AVID

Where should you get your Initial Question?

• From google

• From a question I missed on a test

• From my notes

• From a question on my Homework

Choose the best example of an Initial Question.

• 5x - 2 = -22, solve for x

• What is the meaning of life?

• The United States uses 24% of the world's supply of energy. What fraction of the world's energy is this.

• What is a decree?

• What is the difference between an argumentative essay, and a persuasive essay?

What are some qualities of a good Initial Question?

• You can work it out

• You have 2 or more things that you can compare and contrast

• You can google it

• It is a word problem

• You can have a good discussion over the topic

Where should your vocabulary come from?

• Open a dictionary and point

• Words that you learned in 1st grade

• The question itself

• The unit the question is from

What vocabulary would be best for this IQ?

124 hours is what percent of 154 hours?

• Percent

• Math

• Numerator

• Denominator

• Hour

What is the purpose of Vocabulary and Definitions?

• To understand my question better

• To show what I know about my question

• To learn new words and what they mean

• To make us do extra work for no reason

Where should you get definitions from?

• A Dictionary

• Dictionary.com

• Anywhere else

• I know everything so I'll make up my own

Choose the best definition for Star

• Twinkles, and is little

• (of a movie, play, or other show) have (someone) as a principal performer.

• A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.

• The great kings of the past looking down upon us

If you have a word problem, what should you put in the What I Know section?

• Words

• The definitions I put in the last section

• How to work out the problem

• Everything that I should underline in the problem

What is the Critical Thinking box for?

• Working out your problem

• Where you draw pictures

• Drawing and labeling diagrams

• If I don't know how to solve my problem I leave it blank