Monday, February 2, 2009

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.

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