Tuesday, 12/09/2008

Math
Today, we talked about Parts and Whole Fractions. We learned it by using problems like, “If 16 counters are the whole set, how much is ¼?” Four goes into 16 four times so ¼ of the set is 4. I found the lesson pretty easy. Not challenging at all. The first time I looked at it, I said, “No sweat!” At the end I said, “I knew it.” We worked on two pages of Parts and Whole Fractions and had one page of it for homework. I finished in no time. Awkwardly, I liked doing this!

Language Arts
We had yet another sub but the one today was an old friend of mine. It was Mr. Scalley! I had him last year as a student teacher to help Ms. Johnson. In class, we started filling out our author biography outline on William Sleator to guide us through our biography. I learned that he attended Harvard University, the #1 ranked college. They accept the smartest students. I got frustrated from all the unnecessary chit chat from people in my group and decided to move away. Then I heard we were getting graded on teamwork so I moved back. William has his surprises. He had drug problems and he taught ballet. Very wacky, huh? We got as much as we could done. We ended up with a nice result. Only 1 or 2 pages left to go. We plan to work as a team the next day to get that packet done.

Social Studies
Today, we started our menu projects and Alex and I got the lyrics to our rap song started. It's about the Silk Road and how you trade or get robbed. The lyrics are weird but decent and full of facts. Caitlin and Hope are also rapping and they have a solid song which I'm getting to. What I plan on working on is my invention, the Bubble Shield. It protects you from the Silk Road's bandits. It's also bullet proof. My last one will be the game board. I've got this crazy monopoly idea that is off the hook! I just need to get a way to make multiple copies of monopoly money. Oh boy, I hope my class will love my project.