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.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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