Week 12-13 Homework

Great OPEN HOUSE last week! really Spectacular!

I will try to convert some of those Keynote Prezzies and put them on this blog!


HOMEWORK:

Kids: Go to the Mission X website and choose one Mission you really want to do!

http://trainlikeanastronaut.org/mission-data

http://trainlikeanastronaut.org/activity-videos


Vote for YOUR FAVORITE by going to this blog, signing in
Mr.AndyMagee@gmail.com

pw: mageever

and voting on the Mission X Voting blog (click on "edit" to be able to write and "update" once you have voted)...


MATH:

9's and 10's worksheet

http://math.about.com/library/9times.pdf

http://math.about.com/library/10times.pdf

Name:__________

CLOCK AND TIME PROBLEMS

Complete the following using the 6 Problem Solving steps (read, underline/pull out the correct numbers and words, form an equation using a räknesätt, use the proper method, answer and label)

Show me an equation for ALL with *!

1.)               Sue sat down to practice a difficult classical guitar piece. Her plan was to practice for 3 hours. She began at 10:00 and finished and 13:45. Did she reach her goal? *

2.)               Bob woke up at 8:15. He was so lazy that he didn’t have lunch until 12: 22! How long, in minutes and hours, did Bob go without breakfast?*

3.)               How long (hours/minutes) has it been since you woke up?*

4.)               How many hours/minutes will it be until you go to bed?*

5.)               What part of the day is:

a.)              01:20                         b.) 14:55                           c.) 00:00                            d.) 20:20                    e.) 09:34

6.)               What time will it be in 4 hours and 42 minutes?*

7.)               Brandon left school at 3:15 p.m. He walked to the library to work on his homework. It took 15 minutes to walk to the library. Brandon's father picked him up at the library one hour after he arrived. What time did Brandon's dad pick him up?*

8.)               Emily and Sarah live at opposite ends of the neighborhood. It takes each of them 20 minutes to walk to school. If they have to be at school at 8:15 a.m., what is the latest time they can leave home and still make it to school in time without running?*

9.)               Heather had two exams today. The first exam lasted from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. She had to wait 3 hours and 25 minutes from the end of the last exam to the beginning of the next exam. What time did the second exam begin?*

WRITING:

VOCAB HOMEWORK: A STORY!                NAME:___________________

Define the following words. Use them properly in a story about the below “descriptive writing”:

eccentric_______________________________________________

dignified_______________________________________________

uninhabitable_______________________________________________

inhospitable_______________________________________________

genuine_______________________________________________

ecstatic_______________________________________________

      Descriptive Writing

This person is very happy. Something happened to make her this way… it doesn’t matter what. What matters is the way she looks, feels, and thinks, and the way she acts, while being so happy.

Please write a descriptive piece about this person’s happiness, describing  her ”appearances, thoughts, feelings, and actions” while being happy. USE YOUR VOCAB WORDS!