Thursday, July 30, 2015

July 31st, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) Piri tells his mother a lie about what happened to his face. He tells her that he beat up two guys at school. She reminds him that she is raising him in the "Christian way". What does she mean by that statement and what does she say that Christ says to do?





B) Piri's family wants to put carpeting in their rectangular living room, which is 15 ft by 12 ft. How many square feet of carpeting do they need?





Level#2

A) Piri tells his mother a lie about what happened to his face. He tells her that he got into a fight at school, and that he beat up two guys. She reminds him that she is raising him in the "Christian way". What does she mean by this ?




B) Piri's mother wants to put wallpaper on one wall of their kitchen. The wall measures 15 ft by 8 ft. How much wallpaper does she need to cover the wall?





Level#3

A) Piri's tries to explain to his mother how his face got messed up. He tells her a lie about how it happened. Does his mother want him to fight?



B) Piri is drawing a picture that measures 9 inches by 6 inches. He plans to put a frame around it. What is the perimeter of the picture so that he can build a frame to put around it?







Parent Signature: __________________________________

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

July 30th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

Name:
Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) Piri lies to his mother by telling her that he had a fight in school against two guys and he beat them up. How does his mother respond to this news?




B) Piri's apartment has a living room that is 20 feet long and 20 feet wide. What shape is it and what is its perimeter and area?





Level#2

A) Piri lies to his mother about his fight with Rocky and his gang. What does he tell her to explain why he looks the way he does?





B) The floor in Piri's bedroom is 12 feet long by 12 feet wide. What shape is it and what is the perimeter of the room?





Level#3

A) Piri tells his mother that he looks the way he does because he got into a fight at school and he beat two guys up. Is he telling the truth? What really happened to him?




B) Piri has a desk in his room which is 5 feet long and 3 feet wide. What shape is it and what is the desk's perimeter?









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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

July 29th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) When Piri enters his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys his mother questions him as to why he looks the way he does. How does he explain his appearance?



B) A playground is shaped like a rectangle. Its length is 140 meters. Its width is 60 meters. Find the area of the playground.
The area of the playground is _____________ square meters.


Level#2

A) When Piri enters his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys his mother see him and she is very upset. What does Piri tell he happened to him?


B) A conference table is shaped like a rectangle. Its length is 14 feet and its width is 6 feet. Find the perimeter of the conference table.



Level#3

A) When Piri is talking to his mother after his fight with Rocky and his boys does he tell her the truth about why his face is messed up?



B) A computer table is shaped like a rectangle. Its length is 4 feet and its width is 2 feet. Find the perimeter of the computer table.







Parent Signature: ____________________________________







Monday, July 27, 2015

July 28th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

Name:
Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) When Piri enters his apartment, after his fight with Rocky and his boys, he is seen by his mother. How does she react?




B) A rectangular floor is 8.5 meters long and 6.5 meters wide. How many square meters of floor are there. (Hint: L x W = A)



Level#2

A) When Piri enters his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys, What does he try to do to not be seen by his mother?



B) A stage is shaped like a rectangle. Its length is 25 feet and its width is 15 feet. Find the perimeter of the stage.




Level#3

A) When Piri enters his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys, what does he tell his mother to explain what happened to his face?




B) A rectangular floor is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. Find the perimeter of the floor.




Parent Signature: ________________________




Sunday, July 26, 2015

July 27th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1
A) When Piri enters his apartment after the fight he has with Rocky and his gang, what is his mother doing and what does he try to do?



B) A rectangular piece of plywood is 150 centimeters long. It is 75 centimeters wide. Find the area of the piece of plywood. (Hint: use the formula L x W = A)




Level#2
A) When Piri enters his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys what was his mother doing?



B) A rectangular window pane in Mr. Rolla’s office is 28 inches long and 24 inches wide. What is the perimeter of the window pane?
The perimeter is ________ inches.



Level#3
A) Piri goes into his apartment after his fight with Rocky and his boys. He smells something good that his mother is cooking. What is his mother cooking?



B) Mr. Miller has a rectangular –shaped mirror in his office which is 4 feet long and 3 feet wide. What is the perimeter of his mirror?
The perimeter of Mr. Miller’s mirror is _________ feet.




Parent Signature: ____________________________________

Thursday, July 23, 2015

July 24th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) Just before Piri is about to go into his apartment building Rocky and his boys continue to shout insults from across the street. What is Piri thinking at this point in time?





B) A rectangular piece of plywood is 150 centimeters long. It is 75 centimeters wide. Find the perimeter of the piece of plywood.





Level#2

A) Just before Piri is about to go into his apartment building he is able to do something that he had wanted to do to show he was tough, but he could not do right after his fight with Rocky and his boys. What is it that he does in Rocky's direction to show he is tough just before he goes into his apartment?





B) A rectangular piece of carpet is 6 meters long. It is 4 meters wide. Find the perimeter of the piece of carpet.






Level#3

A) Just as Piri is about to go into his apartment building he does something to show Rocky and his boys he is tough. What does he do?






B) A square has four sides that are the same length. One side is 4 centimeters long. What is the perimeter of the square? (Hint: Remember perimeter means add all the sides together)











Wednesday, July 22, 2015

July 23rd, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) As Piri is about to enter his building after he is "jumped" by Rocky and his gang, he hears a voice say, "Hey, your old man better be a janitor in that ----- building." What does this statement imply?






B) A rectangular student desk top is 24 inches long and 18 inches wide. What is the perimeter of the desk top?
The perimeter of the desk top is _________ inches.




Level#2

A) As Piri is about to go into his building he spits in the direction of Rocky and his gang, What is Piri trying to do by spitting?





B) We learned about octagons today. Draw an octagon and write down how many sides and angles it has.





Level#3

A) After Piri has his fight with Rocky and his gang he wants to do something to show that he is tough. What does he want to do that he can't do?




B) We learned about octagons today. Draw an octagon and write down how many sides it has.








Tuesday, July 21, 2015

July 22nd, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) After Rocky calls across the street, "We'll see ya again, spic." Piri wants to do something to show he is tough. What does he want to do to show his toughness?





B)  Mr. Lokenauth has a garden in the school yard. The garden is shaped like a rectangle. The rectangle is 24 feet long and 16 feet wide. What is the perimeter of his garden?
The perimeter of his garden is __________ feet.



Level#2

A) After Rocky calls across the street, "We'll see ya again, spic." What does Piri do?




B) How many sides and angles does a Hexagon have?





Level#3

A) Rocky calls across the street. "We'll see ya again,spic." Who do you think he is saying this to?



B) How many sides does a Hexagon have?




Monday, July 20, 2015

July 21st, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)


Level#1

A) After the fight between Piri and Rocky and his gang is over, Piri is climbing the steps  

of his stoop and he hears Rocky's voice saying something to him from across the street. 

What does Rocky say and how does Piri react to it?






B) The shape of a PENTAGON was introduce today. The word POLYGON was also introduce. Draw a pentagon, state how many sides and angles it has, explain what the word polygon means.





Level#2

A) After the fight between Piri and Rocky and his gang is over, Piri wonders how his face looks. What does he say about his face?




B) The shape of a pentagon was introduced today. Draw a pentagon, and write down how many sides and angles a pentagon has.




Level#3

A) After the fight between Piri and Rocky and his gang is over, where does Piri go?




B) Today we learned about pentagons. Try to draw a pentagon and write down how many sides it has.




Saturday, July 18, 2015

July 20th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Date:
Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Questions based on the text: Down These Mean Streets, chapter #4 (Alien Turf)

Level#1

A) Explain what Piri didn't want to do after the adults helped Piri by pulling Rocky and his boys off of him?



B) Any geometric figure that has four or more sides and four or more angles is a polygon (hint: remember we learned that polygon means many sided figure). What is the name of a polygon with 5 sides and 5 angles?




Level#2

A) After the adults help Piri by breaking up the fight, where does Piri go?



B) A rectangle has four sides and four angles. How many sides and how many angles does a Pentagon have?



Level#3

A) Piri fights Rocky and his boys. After the fight is over how does Piri feel?




B) How many sides does a Pentagon have?





Friday, July 17, 2015

July 17th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Level#1

A) While Piri is being beaten up he hears voices in both English and Italian. Whose voices are they and what are these voices trying to do?







B) Name the quadrilateral that has only one set of parallel lines.







Level#2

A) When Piri is getting beaten up by Rocky and his boys who tries to help him?





B) We have been learning about quadrilaterals. Make a list of as many as you can think of.





Level#3

A) Piri gets beaten up. Who beats Piri up?





B) How many sides does a quadrilateral have?

Thursday, July 16, 2015

July 16th, 2015

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Level#1

A) Piri fights back when he is "jumped" by Rocky and his boys. What happens to Piri after he hits one of the boys in the face?





B) A rectangular desk top is 24 inches long and 16 inches wide. What is the perimeter of the desk top? (Hint: remember that the desk has a top and a bottom and two sides).





Level#2

A) What does Piri do when he is attacked by Rocky and his boys? ( Hint: Does Rocky run away or something else?)





B) A triangle has sides that are all the same length. Each side is 10 inches in length. What is the perimeter of the triangle?





Level#3

A) Does Piri run away when Rocky punches him in the face or does he do something else?




B) A triangle has three sides that are all the same length. Each side is 2 feet long. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

July 15th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Level#1

A) After Piri tells Rocky that even spaghetti-benders like you are born in Harlem Hospital, How does Rocky react to this statement?






B) What type of triangle has sides that are all the same length?





Level#2 

A) After Piri tells Rocky that even spaghetti-benders like you are born in Harlem Hospital, what does Rocky do?





B) How many sides does a quadrilateral have? (hint: a square is a type of quadrilateral)




Level#3

A) Piri calls Rocky a spaghetti-bender. What is a spaghetti-bender?






B) We talked about three and four sided shapes today. List one three sided shape and one four sided shape.








Tuesday, July 14, 2015

June 14th, 2015 Down These Mean Streets

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Directions: Choose questions that you feel you can answer. Try to challenge yourself to answer the highest level you can! Answer TWO questions for each level. Use complete sentences!


Level#1 

A) Piri says, "I dug some of Rocky's boys grinding and pushing and punching closed fists against open hands." Explain what you think Piri was thinking watching Rocky's boys do these things.





B) We learned about equilateral triangles today. Explain what makes a triangle equilateral. (You may choose to give or use the definition to help with your answer). 






Level#2

A) Piri says, "I figured they were looking to shake me up." Explain what Piri is trying to say.





B) How many angles does an equilateral triangle have?





Level#3

A) How are Rocky and his boys treating Piri?




B) How many sides does a triangle have?