Mr. P.
This is how Mr. P usually gets to school.
What is walking?
In this book, the 12 year old main character travels across the country on quest to meet a professional cyclist. Along the way she meets a chatty ghost and eats a lot of cookies.
What is The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle?
To add or subtract fractions, I HAVE to first do this.
What is find the common denominators?
(Or: what is make the denominators the same?)
When the light was 'on' in our electrical circuits, we call this a ______________ circuit.
What is closed?
In a graphic novel, these are the empty spaces between the frames, where the reader often infers the action from scene to scene.
What are the gutters?
Mr. P has a dog named Fiona, true or false.
What is FALSE! He has a cat named Mona.
In this science fiction read aloud, we followed two main characters as they tried to find a way to save or escape from their decaying city.
What is The City of Ember?
If I simplify/reduce the fraction 10/12, I get this simpler fraction.
What is 5/6?
Stars appear in the same place in the sky every night. (True or False)
What is FALSE?
When reading nonfiction texts, this pony-tailed 'teacher' told you on his videos the importance of noticing small details and taking notes.
Who is Teacher Mike? :)
As a hobby, Mr P. plays this instrument
What is the guitar?
In this read aloud, we heard several important African proverbs, including: when spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
What is Home of the Brave?
The answer to 1/5 + 3/4.
What is 19/20?
The glands that produce hormones in the body are a part of this SYSTEM.
What is the Endocrine System?
We wrote opinion pieces based on a video about this soccer team that lived on a floating city.
What is the Panyee Football Club?
Mr. P's favorite winter activity.
What is snowboarding?
In this read aloud, the author includes many short tales of Chinese folklore. The main character has runaway from home and ends up in a small, dry village on the edge of The Stone Pancake.
What is The Starry River of the Sky?
When I divide fractions, I can use this quick method to solve. (We did this a lot in class and it has a name that's easy to remember...)
What is the 'keep it, flip it' ? (Or, flip the second fraction and multiply)
This is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem.
What is 'break down dead things'?
In a fantasy book, this is the top of the action on the story arc, where the hero usually faces the "dragon".
What is the climax?
(Or what is the peak?)
Mr. P has been teaching at Raleigh Hills for this many years (including this year).
What is 7?
In this short story by Langston Hughes, Roger tries to steal a purse from a woman because he wants to buy blue suede shoes. Her surprising reaction becomes a life lesson for the young man.
What is Thank You M'am?
This is the answer to this problem: 2.3 x 1.6
What is 3.68?
It takes the Earth this long to orbit the sun.
What is 365.25 days?
(or 365 1/4)
When writing an opinion piece, your evidence should support this statement, usually stated in the introduction.
What is a claim?
(Or what is a thesis statement?)