Monday Motivational - 21/01/13

“If we did all the things we were capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

- Thomas Edison

Brain Teaser - 18/01/13 - The Answer

There is a frog stuck in a 60 foot well. How many days will it take the frog to get out if for every day he jumps five feet up, but then falls back three feet?

A: 29 days. The last jump he did was out of the well so he did not fall 3 feet back.

Brain Teaser - 18/01/13

There is a frog stuck in a 60 foot well. How many days will it take the frog to get out if for every day he jumps five feet up, but then falls back three feet?

Answer on Monday

Literacy Lesson - 17/01/13

 sentences begin with power openers

VERB + ING - Looking behind her, she softly closed the door

ADVERB - Carefully, I placed the beaker on top of the flame.

CONNECTIVE - As a result, the war continued longer than expected.

Motivational Quotes - 16/01/13

“Character is destiny”

- Heraclitus

Literacy Lesson - 15/01/13

 

Sentences use connectives to:

 

Sequence information e.g. First, Next, Afterward, Finally

 

Show results e.g. therefore, because, so, as a result

 

Add information e.g. also, in addition, as well as

 

Argue a point e.g. however, despite, although, on the other hand

Monday Motivational - 14/01/13

“Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice, it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

- William Jennings Bryan