Binder Block I
Binder Block II
Binder
West Sylvan I
West Sylvan II
100
Number of students in Binder Block.
What is 29 (for both 7th and 8th)
100
The number of female students in Binder Block (in your class...7th or 8th; respecting privacy and ignoring TAs)?
What is 14 (7th grade) & 18 (8th grade).
100
The university attended by Binder.
What is the University of Iowa
100
The staff member left to join the office at Lincoln High School.
Who is Cynthia Roberts
100
The West Sylvan library assistant.
Who is Susan Scanlon
200
How many students have last names that end with a vowel? (Do not include those that end with a "y")
What is 6 for 7th grade (Salma Alsheba, Ben Joshi, Eric La Chance, David Lefevre, Ethan Pearo, and Eloy Vetto). What is 3 for 8th grade (Ben Lawrence, Paul Malecha, and Nick Ostmo).
200
How many students have last names that begin with a vowel? (in your class...7th or 8th)
What is 5 for 7th grade: Sophia Aley, Salma Alsheba, Connor Anderton, Maxwell Epperson, and Jamie Odell. What is 3 for 8th grade: Ama Allen, Lucy Asch, and Nick Ostmo.
200
The foot apparel Binder constantly wears.
What are sandals (flip-flops).
200
How many late starts (scheduled) has West Sylvan had this past academic year?
What is 8
200
What image is in the upper right corner of the front page of every Binder Newsletter this past academic year.
What is a wolf
300
How many students have or have had a sibling taught by Binder?
What is 1-Ryan and Carissa.
300
How many students have joined and/or left Binder Block after the second week of school? (in your class...7th or 8th)
What is 0 for 7th grade. What is 2 for 8th grade.
300
The name of Binder's daughter.
What is "Solstice"
300
How many days were added to the 2014-2015 academic calendar because of days missed due to inclement weather?
What is 0
300
The number of foreign languages (not including English) offered at West Sylvan.
What is 4: Arabic, French, Mandarin, and Spanish
400
Which student had the highest average percentage on his/her vocabulary quizzes?
Who is Grace White or Katelynn Mansberger for 7th grade. Who is Sydney Laxson for 8th grade.
400
Which student dominated the Word Within the Word tests with the highest average percentage on the #1-5 and the #1-10 tests? (in your class...7th or 8th)
Who is Grace White (7th) and Phoebe Wong (8th)
400
Sport that consumes most of Binder's time after school and into the evenings for which he is a coach.
What is soccer
400
The spring West Sylvan Drama production.
What is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
400
Inspiration for the artwork adorning the "M" for Monday on the daily board.
What is Monsters, Inc.
500
Which students had a parent chaperone the Ashland trip? (from this class...either 7th or 8th)
Who are Connor Anderton, Ethan Pearo, and Grace White in 7th grade. Who are Sydney Laxson, Sienna Painter, and Piercen Rychlik in 8th grade.
500
Which student has more letters in his/her official first and last name than any other student? (in your class...7th or 8th)
Who is Katelynn Mansberger (7th grade = 18) & Benjamin Lawrence (8th grade = 16)
500
If we use the 180 day academic calendar, and we assume 1.93 hours per Block, how many hours will students have spent in Block with Binder? (naively assuming they attended each of the 180 days)
What is 347.4 hours (14.475 days)
500
The symbol/logo of the "West Sylvan Foundation" which raises money to be used for improvements at West Sylvan Middle School.
What is a wolf's pawprint.
500
The mural near room 32 asks this question.
What is "Dónde en el mundo se habla español?" (Where in the world do they speak Spanish?)
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