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.