Math Madness
What are the five steps to solve word problems?
Read, Plan, Solve, Check, Conclude
What Oxford strategy helps you understand and remember information?
SQRCRC
Is canada the second or third largest country in the world?
2nd
Brave.
After you called last night.
Drop none word to make this sentence a fragment.
(drop after)
You called last night.
0 and 1
Julie highlighted key words and the example on her page, what step did she follow?
Survey.
How many time zones are there around the world?
24.
What does the word catastrophe mean?
A disaster.
Add a conjunction to correct this run-on sentence:
The rock star took a bow we cheered.
"and".
Reduce the fraction 6/16 to its lowest terms.
3/8 (/2)
Eric got an A+ on his Science test, what should his teacher and him do?
Celebrate (Throw the fish or the football, put his work up on the board)!
In online lingo, if you use Twitter, are you a tweep or a dweep?
Tweep.
You can flush a toilet and be flush with cash. Is this a homograph or a homonym?
Homonym. (same spelling, different meaning)
Name three transition words.
FANBOYS
Therefore, Moreover, Since, etc.
Name the parallelogram with 4 congruent sides but no right angles
a rhombus
Simon was learning about the three rules to fixing run-on sentences. He was about to start rule #3. What strategy can he use to remember the three rules?
Review rule 1 and 2 before learning rule 3.
True or False: Like a turtle an armadillo can hide under its protective plates?
False.
Add a prefix to spell to make its antonym.
"miss" to spell + misspell.
Where do the quotation marks go?
I can’t wait to transfer all the strategies that I have learned at Oxford to school, said John.
Before "I" and after "school".
Change the fraction 29/7 to a mixed fraction.
4 1/7
What does Cam stand for?
Monica is in grade 8, and she set a goal to play in the WNBA. Does this fit the requirements of a CAM goal? Why or why not?
No, it does not fit a CAM goal as it is not quite clear or measureable.
What large ship sank off Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg in 1912?
The Titanic.
Give an example of an analogy.
May vary.
Find all of the errors in this sentence.
because there is no school during the march break I’m going to Oxford so I won’t be bored at home
Because
March
comma
period