All About Miss Basso
What is Miss Basso's favorite word?
KIND
Name all the different fingers in 5 finger retelling
Characters, setting, problem, events, solution
Open number line strategy
what does OREO stand for?
Opinion, Reasons, Examples, Opinion
How did Miss Basso teach you the importance of including details in HOW TO writing?
Making a peanut butter sandwich
How many siblings does Miss Basso have?
3
What does PIE stand for?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Name the strategy: adding the place values of each addend first. "taking parts" of a number
Partial sums strategy
What are the parts of a HAMBURGER PARAGRAPH?
Topic sentence
Supporting detail #1
Supporting detail #2
Supporting detail #3
Closing sentence
What is our summer countdown called?
ABC Countdown to Summer
What are Miss Basso's sisters and brother's name
Alexa, Alyson, and Jake
What does it mean to compare and contrast?
Compare means to find similarities and contrast means to find differences
Name the strategy: When you "give a little" to one number and "take a little" from the other number
Compensation strategy
What are the words in writing that help our writing flow from one sentence to the other?
Transition words
How many girls and boys do we have in our class?
NO COUNTING
11 girls
10 boys
What does Miss Basso's mom do?
What is the text feature? This text feature is where all vocabulary words and definitions are found in a book
Glossary
What is the value of a penny, nickel, dime, and quarter
penny- 1 cent
nickel- 5 cents
dime- 10 cents
quarter- 25 cents
Name the writing: What is the piece of writing called when you are teaching your reader how to do something?
HOW TO writing
Name all 8 of the attention getters that Miss Basso says.
Tootsie Roll Lollipop- we were talking now we will stop
All set? You bet
Macaroni and Cheese- Everybody freeze
Hocus pocus- everybody focus
class class- yes yes
hands on top- everybody stop
Holy moly- guacamole
hi ho hi ho- its off to work we go
What college did Miss Basso go to?
West Chester University
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
simile uses like or as and metaphor does not
Name all the different ways you can write a number
standard form
expanded form
word form
What was the first writing topic we learned in September? HINT: you wrote about yourselves
Personal Narratives
What is the name of the song that Miss Basso loves to play in the morning?
Zootopia song or Starstruck