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.