" that you or people you  know sometimes use.

Use Google Docs and Google Read and Write to proof read  your work before you post it.  Don't forget to include only your first name when you post.  And of course, your spelling must be "sick".  If it isn't, then that isn't "cool"...(and, no, you can't use sick or cool...)

Coding

Your Coding.org accounts are set.  Look for your name, and follow the instructions...


Locklan

Go to http://code.org/join and type in the section code (DZBPWQ) 

Celina, Bodie, Cole, Brynn, Aana, Hirsh, Dylan, Evan, Tasha, Mikhail, Yash, Sean

Go to http://code.org/join and type in the section code (CDTQMX)

Alyssa, Hirsh, Jaeger, Anrika, Brooklyn, Isabella, Daniel, Alyssa, Rylan, Keanu, Patricia, Brooke, Manmeet, Sehej

Go to http://code.org/join and type in the section code (BNBJPY)