Math
Today, we reviewed the homework from yesterday and two days ago. I got every problem right. Woohoo! We then practiced problems on the whiteboards. We practiced some problems like if 15 counters is 3/8 of the set, how much is the whole set? The answer is 40. We also practiced different problems. After that, we practiced volume yet again. We just worked on a couple pages in our math journal.
L.A.
Today, we wrapped up our poker chip game. Only one more person had to go. He shared his job which was master of the minds. He was supposed to write down what two characters may have been thinking in that section. I thought he did an excellent job. After the game was done, we were allowed to start reading section 2. We only got to read one chapter. The rest is supposed to be homework for Monday. *sniff.*
S.S.
Today, we started the 13 colonies test. We still had that “speed test” as a part of the test, and we beat the other classes, again! It was amazing. That wasn't it though. We also had some short answer questions to fill in. I got them pretty easily and finished my test. After everyone finished, we started to fill out more of our study packet. We filled out information on the founder, and the purpose of the creation of the Carolinas and much more. That was pretty easy. There was a huge fill in the blank section for why Carolina got divided into South Carolina and North Carolina. It was from some guy named John Oglethorpe who wanted certain countries away from the area.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Thursday, 04/16/2009
Math
Today, we once again worked volume. We practiced it on a couple pages of our math journal. Just like before, it was base x height x width=volume. After completing those couple of pages, we continued working on the four 4's problems. I finally got 25 of them and I got to move on to the six 6's problems. I only had to do about 5 so I finished in no time. My partner and I just made random equations then saw if we could right it down. It was very easy.
Language Arts
Today, we continued working on The Board. I started on all three choices and I'm close to done. For the discussion questions, I only have around 5 or 4 left. For artful artist, I already drew the scene and I'm almost done writing my reflection. For the sheet with many topics, I just need to answer all the questions and I'm done. I almost have everything done and it's due by the end of tomorrow's school day. I can finish in time.
Social Studies
Today, we took yet another “speed test” on the 13 colonies and we got an impressive time of 1 min. and 53 sec. which beat the other two classes by a lot. We then filled out more of our study packet. We filled out the chart about city life. There were vocabulary words which were laborer and artisan. An artisan is someone who is good at making something by hand. A laborer is someone who does hard physical work. City Life and Farming Life have their differences but they both make you work.
Today, we once again worked volume. We practiced it on a couple pages of our math journal. Just like before, it was base x height x width=volume. After completing those couple of pages, we continued working on the four 4's problems. I finally got 25 of them and I got to move on to the six 6's problems. I only had to do about 5 so I finished in no time. My partner and I just made random equations then saw if we could right it down. It was very easy.
Language Arts
Today, we continued working on The Board. I started on all three choices and I'm close to done. For the discussion questions, I only have around 5 or 4 left. For artful artist, I already drew the scene and I'm almost done writing my reflection. For the sheet with many topics, I just need to answer all the questions and I'm done. I almost have everything done and it's due by the end of tomorrow's school day. I can finish in time.
Social Studies
Today, we took yet another “speed test” on the 13 colonies and we got an impressive time of 1 min. and 53 sec. which beat the other two classes by a lot. We then filled out more of our study packet. We filled out the chart about city life. There were vocabulary words which were laborer and artisan. An artisan is someone who is good at making something by hand. A laborer is someone who does hard physical work. City Life and Farming Life have their differences but they both make you work.
Wednesday, 04/15/2009
Math
Today, we learned how to find volume. Basically, it is base x height x width =volume. If you have a triangular prism, you find the area of the base by multiplying the base times the height and dividing it by two. Then you multiply that by the width. There is the answer for a triangular prism. If you have a rectangular prism, you do the base times the height, then multiply that by the width. We completed some pages about that in our math journal. After that, we worked on the four 4's and the six 6's problems. I got a couple of the four 4's problems out of 100. It was actually VERY hard. I had to make equations that had exactly four 4's in it.
Language Arts
Today, we started “The Board.” I chose Artful Artist where you draw your favorite scene and explain why you chose it, the Discussion Questions where you answer questions about the section, and a worksheet talking about tone, foreshadowing, cliffhangers, plots, and more. I started off with the discussion questions and they were pretty easy.
Social Studies
Today, we took another “speed test” of the 13 colonies. We just had to write down the 13 colonies in the right place as fast as possible. We beat the other classes for the second day in a row. It was pretty fun. We then filled out some of our study packet on the colonies. We filled out a chart talking about what farming life would be like and what boys and girls would do in the farm. Boys usually did the hard and physical work while the girls worked on housework. We also learned what the free market economy was. The definition is: the people, not the government, decide what will be produced. We also learned that farmers grew plants, vegetables, and grains. Next, we're gonna fill out a chart about city life.
Today, we learned how to find volume. Basically, it is base x height x width =volume. If you have a triangular prism, you find the area of the base by multiplying the base times the height and dividing it by two. Then you multiply that by the width. There is the answer for a triangular prism. If you have a rectangular prism, you do the base times the height, then multiply that by the width. We completed some pages about that in our math journal. After that, we worked on the four 4's and the six 6's problems. I got a couple of the four 4's problems out of 100. It was actually VERY hard. I had to make equations that had exactly four 4's in it.
Language Arts
Today, we started “The Board.” I chose Artful Artist where you draw your favorite scene and explain why you chose it, the Discussion Questions where you answer questions about the section, and a worksheet talking about tone, foreshadowing, cliffhangers, plots, and more. I started off with the discussion questions and they were pretty easy.
Social Studies
Today, we took another “speed test” of the 13 colonies. We just had to write down the 13 colonies in the right place as fast as possible. We beat the other classes for the second day in a row. It was pretty fun. We then filled out some of our study packet on the colonies. We filled out a chart talking about what farming life would be like and what boys and girls would do in the farm. Boys usually did the hard and physical work while the girls worked on housework. We also learned what the free market economy was. The definition is: the people, not the government, decide what will be produced. We also learned that farmers grew plants, vegetables, and grains. Next, we're gonna fill out a chart about city life.
Tuesday, 04/14/2009
Math
Today, we worked on the latitude and longitude lesson. Basically, the latitude is from east to west, and the longitude is from north to south. The class filled a sheet out in our journal about our location. Two students in the class handed us two small pieces of paper holding either a latitude or a longitude. My location was °110 W for latitude and °180 for longitude. My location was on water. We then put together all the kids' location (land or water) and made a fraction of who had water. Then we made that fraction into a percent and that's what we put in our estimate for how much water covers the land. We got 68% as our guess. The real answer was 71.11% which was pretty close. We were surprised at the outcome.
Language Arts
Today, I started and finished reading Section 1 of the book Hoot In the story about the boy. Roy finds three bags tied together and when he opens one, snakes surround his ankles. A boy blindfolds him and tells him to run. Soon, Roy takes off the blindfold. He notices that he is in the middle of the street and he dodges a car at the last second, falling onto the curb to see Beatris holding his bike. In the cop story, Officer Delinko sleeps during duty and when he wakes up, he notices that his windows are painted all black. Officer Delinko gets punished with desk duty for a month because of the $410 bill he received. This story is actually pretty good.
Social Studies
Today, we learned about the proprietor, the purpose and the colonists of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York and New Jersey. A proprietor is a person who owns and controls land. The proprietor of New York is James, the Duke of York. The proprietor of Pennsylvania is William Penn, and the proprietor of New Jersey is James Berkely. There was another founder of New Jersey. For purpose, we just had to list why the proprietor wanted to start the colony. For colonists, we just needed to write what the colonists were allowed to do. It was pretty easy.
Today, we worked on the latitude and longitude lesson. Basically, the latitude is from east to west, and the longitude is from north to south. The class filled a sheet out in our journal about our location. Two students in the class handed us two small pieces of paper holding either a latitude or a longitude. My location was °110 W for latitude and °180 for longitude. My location was on water. We then put together all the kids' location (land or water) and made a fraction of who had water. Then we made that fraction into a percent and that's what we put in our estimate for how much water covers the land. We got 68% as our guess. The real answer was 71.11% which was pretty close. We were surprised at the outcome.
Language Arts
Today, I started and finished reading Section 1 of the book Hoot In the story about the boy. Roy finds three bags tied together and when he opens one, snakes surround his ankles. A boy blindfolds him and tells him to run. Soon, Roy takes off the blindfold. He notices that he is in the middle of the street and he dodges a car at the last second, falling onto the curb to see Beatris holding his bike. In the cop story, Officer Delinko sleeps during duty and when he wakes up, he notices that his windows are painted all black. Officer Delinko gets punished with desk duty for a month because of the $410 bill he received. This story is actually pretty good.
Social Studies
Today, we learned about the proprietor, the purpose and the colonists of Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York and New Jersey. A proprietor is a person who owns and controls land. The proprietor of New York is James, the Duke of York. The proprietor of Pennsylvania is William Penn, and the proprietor of New Jersey is James Berkely. There was another founder of New Jersey. For purpose, we just had to list why the proprietor wanted to start the colony. For colonists, we just needed to write what the colonists were allowed to do. It was pretty easy.
Tuesday, 03/31/09
Math
Today, we learned how to use the rectangle method. If you are trying to find the area of a triangle or a parallelogram, you can see if you can cut off a part of the shape and move it somewhere else to make a rectangle. If you make a rectangle, you can find the area much more easily. This method gets tricky at times but usually it is easy with the parallelogram. I have trouble with some of the triangles. I can't quite figure out where to split the shape.
Language Arts
Today, we started working on “The Board.” We chose three activities and we had 20 minutes to complete each. I chose Word Study, Artful Artist, and Story Outline. So far, I only did the Story Outline. In the Story Outline, you had to list the settings, the main idea, the characters, and three supporting events. Then, on the back, you had to describe a setting, write down a moral learned by a character, write down the conflicts, and list some reflections. Then you got to draw your favorite scene. I liked doing the story outline.
Social Studies
Today, we started working on the thirteen colonies. First, we had to fill in a map that showed the colonies. An important thing we had to do was change the borders because they were different before they became states. It was easy. Next, we had to present the different types of colonies. My group had to do the South Colonies. They were called the south colonies because they were at the bottom of the others. The climate was pretty good. Most days were sunny. The soil was rich and good for farming. A natural resource they used were the waterways. They used those for transportation. Also, the teacher said she was entering my poster into the Earth Day poster contest. I'm excited.
Today, we learned how to use the rectangle method. If you are trying to find the area of a triangle or a parallelogram, you can see if you can cut off a part of the shape and move it somewhere else to make a rectangle. If you make a rectangle, you can find the area much more easily. This method gets tricky at times but usually it is easy with the parallelogram. I have trouble with some of the triangles. I can't quite figure out where to split the shape.
Language Arts
Today, we started working on “The Board.” We chose three activities and we had 20 minutes to complete each. I chose Word Study, Artful Artist, and Story Outline. So far, I only did the Story Outline. In the Story Outline, you had to list the settings, the main idea, the characters, and three supporting events. Then, on the back, you had to describe a setting, write down a moral learned by a character, write down the conflicts, and list some reflections. Then you got to draw your favorite scene. I liked doing the story outline.
Social Studies
Today, we started working on the thirteen colonies. First, we had to fill in a map that showed the colonies. An important thing we had to do was change the borders because they were different before they became states. It was easy. Next, we had to present the different types of colonies. My group had to do the South Colonies. They were called the south colonies because they were at the bottom of the others. The climate was pretty good. Most days were sunny. The soil was rich and good for farming. A natural resource they used were the waterways. They used those for transportation. Also, the teacher said she was entering my poster into the Earth Day poster contest. I'm excited.
Monday, 03/30/09
Math
Today, we worked on finding the area of figures. It is basically Base (length) times Height (width). If a shape is 6 feet high and 7 feet wide, the area is 42 square feet. That's because 7x6=42. If you have a shape that has more sides than a rectangle, you can divide the shape into rectangles and find the are of those. Then, you add up the area of each. To practice the lesson, we had to complete three pages on area finding. It was easy to complete them and we got to work on the math boxes. We also reviewed on the whiteboards changing fractions into decimals and percents. That was easy as well.
Language Arts
Today, we started working on our Pen Pal letter. I got through the first paragraph about myself. In it, I included my name, my hobby, my favorite sport, some sentences about my family, and the elementary school I attended. My hobby is surfing the web, my favorite sport is basketball, I have two sisters, and I attended Caley. It was easy to make that one. I started on the second paragraph. I got some done. It needs to mention the different classes we take and the Unified Arts we have. Basically, it's all about the middle school. I'm excited to meet my pen pal. He or she is coming in a couple of weeks.
Today, we worked on finding the area of figures. It is basically Base (length) times Height (width). If a shape is 6 feet high and 7 feet wide, the area is 42 square feet. That's because 7x6=42. If you have a shape that has more sides than a rectangle, you can divide the shape into rectangles and find the are of those. Then, you add up the area of each. To practice the lesson, we had to complete three pages on area finding. It was easy to complete them and we got to work on the math boxes. We also reviewed on the whiteboards changing fractions into decimals and percents. That was easy as well.
Language Arts
Today, we started working on our Pen Pal letter. I got through the first paragraph about myself. In it, I included my name, my hobby, my favorite sport, some sentences about my family, and the elementary school I attended. My hobby is surfing the web, my favorite sport is basketball, I have two sisters, and I attended Caley. It was easy to make that one. I started on the second paragraph. I got some done. It needs to mention the different classes we take and the Unified Arts we have. Basically, it's all about the middle school. I'm excited to meet my pen pal. He or she is coming in a couple of weeks.
Friday, 03/27/2009
Math
Today, we took our Unit 9 quiz. Our quiz was different. There were nine questions. Some were multiple choice questions and others were matching questions. When you finished answering them, you got a different sheet, the teacher reviewed the answers, and you marked if you were right or wrong on the sheet. It was easy. I got a 9 out of 9 or a 100%. It was pretty easy. After that, we played the point guessing game again. I won both rounds and my opponent was nowhere close with his guesses. I kept picking hard ordered pairs like 0, 0 and 10, 10. The simplest pairs are actually the hardest to guess for some reason.
Language Arts
Today, we visited the library to work on our worksheets again. There were questions about a deadly snake named the Cottonmouth Water Moccasin Snake. Did you know it's the only poisonous water snake in North America? We also had a section where we had to find the definition of certain words. The next section was about certain clubs that help animals and the environment. I chose the Environmental Kids Club. There was a question asking me to list words or phrases that I thought were important. I chose Planet Protector because it means that you protect the planet from harm. I also chose “Acid rain affects everyone, but we can all make a difference.” That's as far as I got so far.
Science
Today, we took our quiz on resources and pollutions. There was a section on vocabulary words where we had to match each definition to its word. Next, there were multiple choice questions. Then there were short answer questions. After that, the test was done. It was easy. When you finished the test, you had to take a Time For Kids Magazine and read a section called Lights Out. It was about something called Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a certain hour of a day where all non-necessity lights are turned off to help save energy. The only lights they keep on are streetlights, runway lights and lights like that. Earth Hour seems like a cool idea to me. I think Earth Hour should happen more often.
Today, we took our Unit 9 quiz. Our quiz was different. There were nine questions. Some were multiple choice questions and others were matching questions. When you finished answering them, you got a different sheet, the teacher reviewed the answers, and you marked if you were right or wrong on the sheet. It was easy. I got a 9 out of 9 or a 100%. It was pretty easy. After that, we played the point guessing game again. I won both rounds and my opponent was nowhere close with his guesses. I kept picking hard ordered pairs like 0, 0 and 10, 10. The simplest pairs are actually the hardest to guess for some reason.
Language Arts
Today, we visited the library to work on our worksheets again. There were questions about a deadly snake named the Cottonmouth Water Moccasin Snake. Did you know it's the only poisonous water snake in North America? We also had a section where we had to find the definition of certain words. The next section was about certain clubs that help animals and the environment. I chose the Environmental Kids Club. There was a question asking me to list words or phrases that I thought were important. I chose Planet Protector because it means that you protect the planet from harm. I also chose “Acid rain affects everyone, but we can all make a difference.” That's as far as I got so far.
Science
Today, we took our quiz on resources and pollutions. There was a section on vocabulary words where we had to match each definition to its word. Next, there were multiple choice questions. Then there were short answer questions. After that, the test was done. It was easy. When you finished the test, you had to take a Time For Kids Magazine and read a section called Lights Out. It was about something called Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a certain hour of a day where all non-necessity lights are turned off to help save energy. The only lights they keep on are streetlights, runway lights and lights like that. Earth Hour seems like a cool idea to me. I think Earth Hour should happen more often.
Thursday, 03/26/2009
Math
Today, we practiced plotting points on a grid. They gave us a column of “original ordered pairs” to plot the “original sailboat. Then on the next column, we had to make a change to the “original ordered pairs” and then plot those points. We had three columns for changes and each had a different change. We then had a total of four ships on the grid. We then had to find each type of movement from the original to one of the changed ones. We got for a slide for original to change 1, a flip for original to change 2, and a half turn for original to change 3. It was pretty easy.
Language Arts
Today, we filled out a paper on the story events in section 1 or chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the book Hoot. Our first event was that Dana shoved Roy into the window and Roy saw the mysterious running boy. Our next one was Officer Delinko visited a scene and investigated it. The next one was that Roy saw the running boy again and started chasing him. The next one was that Officer Delinko finds alligators in the port-o-potty at the crime scene. The next and last one was that Roy was yelled at by Beatris for bumping into her. It was easy but the whole class wanted one more space to use. Five didn't seem like enough.
Science
Today, we watched the entire class present their Environmental Awareness Poster except for one student. We also had to keep a list of kids who we thought deserved to be entered into the Earth Day poster contest. There were a few that just had to go into the contest. When i presented, I was so nervous but it ended up okay. I think they liked it. All of the students' posters had cool facts and great designs to it. One person even used recycled paper! There were a lot of choices to put on my list and I wish I could have made it longer. There were just so many fascinating posters. After all the presenters were done, class was nearly over. I'm curious to see who will enter the contest and if any of us wins.
Today, we practiced plotting points on a grid. They gave us a column of “original ordered pairs” to plot the “original sailboat. Then on the next column, we had to make a change to the “original ordered pairs” and then plot those points. We had three columns for changes and each had a different change. We then had a total of four ships on the grid. We then had to find each type of movement from the original to one of the changed ones. We got for a slide for original to change 1, a flip for original to change 2, and a half turn for original to change 3. It was pretty easy.
Language Arts
Today, we filled out a paper on the story events in section 1 or chapters 1, 2, and 3 of the book Hoot. Our first event was that Dana shoved Roy into the window and Roy saw the mysterious running boy. Our next one was Officer Delinko visited a scene and investigated it. The next one was that Roy saw the running boy again and started chasing him. The next one was that Officer Delinko finds alligators in the port-o-potty at the crime scene. The next and last one was that Roy was yelled at by Beatris for bumping into her. It was easy but the whole class wanted one more space to use. Five didn't seem like enough.
Science
Today, we watched the entire class present their Environmental Awareness Poster except for one student. We also had to keep a list of kids who we thought deserved to be entered into the Earth Day poster contest. There were a few that just had to go into the contest. When i presented, I was so nervous but it ended up okay. I think they liked it. All of the students' posters had cool facts and great designs to it. One person even used recycled paper! There were a lot of choices to put on my list and I wish I could have made it longer. There were just so many fascinating posters. After all the presenters were done, class was nearly over. I'm curious to see who will enter the contest and if any of us wins.
Wednesday, 03/25/2009
Math
Today, we practiced plotting points on a grid. If you have the ordered pair of (6,2), you would move over on the x-axis 6 spaces, then you would go up the y-axis 2 spaces. When you find the spot, make a dot or “point.” We completed a couple pages in our math journal about this. One of them had a list of ordered pairs, and we had to plot them to find out the shape. It was actually a sailboat. We had to make three more with changes in the original ordered pairs. One was wider, one was taller, and one increased by both. It was pretty fun.
Language Arts
Today, we read chapter 1 of Hoot in class. It is about a boy named Roy who is being shoved by a boy named Dana. While his face was smushed on the window, he saw a boy running to an unknown place. Roy got highly curious about what he was doing. At school, he tried to find him but couldn't. Later in the day, we finished the rest of the section. I thought that from the looks of chapter 1, it was a pretty good book. Already, there is tense mystery, which I love. I'm always wanting a fast paced book.
Science
Today, we got to do a lab. The way we did it was that we had a cup of water. We dumped soil into that water and stirred it in. Then, in a cup with nothing in it, we put on a funnel, and then we chose two of any cleaners. You then poured the water through the funnel. After that, take out the funnel, and look at the water. Then you do the same on a separate cup of water and this time, you keep one of your cleaners the same and the other different. My group did charcoal and cotton bolls, then charcoal and a coffee filter. Turns out, cotton balls and charcoal made the water look very clean compared to our other one which was kind of foggy. I liked the lab and I wonder what the reaction will be for the kids that are running.
Today, we practiced plotting points on a grid. If you have the ordered pair of (6,2), you would move over on the x-axis 6 spaces, then you would go up the y-axis 2 spaces. When you find the spot, make a dot or “point.” We completed a couple pages in our math journal about this. One of them had a list of ordered pairs, and we had to plot them to find out the shape. It was actually a sailboat. We had to make three more with changes in the original ordered pairs. One was wider, one was taller, and one increased by both. It was pretty fun.
Language Arts
Today, we read chapter 1 of Hoot in class. It is about a boy named Roy who is being shoved by a boy named Dana. While his face was smushed on the window, he saw a boy running to an unknown place. Roy got highly curious about what he was doing. At school, he tried to find him but couldn't. Later in the day, we finished the rest of the section. I thought that from the looks of chapter 1, it was a pretty good book. Already, there is tense mystery, which I love. I'm always wanting a fast paced book.
Science
Today, we got to do a lab. The way we did it was that we had a cup of water. We dumped soil into that water and stirred it in. Then, in a cup with nothing in it, we put on a funnel, and then we chose two of any cleaners. You then poured the water through the funnel. After that, take out the funnel, and look at the water. Then you do the same on a separate cup of water and this time, you keep one of your cleaners the same and the other different. My group did charcoal and cotton bolls, then charcoal and a coffee filter. Turns out, cotton balls and charcoal made the water look very clean compared to our other one which was kind of foggy. I liked the lab and I wonder what the reaction will be for the kids that are running.
Tuesday, 3/24/2009
Math
Today, I had a short math class because I needed to make up my last day of PSSA testing. When I came, we played a game where one player marked a point on a grid in red and and then the other player guesses the mark's location. The first player then marks the guess on the same grid and tells the opponent how off he/she was. The other player then marks their guess on grid 2 and writes down how far off it was. Then, the process is repeated, but the players switch jobs. In my game, I was way off with my guesses, and on the other hand, my partner actually guessed my point. I think we're playing this game again some time because today, we only had like 5 minutes to try it out.
Language Arts
Today, we had a lot of students share their Show & Tell Project. Basically, what you do is you roll a die, and whatever number you get, that's how many questions the class can ask you. After rolling, you read two truths and a lie about your object. Then you pick on people to ask questions. Then a person puts their hand in and tries to feel what the object is. The person describes it then lets students ask questions. After the questions, the person guesses what the object is, then pulls it out. If they don't get it, you get extra credit, but if they do get it, you don't get extra credit. Mine was money and people got mine pretty easy. I didn't mind though.
Science
Today, we filled out more of our new lesson packet. We filled out fill in the blank sections of conserving and a resource called soil. We also filled out a big chart about different types of conservation. The teacher assigned each group a different type of conservation. We got Terracing. It is pretty simple.
1)Soil is grown into a staircase kind of look that goes up a hill.
2)Plants are grown on the soil.
The Result: Soil is protected from water taking it downhill.
When we finished the chart, we had to stop. Next time, all we have to do is the bunch of inquiry questions.
Today, I had a short math class because I needed to make up my last day of PSSA testing. When I came, we played a game where one player marked a point on a grid in red and and then the other player guesses the mark's location. The first player then marks the guess on the same grid and tells the opponent how off he/she was. The other player then marks their guess on grid 2 and writes down how far off it was. Then, the process is repeated, but the players switch jobs. In my game, I was way off with my guesses, and on the other hand, my partner actually guessed my point. I think we're playing this game again some time because today, we only had like 5 minutes to try it out.
Language Arts
Today, we had a lot of students share their Show & Tell Project. Basically, what you do is you roll a die, and whatever number you get, that's how many questions the class can ask you. After rolling, you read two truths and a lie about your object. Then you pick on people to ask questions. Then a person puts their hand in and tries to feel what the object is. The person describes it then lets students ask questions. After the questions, the person guesses what the object is, then pulls it out. If they don't get it, you get extra credit, but if they do get it, you don't get extra credit. Mine was money and people got mine pretty easy. I didn't mind though.
Science
Today, we filled out more of our new lesson packet. We filled out fill in the blank sections of conserving and a resource called soil. We also filled out a big chart about different types of conservation. The teacher assigned each group a different type of conservation. We got Terracing. It is pretty simple.
1)Soil is grown into a staircase kind of look that goes up a hill.
2)Plants are grown on the soil.
The Result: Soil is protected from water taking it downhill.
When we finished the chart, we had to stop. Next time, all we have to do is the bunch of inquiry questions.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Friday, 03/13/2009
Math
Today, we went over problems #42-#60 in our PSSA practice packets. Like before, after every question, you either checked it off or changed your answer to the correct one. After we got through all of those problems, we decided to finish the rest of the packet in class. The teacher gave us time to do it, then she asked for the correct answer. After doing that, we worked on luckily, our last open ended question. It practiced rotations, flips, and translations, or slides. After you drew the correct motion, you had to explain why it is correct. They were easy to me because we have practiced these motions before so I knew what to do. After that, we finished our vocabulary packet. There were about four pages we needed to complete. My group and I only got to get 2 pages done. As for the rest, we had to wait for the teacher to review it with us. After completing those packets, class was over.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our Character Changes and Think About Themes pages for our Literature Menu. For the Character Changes page, we had to draw a picture of what a character might have looked like in the beginning of the book. We also had to give an explanation. Then we had to draw another picture. This one showed how a character might have looked like in the end. It also needed an explanation. For the first picture, I drew Claudia with an angry expression and thoughts around her showing how many chores she has to do. Then, I drew Claudia happy with confetti and blowing trumpets. For the Think About Theme page, we just had to answer some questions on the book's theme and we also had answer opinion questions on the theme. It was easy.
Science
Today, we took our test. There were questions on all the vocabulary words, and questions on plates. There was also one question where we had to explain how earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains are alike. I answered that they are the same because they all form from plate movement. After the whole class finished testing, we watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video. He talked about magma turning into lava and earthquakes. He gave us some experiments to try out. One of them needs a long pencil with a flat eraser, a ball of clay, a marble, and plastic bottle caps. You set a ball of clay on a table. You shove the pencil into the clay ball and surround the clay with your plastic bottle caps. You then place a marble on your flat eraser. Then you give the table a bump and from where ever the push, or “earthquake” came from, that's where the marble will fall. It looks interesting. I want to try it.
Today, we went over problems #42-#60 in our PSSA practice packets. Like before, after every question, you either checked it off or changed your answer to the correct one. After we got through all of those problems, we decided to finish the rest of the packet in class. The teacher gave us time to do it, then she asked for the correct answer. After doing that, we worked on luckily, our last open ended question. It practiced rotations, flips, and translations, or slides. After you drew the correct motion, you had to explain why it is correct. They were easy to me because we have practiced these motions before so I knew what to do. After that, we finished our vocabulary packet. There were about four pages we needed to complete. My group and I only got to get 2 pages done. As for the rest, we had to wait for the teacher to review it with us. After completing those packets, class was over.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our Character Changes and Think About Themes pages for our Literature Menu. For the Character Changes page, we had to draw a picture of what a character might have looked like in the beginning of the book. We also had to give an explanation. Then we had to draw another picture. This one showed how a character might have looked like in the end. It also needed an explanation. For the first picture, I drew Claudia with an angry expression and thoughts around her showing how many chores she has to do. Then, I drew Claudia happy with confetti and blowing trumpets. For the Think About Theme page, we just had to answer some questions on the book's theme and we also had answer opinion questions on the theme. It was easy.
Science
Today, we took our test. There were questions on all the vocabulary words, and questions on plates. There was also one question where we had to explain how earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains are alike. I answered that they are the same because they all form from plate movement. After the whole class finished testing, we watched a Bill Nye the Science Guy video. He talked about magma turning into lava and earthquakes. He gave us some experiments to try out. One of them needs a long pencil with a flat eraser, a ball of clay, a marble, and plastic bottle caps. You set a ball of clay on a table. You shove the pencil into the clay ball and surround the clay with your plastic bottle caps. You then place a marble on your flat eraser. Then you give the table a bump and from where ever the push, or “earthquake” came from, that's where the marble will fall. It looks interesting. I want to try it.
Thursday, 03/12/2009
Math
Today, we reviewed questions #1-#41 in our PSSA Practice Packet. After every question, you either checked it off to show that you're correct, or you change your answer to the correct one. After that, we worked on an open ended question. These get boring after a while. Luckily, there is only one left after this one. We're probably doing it on Friday. After that, we worked on a couple pages in our Vocab packet. There was a page where we had to match the definition to the correct word. There was also a page where we had to fill out a crossword puzzle. For each line, across, or down, there was a matching vocab word. It was pretty easy. The packet is kind of fun.
Language Arts
Today, we watched the presentation for camping. They showed us what food we will eat, what games we'll play, what challenges we will complete, and what our cabins look like. From the looks of the presentation, I'm dying to go camping. There is a basketball court, a volleyball court, and a lot more. The people around were whispering how excited they are. In a couple weeks, we'll have camping.
Science
Today, we reviewed the homework sheet that we received. We quickly went through the questions saying the answer to get it done as fast as we could. We then answered some questions on the board by deciding if the statement was true or false. After that, we played a game. A person starts out holding a toy monkey. The teacher asks the person a question and if they get it right, they toss it to someone else. If you don't get it correct, you throw it and they answer the question you have. It was easy. I only got one turn. It was fun holding the toy. It was fuzzy.
Today, we reviewed questions #1-#41 in our PSSA Practice Packet. After every question, you either checked it off to show that you're correct, or you change your answer to the correct one. After that, we worked on an open ended question. These get boring after a while. Luckily, there is only one left after this one. We're probably doing it on Friday. After that, we worked on a couple pages in our Vocab packet. There was a page where we had to match the definition to the correct word. There was also a page where we had to fill out a crossword puzzle. For each line, across, or down, there was a matching vocab word. It was pretty easy. The packet is kind of fun.
Language Arts
Today, we watched the presentation for camping. They showed us what food we will eat, what games we'll play, what challenges we will complete, and what our cabins look like. From the looks of the presentation, I'm dying to go camping. There is a basketball court, a volleyball court, and a lot more. The people around were whispering how excited they are. In a couple weeks, we'll have camping.
Science
Today, we reviewed the homework sheet that we received. We quickly went through the questions saying the answer to get it done as fast as we could. We then answered some questions on the board by deciding if the statement was true or false. After that, we played a game. A person starts out holding a toy monkey. The teacher asks the person a question and if they get it right, they toss it to someone else. If you don't get it correct, you throw it and they answer the question you have. It was easy. I only got one turn. It was fun holding the toy. It was fuzzy.
Tuesday, 03/10/2009
Math
Today, we practiced another open ended question for the upcoming PSSA test. It practiced theoretical and experimental evidence (I think). Theoretical evidence is based on what is most likely to happen. For example, if the question asked you to find the probability of you rolling a two on a six sided die, your most likely answer would be 1 out of 6. If it were experimental, things would be different. Here is what your answer would look like:
Work Explanation
#1= happened 35 times I added up all of the “number of times rolled” to
#2= happened 40 times get the denominator of my answer. Then I took
#3= happened 25 times the amount of times the die rolled on 2 to get my
#4= happened 10 times numerator. Then 40 out of 150 is my answer
#5= happened 25 times because 2 landed 40 times out of 150 total times.
#6= happened 15 times
Out of 150 times= 40 out of 150
That's how an open ended response should look like.
Language Arts
Today, we finished reading chapters 9 & 10. After that, we finished the whole book!!! Here is a quick summary. Claudia and Jamie look through Mrs. Frankweiler's files for the file of Angel. They check the file for Balogna, Italy and find a file containing info and the sketch of Angel. It was true that Michelangelo made Angel. Mrs. Frankweiler awarded Claudia by giving her the sketch of Angel to keep. Claudia and Jamie also got a ride home. They met their family and reunited. A thing that hit many of us is that throughout the story, they actually gave you clues to make it easier, they just put them in difficult spots. My opinion is that this book was kind of slow. It didn't have much action and the fast paced story line that I like. I give it an overall 6.5 out of 10.
Science
Today, we filled the rest of the fill in the blank sections. Then we filled in the inquiry questions. The teacher assigned each table group a question. My group had: How come not many volcanoes form around us? Our answer was because other plates are far away from us so they cant form volcanoes with us. After all of the questions were done, we highlighted the questions or words we needed to study for the test. We needed to know all the vocab words, the volcano chart, the chart about different plate movements, some parts of the fill in the blanks sections, and some inquiry questions. The test is on Friday.
Today, we practiced another open ended question for the upcoming PSSA test. It practiced theoretical and experimental evidence (I think). Theoretical evidence is based on what is most likely to happen. For example, if the question asked you to find the probability of you rolling a two on a six sided die, your most likely answer would be 1 out of 6. If it were experimental, things would be different. Here is what your answer would look like:
Work Explanation
#1= happened 35 times I added up all of the “number of times rolled” to
#2= happened 40 times get the denominator of my answer. Then I took
#3= happened 25 times the amount of times the die rolled on 2 to get my
#4= happened 10 times numerator. Then 40 out of 150 is my answer
#5= happened 25 times because 2 landed 40 times out of 150 total times.
#6= happened 15 times
Out of 150 times= 40 out of 150
That's how an open ended response should look like.
Language Arts
Today, we finished reading chapters 9 & 10. After that, we finished the whole book!!! Here is a quick summary. Claudia and Jamie look through Mrs. Frankweiler's files for the file of Angel. They check the file for Balogna, Italy and find a file containing info and the sketch of Angel. It was true that Michelangelo made Angel. Mrs. Frankweiler awarded Claudia by giving her the sketch of Angel to keep. Claudia and Jamie also got a ride home. They met their family and reunited. A thing that hit many of us is that throughout the story, they actually gave you clues to make it easier, they just put them in difficult spots. My opinion is that this book was kind of slow. It didn't have much action and the fast paced story line that I like. I give it an overall 6.5 out of 10.
Science
Today, we filled the rest of the fill in the blank sections. Then we filled in the inquiry questions. The teacher assigned each table group a question. My group had: How come not many volcanoes form around us? Our answer was because other plates are far away from us so they cant form volcanoes with us. After all of the questions were done, we highlighted the questions or words we needed to study for the test. We needed to know all the vocab words, the volcano chart, the chart about different plate movements, some parts of the fill in the blanks sections, and some inquiry questions. The test is on Friday.
Monday, 03/09/2009
Math
Today, we worked on the PSSA packet. We went through a couple problems and practiced doing the example open-ended question. It made us find the greatest common factor (G.C.F.) of 18 and 24. Then it wanted us to explain how we did the process. There were many parts to it. There was also a part where we had to find the least common multiple (L.C.M.) of 18 and 24. Then, like before, we had to explain how we did it. We also had to find the common prime factors of both 18 and 24. They were 2 and 3. We had to explain that process too. After that, we practiced using PSSA problems used in the past. Today's were mostly about finding points on a graph and problems dealing with bar graphs. We then got a PSSA practice packet to fill out for homework. We got to start doing some of the first few problems. By Thursday, we must have problems 1-41 done. It'll be so easy.
Language Arts
Today, we went to the library to work on a sheet about Michelangelo, the person who may have made the Angel Statue in The Mixed Up Files. There were questions where we had to find the dewey number (the call number), and the title of the book/video. After a couple questions like that, we had to write down an answer and two supportive reasons for the question—why might Michelangelo be an easy person to get along with or not? I wrote down that he wasn't because he has a small amount of friends and lots of enemies. I also wrote that he likes to stay in his house and paint rather than playing with friends. After filling out the first page, we picked a book to check out. I didn't get anything though. I couldn't find anything I liked.
Science
Today, we filled in the section about volcanoes for the lesson. First of all, volcanoes form when plates, or chunks of Earth's crust push together and rise up. Magma, the melted rock underneath Earth's crust is called Lava when it rises to the surface. Volcanoes are used to spew the lava. We also learned about things called hot spots. They are special spots for magma to rise. After we finished the section, we watched a video that basically had the information we had but occasionally something new popped up. It was cool how they captured all of those videos of volcanoes.
Today, we worked on the PSSA packet. We went through a couple problems and practiced doing the example open-ended question. It made us find the greatest common factor (G.C.F.) of 18 and 24. Then it wanted us to explain how we did the process. There were many parts to it. There was also a part where we had to find the least common multiple (L.C.M.) of 18 and 24. Then, like before, we had to explain how we did it. We also had to find the common prime factors of both 18 and 24. They were 2 and 3. We had to explain that process too. After that, we practiced using PSSA problems used in the past. Today's were mostly about finding points on a graph and problems dealing with bar graphs. We then got a PSSA practice packet to fill out for homework. We got to start doing some of the first few problems. By Thursday, we must have problems 1-41 done. It'll be so easy.
Language Arts
Today, we went to the library to work on a sheet about Michelangelo, the person who may have made the Angel Statue in The Mixed Up Files. There were questions where we had to find the dewey number (the call number), and the title of the book/video. After a couple questions like that, we had to write down an answer and two supportive reasons for the question—why might Michelangelo be an easy person to get along with or not? I wrote down that he wasn't because he has a small amount of friends and lots of enemies. I also wrote that he likes to stay in his house and paint rather than playing with friends. After filling out the first page, we picked a book to check out. I didn't get anything though. I couldn't find anything I liked.
Science
Today, we filled in the section about volcanoes for the lesson. First of all, volcanoes form when plates, or chunks of Earth's crust push together and rise up. Magma, the melted rock underneath Earth's crust is called Lava when it rises to the surface. Volcanoes are used to spew the lava. We also learned about things called hot spots. They are special spots for magma to rise. After we finished the section, we watched a video that basically had the information we had but occasionally something new popped up. It was cool how they captured all of those videos of volcanoes.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Friday, 03/06/09
Math
Today, we played a game of Simon Says, but this time, it was Miss V. Says. If she says, “Translation left,” we slide to the left. If she doesn't say Miss V. then you're out of the game. I got out in the middle of the game. We then took our quiz on the PSSA vocab words like the four types of angles, different shapes, and parts of a prism, and more. It was easy because most of the words were worked on a lot. Acute, obtuse, right and straight angles were practiced already. That's why it was easy. After the test, we worked on a worksheet that practiced reflections and translations of a shape on a grid. It was easy. My whole group finished in a flash. I'm anxious to see what my score is for the vocab test. I hope I got an A.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our Predicting Outcomes worksheet for chapter 9. We make predictions for chapter 9, based on what we learned from the previous chapters. After that worksheet, we read chapter 9. It was very long. We didn't even finish it yet. It's about when Claudia and amie meet Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. She lets the kids try to find the file about the Angel in her many drawers of files. Claudia and Jamie start searching through. After reading, we saved just enough time to review the test. I only got about 3 questions wrong. For the open ended, I got a ¾. I got shocked but I soon thought it was good enough. Just as we finished checking, class was over and we moved on.
Science
Today, we filled in the Fill in the Blanks section for Plate Tectonics. That just means how plates work. First of all, plates are just gigantic chunks of Earth. Now, there are three ways plates can move. They can go up to form mountains, they could pull apart from each other, or they could go one on top of the other. Also, there are two types of crust. The Oceanic Crust and the Continental Crust. When new crust starts to rise, the two types of crust spread apart and the new crust fills in. There's a model that you can make to represent what really happens. It's fun, easy, and all you need is tape, two pieces of paper, a can/shoebox, and scissors. Cut one rectangles in the can/shoebox then put both pieces of paper in the hole. Then from the outside, tape the paper down on the ends. Then, when you push the paper up, it looks like the pieces of paper or “crusts” are moving apart.
Today, we played a game of Simon Says, but this time, it was Miss V. Says. If she says, “Translation left,” we slide to the left. If she doesn't say Miss V. then you're out of the game. I got out in the middle of the game. We then took our quiz on the PSSA vocab words like the four types of angles, different shapes, and parts of a prism, and more. It was easy because most of the words were worked on a lot. Acute, obtuse, right and straight angles were practiced already. That's why it was easy. After the test, we worked on a worksheet that practiced reflections and translations of a shape on a grid. It was easy. My whole group finished in a flash. I'm anxious to see what my score is for the vocab test. I hope I got an A.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our Predicting Outcomes worksheet for chapter 9. We make predictions for chapter 9, based on what we learned from the previous chapters. After that worksheet, we read chapter 9. It was very long. We didn't even finish it yet. It's about when Claudia and amie meet Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. She lets the kids try to find the file about the Angel in her many drawers of files. Claudia and Jamie start searching through. After reading, we saved just enough time to review the test. I only got about 3 questions wrong. For the open ended, I got a ¾. I got shocked but I soon thought it was good enough. Just as we finished checking, class was over and we moved on.
Science
Today, we filled in the Fill in the Blanks section for Plate Tectonics. That just means how plates work. First of all, plates are just gigantic chunks of Earth. Now, there are three ways plates can move. They can go up to form mountains, they could pull apart from each other, or they could go one on top of the other. Also, there are two types of crust. The Oceanic Crust and the Continental Crust. When new crust starts to rise, the two types of crust spread apart and the new crust fills in. There's a model that you can make to represent what really happens. It's fun, easy, and all you need is tape, two pieces of paper, a can/shoebox, and scissors. Cut one rectangles in the can/shoebox then put both pieces of paper in the hole. Then from the outside, tape the paper down on the ends. Then, when you push the paper up, it looks like the pieces of paper or “crusts” are moving apart.
Thursday, 03/05/09
Math
Today, we took our quiz. There were problems where we had to use algebraic expressions, problems where we had to find the greatest common factor (G.C.F.), and problems where you had to find the least common multiple (L.C.M.). It was easy. I studied a little bit, but I knew how to do those problems. We worked on them a lot so I remembered how to easily. The teacher also gave the people who missed the lesson the review on different shapes. She quickly went through them for the kids. We then got to work on the final set of flashcards. I finished the vocab words in class so I had no math homework! Again, I drew pictures to show what they are. I'm not expecting yet another set of vocab words to study. The PSSA test is coming up so we probably don't have any more. We'll have to wait for next week.
Language Arts
Today, we took our Section 4 test. There were questions about homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. There were also questions on proper and common nouns. As always, there were also questions on figurative language, main idea, supporting details, and everything else. This time, we also had an extra challenge. A writing prompt!!! We had to list two reasons why the museum doesn't know yet if the statue is made by Michelangelo. I listed that they still have possibilities to choose from, and they are still inviting experts to study the statue. I hope I get a score of 4 because if I do, the teacher will make me a paper crown!!! It's going to be awesome.
Science
Today, we completed a section of Fill in the Blanks. It was about the different layers and what they were made of. It was easy. The teacher just told us the answers while reading the paragraphs instead of reading the textbook, then writing in the answers. Oh, also, the rest of the mini presentations were completed. One of them was on the Richter Scale, the scale used to measure magnitude. After all that, we watched a Bill Nye The Science Guy video. It is so funny. There was a music video made by “Magmadonna.” It was so odd. There was info on lava and the layers and other stuff that we already had. It was just so hilarious watching all the random interruptions.
Today, we took our quiz. There were problems where we had to use algebraic expressions, problems where we had to find the greatest common factor (G.C.F.), and problems where you had to find the least common multiple (L.C.M.). It was easy. I studied a little bit, but I knew how to do those problems. We worked on them a lot so I remembered how to easily. The teacher also gave the people who missed the lesson the review on different shapes. She quickly went through them for the kids. We then got to work on the final set of flashcards. I finished the vocab words in class so I had no math homework! Again, I drew pictures to show what they are. I'm not expecting yet another set of vocab words to study. The PSSA test is coming up so we probably don't have any more. We'll have to wait for next week.
Language Arts
Today, we took our Section 4 test. There were questions about homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. There were also questions on proper and common nouns. As always, there were also questions on figurative language, main idea, supporting details, and everything else. This time, we also had an extra challenge. A writing prompt!!! We had to list two reasons why the museum doesn't know yet if the statue is made by Michelangelo. I listed that they still have possibilities to choose from, and they are still inviting experts to study the statue. I hope I get a score of 4 because if I do, the teacher will make me a paper crown!!! It's going to be awesome.
Science
Today, we completed a section of Fill in the Blanks. It was about the different layers and what they were made of. It was easy. The teacher just told us the answers while reading the paragraphs instead of reading the textbook, then writing in the answers. Oh, also, the rest of the mini presentations were completed. One of them was on the Richter Scale, the scale used to measure magnitude. After all that, we watched a Bill Nye The Science Guy video. It is so funny. There was a music video made by “Magmadonna.” It was so odd. There was info on lava and the layers and other stuff that we already had. It was just so hilarious watching all the random interruptions.
Wednesday, 03/04/09
Math
Today, we looked at different types of shapes. There was a hexagonal prism, a cube, an octagonal prism, a triangular pyramid, a square pyramid, a sphere, and more. We also practiced counting the sides, edges, and vertices of a prism. It was easy. I liked doing it because the prisms tried to confuse you with the many lines. We also received the packet for words 13-22 or something like that. We even got to do them in class this time. I was able to finish the words so I don't have to complete them at home. The teacher allowed us to draw pictures to show what the vocabulary word is instead of writing the whole definition. As long as I was able to understand the picture, I could draw the definitions out.
Language Arts
Today, we finished the appetizers for the Literature Menu on Section 4. They were on figurative language and your senses. One was on finding the right metaphor for the blank of each question. I remember one of them said, “The man was a monster in disguise.” It was an easy activity. The senses were a little harder. You read a sentence and whatever senses you think have been used, you write them down. I was really confused on this. It was tough to determine if the sense was used or not. We finished though and then we were finished our menu. We also got time to work on our Coat of Arms. There is a shield divided into four pieces. In each piece, you had to draw a picture resembling something about a character. I chose Jamie and I showed that he likes money, he is tricky, he is a fast thinker, and that he is adventurous. It seemed fun and a it looked like a great opportunity to use my art skills.
Science
Today, we took our landform test. It was easy. We had to match the question with the right answer, then pick 3 types of erosion and explain how they work. Then, you're done. It was easy. Next, each of us were assigned a different vocab word to present and teach to the class. My partner and I got Outer Core. The outer core is made of liquid iron. It's the 2nd layer from the center of the Earth. On top of it is the mantle and the crust, which is the layer we stand on right now!!! The whole class was taken up with presentations. We didn't even finish. There are a couple left to go. They will finish tomorrow.
Today, we looked at different types of shapes. There was a hexagonal prism, a cube, an octagonal prism, a triangular pyramid, a square pyramid, a sphere, and more. We also practiced counting the sides, edges, and vertices of a prism. It was easy. I liked doing it because the prisms tried to confuse you with the many lines. We also received the packet for words 13-22 or something like that. We even got to do them in class this time. I was able to finish the words so I don't have to complete them at home. The teacher allowed us to draw pictures to show what the vocabulary word is instead of writing the whole definition. As long as I was able to understand the picture, I could draw the definitions out.
Language Arts
Today, we finished the appetizers for the Literature Menu on Section 4. They were on figurative language and your senses. One was on finding the right metaphor for the blank of each question. I remember one of them said, “The man was a monster in disguise.” It was an easy activity. The senses were a little harder. You read a sentence and whatever senses you think have been used, you write them down. I was really confused on this. It was tough to determine if the sense was used or not. We finished though and then we were finished our menu. We also got time to work on our Coat of Arms. There is a shield divided into four pieces. In each piece, you had to draw a picture resembling something about a character. I chose Jamie and I showed that he likes money, he is tricky, he is a fast thinker, and that he is adventurous. It seemed fun and a it looked like a great opportunity to use my art skills.
Science
Today, we took our landform test. It was easy. We had to match the question with the right answer, then pick 3 types of erosion and explain how they work. Then, you're done. It was easy. Next, each of us were assigned a different vocab word to present and teach to the class. My partner and I got Outer Core. The outer core is made of liquid iron. It's the 2nd layer from the center of the Earth. On top of it is the mantle and the crust, which is the layer we stand on right now!!! The whole class was taken up with presentations. We didn't even finish. There are a couple left to go. They will finish tomorrow.
Tuesday, 03/03/09
Math
Today, we worked on matching graphs to their correct data. If your data compared two people's distance in running for ten seconds, and one graph had two lines comparing each other, that graph would probably be correct. Sometimes, the more choices you have, the harder the choosing gets. I had little trouble in this. It got confusing at times but overall, it was pretty good. We completed a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal. We also were given Vocab words 1-12 to work on and study for our upcoming PSSA Vocab quiz. I wonder how many we have to do. I hope it's over soon.
Language Arts
Today, we spent the class working on our side dishes on the Literary Menu for section 4 of From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler. My group worked on the Sensory Chart and the Metaphor & Simile page. On the sensory chart, we had to find 5 sentences, one for each sense. The sentence had to mention the type of sense. It was tricky finding the sentence for sight. Even if the activity was tough, my group and I were able to come through and complete the page. On the metaphor & simile chart, we had to list 4 similes and 4 metaphors. The similes were easy to spot since we could look for them in the entire book. The metaphors were really tough though. It was always “There is like or as.” or “It's not comparing anything.” It was so frustrating. The good thing was, we finished each activity with ten minutes left in class.
Science
We were soooooooooo lucky because our test was pushed back to tomorrow. The assignment for the day, was to write two questions. One on lesson one and the other on lesson two. It was soooooooooo easy. We then played a game where two people come up and the teacher picks a question to ask. The first kid to put their hand up can answer the question. The boys won 5 to 4. After the game, we watched a video about two aliens who learn about Earth's different landforms. It was creepy but they gave some good facts and cool pictures. I gave it a 2.5 out of 5. The aliens were weird. At first, he didn't like crust on bread. When he learned about the Earth's crust, he suddenly liked crust. Weird but creative.
Today, we worked on matching graphs to their correct data. If your data compared two people's distance in running for ten seconds, and one graph had two lines comparing each other, that graph would probably be correct. Sometimes, the more choices you have, the harder the choosing gets. I had little trouble in this. It got confusing at times but overall, it was pretty good. We completed a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal. We also were given Vocab words 1-12 to work on and study for our upcoming PSSA Vocab quiz. I wonder how many we have to do. I hope it's over soon.
Language Arts
Today, we spent the class working on our side dishes on the Literary Menu for section 4 of From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler. My group worked on the Sensory Chart and the Metaphor & Simile page. On the sensory chart, we had to find 5 sentences, one for each sense. The sentence had to mention the type of sense. It was tricky finding the sentence for sight. Even if the activity was tough, my group and I were able to come through and complete the page. On the metaphor & simile chart, we had to list 4 similes and 4 metaphors. The similes were easy to spot since we could look for them in the entire book. The metaphors were really tough though. It was always “There is like or as.” or “It's not comparing anything.” It was so frustrating. The good thing was, we finished each activity with ten minutes left in class.
Science
We were soooooooooo lucky because our test was pushed back to tomorrow. The assignment for the day, was to write two questions. One on lesson one and the other on lesson two. It was soooooooooo easy. We then played a game where two people come up and the teacher picks a question to ask. The first kid to put their hand up can answer the question. The boys won 5 to 4. After the game, we watched a video about two aliens who learn about Earth's different landforms. It was creepy but they gave some good facts and cool pictures. I gave it a 2.5 out of 5. The aliens were weird. At first, he didn't like crust on bread. When he learned about the Earth's crust, he suddenly liked crust. Weird but creative.
Friday, 02/27/09
Math
Today, we worked on finding areas. The teacher made a floor plan consisting of whole and partial filled squares. We had to find the area. One way to find it is to multiply the length times the width but it would be kind of hard. Another way is to count the squares inside the box. One full box equals 1. A half filled in box needs two to become a whole. If you had 7 whole boxes and two partial filled boxes, your area would be 8. We worked on a worksheet about this and made our own floorplan for our friend to figure out. It was fun and easy.
Language Arts
Today, we went to the library to work on a worksheet about the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There were questions about the book we're reading called From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and also questions about collections in the museum. Some questions asked about a certain object and some asked about a certain collection. My favorite question was about what collection would I go to. I picked the drawings and prints collection. The pictures fascinated me. I picked it because I could get some inspiration from some objects.
Science
Today, we finished our study guide. We only had to fill in the different types of erosion. We got to do it by ourselves then review it as a class. Some of the basic ones were Ice and Plants. Ice erodes when water gets into cracks and freezes into ice, expanding the rocks. The same thing goes for plants. The roots get into cracks, smashing and expanding the rock. It was interesting how different types of erosion works. My favorite is Ice. I wonder what it's like to see ice in the cracks of rocks. It would be cool.
Today, we worked on finding areas. The teacher made a floor plan consisting of whole and partial filled squares. We had to find the area. One way to find it is to multiply the length times the width but it would be kind of hard. Another way is to count the squares inside the box. One full box equals 1. A half filled in box needs two to become a whole. If you had 7 whole boxes and two partial filled boxes, your area would be 8. We worked on a worksheet about this and made our own floorplan for our friend to figure out. It was fun and easy.
Language Arts
Today, we went to the library to work on a worksheet about the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There were questions about the book we're reading called From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and also questions about collections in the museum. Some questions asked about a certain object and some asked about a certain collection. My favorite question was about what collection would I go to. I picked the drawings and prints collection. The pictures fascinated me. I picked it because I could get some inspiration from some objects.
Science
Today, we finished our study guide. We only had to fill in the different types of erosion. We got to do it by ourselves then review it as a class. Some of the basic ones were Ice and Plants. Ice erodes when water gets into cracks and freezes into ice, expanding the rocks. The same thing goes for plants. The roots get into cracks, smashing and expanding the rock. It was interesting how different types of erosion works. My favorite is Ice. I wonder what it's like to see ice in the cracks of rocks. It would be cool.
Thursday, 02/26/09
Math
Today, we learned about using algebraic equations. We practiced using expressions and in & out charts. In the in and out charts, there was an in column and an out column. You had to find out how the number changed. Change in and out into variables. For example, in is i and out is o. The way it changes is times 5. You would write i x 5=o. Pretty simple, huh? For equations, there was a problem like this:
Ali was x feet tall. Ali's grandpa was 50 inches taller than Ali. How tall is Ali's grandpa?
You would write x+50. That's an expression. There is no answer or equal sign. It was pretty easy to practice it. We also have a quiz tomorrow to let us practice for the PSSA test that is coming.
Language Arts
Today, each table group went to one center for section 's center rotation. My group went to the prefixes center. There, we had to fill out the sheet in our menu called the Unlock Prefixes and Root Words page. It was easy. We just had to find words with a prefix and root word then guess the definition. I found a lot of themin under two minutes. It was actually fun. We also had to complete pages 69, 70, and 71 in our books. They were about prefixes. We had to find the right word for the sentence they were giving. For example: “The cars drove over to the ____________.” The blank would be intersection. Easy, huh. We finished all the pages just in time to leave for the next class.
Science
Today, we got to do a new lab. We made a landform out of dots of clay. My partner and I made a short little mountain. For the experiment, we each took turns taking out dots and when the person finished, the other opened their eyes and checked to see if there was a difference. The teacher said each dot taken off is worth 1,000 years. It took us 4,000 years to notice a difference!!! When we finished that, we filled in the questions asking about the experiment. On the last question, she asked if we liked it. I liked it a lot. It was fun, and it was like a little game. She should totally pass it on to the other kids coming next year.
Today, we learned about using algebraic equations. We practiced using expressions and in & out charts. In the in and out charts, there was an in column and an out column. You had to find out how the number changed. Change in and out into variables. For example, in is i and out is o. The way it changes is times 5. You would write i x 5=o. Pretty simple, huh? For equations, there was a problem like this:
Ali was x feet tall. Ali's grandpa was 50 inches taller than Ali. How tall is Ali's grandpa?
You would write x+50. That's an expression. There is no answer or equal sign. It was pretty easy to practice it. We also have a quiz tomorrow to let us practice for the PSSA test that is coming.
Language Arts
Today, each table group went to one center for section 's center rotation. My group went to the prefixes center. There, we had to fill out the sheet in our menu called the Unlock Prefixes and Root Words page. It was easy. We just had to find words with a prefix and root word then guess the definition. I found a lot of themin under two minutes. It was actually fun. We also had to complete pages 69, 70, and 71 in our books. They were about prefixes. We had to find the right word for the sentence they were giving. For example: “The cars drove over to the ____________.” The blank would be intersection. Easy, huh. We finished all the pages just in time to leave for the next class.
Science
Today, we got to do a new lab. We made a landform out of dots of clay. My partner and I made a short little mountain. For the experiment, we each took turns taking out dots and when the person finished, the other opened their eyes and checked to see if there was a difference. The teacher said each dot taken off is worth 1,000 years. It took us 4,000 years to notice a difference!!! When we finished that, we filled in the questions asking about the experiment. On the last question, she asked if we liked it. I liked it a lot. It was fun, and it was like a little game. She should totally pass it on to the other kids coming next year.
Wednesday, 02/25/09
Math
Today, we reviewed what a coordinate grid was. It's a graph with certain points that form something. Those points have something called an ordered pair. There are two numbers. The first shows how far over you go on the grid, and the second number shows how far up you go in the grid. An example is 6,7. I went six over and seven up. It was easy. The fun activity we did was we drew a picture using a coordinate grid. I managed to get an oddly shaped peace sign. Some parts looked good while some looked demented. When we finished the picture, we wrote down the ordered pair for each point. After that step, we traded with a friend and tried to figure out what there's were. My partner's picture was a bird. My partner didn't get my peace sign right. Some parts weren't correct, but I think I wrote them wrong. I wish we could do it more often. We also tool a math survey. There were questions about math where your choices were Yes, No, and Maybe. I don't think I circled No a lot. I usually put down Sometimes.
Language Arts
Today, we received our Literature Menu for section 4 of the book, From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. We got to work on the discussion questions for chapters 7 and 8, and the best part is, we finished them! We completed all of them in one class. It was awesome. I also completed the wordles except for one of them. It looks like a running house. The wordles were just extra credit though. There was also an extra credit activity where you had to draw three things that described a character. I did Jamie. So far, I have only done one. It's about how picky he is about preserving money. I drew a cab and Jamie near it saying, “No, Claudia!” I'm trying to think of what else to draw.
Science
Today, we finished filling in the chart. Like always, the teacher assigned each group a certain landform. My group got the mighty volcano. I did the intro, the definition, and drew the little picture. My classmate did a list of examples. Our picture turned out pretty good. It looked fantastic from far away for some reason. There were the volcano, the mountain, the plain, the hill, the glacier, the glacial grooves, the sand dunes, the sand spits, the barrier islands, the mesa, and the canyon. It was fun teaching the class and learning from others at the same time. There was also a chart about different types of erosion. Moving water, ice, wind, and other kinds of erosions were in the chart.
Today, we reviewed what a coordinate grid was. It's a graph with certain points that form something. Those points have something called an ordered pair. There are two numbers. The first shows how far over you go on the grid, and the second number shows how far up you go in the grid. An example is 6,7. I went six over and seven up. It was easy. The fun activity we did was we drew a picture using a coordinate grid. I managed to get an oddly shaped peace sign. Some parts looked good while some looked demented. When we finished the picture, we wrote down the ordered pair for each point. After that step, we traded with a friend and tried to figure out what there's were. My partner's picture was a bird. My partner didn't get my peace sign right. Some parts weren't correct, but I think I wrote them wrong. I wish we could do it more often. We also tool a math survey. There were questions about math where your choices were Yes, No, and Maybe. I don't think I circled No a lot. I usually put down Sometimes.
Language Arts
Today, we received our Literature Menu for section 4 of the book, From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. We got to work on the discussion questions for chapters 7 and 8, and the best part is, we finished them! We completed all of them in one class. It was awesome. I also completed the wordles except for one of them. It looks like a running house. The wordles were just extra credit though. There was also an extra credit activity where you had to draw three things that described a character. I did Jamie. So far, I have only done one. It's about how picky he is about preserving money. I drew a cab and Jamie near it saying, “No, Claudia!” I'm trying to think of what else to draw.
Science
Today, we finished filling in the chart. Like always, the teacher assigned each group a certain landform. My group got the mighty volcano. I did the intro, the definition, and drew the little picture. My classmate did a list of examples. Our picture turned out pretty good. It looked fantastic from far away for some reason. There were the volcano, the mountain, the plain, the hill, the glacier, the glacial grooves, the sand dunes, the sand spits, the barrier islands, the mesa, and the canyon. It was fun teaching the class and learning from others at the same time. There was also a chart about different types of erosion. Moving water, ice, wind, and other kinds of erosions were in the chart.
Tuesday, 02/24/09
Math
Today, we took our Unit 8 test. We needed to know how to find equivalent fractions, compare fractions using <, >, and =, marking points on a line plot, adding/subtracting mixed numbers, and multiplying mixed numbers & fractions. It was kind of easy. Multiplying mixed numbers & fractions was pretty challenging for me. When I finished, I looked over my answers then handed it in. I then received another study card packet. We had to complete words #11—#21. It was very easy. Write the definition next to each word.
Language Arts
Today, we read section 4 of From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia and Jamie send their letter in this section. When they get their reply, Claudia doesn't seem satisfied. She thinks it was too nice. There was no sarcasm or anything mean. I don't know why she's all down. They decide to leave the place and go to the bus station. Right when they are about to purchase a ticket, Claudia says that she wants to go to Farmington, Connecticut which is where Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler lives. They take a bus to a certain city where from there, they will go on a bus to Farmington.
Social Studies/Science
Today, we took our Settlements test. There were questions on which settlement is the sentence describing and on the back, we had to choose four colonies and write down why they were created. I chose Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New Netherland, and one more I forgot. After that, the test was over. Then we shifted gears over to Science. We started our Unit on landforms. In lesson one, there were only two vocab words. There was also a chart where we had to write the definition, write an example, and draw a picture about kinds of landforms. There was a mountain, a volcano, a plain, a hill, a glacier, and many more. I still need to finish the chart. I finished the vocab words easily.
Today, we took our Unit 8 test. We needed to know how to find equivalent fractions, compare fractions using <, >, and =, marking points on a line plot, adding/subtracting mixed numbers, and multiplying mixed numbers & fractions. It was kind of easy. Multiplying mixed numbers & fractions was pretty challenging for me. When I finished, I looked over my answers then handed it in. I then received another study card packet. We had to complete words #11—#21. It was very easy. Write the definition next to each word.
Language Arts
Today, we read section 4 of From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia and Jamie send their letter in this section. When they get their reply, Claudia doesn't seem satisfied. She thinks it was too nice. There was no sarcasm or anything mean. I don't know why she's all down. They decide to leave the place and go to the bus station. Right when they are about to purchase a ticket, Claudia says that she wants to go to Farmington, Connecticut which is where Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler lives. They take a bus to a certain city where from there, they will go on a bus to Farmington.
Social Studies/Science
Today, we took our Settlements test. There were questions on which settlement is the sentence describing and on the back, we had to choose four colonies and write down why they were created. I chose Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New Netherland, and one more I forgot. After that, the test was over. Then we shifted gears over to Science. We started our Unit on landforms. In lesson one, there were only two vocab words. There was also a chart where we had to write the definition, write an example, and draw a picture about kinds of landforms. There was a mountain, a volcano, a plain, a hill, a glacier, and many more. I still need to finish the chart. I finished the vocab words easily.
Monday, 02/23/09
Math
Today, we received a study guide for our Unit 8 test. We had to find equivalent fractions, compare fractions using <, >, and =, marking points on a line plot, adding/subtracting mixed numbers, and multiplying mixed numbers & fractions. There were a couple pages. It was pretty easy. My whole group worked as a team and we blazed through the entire packet. The teachers then explained how to do the flash cards. There were two columns. The one on the left had words in them. The one on the right was empty. You had to fill in the proper definition for each word. It was pretty easy and simple. For homework, we had to do cards #1—#10.
Language Arts
Today, we took our test on section 3 of From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. There were questions on antonyms, synonyms, proper & common nouns, inferences, figurative language, main idea, and supporting details. I scored a 22 out of a possible 25 which is an 88%. Not as good as good as what I was hoping for. I was hoping to get in the 90's at least. I tried but I came close. Very close. There were some tough questions where there were two answers hard to decide from. Next time will hopefully be better.
Social Studies
Today, we filled out the chart for the final two settlements. New France and New Netherland. In the chart were questions that compared the two settlements. They were on the country that arrived, what time period they arrived in, what the climate was like, what kind of people arrived, who did they interact with, did they succeed or fail and more. There was also yet another writing prompt. It was the same as the other two but this time, we had to choose between New Netherland and New France. I chose New Netherland mainly because their climate makes it good for farming and growing crops unlike New France's cold climate which makes farming and growing crops difficult. I also chose it because I wanted to make money and trade valuable items. I also like their diversity. I can learn about different cultures.
Today, we received a study guide for our Unit 8 test. We had to find equivalent fractions, compare fractions using <, >, and =, marking points on a line plot, adding/subtracting mixed numbers, and multiplying mixed numbers & fractions. There were a couple pages. It was pretty easy. My whole group worked as a team and we blazed through the entire packet. The teachers then explained how to do the flash cards. There were two columns. The one on the left had words in them. The one on the right was empty. You had to fill in the proper definition for each word. It was pretty easy and simple. For homework, we had to do cards #1—#10.
Language Arts
Today, we took our test on section 3 of From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. There were questions on antonyms, synonyms, proper & common nouns, inferences, figurative language, main idea, and supporting details. I scored a 22 out of a possible 25 which is an 88%. Not as good as good as what I was hoping for. I was hoping to get in the 90's at least. I tried but I came close. Very close. There were some tough questions where there were two answers hard to decide from. Next time will hopefully be better.
Social Studies
Today, we filled out the chart for the final two settlements. New France and New Netherland. In the chart were questions that compared the two settlements. They were on the country that arrived, what time period they arrived in, what the climate was like, what kind of people arrived, who did they interact with, did they succeed or fail and more. There was also yet another writing prompt. It was the same as the other two but this time, we had to choose between New Netherland and New France. I chose New Netherland mainly because their climate makes it good for farming and growing crops unlike New France's cold climate which makes farming and growing crops difficult. I also chose it because I wanted to make money and trade valuable items. I also like their diversity. I can learn about different cultures.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Friday, 02/20/09
Math
Today, we worked on multiplying mixed numbers and fractions. If you have 5½x⅝, you can do 5x⅝ and ⅝x½ to get 37/16 . It gets a little complicated but when I kept doing more and more of these problems, I started getting them quicker. There was a method called the F.O.I.L. Methood but it's hard to explain. As always, we completed a couple pages of this in our math journal. We also took our quiz on Unit 8. I believe I got a 100% a.k.a. An A.
Language Arts
Today, Ms. Donahue came in for a Bully Prevention presentation. We learned four things to try if you're being bullied. Here's a list of the four strategies.
1)Try to walk away
2)Try to talk out of it
3)Be loud and proud
4)Tell an adult
Walking away and telling an adult are pretty self-explanatory. You can figure it out. To talk out of it, try a sense of humor or change the subject. Slowly but surely, the bully might forget what he was doing in the first place. In being loud and proud, try to get attention by yelling and standing up for yourself. You'll never know when you need your voice most. These strategies are helpful, or at least tey're supposed to be. If you can manage to use these successfully, bullies won't be able to mess with you.
Social Studies
Today, we watched a thirty minute video about a girl who settles in Plymouth. Along the way, she meets Squanto and the rest of his family. She becomes friends with a girl named Naomi. The girl brings Squanto and the family to her family and they shake hands to show peace between them. Squanto teaches the settlers how to plant stuff and grow crops. It's basically a video to show your average day in Plymouth around that time.
Today, we worked on multiplying mixed numbers and fractions. If you have 5½x⅝, you can do 5x⅝ and ⅝x½ to get 37/16 . It gets a little complicated but when I kept doing more and more of these problems, I started getting them quicker. There was a method called the F.O.I.L. Methood but it's hard to explain. As always, we completed a couple pages of this in our math journal. We also took our quiz on Unit 8. I believe I got a 100% a.k.a. An A.
Language Arts
Today, Ms. Donahue came in for a Bully Prevention presentation. We learned four things to try if you're being bullied. Here's a list of the four strategies.
1)Try to walk away
2)Try to talk out of it
3)Be loud and proud
4)Tell an adult
Walking away and telling an adult are pretty self-explanatory. You can figure it out. To talk out of it, try a sense of humor or change the subject. Slowly but surely, the bully might forget what he was doing in the first place. In being loud and proud, try to get attention by yelling and standing up for yourself. You'll never know when you need your voice most. These strategies are helpful, or at least tey're supposed to be. If you can manage to use these successfully, bullies won't be able to mess with you.
Social Studies
Today, we watched a thirty minute video about a girl who settles in Plymouth. Along the way, she meets Squanto and the rest of his family. She becomes friends with a girl named Naomi. The girl brings Squanto and the family to her family and they shake hands to show peace between them. Squanto teaches the settlers how to plant stuff and grow crops. It's basically a video to show your average day in Plymouth around that time.
Thursday, 02/19/09
Math
Today, we continued working on multiplying fractions. If you have 1/5x2/7, you would multiply the denominators and the numerators so the answer would be 2/35. If you ever see a problem like 5x1/3, you can make five a fraction by making it 5/1, which is equivalent to five. Once you do that, you can multiply 5/1x1/3 to get 5/3. We did a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal. We've only had our 2nd math journal for a couple weeks and we are already pretty far.
Language Arts
Today, we went over to the computer lab to fill out a work sheet about a man named James Forten. There was a section for a timeline of special events in his life. He did a lot of very important things in his life. He was a black man who tried to make a difference. There was another section for a picture of James Forten. One last box was for the definition of a word. In the computer lab, we got to use the earphones but for some reason, mine weren't working.
Social Studies
Today, we filled out the chart and writing prompt for Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay. In the chart, there were questions that compared Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. The questions were on arrival, the people who lived there, the weather conditions, and more. The writing prompt was the same as before, but this time, you had to choose between Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. I chose Plymouth because it has the help of Squanto who has many skills for planting.
Today, we continued working on multiplying fractions. If you have 1/5x2/7, you would multiply the denominators and the numerators so the answer would be 2/35. If you ever see a problem like 5x1/3, you can make five a fraction by making it 5/1, which is equivalent to five. Once you do that, you can multiply 5/1x1/3 to get 5/3. We did a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal. We've only had our 2nd math journal for a couple weeks and we are already pretty far.
Language Arts
Today, we went over to the computer lab to fill out a work sheet about a man named James Forten. There was a section for a timeline of special events in his life. He did a lot of very important things in his life. He was a black man who tried to make a difference. There was another section for a picture of James Forten. One last box was for the definition of a word. In the computer lab, we got to use the earphones but for some reason, mine weren't working.
Social Studies
Today, we filled out the chart and writing prompt for Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay. In the chart, there were questions that compared Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. The questions were on arrival, the people who lived there, the weather conditions, and more. The writing prompt was the same as before, but this time, you had to choose between Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. I chose Plymouth because it has the help of Squanto who has many skills for planting.
Wednesday, 02/18/09
Math
Today, we took a piece of paper, and folded it into four squares. We shaded the top and bottom left corner boxes one way and the bottom half of the piece of paper in the opposite way. Then the fraction of the paper that has the cross shading is ¼. Easy, huh? Not quite. Some people didn't like the activity at all. We also completed a page where we had to draw the fraction shading in the boxes provided. When drawing it, it was a little complicated. Multiplying the fractions instead of using the drawing method was much, much easier to me and most of the rest of the class.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our centers. There were the Homophones center, the Point of View center, the Literature Game center, and the Side Dishes center. In the homophones center, we had to complete two pages in our homophones book. There was one page where they have a book title but use the wrong word. You have to find the right homophone for the book title and rewrite it correctly. In the point of view center, we read a short poem about the point of view of a baseball at a baseball game. We decided which type of point of view it is and who is the narrator. It was easy. In the Literature Game, when it was your turn, you flipped up a red card and a green card. The red card was the topic. For example Setting, point of view, resolutions, etc. The green card was the challenge card. For example, you may get discussion, questioning, opinion, prediction, etc. In the Side Dishes center, we worked on side dishes. We only needed two of them. I did Vocabulary Scramble and Interview With a Character. There was also Mini Thesaurus but I didn't want to do it. In Vocab Scramble, you needed to take a word and scramble the letters into boxes. Then you needed to give a clue. In Interview With a Character, you asked any character two questions and next to them, you write how they might answer. It was pretty easy.
Social Studies
Today, we filled out the chart for Jamestown and Roanoke. Some questions on there were what country arrived in what year, what kinds of people lived in the colony, what was the climate like, and much more. After everyone got around the end of the chart, we reviewed it as a class. Jamestown had way more good stuff than Roanoke. Well, that's my opinion. After that, we answered the writing prompt based on the answers we got. It asked us to choose between Jamestown and Roanoke. I chose Jamestown. It just had better conditions than Roanoke to me.
Today, we took a piece of paper, and folded it into four squares. We shaded the top and bottom left corner boxes one way and the bottom half of the piece of paper in the opposite way. Then the fraction of the paper that has the cross shading is ¼. Easy, huh? Not quite. Some people didn't like the activity at all. We also completed a page where we had to draw the fraction shading in the boxes provided. When drawing it, it was a little complicated. Multiplying the fractions instead of using the drawing method was much, much easier to me and most of the rest of the class.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our centers. There were the Homophones center, the Point of View center, the Literature Game center, and the Side Dishes center. In the homophones center, we had to complete two pages in our homophones book. There was one page where they have a book title but use the wrong word. You have to find the right homophone for the book title and rewrite it correctly. In the point of view center, we read a short poem about the point of view of a baseball at a baseball game. We decided which type of point of view it is and who is the narrator. It was easy. In the Literature Game, when it was your turn, you flipped up a red card and a green card. The red card was the topic. For example Setting, point of view, resolutions, etc. The green card was the challenge card. For example, you may get discussion, questioning, opinion, prediction, etc. In the Side Dishes center, we worked on side dishes. We only needed two of them. I did Vocabulary Scramble and Interview With a Character. There was also Mini Thesaurus but I didn't want to do it. In Vocab Scramble, you needed to take a word and scramble the letters into boxes. Then you needed to give a clue. In Interview With a Character, you asked any character two questions and next to them, you write how they might answer. It was pretty easy.
Social Studies
Today, we filled out the chart for Jamestown and Roanoke. Some questions on there were what country arrived in what year, what kinds of people lived in the colony, what was the climate like, and much more. After everyone got around the end of the chart, we reviewed it as a class. Jamestown had way more good stuff than Roanoke. Well, that's my opinion. After that, we answered the writing prompt based on the answers we got. It asked us to choose between Jamestown and Roanoke. I chose Jamestown. It just had better conditions than Roanoke to me.
Tuesday, 02/17/09
Math
Today was all about fractions. We compared fractions by taking two of them and putting a symbol in between them. If you had ¼ and ½, You would put a symbol in that looks like this: <.That sign means less than. Put it together and you have:
¼ < ½
Easy, huh? If the fraction on the left is bigger than the fraction on the right, the symbol you use looks like this: >. That sign means greater than. Put that together and you have:
½ > ¼
We also needed to prepare for the quiz. We needed to add/subtract mixed numbers, compare fractions, and make equivalent fractions.
Language Arts
Today, we finished reading section 3 of The Mixed Up Files. Claudia and Jamie take their first shower since a long time. One major difference is that this time, their shower is in a fountain! Lucky for them though, they found over $2 at the bottom of the fountain. They couldn't get anymore but their amount was sufficient. They now have income and Claudia can ride the bus or a cab anytime she wants. Jamie, on the other hand, can receive more money without gambling with people. Although they're getting money they need, it's technically stealing.
Social Studies
Today, we started a new lesson on Settlements. Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New France, and New Netherlands are the places we're studying about. Tomorrow's pair places is Roanoke & Jamestown. The cool thing about this is that I've never heard of not one of these places. They're all new to me. We must fill out a chart and answer a short writing prompt.
Today was all about fractions. We compared fractions by taking two of them and putting a symbol in between them. If you had ¼ and ½, You would put a symbol in that looks like this: <.That sign means less than. Put it together and you have:
¼ < ½
Easy, huh? If the fraction on the left is bigger than the fraction on the right, the symbol you use looks like this: >. That sign means greater than. Put that together and you have:
½ > ¼
We also needed to prepare for the quiz. We needed to add/subtract mixed numbers, compare fractions, and make equivalent fractions.
Language Arts
Today, we finished reading section 3 of The Mixed Up Files. Claudia and Jamie take their first shower since a long time. One major difference is that this time, their shower is in a fountain! Lucky for them though, they found over $2 at the bottom of the fountain. They couldn't get anymore but their amount was sufficient. They now have income and Claudia can ride the bus or a cab anytime she wants. Jamie, on the other hand, can receive more money without gambling with people. Although they're getting money they need, it's technically stealing.
Social Studies
Today, we started a new lesson on Settlements. Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New France, and New Netherlands are the places we're studying about. Tomorrow's pair places is Roanoke & Jamestown. The cool thing about this is that I've never heard of not one of these places. They're all new to me. We must fill out a chart and answer a short writing prompt.
Thursday, 02/12/09
Math
Today, we took a quiz. The quiz contained problems requiring us to write a number story for a problem or a problem for a number story. It was pretty easy, but one thing that could make you lose points was the parenthesis placement. After you completed the quiz, you were supposed to complete pages in Math Journal 2. They were on subtracting mixed numbers. On one of those, we needed to borrow from the whole number and add it to the fraction. Then we could figure out the rest of the problem. I knew how to do it without borrowing but it was easier to borrow.
Language Arts
Today, we began reading section three in the Mixed Up Files book. Jamie and Claudia are worrying about how they will survive without any money or help. With only about $25, they need to keep buying food and clean their clothes. They also need a place to shower for them to keep themselves clean! The teacher was planning on getting through a whole list of things but we didn't have much time to do so. We're probably finishing next week.
Science
Today, we highlighted everything we needed to know for our upcoming test on fossils. There were questions on the chart, Pangea, fossil formation, and some of the inquiry questions. Not much to study for and we get plenty of time to study—four days. After finishing the highlighting, we had nothing else to do so we improvised. We played four corners. Hehehehehehehe! One person sits down with her/his eyes closed while the others stood in the corners of the room. If she/he says the name of your corner, you are out and you have to sit down. As always, I didn't win once.
Today, we took a quiz. The quiz contained problems requiring us to write a number story for a problem or a problem for a number story. It was pretty easy, but one thing that could make you lose points was the parenthesis placement. After you completed the quiz, you were supposed to complete pages in Math Journal 2. They were on subtracting mixed numbers. On one of those, we needed to borrow from the whole number and add it to the fraction. Then we could figure out the rest of the problem. I knew how to do it without borrowing but it was easier to borrow.
Language Arts
Today, we began reading section three in the Mixed Up Files book. Jamie and Claudia are worrying about how they will survive without any money or help. With only about $25, they need to keep buying food and clean their clothes. They also need a place to shower for them to keep themselves clean! The teacher was planning on getting through a whole list of things but we didn't have much time to do so. We're probably finishing next week.
Science
Today, we highlighted everything we needed to know for our upcoming test on fossils. There were questions on the chart, Pangea, fossil formation, and some of the inquiry questions. Not much to study for and we get plenty of time to study—four days. After finishing the highlighting, we had nothing else to do so we improvised. We played four corners. Hehehehehehehe! One person sits down with her/his eyes closed while the others stood in the corners of the room. If she/he says the name of your corner, you are out and you have to sit down. As always, I didn't win once.
Wednesday, 02/10/09
Math
Today, we worked on finding common denominators. If you have 3/15 and 1/3, you can multiply 1/3 by 5/5 to get 5/15 which has the same denominator as 3/15. It was challenging to me but pretty fun to figure out. If you're dealing with fractions that have different denominators, you can always try this skill. It's helpful to use most of the time. Some numbers were hard to figure out but I eventually got them. We worked on a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal and had a worksheet of this skill for homework... odd numbered problems only so we can sleep for the PSSA test.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on homographs, homonyms, and homophones. We watched a Brain Pop video on the three of them. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. For example, bass is type of guitar and base means a spot in baseball. We took a quiz that is worth 10 points and on the back, we had to list and draw a pair of homophones. I did red and read. Red for the color and read for don reading a book. It was pretty easy.
Science
Today, we did our lab on how to make a model of a fossil. We took three pieces of clay and mushed them to the bottom of a cup flatly. We made three layers of this then grabbed a plastic thing. There were fake teeth, ammonites, and other things. We used the plastic thing to make a mold by pressing it on the clay layers. After that, we filled in the lab questions. The lab isn't quite done though. The teacher will fill the cup with plaster to make our fossil a cast. I'm excited to see how it turns out.
Today, we worked on finding common denominators. If you have 3/15 and 1/3, you can multiply 1/3 by 5/5 to get 5/15 which has the same denominator as 3/15. It was challenging to me but pretty fun to figure out. If you're dealing with fractions that have different denominators, you can always try this skill. It's helpful to use most of the time. Some numbers were hard to figure out but I eventually got them. We worked on a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal and had a worksheet of this skill for homework... odd numbered problems only so we can sleep for the PSSA test.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on homographs, homonyms, and homophones. We watched a Brain Pop video on the three of them. Homophones are words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. For example, bass is type of guitar and base means a spot in baseball. We took a quiz that is worth 10 points and on the back, we had to list and draw a pair of homophones. I did red and read. Red for the color and read for don reading a book. It was pretty easy.
Science
Today, we did our lab on how to make a model of a fossil. We took three pieces of clay and mushed them to the bottom of a cup flatly. We made three layers of this then grabbed a plastic thing. There were fake teeth, ammonites, and other things. We used the plastic thing to make a mold by pressing it on the clay layers. After that, we filled in the lab questions. The lab isn't quite done though. The teacher will fill the cup with plaster to make our fossil a cast. I'm excited to see how it turns out.
Monday, 02/09/09
Math
Today, we worked on negative and positive numbers. If you had a number line and zero was in the middle, the numbers to the left would be negative numbers and the ones to the right would be positive. Negative is less than zero and positive is more than zero. The problems we used to practice this were comparing both negative and positive numbers. Take this example.
-14<14=negative fourteen is less than fourteen
We did a couple examples of this in our math journal. It was easy and surprisingly fun. The more I did it, the faster I became at it and more fun the lesson became!
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our showcase and collection portfolios. In our collection portfolios, we gathered all our 2nd marking period stuff and clipped them together, but we took out the special ones we wanted to showcase in our showcase portfolio, we put in all our showcase work, put in our logs, and filled out goal met and goal not yet met sheets. We also made our reading graph for the logs where for every book you finish reading, you color in one square with the matching genre.
Science
Today, we filled in the rest of the inquiry questions for the unit on fossils. There were questions on how fossils were made, how old the oldest layer is and many more. It was pretty easy. Like what we did with the chart, the teacher assigned each table group one or two questions to answer. Our question was the process of an ammonite forming into a fossil. I was the illustrator and introduction giver.
Today, we worked on negative and positive numbers. If you had a number line and zero was in the middle, the numbers to the left would be negative numbers and the ones to the right would be positive. Negative is less than zero and positive is more than zero. The problems we used to practice this were comparing both negative and positive numbers. Take this example.
-14<14=negative fourteen is less than fourteen
We did a couple examples of this in our math journal. It was easy and surprisingly fun. The more I did it, the faster I became at it and more fun the lesson became!
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our showcase and collection portfolios. In our collection portfolios, we gathered all our 2nd marking period stuff and clipped them together, but we took out the special ones we wanted to showcase in our showcase portfolio, we put in all our showcase work, put in our logs, and filled out goal met and goal not yet met sheets. We also made our reading graph for the logs where for every book you finish reading, you color in one square with the matching genre.
Science
Today, we filled in the rest of the inquiry questions for the unit on fossils. There were questions on how fossils were made, how old the oldest layer is and many more. It was pretty easy. Like what we did with the chart, the teacher assigned each table group one or two questions to answer. Our question was the process of an ammonite forming into a fossil. I was the illustrator and introduction giver.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Friday, 02/06/2009
Math
Today, we worked on line graphs. Let's say we were checking to see how many library books were checked out every day in a week. On Monday, there would be a dot in a certain spot. On Tuesday, there would be a spot under it. Then a line connected the two dots. This graph is used to show a trend. An easier way to know what I mean is to look at a picture. It's kind of hard to explain so check this picture out.
Remember to label everything and you have yourself the perfect line graph. The class completed a couple pages in their Math Journal 2 that was targeting practice on line graphs.
Language Arts
Today, we took our Mixed Up Files Section 2 test. There were questions on figurative language, main idea, supporting detail, and much more. I got about four questions wrong. The way the answers were worded made a lot of possibilities but the correct answers made the most sense. I was upset but the thing that got my smile back was the fact that I got the common nouns & proper nouns and antonyms/synonyms part correct. It was pretty cool.
Science
Today, we went through the answers to our study outline together. For the fill in the blanks section, she blurted out the words in order as we wrote them down. It was pretty quick and easy. We also did the fossils chart. Each table was assigned a type of fossil and they told us the info we needed to write down. Mrs. Colden covered #7. My table did the petrified fossil. It was fun sharing with the rest of the class. We almost got through all of the inquiry questions. We have a couple more questions to go. I just wonder what it's like to have one gigantic fossil right at your face. I bet it would be really exciting.
Today, we worked on line graphs. Let's say we were checking to see how many library books were checked out every day in a week. On Monday, there would be a dot in a certain spot. On Tuesday, there would be a spot under it. Then a line connected the two dots. This graph is used to show a trend. An easier way to know what I mean is to look at a picture. It's kind of hard to explain so check this picture out.
Remember to label everything and you have yourself the perfect line graph. The class completed a couple pages in their Math Journal 2 that was targeting practice on line graphs.
Language Arts
Today, we took our Mixed Up Files Section 2 test. There were questions on figurative language, main idea, supporting detail, and much more. I got about four questions wrong. The way the answers were worded made a lot of possibilities but the correct answers made the most sense. I was upset but the thing that got my smile back was the fact that I got the common nouns & proper nouns and antonyms/synonyms part correct. It was pretty cool.
Science
Today, we went through the answers to our study outline together. For the fill in the blanks section, she blurted out the words in order as we wrote them down. It was pretty quick and easy. We also did the fossils chart. Each table was assigned a type of fossil and they told us the info we needed to write down. Mrs. Colden covered #7. My table did the petrified fossil. It was fun sharing with the rest of the class. We almost got through all of the inquiry questions. We have a couple more questions to go. I just wonder what it's like to have one gigantic fossil right at your face. I bet it would be really exciting.
Thursday, 02/05/2009
Math
Today, we practiced the order of operations. Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, you can't do them in any order you feel like doing. You must follow the order. First, do anything in parenthesis. That's a very important thing to remember. Then, you do any problem with exponents. For example, take this problem:
((6x32)x2)+7
You do 3x3 for 32 which you then get 9. Then do 6x9 which equals 54. Then you multiply 54 by 2 to get 108. Then 108+7 which equals 7. That's the order of operation!. We worked on a couple pages in Math Journal 2 about the order of operations. A scary thing that happened today is that when we were getting our math journals out, mine was missing. Thankfully, someone found it in their desk. That person was all the way across the room from where I sat. It was making me nervous.
Language Arts
Today, we took an advanced look at our writing prompt for the 4sight test. I got a 3, just like everyone else. The teacher talked to us about how the advanced score was removed from the writing prompt. She also talked to us about how our writing was good, but getting more detail down would make it perfect—even with no advanced grades.We practiced writing a prompt together showing the steps we could take to perfect the prompt. I like the way we practiced better than my way. I just wrote down an intro, a body with three subtopics, and a conclusion then I was done. Next time, I want to add more detail. I'll try to not get lazy on the PSSA test.
Science
Today, we tried something new with filling in our studying outline. The teacher let us pick a partner and fill it in without her help. It was quicker and easier to me. There was a chart to fill in about different types of fossils. There were Trace Fossils, Index Fossils, Carbon Film, Mold, Cast, and some more. We had to match it's name, the way it forms, and a picture of it into one column. It was easy. There was also some questions on Pangea, the super continent that connected the whole land. After years and years, the places spread apart creating the world we live on today being separated from the others. I would love to see Pangea one day but I'll never get to experience it. About every year, the places only move a centimeter. It'll take billions of years for them to come back together. There would be no need for cruises and your feet will get plenty of exercise. Hahaha!
Today, we practiced the order of operations. Multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, you can't do them in any order you feel like doing. You must follow the order. First, do anything in parenthesis. That's a very important thing to remember. Then, you do any problem with exponents. For example, take this problem:
((6x32)x2)+7
You do 3x3 for 32 which you then get 9. Then do 6x9 which equals 54. Then you multiply 54 by 2 to get 108. Then 108+7 which equals 7. That's the order of operation!. We worked on a couple pages in Math Journal 2 about the order of operations. A scary thing that happened today is that when we were getting our math journals out, mine was missing. Thankfully, someone found it in their desk. That person was all the way across the room from where I sat. It was making me nervous.
Language Arts
Today, we took an advanced look at our writing prompt for the 4sight test. I got a 3, just like everyone else. The teacher talked to us about how the advanced score was removed from the writing prompt. She also talked to us about how our writing was good, but getting more detail down would make it perfect—even with no advanced grades.We practiced writing a prompt together showing the steps we could take to perfect the prompt. I like the way we practiced better than my way. I just wrote down an intro, a body with three subtopics, and a conclusion then I was done. Next time, I want to add more detail. I'll try to not get lazy on the PSSA test.
Science
Today, we tried something new with filling in our studying outline. The teacher let us pick a partner and fill it in without her help. It was quicker and easier to me. There was a chart to fill in about different types of fossils. There were Trace Fossils, Index Fossils, Carbon Film, Mold, Cast, and some more. We had to match it's name, the way it forms, and a picture of it into one column. It was easy. There was also some questions on Pangea, the super continent that connected the whole land. After years and years, the places spread apart creating the world we live on today being separated from the others. I would love to see Pangea one day but I'll never get to experience it. About every year, the places only move a centimeter. It'll take billions of years for them to come back together. There would be no need for cruises and your feet will get plenty of exercise. Hahaha!
Wednesday, 02/04/2009
Math
Today, we learned how to write numbers in expanded notation. Not just the addition way though. We also did the multiplication version and the power of 10's multiplication version. In addition mode, you just add the digit of whatever place value to the others. For example:
2,784=2,000+700+80+4
The multiplication version is a little more complicated. Whatever place value it's in, you do that value times the digit in it's place. For example:
2,784=(2x1,000)+(7x100)+(8x10)+(4x1)
The power of 10's multiplication version is a lot tougher. It's tough to explain so let me draw it out for you. Here's an example:
2,784=(2x103)+(7x102)+(8x101)+(4x100)
It was pretty complicated but once you get the hang of it, it comes to you a lot quicker. For me, it was fun yet challenging. They can trick you so you must be careful. We completed about two pages in our Math Journal 2 which had these problems. We also did a two pages of math boxes in our math journal but they didn't have these kinds of problems.
Language Arts
Today, we continued checking over our 4sight test. We finished problems 15-28, including the writing prompt. At the end, I got about eight wrong. Yikes!!! Luckily, I got 3 on the writing prompt. It was perfect and I was relieved. I was so scared about my score. I got proficient—just like everyone else. Well, at least that's what I heard the teacher said. I was pretty bummed about my eight incorrect problems. Well, those are now goals and I need to work on it—a lot.
Science
Today, we started our unit on fossils. We first answered some questions about the Earth as it was a looooooong time ago. There were a lot of plants, a lot of dinosaurs, and one big continent. Now, that's changed. We're all spread apart. After answering those questions, we had to write down the definitions of vocab words for this unit. There was fossil, organism, and many more. It was easy to do and now we have to study the definitions. You never know when a pop quiz comes. It can come on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, or the two days in between. After the vocab words, we watched a video on fossils. It showed how fossils are made, fossil imprint information, how they display fossils in museums and much more. It was pretty cool. The characters in the video were weird though. There was a robot named Geo and a talking computer!!!
Today, we learned how to write numbers in expanded notation. Not just the addition way though. We also did the multiplication version and the power of 10's multiplication version. In addition mode, you just add the digit of whatever place value to the others. For example:
2,784=2,000+700+80+4
The multiplication version is a little more complicated. Whatever place value it's in, you do that value times the digit in it's place. For example:
2,784=(2x1,000)+(7x100)+(8x10)+(4x1)
The power of 10's multiplication version is a lot tougher. It's tough to explain so let me draw it out for you. Here's an example:
2,784=(2x103)+(7x102)+(8x101)+(4x100)
It was pretty complicated but once you get the hang of it, it comes to you a lot quicker. For me, it was fun yet challenging. They can trick you so you must be careful. We completed about two pages in our Math Journal 2 which had these problems. We also did a two pages of math boxes in our math journal but they didn't have these kinds of problems.
Language Arts
Today, we continued checking over our 4sight test. We finished problems 15-28, including the writing prompt. At the end, I got about eight wrong. Yikes!!! Luckily, I got 3 on the writing prompt. It was perfect and I was relieved. I was so scared about my score. I got proficient—just like everyone else. Well, at least that's what I heard the teacher said. I was pretty bummed about my eight incorrect problems. Well, those are now goals and I need to work on it—a lot.
Science
Today, we started our unit on fossils. We first answered some questions about the Earth as it was a looooooong time ago. There were a lot of plants, a lot of dinosaurs, and one big continent. Now, that's changed. We're all spread apart. After answering those questions, we had to write down the definitions of vocab words for this unit. There was fossil, organism, and many more. It was easy to do and now we have to study the definitions. You never know when a pop quiz comes. It can come on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, or the two days in between. After the vocab words, we watched a video on fossils. It showed how fossils are made, fossil imprint information, how they display fossils in museums and much more. It was pretty cool. The characters in the video were weird though. There was a robot named Geo and a talking computer!!!
Tuesday, 02/03/2009
Math
Today, we practiced exponents. If there is a 6 with a small 4 next to it, that means you do 6x6x6x6 and that's the answer. If there is a small 2 next to the 6, you do 6x6. 6+2 and 2+2+2+2+2+2 are examples of how exponents can confuse you. They're tricky so you have to stay focused. Remember that the small number next to the 6 represents how many times you repeat 6 in the multiplication. We worked on our first four pages in our new Math Journal 2. I'm so happy. I now have a cover. My first journal's cover got ripped off. I don't know how. We also got prepared for the quiz. There are 4 things to practice that are on the quiz. I probably have it all down now. It's pretty easy as long as I focus hard.
Language Arts
Today, we went over our 2nd 4sight test. While going over it, I got three wrong! We only got to question 14 though. We're probably going to finish it tomorrow. Some topics were main idea, inference, fact/opinion, and supporting details. I want to see what I got on the writing prompt about a girl named Polly who is going to have a party but is worried that she has to invite a girl her friends might not like. I hope I get a 3, which is the best. We just have 13 more questions to check until the writing prompt. I'm so anxious!!!
Social Studies
Today, we watched a couple more explorer presentations. One of them talked about the guy who found Philippines. After all the presentations were done, the teacher read us a book called “Encounter.” It's about natives and explorers. When the story was finished, we had to answer the question asking about how the natives felt about the explorers coming. It was your opinion. There was also a debate sort of question. Would you rather have native peace but no communication with others or native suffering and world trade and communication? I picked world trade and communication with native suffering because if there wasn't any, we wouldn't be able to talk and trade with the others in the world. It was pretty fun.
Today, we practiced exponents. If there is a 6 with a small 4 next to it, that means you do 6x6x6x6 and that's the answer. If there is a small 2 next to the 6, you do 6x6. 6+2 and 2+2+2+2+2+2 are examples of how exponents can confuse you. They're tricky so you have to stay focused. Remember that the small number next to the 6 represents how many times you repeat 6 in the multiplication. We worked on our first four pages in our new Math Journal 2. I'm so happy. I now have a cover. My first journal's cover got ripped off. I don't know how. We also got prepared for the quiz. There are 4 things to practice that are on the quiz. I probably have it all down now. It's pretty easy as long as I focus hard.
Language Arts
Today, we went over our 2nd 4sight test. While going over it, I got three wrong! We only got to question 14 though. We're probably going to finish it tomorrow. Some topics were main idea, inference, fact/opinion, and supporting details. I want to see what I got on the writing prompt about a girl named Polly who is going to have a party but is worried that she has to invite a girl her friends might not like. I hope I get a 3, which is the best. We just have 13 more questions to check until the writing prompt. I'm so anxious!!!
Social Studies
Today, we watched a couple more explorer presentations. One of them talked about the guy who found Philippines. After all the presentations were done, the teacher read us a book called “Encounter.” It's about natives and explorers. When the story was finished, we had to answer the question asking about how the natives felt about the explorers coming. It was your opinion. There was also a debate sort of question. Would you rather have native peace but no communication with others or native suffering and world trade and communication? I picked world trade and communication with native suffering because if there wasn't any, we wouldn't be able to talk and trade with the others in the world. It was pretty fun.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Friday, 01/30/2009
Math
Today, we took a Unit 6 quiz. It was on converting fractions into decimals, decimals into fractions and more problems like that. It was pretty challenging. I really wonder what my grade is. I always get curious about my grade. I hope it's a 100%. I studied hard and I focused hard as well. After the quiz, we worked on pages 202 and 203 in our math journal. Page 202 was about fractions and adding them. Page 203 was a page of math boxes. Six boxes, one in each, you answer them, and you're done. We also made an anonymous postcard listing what we like and don't like about Everyday Mathematics. I listed about three things for what I like and one thing for what I don't like. It's odd because I thought I would have a mile long list of what I don't like and one thing for what I like. The complete opposite happened and I was shocked.
Language Arts
Today, we went over to the library's computer lab to take a look at a new website about books. There's an advanced book search, a “book bucket” to put your favorite books in, and many more features that makes the second version of search a whole lot better. You can even change the theme to make it fit your personality. The advanced search works a lot better than the first one. The first step is to search a topic. Then you can narrow the search down by the author, the genre, and many more choices. It's so close to perfection. The book bucket is cool too. If you see a book on the site that you like, you can drag the picture of the cover into the box and it automatically comes on to your list. When you've gotten all of the books you want on your list, you can remove some and print the list out. Once you have the list, you can find the books in the library.
Social Studies
Today, we continued our Explorer project. Everyone paired up with someone and they had to make a poster on an explorer. My explorer was John Cabot. He traveled for King Henry VII. My partner and I almost finished our poster. We completed the center box that has the explorer's name and picture, and we also finished labeling each of the four boxes. They are Personal Life, Voyage 1, Voyage 2, and Accomplishments & Death. The only thing we have to do is write down our facts. Unfortunately, we have to write the facts at home. I decided that I'll bring the poster home. I just need to write the facts down and we are done.
Today, we took a Unit 6 quiz. It was on converting fractions into decimals, decimals into fractions and more problems like that. It was pretty challenging. I really wonder what my grade is. I always get curious about my grade. I hope it's a 100%. I studied hard and I focused hard as well. After the quiz, we worked on pages 202 and 203 in our math journal. Page 202 was about fractions and adding them. Page 203 was a page of math boxes. Six boxes, one in each, you answer them, and you're done. We also made an anonymous postcard listing what we like and don't like about Everyday Mathematics. I listed about three things for what I like and one thing for what I don't like. It's odd because I thought I would have a mile long list of what I don't like and one thing for what I like. The complete opposite happened and I was shocked.
Language Arts
Today, we went over to the library's computer lab to take a look at a new website about books. There's an advanced book search, a “book bucket” to put your favorite books in, and many more features that makes the second version of search a whole lot better. You can even change the theme to make it fit your personality. The advanced search works a lot better than the first one. The first step is to search a topic. Then you can narrow the search down by the author, the genre, and many more choices. It's so close to perfection. The book bucket is cool too. If you see a book on the site that you like, you can drag the picture of the cover into the box and it automatically comes on to your list. When you've gotten all of the books you want on your list, you can remove some and print the list out. Once you have the list, you can find the books in the library.
Social Studies
Today, we continued our Explorer project. Everyone paired up with someone and they had to make a poster on an explorer. My explorer was John Cabot. He traveled for King Henry VII. My partner and I almost finished our poster. We completed the center box that has the explorer's name and picture, and we also finished labeling each of the four boxes. They are Personal Life, Voyage 1, Voyage 2, and Accomplishments & Death. The only thing we have to do is write down our facts. Unfortunately, we have to write the facts at home. I decided that I'll bring the poster home. I just need to write the facts down and we are done.
Monday, 02/02/2009
Math
Today, we took our Unit 6 test. In the test were questions about adding and subtracting fractions and finding modes, medians, maximums, minimums, means, and averages. We also matched those words with their correct definition. It was easy though I may have gotten one wrong. The open ended question was to find the ages of the family. There are many answers but as long as it's correct, you're fine. You just needed to keep the ages real. Your mom can't be 10 years old. She has to be from 30-40 years old. You can make it older or younger just as long as it makes sense! It's very important to not get silly. After the test, we finished our last page in Math Journal 1. It was a math boxes page. It was easy but I was curious to see why we finished it. When all the tests were handed in and everyone finished that last page, it was the moment we've all been waiting for. Math Journal 2 has arrived! We took a look at the pages and saw what was coming up. There were lots of surprises. I spotted some stuff I new and stuff I was eager to learn about. Also, another great thing is that math boxes aren't for homework anymore! Everyone didn't like it so the teacher made a change. Woohoo!
Language Arts
Today, we were supposed to type our good drafts but thanks to the upper house, we have it for homework! Instead, we worked on practicing how to write writing prompts for the PSSA Test. We had to write a letter to someone who gets on our nerves—a lot. I'm writing to people who take looooooong in the bathroom. I mean, come on, do you like bathroom hogs? Didn't think so. I'm trying to persuade them to start hurrying up in the bathroom and giving others their fair share of time in the B.R.
The way we did this was we first brainstormed, wrote down stuff for something we have the most to say about, picked one of those topics, then started making a chart of the topic. There was a box for topics, “yes” reasons, “no” reasons, and conclusions. Yes reasons are things that back up your argument and no reasons are things that are against your argument and you just can't beat that. I still need to finish making that chart but it's cool. I'm almost done the chart.
Social Studies
Today, we took our test on Explorers. You had to write down the name of your explorer, what country he was born in, and three interesting facts. There was one other question asking about what your explorer is most popular for. For that question, I wrote down his discovery of Cape Breton which people now know as Nova Scotia. After the test, presentations for the explorer poster began. When my partner and I showed our poster, I felt like I blacked out. My heart was pounding and I went to the bathroom to get things straight. After a while it was perfectly fine and I had fun. I am really wondering what our presentation scored. I thought we did really good. The other pairs had really great posters. Lots of brilliant color combos and rich facts to make it look fantastic. I enjoyed watching the others.
Today, we took our Unit 6 test. In the test were questions about adding and subtracting fractions and finding modes, medians, maximums, minimums, means, and averages. We also matched those words with their correct definition. It was easy though I may have gotten one wrong. The open ended question was to find the ages of the family. There are many answers but as long as it's correct, you're fine. You just needed to keep the ages real. Your mom can't be 10 years old. She has to be from 30-40 years old. You can make it older or younger just as long as it makes sense! It's very important to not get silly. After the test, we finished our last page in Math Journal 1. It was a math boxes page. It was easy but I was curious to see why we finished it. When all the tests were handed in and everyone finished that last page, it was the moment we've all been waiting for. Math Journal 2 has arrived! We took a look at the pages and saw what was coming up. There were lots of surprises. I spotted some stuff I new and stuff I was eager to learn about. Also, another great thing is that math boxes aren't for homework anymore! Everyone didn't like it so the teacher made a change. Woohoo!
Language Arts
Today, we were supposed to type our good drafts but thanks to the upper house, we have it for homework! Instead, we worked on practicing how to write writing prompts for the PSSA Test. We had to write a letter to someone who gets on our nerves—a lot. I'm writing to people who take looooooong in the bathroom. I mean, come on, do you like bathroom hogs? Didn't think so. I'm trying to persuade them to start hurrying up in the bathroom and giving others their fair share of time in the B.R.
The way we did this was we first brainstormed, wrote down stuff for something we have the most to say about, picked one of those topics, then started making a chart of the topic. There was a box for topics, “yes” reasons, “no” reasons, and conclusions. Yes reasons are things that back up your argument and no reasons are things that are against your argument and you just can't beat that. I still need to finish making that chart but it's cool. I'm almost done the chart.
Social Studies
Today, we took our test on Explorers. You had to write down the name of your explorer, what country he was born in, and three interesting facts. There was one other question asking about what your explorer is most popular for. For that question, I wrote down his discovery of Cape Breton which people now know as Nova Scotia. After the test, presentations for the explorer poster began. When my partner and I showed our poster, I felt like I blacked out. My heart was pounding and I went to the bathroom to get things straight. After a while it was perfectly fine and I had fun. I am really wondering what our presentation scored. I thought we did really good. The other pairs had really great posters. Lots of brilliant color combos and rich facts to make it look fantastic. I enjoyed watching the others.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, 01/29/2009
Math
Today, we worked on finding common denominators. If the problem is 2/3+5/9, you can make the denominators the same by multiplying 3x3 and 2x3 to get 4/9. Then do 4/9 to get 9/9 or 1 whole. We used our whiteboards and markers to practice these types of problems as well. We worked on a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal and it was pretty challenging. Sometimes, I got stuck but sometimes, I blazed right through the problem. After working on those 2 or so pages, we received our Unit 6 quiz. The teacher said some of the class didn't do too well and some did great. When the teacher said some didn't do too well, I was terrified. I was begging to get a good score. I got every question right. 100% baby! I was really glad to be on the good side.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on part 2 of the section 2 centers. We worked on characterization skills first. We rolled a die, got the corresponding activity, read its story, and answered questions. It was E-A-S-Y easy. The poem we read about an alligator was really weird. One line said, “Yo, I'm out of the escalator!” My whole group laughed like crazy. It was really weird. The other story we read was The Open Window. After that center, we went to the center where we worked on the character journal. I decided to write as Jamie to a Journal. I wrote about how annoying Claudia can get. She always wants to go to stores and shop but Jamie is being smart and ignoring her. I like the way he preserves his money.
Social Studies
Today, we worked on our Explorer poster. My explorer is John Cabot. So far, we finished the center box where you put his name and a picture of the explorer. We also started labeling each square. The next time we do it, we just need to finish labeling and writing down the info. We have our entire project planned out. We hope to get it done tomorrow or we have homework on the weekend. We'll try as hard as we can not to rush but at the same time, pick up the pace a bit and finish the poster.
Today, we worked on finding common denominators. If the problem is 2/3+5/9, you can make the denominators the same by multiplying 3x3 and 2x3 to get 4/9. Then do 4/9 to get 9/9 or 1 whole. We used our whiteboards and markers to practice these types of problems as well. We worked on a couple pages of this lesson in our math journal and it was pretty challenging. Sometimes, I got stuck but sometimes, I blazed right through the problem. After working on those 2 or so pages, we received our Unit 6 quiz. The teacher said some of the class didn't do too well and some did great. When the teacher said some didn't do too well, I was terrified. I was begging to get a good score. I got every question right. 100% baby! I was really glad to be on the good side.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on part 2 of the section 2 centers. We worked on characterization skills first. We rolled a die, got the corresponding activity, read its story, and answered questions. It was E-A-S-Y easy. The poem we read about an alligator was really weird. One line said, “Yo, I'm out of the escalator!” My whole group laughed like crazy. It was really weird. The other story we read was The Open Window. After that center, we went to the center where we worked on the character journal. I decided to write as Jamie to a Journal. I wrote about how annoying Claudia can get. She always wants to go to stores and shop but Jamie is being smart and ignoring her. I like the way he preserves his money.
Social Studies
Today, we worked on our Explorer poster. My explorer is John Cabot. So far, we finished the center box where you put his name and a picture of the explorer. We also started labeling each square. The next time we do it, we just need to finish labeling and writing down the info. We have our entire project planned out. We hope to get it done tomorrow or we have homework on the weekend. We'll try as hard as we can not to rush but at the same time, pick up the pace a bit and finish the poster.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tuesday, 01/27/09
Math
Today, we used a math tool we like to call the “Slide Rule.” There is a holder where on one side is for fractions and the other side is for something we have not used yet. The other part is the slider. Like the holder, one side is for fractions and one side is for something we have not used. You place the slider in the holder and adjust the slider to match the numbers. If the 2 on the slider is right on top of the 2 on the holder, you are set. What we did with this tool is we added and subtracted fractions. If it was ¼+¾, you would move the zero to the ¼ of an inch mark. Then slide it over ¾ more. The zero would end up at the 1 whole mark. There's your answer. We also took a quiz. There were problems on converting fractions to decimals, fractions to percents, decimals to percents, and many more. I finished it then worked on some pages in my math journal.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our first half of centers for section 2 of The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Our group's first center was Antonyms Out. There was a sentence and then a part where you choose the antonym of the right word. If the sentence was, “Another word for girl is (woman, female, man). The word you'll circle is man because it doesn't belong. It's an antonym of girl. Easy, huh? The next center we did was the literature game. The way you play is you get seven red cards. Those are literary technique (L.T.) cards. Characterization, setting, you name it. Then there are green cards called action cards. You roll two dice. You pick which ever amount you want. If one lands on 2 and the other lands on 5, you may choose either 2 or 5. That's the amount of points you get. Fail to complete the challenge and you subtract that from your original score. Get it right though and you add it to your total. After you roll the dice and choose, you pick up an action card and flip over one of your L.T. cards. Read them both and do as follows. There's the game!
Social Studies
Today, we continued working on the Explorer project. My explorer John Cabot is the explorer who likes to search for new land. He worked for the great King Henry VII. He got paid £20 which I think was good back then. The research outline was finished and now, my partner and I started our poster. With my art skills and his planning skills, we made a great poster so far. Right now, the only things left are gluing the picture down and writing down the facts in the 4 squares. We have this all in the bag.
Today, we used a math tool we like to call the “Slide Rule.” There is a holder where on one side is for fractions and the other side is for something we have not used yet. The other part is the slider. Like the holder, one side is for fractions and one side is for something we have not used. You place the slider in the holder and adjust the slider to match the numbers. If the 2 on the slider is right on top of the 2 on the holder, you are set. What we did with this tool is we added and subtracted fractions. If it was ¼+¾, you would move the zero to the ¼ of an inch mark. Then slide it over ¾ more. The zero would end up at the 1 whole mark. There's your answer. We also took a quiz. There were problems on converting fractions to decimals, fractions to percents, decimals to percents, and many more. I finished it then worked on some pages in my math journal.
Language Arts
Today, we worked on our first half of centers for section 2 of The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Our group's first center was Antonyms Out. There was a sentence and then a part where you choose the antonym of the right word. If the sentence was, “Another word for girl is (woman, female, man). The word you'll circle is man because it doesn't belong. It's an antonym of girl. Easy, huh? The next center we did was the literature game. The way you play is you get seven red cards. Those are literary technique (L.T.) cards. Characterization, setting, you name it. Then there are green cards called action cards. You roll two dice. You pick which ever amount you want. If one lands on 2 and the other lands on 5, you may choose either 2 or 5. That's the amount of points you get. Fail to complete the challenge and you subtract that from your original score. Get it right though and you add it to your total. After you roll the dice and choose, you pick up an action card and flip over one of your L.T. cards. Read them both and do as follows. There's the game!
Social Studies
Today, we continued working on the Explorer project. My explorer John Cabot is the explorer who likes to search for new land. He worked for the great King Henry VII. He got paid £20 which I think was good back then. The research outline was finished and now, my partner and I started our poster. With my art skills and his planning skills, we made a great poster so far. Right now, the only things left are gluing the picture down and writing down the facts in the 4 squares. We have this all in the bag.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, 01/23/2009
Math
Today, we worked on taking data, and making it into a graph or a chart. We took an empty chart and data from the question, “Which two are your favorite sports?” The sports were written down and we filled out the chart. We tallied them, then wrote down the number/amount of each, then the fraction, then the percentage. We did the same for the next chart but this time it was with the question, “What is your favorite type of entertainment. On the next page, we made a bar graph with the entertainment data. It was interesting to see how much TV beat Reading by. Then, we made a pie chart with the sports data. We divided the pie using the percentage of each. Bike riding was the largest portion of the pie. Next, we made a stem and leaf plot using data about the duration of your shower or bath. This was weird. Some person goes in for only 3 minutes while some other person goes for 40 minutes! I'm glad it's not true. If it was, that would be just plain wacky.
Language Arts
Today,we read chapter 4 of The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia and Jamie get in line to see the Angel Statue made of marble who people think Michelangelo made. Claudia is just amazed by it. She just has to get more. The next day, they try to get a magazine with an important story about the Angel statue in it. Jamie doesn't want to buy a copy of the magazine she wants so they make things easy and steal a magazine from a man when he wasn't looking and read about it. They're criminals. Hahaha. We couldn't finish the entire chapter and the disk was being funky and kept stopping in places so we read the rest of the chapter at homeroom.
Social Studies
Today, we worked on the Explorer project. The first page asks about his birth, his family info, his life before exploring, and other questions. On the second page were questions on some of his journeys and a couple questions about his death like how, when, and where he died. The back page is about his acomplishments, and the pages in between are asking for us to pick out some of his journeys and talk about them. We only got the first page, the second page, and a portion of Journey #1 done. It was a lot though. We have plenty of time left.
Today, we worked on taking data, and making it into a graph or a chart. We took an empty chart and data from the question, “Which two are your favorite sports?” The sports were written down and we filled out the chart. We tallied them, then wrote down the number/amount of each, then the fraction, then the percentage. We did the same for the next chart but this time it was with the question, “What is your favorite type of entertainment. On the next page, we made a bar graph with the entertainment data. It was interesting to see how much TV beat Reading by. Then, we made a pie chart with the sports data. We divided the pie using the percentage of each. Bike riding was the largest portion of the pie. Next, we made a stem and leaf plot using data about the duration of your shower or bath. This was weird. Some person goes in for only 3 minutes while some other person goes for 40 minutes! I'm glad it's not true. If it was, that would be just plain wacky.
Language Arts
Today,we read chapter 4 of The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia and Jamie get in line to see the Angel Statue made of marble who people think Michelangelo made. Claudia is just amazed by it. She just has to get more. The next day, they try to get a magazine with an important story about the Angel statue in it. Jamie doesn't want to buy a copy of the magazine she wants so they make things easy and steal a magazine from a man when he wasn't looking and read about it. They're criminals. Hahaha. We couldn't finish the entire chapter and the disk was being funky and kept stopping in places so we read the rest of the chapter at homeroom.
Social Studies
Today, we worked on the Explorer project. The first page asks about his birth, his family info, his life before exploring, and other questions. On the second page were questions on some of his journeys and a couple questions about his death like how, when, and where he died. The back page is about his acomplishments, and the pages in between are asking for us to pick out some of his journeys and talk about them. We only got the first page, the second page, and a portion of Journey #1 done. It was a lot though. We have plenty of time left.
Thursday, 01/22/2009
Math
Today, we worked on samples. When you go to any restaurant in the world, do you see a person handing out small portions of food? That's a sample of their food. Today,we had a bucket of “quiet counters” and each table took ten counters from the bucket. That was our sample. We categorized the counters by color, then made a chart. We listed the tallies, the number of each color, the fraction of each color, and the percentage of each color. Afterwards, we combined each groups sample to make a large sample. The large sample is more accurate and trustworthy than the smaller samples because it gives you a better idea of what amount each color is in the bucket. It's fun, it's easy, and you can try at home.
Language Arts
Today, we read chapter 3 of The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia and Jamie continue traveling to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Along the way, they eat lunch at a deli. Jamie gets a little upset when $1.50 gets taken off of their starting amount of cash. Through the whole way, Claudia gets exhausted and complains about not taking the bus or a taxi. Jamie is wise and says no to preserve the money. If they buy a ticket for the bus or a taxi, their money will decrease yet again. I agree with Jamie. He's making the right choice and saving money while avoiding Claudia's whining and bickering.
Social Studies
Today, we discussed our Explorer project. We partnered up with someone and then randomly chose an explorer. Our explorer is John Cabot. He explored for new lands and got paid £20 which seemed like a lot back then. We had to make a poster answering questions for the project. We're trying to split the work as equal as possible. I'm looking forward to making the poster. It'll be exciting! My super art skills will be summoned again! Mwahahahaha!
Today, we worked on samples. When you go to any restaurant in the world, do you see a person handing out small portions of food? That's a sample of their food. Today,we had a bucket of “quiet counters” and each table took ten counters from the bucket. That was our sample. We categorized the counters by color, then made a chart. We listed the tallies, the number of each color, the fraction of each color, and the percentage of each color. Afterwards, we combined each groups sample to make a large sample. The large sample is more accurate and trustworthy than the smaller samples because it gives you a better idea of what amount each color is in the bucket. It's fun, it's easy, and you can try at home.
Language Arts
Today, we read chapter 3 of The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia and Jamie continue traveling to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Along the way, they eat lunch at a deli. Jamie gets a little upset when $1.50 gets taken off of their starting amount of cash. Through the whole way, Claudia gets exhausted and complains about not taking the bus or a taxi. Jamie is wise and says no to preserve the money. If they buy a ticket for the bus or a taxi, their money will decrease yet again. I agree with Jamie. He's making the right choice and saving money while avoiding Claudia's whining and bickering.
Social Studies
Today, we discussed our Explorer project. We partnered up with someone and then randomly chose an explorer. Our explorer is John Cabot. He explored for new lands and got paid £20 which seemed like a lot back then. We had to make a poster answering questions for the project. We're trying to split the work as equal as possible. I'm looking forward to making the poster. It'll be exciting! My super art skills will be summoned again! Mwahahahaha!
Wednesday, 01/21/2009
Math
Today, we used our whiteboards and markers. We worked on different things like writing down numbers in standard notation. For example, if Ms. Cohen said, “Forty-seven and thirty-two thousandths.” we would write
47.032
Easy, huh? We also worked on some fractions. For example, “If 15 counters are one whole, how many is ⅔ of the set?” That's obviously 10 counters. We also worked on problems spotlighting exponents and order of operation. Here's an example.
64x32 +(5x5)-(8x8)+19=?
If you do the problems in parenthesis first, then the rest, you'll end up with the answer. Go ahead and try it!
L.A.
Today, we practiced writing an ingenious introduction. Basically, an intro that's eye catching and attention grabbing. The topic we had was pizza. The sub topics were convenience, nutrition facts, and ingredients. When we finished writing our very own intro, Mrs. Fitzgerald collected ours and handed us someone else's. We read it and graded it. The maximum score was 35 points. 7 subjects—each worth 5 points max. I gave my person's introduction a perfect 35/35. It seemed right on the money. I'm eager to find out who got mine and how they scored me.
Science
Today, we talked about the opportunity to enter the brain busting science fair. We discussed safety reasons, like not being able to do certain things to a fellow human so both you and your friend are both safe. We also suffered major bummers from experiments we were banned from performing. Like the rat maze where you put a rat at the start and a chunk of cheese at the finish. I also wanted to make a volcano or at least diet coke and mentos. But the only way to test those is to say it worked or to say it failed and that's not very good for an experiment. Sadly, it's true. I don't think I'll do it. At least for this year. Solo seems a bit scary but a partner is fine. There was a huge list of requirements and it seemed like a lot to cover. I won't do it—even for extra credit.
Today, we used our whiteboards and markers. We worked on different things like writing down numbers in standard notation. For example, if Ms. Cohen said, “Forty-seven and thirty-two thousandths.” we would write
47.032
Easy, huh? We also worked on some fractions. For example, “If 15 counters are one whole, how many is ⅔ of the set?” That's obviously 10 counters. We also worked on problems spotlighting exponents and order of operation. Here's an example.
64x32 +(5x5)-(8x8)+19=?
If you do the problems in parenthesis first, then the rest, you'll end up with the answer. Go ahead and try it!
L.A.
Today, we practiced writing an ingenious introduction. Basically, an intro that's eye catching and attention grabbing. The topic we had was pizza. The sub topics were convenience, nutrition facts, and ingredients. When we finished writing our very own intro, Mrs. Fitzgerald collected ours and handed us someone else's. We read it and graded it. The maximum score was 35 points. 7 subjects—each worth 5 points max. I gave my person's introduction a perfect 35/35. It seemed right on the money. I'm eager to find out who got mine and how they scored me.
Science
Today, we talked about the opportunity to enter the brain busting science fair. We discussed safety reasons, like not being able to do certain things to a fellow human so both you and your friend are both safe. We also suffered major bummers from experiments we were banned from performing. Like the rat maze where you put a rat at the start and a chunk of cheese at the finish. I also wanted to make a volcano or at least diet coke and mentos. But the only way to test those is to say it worked or to say it failed and that's not very good for an experiment. Sadly, it's true. I don't think I'll do it. At least for this year. Solo seems a bit scary but a partner is fine. There was a huge list of requirements and it seemed like a lot to cover. I won't do it—even for extra credit.
Tuesday, 01/20/2009
Math
Today, we didn't have math due to a two hour delay.
Language Arts
Today, we took our The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler section #1 test. We were tested on main idea, figurative language, supporting details, summarizing, and many more topics. Some questions were pretty easy while some had me sitting there confused and puzzled with answers hard to choose from. When everybody finished the test, Mrs. Fitzgerald pulled up the Inauguration of Barack Obama. A sea of people showed up to watch the history making event. More people than you could ever count. We saw Barack Obama swear in using the same bible Abe Lincoln used at his Inauguration. We also watched Joe Biden swear in as Vice President and watched Barack give his Inaugural speech. It was breath taking. A new president is here to lead our country.
Science
First thing we did today was take our Rock Cycle test. On the first page was a question on soil and questions on rocks. On the back, there was a large picture of the Rock Cycle. The three types of rocks were on there but the steps to the changing were missing. You had to fill the steps in. Below that was an extra credit question. It asked, “A plant grows and the roots crack through the sidewalk. What kind of weathering is it?” I guessed mechanical weathering and I think it's correct. When the test was over, I took a Time For Kids magazine and a packet with questions. There were questions about Barack Obama's Inauguration, him being welcomed to the White House, the Inauguration schedule and the parade route for the Inauguration. For homework, we answered questions about the bombing in Gaza, the top 5 greatest speeches and the great nut debate. Should they separate kids with nut allergies from the people who don't have nut allergies? I say yes. Just because they're allergic, doesn't mean they have to ruin everyone else's fun.
Today, we didn't have math due to a two hour delay.
Language Arts
Today, we took our The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler section #1 test. We were tested on main idea, figurative language, supporting details, summarizing, and many more topics. Some questions were pretty easy while some had me sitting there confused and puzzled with answers hard to choose from. When everybody finished the test, Mrs. Fitzgerald pulled up the Inauguration of Barack Obama. A sea of people showed up to watch the history making event. More people than you could ever count. We saw Barack Obama swear in using the same bible Abe Lincoln used at his Inauguration. We also watched Joe Biden swear in as Vice President and watched Barack give his Inaugural speech. It was breath taking. A new president is here to lead our country.
Science
First thing we did today was take our Rock Cycle test. On the first page was a question on soil and questions on rocks. On the back, there was a large picture of the Rock Cycle. The three types of rocks were on there but the steps to the changing were missing. You had to fill the steps in. Below that was an extra credit question. It asked, “A plant grows and the roots crack through the sidewalk. What kind of weathering is it?” I guessed mechanical weathering and I think it's correct. When the test was over, I took a Time For Kids magazine and a packet with questions. There were questions about Barack Obama's Inauguration, him being welcomed to the White House, the Inauguration schedule and the parade route for the Inauguration. For homework, we answered questions about the bombing in Gaza, the top 5 greatest speeches and the great nut debate. Should they separate kids with nut allergies from the people who don't have nut allergies? I say yes. Just because they're allergic, doesn't mean they have to ruin everyone else's fun.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Friday, 1/16/09
Math
Today, we took our quiz. It was easy but you never know what you get until you look at it. After that, we worked on pages in our math journal. We're almost done. Once we finish that, we move on to Journal #2. We just have like 20 more pages or something. I'm excited. When everyone finished their quiz, we learned a new game called Finish First. We have a stack of cards (4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, and 8's) then we each take turns drawing cards. The person who draws the card that brings the amount to 21 or higher wins. Right now, my record is 2 wins and 10 losses because I always go first and every pair says that the first person loses a lot. It's true for me. Note to self: Go second next time.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we did the second half of our centers. In the first one, we worked on plot. We read a story about a guy who dies trying to escape prison for a murder. After we read the sad and heart breaking story, we took a worksheet and read the direction. Since it is plot, we had to write down the original plot and then next to it, write our own that's made up. Mine is about a guy named Jacobo. He goes to prison and his cell has a well secured door and one very hard to find exit—a trap door. Now, the weird thing is, he is in jail in the sky. When he finds the trap door and triggers it, he falls to New York City, crashes through a mini-mart, thus grabbing the winning lottery ticket from a clueless old lady, as he falls! Amazing, isn't it? Once that center of craziness was over with, we chose something to do for our packet. We decided to do the Vocabulary. This was easy. We had the words tyrannies, ventured, vow, stowaway and one other that I don't remember. First, we had to write down what we thought it means and then, we look up the real definition in a dictionary. Very easy... EASY!!!
Science
Today, we took our Vocab Quiz on The Rock Cycle. We needed to know each word in the Vocab Words to this lesson. She pulled up the definitions on the smart board and it was up to us to know the right word. After that, we did a lab where we used clay to demonstrate the way rocks can change into different types. We started with igneous rock where each of us took a dab of clay and shoved little beads and pieces of paper to represent crystals. When we finished, we each broke and slapped our rocks together to form a sedimentary rock. Then we added heat and pressure to it to make it metamorphic rock. We then filled out questions and there, we finished the lab. Once it was over, we got to watch a Bill Nye The Science Guy video on rocks. Bill Nye is hilarious. He has weird sound effects and random cut scenes. But at the same time, he's giving you facts to help you learn them.
Today, we took our quiz. It was easy but you never know what you get until you look at it. After that, we worked on pages in our math journal. We're almost done. Once we finish that, we move on to Journal #2. We just have like 20 more pages or something. I'm excited. When everyone finished their quiz, we learned a new game called Finish First. We have a stack of cards (4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, and 8's) then we each take turns drawing cards. The person who draws the card that brings the amount to 21 or higher wins. Right now, my record is 2 wins and 10 losses because I always go first and every pair says that the first person loses a lot. It's true for me. Note to self: Go second next time.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we did the second half of our centers. In the first one, we worked on plot. We read a story about a guy who dies trying to escape prison for a murder. After we read the sad and heart breaking story, we took a worksheet and read the direction. Since it is plot, we had to write down the original plot and then next to it, write our own that's made up. Mine is about a guy named Jacobo. He goes to prison and his cell has a well secured door and one very hard to find exit—a trap door. Now, the weird thing is, he is in jail in the sky. When he finds the trap door and triggers it, he falls to New York City, crashes through a mini-mart, thus grabbing the winning lottery ticket from a clueless old lady, as he falls! Amazing, isn't it? Once that center of craziness was over with, we chose something to do for our packet. We decided to do the Vocabulary. This was easy. We had the words tyrannies, ventured, vow, stowaway and one other that I don't remember. First, we had to write down what we thought it means and then, we look up the real definition in a dictionary. Very easy... EASY!!!
Science
Today, we took our Vocab Quiz on The Rock Cycle. We needed to know each word in the Vocab Words to this lesson. She pulled up the definitions on the smart board and it was up to us to know the right word. After that, we did a lab where we used clay to demonstrate the way rocks can change into different types. We started with igneous rock where each of us took a dab of clay and shoved little beads and pieces of paper to represent crystals. When we finished, we each broke and slapped our rocks together to form a sedimentary rock. Then we added heat and pressure to it to make it metamorphic rock. We then filled out questions and there, we finished the lab. Once it was over, we got to watch a Bill Nye The Science Guy video on rocks. Bill Nye is hilarious. He has weird sound effects and random cut scenes. But at the same time, he's giving you facts to help you learn them.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Thursday, 01/15/2009
Math
Today, we worked on our line plot skills again. Well, kind of. We learned matching data to it's appropriate line plot. For example, If your data is about the age of your grandma and your choices are:
A- From 1 to 10
B- From 50 to 80
If your grandma was 1 to 10 years old, that would be VERY awkward. Actually, that's impossible. You wouldn't event have a mom yet! That's why choice B is appropriate because that's more like how old your grandma is. I mean, think about it. It was pretty funny. Some answers were straight up wacky. Sometimes it was challenging. There may be two answers that could work. You just need to find the right one. Today, we also met our student teacher, Miss V. We call her that because it's hard to say and we spell it that way because it's tough to spell. We introduced ourselves by telling her our name and our favorite subject. The majority of the class said Math because that's the subject Miss V is helping in.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we did the first half of our centers. My group went to the Apple Activities and the Game for The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. In Apple Activities, the apples to chose from are Find It, Fix It, Add It, Sort It, Finish It, and Stretch It. I did Stretch It, where you take a sentence and make it more detailed, Finish It, where you make an end for a sentence, Sort It, where you sort a bunch of words by category, and Find It, where you take three words, car, mark, and carve, then add two more words to the pattern. I did starve and starver. When we finished, we went to the center where we learned how to play the book's game. It's like a review for each section. It's pretty fun but I only got 2 points. I beat one person though! That person got zero points. It was very fun and a great idea.
Science
Today, we went over to the library to work on an activity about rocks and minerals. For minerals, we had to pick a mineral then list it's hardness, color, luster, and streak. We had to do three of these. For rocks, we had a pile of photos of rocks and minerals. We had to find the rock photos and categorize them by igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock. Challenging but a fun thing to do. We didn't get much time so we couldn't finish it.
Today, we worked on our line plot skills again. Well, kind of. We learned matching data to it's appropriate line plot. For example, If your data is about the age of your grandma and your choices are:
A- From 1 to 10
B- From 50 to 80
If your grandma was 1 to 10 years old, that would be VERY awkward. Actually, that's impossible. You wouldn't event have a mom yet! That's why choice B is appropriate because that's more like how old your grandma is. I mean, think about it. It was pretty funny. Some answers were straight up wacky. Sometimes it was challenging. There may be two answers that could work. You just need to find the right one. Today, we also met our student teacher, Miss V. We call her that because it's hard to say and we spell it that way because it's tough to spell. We introduced ourselves by telling her our name and our favorite subject. The majority of the class said Math because that's the subject Miss V is helping in.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we did the first half of our centers. My group went to the Apple Activities and the Game for The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. In Apple Activities, the apples to chose from are Find It, Fix It, Add It, Sort It, Finish It, and Stretch It. I did Stretch It, where you take a sentence and make it more detailed, Finish It, where you make an end for a sentence, Sort It, where you sort a bunch of words by category, and Find It, where you take three words, car, mark, and carve, then add two more words to the pattern. I did starve and starver. When we finished, we went to the center where we learned how to play the book's game. It's like a review for each section. It's pretty fun but I only got 2 points. I beat one person though! That person got zero points. It was very fun and a great idea.
Science
Today, we went over to the library to work on an activity about rocks and minerals. For minerals, we had to pick a mineral then list it's hardness, color, luster, and streak. We had to do three of these. For rocks, we had a pile of photos of rocks and minerals. We had to find the rock photos and categorize them by igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rock. Challenging but a fun thing to do. We didn't get much time so we couldn't finish it.
Wednesday, 01/14/2009
Math
Today, we combined our measuring and stem & leaf plot skills together. First, we collected the measurement of everybody's great span (from your thumb to your pinky). Then, we made a stem and leaf plot with the collected data. My great span is 185mm. I tried reaching the 200 mark but it was just to far. Very few people were 200mm or larger. The smallest was around 160. Many people were in the 180-190 range. Mrs. R was hilarious. She used funny sayings and it amused us a lot. It was awesome. One of my favorites is “Shushipoo!” She uses that to calm us down.
Language Arts (LA)
Today, we took our nouns test. Short, but kind of puzzling. I got stuck on a few and I ended up getting three wrong. Once objective 1 was done Mission: Fill Out Character Journal was a go. I'm talking about Claudia and her point of view and how she feels. Basically, I wrote down how she feels about being taken for granted. I then talked about her plan to run away to a museum far away from her parents. I showed it to Mrs. Fitzgerald, she initialed it to show I'm done and, “Poof!” I'm done.
Science
Today, we filled in our minibooks—together. We were able to finish the whole entire minibook, even the Inquiry Questions. We also learned about soil and the steps to te all important rock cycle. Did you know, Humus (hyoo-mus) is made of decayed plant and animal matter? That's nasty but it's the truth. Hahaha. We have more facts about the rock cycle, mechanical & chemical weathering, and much more.
Today, we combined our measuring and stem & leaf plot skills together. First, we collected the measurement of everybody's great span (from your thumb to your pinky). Then, we made a stem and leaf plot with the collected data. My great span is 185mm. I tried reaching the 200 mark but it was just to far. Very few people were 200mm or larger. The smallest was around 160. Many people were in the 180-190 range. Mrs. R was hilarious. She used funny sayings and it amused us a lot. It was awesome. One of my favorites is “Shushipoo!” She uses that to calm us down.
Language Arts (LA)
Today, we took our nouns test. Short, but kind of puzzling. I got stuck on a few and I ended up getting three wrong. Once objective 1 was done Mission: Fill Out Character Journal was a go. I'm talking about Claudia and her point of view and how she feels. Basically, I wrote down how she feels about being taken for granted. I then talked about her plan to run away to a museum far away from her parents. I showed it to Mrs. Fitzgerald, she initialed it to show I'm done and, “Poof!” I'm done.
Science
Today, we filled in our minibooks—together. We were able to finish the whole entire minibook, even the Inquiry Questions. We also learned about soil and the steps to te all important rock cycle. Did you know, Humus (hyoo-mus) is made of decayed plant and animal matter? That's nasty but it's the truth. Hahaha. We have more facts about the rock cycle, mechanical & chemical weathering, and much more.
Tuesday, 01/13/2009
Math
Today, we worked on our measuring skills. We used millimeters, centimeters, and inches. Some objects we measured in all 3 ways were our cubit, our great span, and the width of our finger. Your cubit is from your elbow to the tips of your fingers. Your great span is the distance between your thumb and your pinky. The width of your finger is from one side to the other. I looked so awkward trying to measure the larger measurements by myself. The measuring was pretty fun. I compared with my friend and we laughed at how bigger my results were than my friend's. Who knows? Maybe your measurements old a surprise or two.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we read chapter of The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. This is when Claudia and Jamie run away from their parents. Point B, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After chapter 2 was done, we watched the first section, chapters 1 and 2 on the movie. Both the movie and the book have quite a lot of differences and similarities already. It's interesting to see how things shake up in both the movie and the book.
Science
Today, we took our test on rocks. For the first three problems, we took a clipboard with three rocks. I had limestone, granite, and another rock I don't remember. We needed to figure out what type it is, and how it's formed. The next seven questions were fill in the blank(s) kinds of question. She has a sentence but leaves out the vocab word which we have to find out. They were easy but I probably got one wrong. Hehehe. After that, we took a look at our new mini book and started filling it in. I'm almost done. I have to fill in the Inquiry Questions where we use our Inquiry Skills to solve them. I'm hoping tomorrow is the day I finish.
Today, we worked on our measuring skills. We used millimeters, centimeters, and inches. Some objects we measured in all 3 ways were our cubit, our great span, and the width of our finger. Your cubit is from your elbow to the tips of your fingers. Your great span is the distance between your thumb and your pinky. The width of your finger is from one side to the other. I looked so awkward trying to measure the larger measurements by myself. The measuring was pretty fun. I compared with my friend and we laughed at how bigger my results were than my friend's. Who knows? Maybe your measurements old a surprise or two.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we read chapter of The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. This is when Claudia and Jamie run away from their parents. Point B, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After chapter 2 was done, we watched the first section, chapters 1 and 2 on the movie. Both the movie and the book have quite a lot of differences and similarities already. It's interesting to see how things shake up in both the movie and the book.
Science
Today, we took our test on rocks. For the first three problems, we took a clipboard with three rocks. I had limestone, granite, and another rock I don't remember. We needed to figure out what type it is, and how it's formed. The next seven questions were fill in the blank(s) kinds of question. She has a sentence but leaves out the vocab word which we have to find out. They were easy but I probably got one wrong. Hehehe. After that, we took a look at our new mini book and started filling it in. I'm almost done. I have to fill in the Inquiry Questions where we use our Inquiry Skills to solve them. I'm hoping tomorrow is the day I finish.
Monday, 01/12/2009
Math
Today, we worked on line plots. First, you collect data on any topic. For example, How many hours do spend outside every week? Say the data you collect was 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, and 5. First, you make a straight horizontal line. Then, at the left end, put a small, vertical line with a 1 under it. Then, at the right end, make a small, vertical line with a 5 under it. Then, in between, put a line with a 2, a line with a 3, and a line with a 4. Now that you got that over with, put 3 little x's over the 1 line because the 1 showed up three times in the data. You put one x on top of 2 because it only showed up once in the data. You probably get the rest. Once you finish, you have your perfect line plot! Oh, add a title. Here's a tip before you try to make your own, make sure each line is spaced out good. If they're too close to each other you'll have to restart. That's bad. Nobody likes it.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we read chapter one in a book called The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. A girl named Claudia feels that her respect from the family is at an all time low. She grows tired of it and plans out Mission Escape to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She need to take her brother Jamie because he has more than $24.00 which back then was quite a lot of benjamins. She's going to New York so I think she needs it. At first, Jamie plays stubborn and says no but Claudia steers him into saying fine. They deploy on Wednesday to start the mission.
Science
Today, we spent the whole class working on study helpers. Many made cubes where you write facts on each side. Some made super crazy, cool looking 4-square comics. I'm thinking of starting a series called The Amusing Stories Of The Rock Cycle. The first one I made started with Igneous Rocks. Combining my amateur art skills and super intelligent facts together to form a comic was wicked. Part 2 may be about sedimentary rocks. I'll try to use the rock from part 1 and change it to a sedimentary rock. Just kidding—wait, you think I'll pull it off?
Today, we worked on line plots. First, you collect data on any topic. For example, How many hours do spend outside every week? Say the data you collect was 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, and 5. First, you make a straight horizontal line. Then, at the left end, put a small, vertical line with a 1 under it. Then, at the right end, make a small, vertical line with a 5 under it. Then, in between, put a line with a 2, a line with a 3, and a line with a 4. Now that you got that over with, put 3 little x's over the 1 line because the 1 showed up three times in the data. You put one x on top of 2 because it only showed up once in the data. You probably get the rest. Once you finish, you have your perfect line plot! Oh, add a title. Here's a tip before you try to make your own, make sure each line is spaced out good. If they're too close to each other you'll have to restart. That's bad. Nobody likes it.
Language Arts (L.A.)
Today, we read chapter one in a book called The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. A girl named Claudia feels that her respect from the family is at an all time low. She grows tired of it and plans out Mission Escape to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She need to take her brother Jamie because he has more than $24.00 which back then was quite a lot of benjamins. She's going to New York so I think she needs it. At first, Jamie plays stubborn and says no but Claudia steers him into saying fine. They deploy on Wednesday to start the mission.
Science
Today, we spent the whole class working on study helpers. Many made cubes where you write facts on each side. Some made super crazy, cool looking 4-square comics. I'm thinking of starting a series called The Amusing Stories Of The Rock Cycle. The first one I made started with Igneous Rocks. Combining my amateur art skills and super intelligent facts together to form a comic was wicked. Part 2 may be about sedimentary rocks. I'll try to use the rock from part 1 and change it to a sedimentary rock. Just kidding—wait, you think I'll pull it off?
Friday, 01/09/2009
Math
Today, we worked on circle graphs. If a sector is 25%, then the fraction is 25/100 or ¼. We worked on similar problems that go like this:
A pizza was cut into 8 pieces. Bobby ate 25% of the pizza. What fraction of the pizza did he eat?
(place picture here)
Solve 100 divided by 25. The answer is 4. That means 25 is ¼ of 100. Another easy one is 50%. Everybody knows it's ½. Then there's 75% which is ¾. We also took a test that's being graded as a quiz. After that, I worked on some pages in my math journal.
Language Arts
Today, we made our Nobel Peace Prize crayons. We selected a Nobel Peace Prize winner that related to how MLK won. I picked Kim Dae-Jung, president of South Korea because he fought peacefully for human rights like MLK fought for Negro rights. The way we created the crayon was simple. We attached a photo of our winner on to the tip of the crayon. Then in the middle, we wrote why he/she won. We then colored the background to add some style. The finished project should look like this:
(place picture here.)
When I finished my crayon, the teacher glued it to the back of someone else's and I was done.
Science
Today, we took our Vocab Quiz on rocks. We had to figure out which kind of rock it is and other kinds of questions. The copier was down so we had to use an index card for the test. It was pretty funny. When everyone finished, we looked at different ways to study. Two of my personal favorites were the acronym and the funny saying. In the funny saying, take the vocab words and change them into a different word that has the same first letter. Like this.
Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary can be changed to Iggy said, “Moo!”
Same thing goes with the acronyms. Just a little different.
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Change that to...
Ink
Splattered
Madness
Every word should remind you of the vocab word. These are fun, free, creative, and the perfect way to study for anything major coming up.
Today, we worked on circle graphs. If a sector is 25%, then the fraction is 25/100 or ¼. We worked on similar problems that go like this:
A pizza was cut into 8 pieces. Bobby ate 25% of the pizza. What fraction of the pizza did he eat?
(place picture here)
Solve 100 divided by 25. The answer is 4. That means 25 is ¼ of 100. Another easy one is 50%. Everybody knows it's ½. Then there's 75% which is ¾. We also took a test that's being graded as a quiz. After that, I worked on some pages in my math journal.
Language Arts
Today, we made our Nobel Peace Prize crayons. We selected a Nobel Peace Prize winner that related to how MLK won. I picked Kim Dae-Jung, president of South Korea because he fought peacefully for human rights like MLK fought for Negro rights. The way we created the crayon was simple. We attached a photo of our winner on to the tip of the crayon. Then in the middle, we wrote why he/she won. We then colored the background to add some style. The finished project should look like this:
(place picture here.)
When I finished my crayon, the teacher glued it to the back of someone else's and I was done.
Science
Today, we took our Vocab Quiz on rocks. We had to figure out which kind of rock it is and other kinds of questions. The copier was down so we had to use an index card for the test. It was pretty funny. When everyone finished, we looked at different ways to study. Two of my personal favorites were the acronym and the funny saying. In the funny saying, take the vocab words and change them into a different word that has the same first letter. Like this.
Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary can be changed to Iggy said, “Moo!”
Same thing goes with the acronyms. Just a little different.
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Change that to...
Ink
Splattered
Madness
Every word should remind you of the vocab word. These are fun, free, creative, and the perfect way to study for anything major coming up.
Thursday, 01/08/2009
Math
Today, we worked on “fractions of.” If your number is 21, 3/7 of that is 9. Take that problem and let me walk you through it. You know 7 goes into 21 equally 3 times so 1/7 equals 3. So 3 (the amount of 1/7)x3 (the number of sevenths) is 9 and there's your answer. We also had a unit 5 quiz. We needed to know how to make decimals into percents and percents into decimals. We also needed to know what every sector to a circle graph should add up to. That is 100%. I'm excited to see my grade. I hope it's an A+.
L.A.
Today, we chose our Nobel Peace Prize Winner that we'll be working on. I'm doing Kim Dae-jung because he won by his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia. He was pretty related to MLK's way of winning. He won by fighting for human rights like Martin fought for negro rights. Those are the qualities I'm sure they're looking for in contestants.
Science
Today, we started (and finished) our lab on rocks. We tested to see which rocks bubbled when touched by vinegar. My study group was composed of Vraj, Zach, and me. The rocks we chose were Obsidian, Marble, Gneiss, Granite, and Limestone. Turns out only Limestone bubbles. This was an interesting lab. I got to wear safety goggles! The vinegar was just horrible. Although I didn't try, I could smell the vinegars stench. We also filled out a table of the rocks characteristics.
Today, we worked on “fractions of.” If your number is 21, 3/7 of that is 9. Take that problem and let me walk you through it. You know 7 goes into 21 equally 3 times so 1/7 equals 3. So 3 (the amount of 1/7)x3 (the number of sevenths) is 9 and there's your answer. We also had a unit 5 quiz. We needed to know how to make decimals into percents and percents into decimals. We also needed to know what every sector to a circle graph should add up to. That is 100%. I'm excited to see my grade. I hope it's an A+.
L.A.
Today, we chose our Nobel Peace Prize Winner that we'll be working on. I'm doing Kim Dae-jung because he won by his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia. He was pretty related to MLK's way of winning. He won by fighting for human rights like Martin fought for negro rights. Those are the qualities I'm sure they're looking for in contestants.
Science
Today, we started (and finished) our lab on rocks. We tested to see which rocks bubbled when touched by vinegar. My study group was composed of Vraj, Zach, and me. The rocks we chose were Obsidian, Marble, Gneiss, Granite, and Limestone. Turns out only Limestone bubbles. This was an interesting lab. I got to wear safety goggles! The vinegar was just horrible. Although I didn't try, I could smell the vinegars stench. We also filled out a table of the rocks characteristics.
Wednesday, 01/07/2009
Math
Today was all about circle graphs. We found out how to make sectors and how to find the percentage of each sector. To find out the size of each sector, look at it's percent. If it's 50%, then you should know that that sector takes up exactly half of the circle graph. If it's 75%, you know it's ¾ of the graph. If it's 25%, then you know it's ¼ of the graph. All of these should be memorized and easy to use. The same thing goes for finding the percent of a sector, just reverse. If it covers half of the graph, it's 50%, if it's ¾ of the graph, it's 75%, and if it's ¼ of the graph, it's 25%. These are the basics. The more specific ones are tough to draw like 37%.
Language Arts
Today, we watched more of the video from yesterday called Our Friend Martin. It's about Martin Luther King Jr. and his amazing speech for Negro rights. Throughout the video, we had to list four key events in the movie that show how MLK was a peace keeper. One important event is where he showed how he keeps peace by following every direction given to him. After that, we handed the worksheet in and went off to science class.
Science
Today, we took a “pop” quiz on our unit on rocks. There were six questions. What kind of rock, where did it form, name rocks that are this type, etc. Lucky for me, I got a perfect 6/6 but it was pretty easy. After that, we finished our notes packet. We filed out info on sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. We also filled in inquiry questions where we solve questions using inquiry skills. There was also a page on how rocks are used. They are mostly used to make buildings because rocks are sturdy and long lasting. After finishing the notes packet we sang We Will Rock You—Mrs. Colden style. It was a remix of the real song by Queen. She focused on adding facts about rocks into the song. Luckily, she kept in the best line that goes:
We will, we will ROCK YOU! ROCK YOU!
She also let us bang on the table to make the beat that the real song has. It was really fun. I was cracking up.
Today was all about circle graphs. We found out how to make sectors and how to find the percentage of each sector. To find out the size of each sector, look at it's percent. If it's 50%, then you should know that that sector takes up exactly half of the circle graph. If it's 75%, you know it's ¾ of the graph. If it's 25%, then you know it's ¼ of the graph. All of these should be memorized and easy to use. The same thing goes for finding the percent of a sector, just reverse. If it covers half of the graph, it's 50%, if it's ¾ of the graph, it's 75%, and if it's ¼ of the graph, it's 25%. These are the basics. The more specific ones are tough to draw like 37%.
Language Arts
Today, we watched more of the video from yesterday called Our Friend Martin. It's about Martin Luther King Jr. and his amazing speech for Negro rights. Throughout the video, we had to list four key events in the movie that show how MLK was a peace keeper. One important event is where he showed how he keeps peace by following every direction given to him. After that, we handed the worksheet in and went off to science class.
Science
Today, we took a “pop” quiz on our unit on rocks. There were six questions. What kind of rock, where did it form, name rocks that are this type, etc. Lucky for me, I got a perfect 6/6 but it was pretty easy. After that, we finished our notes packet. We filed out info on sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. We also filled in inquiry questions where we solve questions using inquiry skills. There was also a page on how rocks are used. They are mostly used to make buildings because rocks are sturdy and long lasting. After finishing the notes packet we sang We Will Rock You—Mrs. Colden style. It was a remix of the real song by Queen. She focused on adding facts about rocks into the song. Luckily, she kept in the best line that goes:
We will, we will ROCK YOU! ROCK YOU!
She also let us bang on the table to make the beat that the real song has. It was really fun. I was cracking up.
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