Questions for Week of January 19

1. Solve: 2x +3(x+x)= 14+x
2. Explain the Bing, Bang Bongo method of writing
3. What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
4. What do John Hancock, Sam Adams and Paul Revere have in common?
5. How do you separate a salt and water solution?

Thanks to Alyssa B. for all this week's questions!

Questions for the Week of December 8

1. Identify the Six Traits of Writing
2. Describe how you find the median of a set of data.
3. What is the difference between a Pilgrim and a Puritan?
4. What crop was profitable for the Virginia Company of London?
5. What must you never do when adding or subtracting fractions? (Ashley and Ryan)

Questions for the Week of November 24

1. What are independent and dependent variables? (Ryan)
2. Describe the steps to a controlled experiment (Sarah and Ben)
3. How do you find the percent of a number?
4. Why is baseball a compound word and successful not?
5. What is an indentured servant?

Posting for Week of Novemeber 17
1. What is a cycle? (Keith)
2. Why is important to only change one variable when doing an experiment?
3. Describe how to convert the fraction 9/25 mentally.
4. What is a fraction? (Alyssa)
5. Describe the parts of a pendulum. (Ashley)
6. Describe when to use each of the homophone their, there and they're.

Beginning next week look for students to create questions for the week. Postings for the week will occur on Tuesdays. If a student's question is used their first name will appear after the question!
Questions for the Week of November 10
1. What is a pronoun referent? Why are they important?
2. Describe the conflict in The Sign of the Beaver.
3. Describe the genre of historic fiction.
4. What does the numerator of a fraction mean?
5. How is a fable different than a fairy tale?

Questions for the Week of October 6

1. What are the differences between vertical and adjacent angles?
2. Discuss the formula for finding the sum of the angles of any polygon?
3. What two parts must a sentence have in order to be complete?
4. What is a launch page?
5. What were Cartier, Cabot and Hudson all searching for?

September 8 Postings

The Five Questions to Ponder this Week are:
1. How do the partial sums, differences and products help understand place value.
2. Describe the steps to prblem solving.
3. What is inirtia?
4. Give a real life example of Newton's second law of motion?
5. What two forces cause objects on earth to slow rather than continue moving?