Reading 1
According to Mr. Walsh, what should you ALWAYS read BEFORE you read the passage?
ALL of the questions!
VOCABULARY - What is the term that describes a force that pulls objects toward Earth?
Gravity
Explain what PEMDAS is and tell when we follow PEMDAS rules.
Order of Operations
P - parentheses
E - exponents
M - multiplication / D - division (left to right)
A - addition / S - subtraction (left to right)
True or False:
More force is needed to move objects with more mass.
True
Describing where and when a story takes place tells the ___________ of a story.
Setting
What is the relationship between comparing and contrasting texts?
Comparing text explains how they are similar, contrasting text explains how they are different.
What is position in terms of motion?
Where an object is located
Ms. B gave homework passes for 6 weeks. The list below shows how many she gave out each week.
Week 1 - 56 homework passes given out
Week 2 - 62 homework passes given out
Week 3 - 68 homework passes given out
Week 4 - 74 homework passes given out
If this continues, how many passes did Ms. B give out on Week 6?
Ms. B gave out 86 homework passes in Week 6.
A 2-mile relay race is divided into sections. Each section is 1/4 mile long. A different runner will run each section. How many runners does each team need to complete the relay race?
There are 8 runners needed to complete the relay race.
A group of 6 friends is searching for a lost bracelet in a park. The friends divide the park into equal sections, and each friend searches in one of these sections. The park has an area of 1/4 square kilometer.
What is the area of each search section?
1/24km2
What is a word that has the same or similar meaning of another word?
Synonym
A state of rest - unless acted by on an external force - describes what?
Inertia
True or False:
The sum is the answer to an addition problem.
The difference is the answer to a division problem.
The quotient is the answer to a multiplication problem.
The product is the answer to a division problem.
False
What is a word that has an opposite, or very different, meaning as another word?
Antonym
What is the formula for calculating speed?
Speed = Distance / Time
If I am using clues from the text to "figure something out", you can say that I am using what skill -- and I am doing what?
Inferencing - I am making an inference
If a driver goes 200 miles north and it takes 5 hours, what is the velocity?
40 miles per hour going North
A runner training for a race ran 5 miles on Day 1.
On Day 2, she ran 3 miles more than on Day 1.
On Day 3, she doubled the distance run on Day 2.
Which expression represents the distance run on Day 3?
A 2 x (5 + 3)
B 3 x (5 + 2)
C 2 x 5 + 3
D 3 + 5 x 2
A
Mr. Hoover bought 15 bags of candy.
8 of the bags had 27 pieces of candy each.
7 of the bags had 132 pieces of candy each.
How many pieces of candy did Mr. Hoover buy?
A 363
B 1,140
C 1,272
D 2,196
B
When I write about the main events and most important details of a text, I am writing a ____________
Summary
Character traits
EXPLAIN: What happens to the speed of a ball rolling down a steeper hill compared to a less steep hill?
The ball rolls faster down the steeper hill.
A jeweler has several boxes of earrings to ship to a store. Each box is a cube with a side length of 5 centimeters. The jeweler packs the boxes in a shipping container. The filled container has 4 layers, where each layer contains 7 rows and 10 columns of boxes.
What is the volume of the shipping container?
35,000cm
What is the difference between a fiction and non-fiction text?
A fiction text is a made up story that never actually happened, and a non-fiction text is a true account of something that actually happened or contains factual information.
Compare and contrast key details and minor details.
Compare - Both key details and minor details tell about the story.
Contrast - Key details tell about the main idea. Minor details do not tell about the main idea.