Homework for Monday, Sept. 23

Assignment: Alphabet Probability
Tonight we are collecting data of the frequency of letters used in books and articles.   You should use something that is very "reader friendly," not a science journal or geography atlas.  You may use a fiction book or newspaper article of your choice.  The guidelines are:
*Select 100 words; they should be in sequence, not random words on the page.  It does not matter where you begin your 100 words in the book/article, just that you tally the letters for 100 sequential words.
*Make tally marks on the grid for EVERY letter in those 100 words.  Be methodical and accurate.
*Total your tally marks in the spaces provided.  Be methodical and accurate.
*Answer the questions that follow on the page.
*If you lost or forgot your worksheet, you can get a copy of it by clicking HERE.
Due Tuesday

Pre-Quiz Results:  available online in TeacherEase
You should have received an invitation a week ago via email to TeacherEase which is where you can see your progress and grades this trimester.  If you have NOT received this invitation, please send me an email now and I will resend your invitation.  Directions for the site are included with that invitation.
*Your pre-quiz scores will show up in the "Comments" box of the assignment.  Please follow these directions - Under Academics, select Student Progress Update > Transition Math (overall grade for class is blue, select this) > Pre-Quiz comment.  
*Strangely, I haven't figured out how to see this comment (which is your score of 10) without going this route.  I thought it would show up under, "Assignments and Lessons," but it doesn't.  I also noticed that if you select "Pre-Quiz" from the News Feed list, it does not show you the comment there either.  So poke around ... it's there!
*Your pre-quiz scores will not count unless you let me know that you want to count it.  You can let me know by selecting "Send email to teachers" under the "Communicate" heading on the TeacherEase site, or just general email if you prefer.
*We will be moving forward from wherever you are; thank you for the notes!
Mo ;-)