Thursday Snow Day HOT Work

January 27, 2011 | Posted in: Class Updates

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Good morning, and happy snow day #5, I believe!  I originally put the snow effect on our class website because we were disappointed to see so very little snow in December, as you may remember.  Well I think we’ve made up for that!  The meteorologists on Channel 3 report that January 2011 has now topped the record and is the snowiest month in the recorded history of Connecticut’s weather.  Ever.  Wow.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to practice responding to HOT (higher order thinking) questions.  Here’s what you need to do.

1. Read the story Achoo!, which you can download here.  Don’t worry about completing the worksheets that come after the story.  Just read and enjoy the story.  Consider printing the story so you can easily refer to it as you complete your HOT questions.
2. Log onto Study Island.  (www.studyisland.com)  If you don’t remember your password, email me.
3. There are five writing assignments for you to complete.  They’re all titled “Jan 27 Snow Day HOT Question #” and should be completed today.  Yes, this is more than last week, but you also DON’T need to score anything.  Plus, some of the questions should have pretty brief answers.  Remember, SAR stands for SHORT answer response.  (Just remember, you still need to be detailed and thorough.)  Consider referring to the ice cream rubric as you work.
4. I’ll log onto Study Island periodically during the day today and will send you feedback on your work.  Feel free to log back in to see what feedback I sent you!
5. Enjoy the snow!  Stay safe!

Don’t forget to play the division math game that I assigned for homework last night.  (You can find it one post down.)

Finally, here’s an interesting video that you might enjoy.  It shows dots represening airplanes that are flying all over the world.  It’s so interesting to see the patterns as the time changes!  (Kids need permission from their parents before watching any YouTube videos that I post since it can recommend other videos at the end that I haven’t approved.)