Agneda - Oct. 3, 2007

Welcome Back to rotations! I missed all of you the past few days.

All rotations today will be given a computer crash course. We learn about saftey issues, navigation of the web, and take the STAR test on Accelerated Reader. We also make notecards with our login information and password. Keep in mind there are only 22 computers, so those students with the best behavior will have first priority of computer use.



Homeroom -
Collect Library Books
Collect any homework / Deficiency Notices / Student Survey

Introduction to "By the Shores of Silver Lake"
Vocabulary Smart Presentation
Vocabulary sort
Marzano vocabulary words
Page 53 - Writing a story using new vocabulary words

Library

P.S. - Expect Scholastic book orders on Oct. 8th!!


PSS - Math Joke
A public school teacher was arrested today at John F.Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator.

At a morning press conference, Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-gebra movement. He did not identify the man, who has been charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of math instruction.

"Al-gebra is a problem for us," Gonzalez said. "They desire solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on tangents in a search of absolute values. They use secret code names like 'x' and 'y' and refer to themselves as 'unknowns, ' but we have determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country.

As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, 'There are 3 sides to every triangle.'

When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had wanted us to have better Weapons of Math Instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes."

See you tomorrow.