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!