When playing the messy vs neat desk scavenger hunt, which total time was faster...the messy desk time or the neat desk time?
Neat desk achieved a faster time.
100
What side of the page do you punch holes on?
Left side (or top)
100
Where does your teacher expect the date to be written on your work?
Top right or top left
100
Describe what a sticky letter is?
A letter that sits on the baseline (bottom line).
100
Name organization strategy that applies to both desk and binder/duotang/folder.
No loose papers
Papers filed in the appropriate spot
200
Name two reasons an organized desk is important?
Easier to find things. Faster at finding things. Saves time. Things are less likely to get lost or misplaced. Both you and teacher knows where to find things. You don't have too many things in your desk.
200
Name two reasons why an organized binder is important.
Easier to find things
Faster at finding things
Saves time
Decreased chance of losing papers
200
Where does your teacher expect you to write the title?
Top middle
200
What are the two names for letters that don't "stick" to the bottom line?
Sinkers & floaters/flyers
200
We talked about "sticky letters" in which one of the 4 sessions.
Legibility
300
Name two components of an organized desk?
(example: papers filed in the appropriate place)
No loose papers
No garbage
Books piled from largest to smallest
Books on one side and tools on the other
300
Name two components of an organized binder or duotang?
(example: papers filed in the appropriate place)
No loose papers
Papers files in chronological order
papers facing the correct way (not backwards or upside down)
300
Describe what the margin is? What is it's purpose?
The margin is the red line on the left hand side of the paper. It helps us line up our work.
300
What part of our body can help us judge whether we have left enough space (or not too much space) between our words?
Finger (i.e. finger spaces)
300
Put these three dates in chronological order:
August 8, 2014
March 18, 2013
January 25, 2014
March 18, 2013
January 25, 2014
August 8, 2014
400
When organizing any loose papers found in our desk, name the three different places we could put these papers?
(i.e. where could these loose papers go?)
Recycling
Backpack / home
Folder/Duotang/binder
400
What is the butterfly test? What is a pass and what is a fail?
When you hold a binder or duotang by the spine then give it a shake.
If papers fall out it's a fail if nothing falls out it's a pass
400
If you had to put your name on your assignment, where would your teacher expect you to write this?
Top.....
400
What are the three different letters sizes?
Tall
Short
Fishing
400
Describe or show me how you use a hole punch properly. Why is this important?
Line the paper up with the metal tab and make sure the paper is pushed into the hole punch as much as possible.
Important so that all of our papers line up when they are put in our binder or duotang.
500
What Unthinkable gets too close to others?
Space Invader
500
Explain what chronological order means.
Chronological order means in order by date.
500
Describe two reasons why double spacing (skipping lines) can help make our work look more organized?
Letters from one line don't run into letters of the line above or below it (ile. tall letters don't run into fishing letters)
It leaves room for editing (i.e. adding in a word, changing a word)
Makes it look more spaced apart (not so jammed together).
500
Name the 3 out of the 4 components of legibility.
Sticky letters. Letter sizing. Spaces between words. Erasing mistakes.
500
Why is page organization and legibility important?
Important for both ourselves and our teacher to be able to read our work.
Important for us to be able to identify when we did an assignment (date), who that assignment belongs to (name), and what that assignment is about (title).