Friday, 02/27/09

Math
Today, we worked on finding areas. The teacher made a floor plan consisting of whole and partial filled squares. We had to find the area. One way to find it is to multiply the length times the width but it would be kind of hard. Another way is to count the squares inside the box. One full box equals 1. A half filled in box needs two to become a whole. If you had 7 whole boxes and two partial filled boxes, your area would be 8. We worked on a worksheet about this and made our own floorplan for our friend to figure out. It was fun and easy.

Language Arts
Today, we went to the library to work on a worksheet about the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There were questions about the book we're reading called From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler and also questions about collections in the museum. Some questions asked about a certain object and some asked about a certain collection. My favorite question was about what collection would I go to. I picked the drawings and prints collection. The pictures fascinated me. I picked it because I could get some inspiration from some objects.

Science
Today, we finished our study guide. We only had to fill in the different types of erosion. We got to do it by ourselves then review it as a class. Some of the basic ones were Ice and Plants. Ice erodes when water gets into cracks and freezes into ice, expanding the rocks. The same thing goes for plants. The roots get into cracks, smashing and expanding the rock. It was interesting how different types of erosion works. My favorite is Ice. I wonder what it's like to see ice in the cracks of rocks. It would be cool.