As part of classroom procedures, students will be completing a warm-up
activity to start most classes. The warm-up will reinforce past material as
well as introduce students to new topics. I also like to use the warm-up as
a way to gauge how the students are feeling about the class, the school,
their teachers, their surroundings, and many other subjects. Warm-up is a
good way to get the class off to a organized and calm beginning.
Warm-up will be collected and graded as a quiz or homework assignment on a
frequent basis. I do not look for every answer to be 100%
correct, I simply want the students to answer the drill using higher level
thinking.
Drill #1: How do you go about finding the square root of a number?
Drill #2: Find the square root of the following: 1. 100 2. 625 3. 400. 4. 484
5. 225 6. 10,000 7. 169 8. 784
Drill #3: Find the square root of the following: 1. 324 2. 1296 3. 729 4.
1225 5. 1681
Drill #4: What is Veterans Day? Why should we celebrate it? Should we be in
school today? Why or Why not?
Drill #5: Name the 5 great lakes. Explain why climate is so important.
