Mindset
You can have a mixed mindset which is a combination of growth and fixed. True or False?
True
A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a shortage of water.
drought
Spain produces 50% of this crop in the world
olives
The number of minutes we read at the beginning of class every day.
10 minutes
The reason something happens - a cause or effect?
cause
A mindset in which you believe your intelligence and reading abilities are fixed.
fixed mindset
All living things - human, animals, and plants - need this to survive.
water
Beside the US Southwest, name one other country/continent focused on in Decade of Drought
Brazil, Spain, Africa, China
The time you should be in first period each morning.
8:30
The last zone in the Read 180 software.
Success Zone
A mindset in which you believe you can become a better reader with hard work.
growth mindset
When huge dust storms buried homes, farms, and people.
the Dust Bowl
Because of the drought in Brazil, the price of this crop rose 70%
coffee
One secretary in the front office.
Ms. Wolf, Ms. Good, Ms. Neilon
The most important idea in an informative reading piece is this type of idea.
main or central idea
Name one person who we learned about who has a growth mindset.
Michael Jordan, Sonia Sotomayor, JK Rowling
A food shortage
famine
The reason the text is titled Decade of Drought
It is about droughts that happened over a 10 year period
The number of days we had to make up this school year.
3 days
A word part added to the beginning of a base or root word.
prefix
This part of your body is like a muscle. The more you exercise it, the stronger it gets.
your brain
Name three things we need clean water for
drinking, cooking, bathing
Name one state that passed laws regarding water use during the US Southwest drought.
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado
The staff member who posts the EMMS Updates every Monday morning in the Canvas page, EMMS Student Resources.
Mrs. Batelka
The first day of school next year.
August 26