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Warmup Prompts Week of May 26

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

It’s Time For A Jazzy WarmUp Week! 
1.) Jazz is both a “Team” and a “Music.”   Explain
2.) What is scat singing?
3.) Reread yesterday’s article and listat least two things from that you did not know
4.) Click on the timeline. List one year and tell what happened in Jazz History in that year.
5.) What instruments do you [...]

Warmup Prompts Week of May 19

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

1.) What kind of computer do you like best? Mac/Windows/Other? Why?
2.) What are at least 5 things you like about computers?
3.) What are at least 5 things that you do not like about computers?
4.) What kind of rules do you have when someone uses your computer?
5.) What is your favorite website right now?

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Warmup Prompts Week of May 12

Saturday, May 10th, 2008

Summer is close. It is hard to wait. This week’s Warmups are about waiting. 
1.) Key at least ten words that are synonyms for the word “waiting.”
2.) Have you ever waited until the last minute to do something? What/When was it?
3.) List at least 5 incidences when it is not good to wait until the last minute.
4.) On [...]

Warmup Prompts Week of May 5

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Let’s Celebrate Robots this week:
1. If you were a robot, and I knew but you didn’t, would you want me to tell you?
2. Guess in what year the word “robotics” was first used and give a reason for your prediction.
3. Read the the Three Laws of Robotics. Which one is unnecessary and why?
4. Was your [...]

Warmup Prompts Week of April 28

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate with these Warm-ups!
Week of April 28:
1. Read and solve each of these math poems. Can you write your own math poem?
2. In your opinion, can a sentence be a poem? Why or why not?
3. Read these samples “The Red Wheelbarrow”  “When You Are Old”  “The New Dog”  What do [...]

Warmups Week of April 21

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Here are this week’s Warmups. Have a great week!
Week of April 21
1.) Barbara Park wrote the Junie B. Jones children’s book and her birthday is April 21. How many total books has she written?
2.) How many books have you read this year? Have you read more books or webpages? Ask two friends and record their [...]

Warmup Prompts Week of April 14

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Here are this week’s Warmups. Have a great week!
Week of April 14th
 
1.) This is tax week. List at least 10 things (not people, just things) that you find taxing.
2.) Not everything we buy has a tax on it. Find and key what items are nontaxable and what items usually are.
3.) This is a week where [...]

Warmup Prompts Week of April 7

Sunday, April 6th, 2008

  Here are this week’s Warmup Prompts. Have a great week!
Week of April 7
1.) Key at 4 things that are great about the month of April
2.) Compute how many days are left until the end of our school year.
3.) Read a story @ Happy News Summarize using one sentence
4.) Create, Compute, Key 4 math [...]