Do you have a favorite mnemonic device? Do you know what the last 2 I just wrote mean?
Monday, March 9, 2009
Mnemonic Device?
Hey. Have you ever heard of a mnemonic device? It's a pattern of letters, an expression, or ideas that help you remember something. Like when I said for Daylight Saving Time that you "Spring Forward and Fall Back." I also remember a teacher I had in 6th grade who helped me remember the how to spell dessert and desert. She told me that dessert was "sweet stuff" and had 2 s's. I never forgot after that. Then there's the whole "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" for order of operations in math, or "My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" for the planets in the solar system.
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I used get to mixed up with my compass directions. Mrs. Friedrich helped by telling me "Nobody Eats Soggy Waffles." So I remembered North, South, East, West.
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally means Parenthesis, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction. It helps you remember what to do first, second, and last.
Wow, Donell. That's really cool. I'll have to remember that when I teach that.
Comar and Donell- glad to see you pay attention during math lessons for PEMDAS! : )
I get mix up with compass directions too.tha is what she wouid saild too.
Ariel, I thought Donell's compass mnemonic device was cool, too. But I don't get what else you're trying to tell me in the rest of your post. Help?!
HEY MRS.BECKER SITTING HERE WITH AMANDA SHE'S A PEST
HELP MEEEEEEEEEE PLEASE AMANDA MRS.BECKER ITS AMANDA SHES CRAZY.
Hey Zoe and Amanda,
What kind of mnemonic devices are in YOUR messages? I'm confused! : /
I know what you mean Donell. That is what Ms.Jonse would saild too.
OK. Thanks for clarifying your post, Ariel. Were you really up at 6:28 AM? That's when your post came in! (I've been up since 5:30.)
Can you make one about sports.
Sure, Ariel. A mnemonic device can be made about anything you want help remembering. Try making one!
Guess what! I'm writing a suspense book called "Fear itself"! My mom let me borrow her laptop, and now, I'm working on a book!
That's very cool, King. So is there a mnemonic device in that title somewhere? Can't wait to read it!
hey ms.becker i really don't no what that mean can you tell me.Also what did comar say,Tell me as soon you get this post ok.he is cazy right ms.becker.
Daysha, did you read what I wrote? It's just a little saying to help you remember things. Kind of like LOL. That stands for more words, but LOL is just a quick way to remember. Hey... who's calling Comar crazy????
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