week 9 check in

Mini Lessons this week...

• I do not do the mini lessons

• I did a couple of them this week

• I did not do any yet, but I plan to

• What are the mini lessons?

What are context clues?

• Clues you may find in a challenging game like Clue

• Clues in the sentence that help us discover the meaning of an unfamiliar word without using a dictionary

• A clue that is found during an investigation

• Sentences that are long and boring have no clue what they are even talking about.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

1. Discover the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence.

The patriots had to capitulate to the enemy forces surrounding them.

• Eat vegetables

• Run for their lives

• Surrender

• Escape

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What does PEMDAS stand for?

• Parentheses Exponents Multiplication & Division

  Addition & Subtraction

• Peter

  Entered

  Math

  Demonstration

  And Sadly

  Lost

• Parentheses

  Exuberance

  Multiplication

  Division Addition Subtraction

• Pizza

  Eggs

  Mini Doughnuts

  And Salsa

Remember to use PEMDAS when solving a problem with more than one operation

4x2(2+2)

• 12

• 24

• 36

• 32

Try one more

5x1(3+2)

• 10

• 25

• 11

• 28

What are these?

• Laws of gravity

• Einstein's theory

• Newton's Laws of Motion

• Laws that are unknown

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.4

Can you give a real-life example for one of Newton's laws of motion?

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

What are the Big 5?

From Studies Weekly and the social studies mini-lesson

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Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.W.6.2B

From Studies Weekly

Name 5 of the countries at the bottom of the continent of Africa

• Ethiopia

  Nabia

  Kenya

  Eswatini

  Egypt

• Namibia

  South Africa 

  Botswana

  Lesotho 

  Eswatini