Thursday, 03/05/09

Math
Today, we took our quiz. There were problems where we had to use algebraic expressions, problems where we had to find the greatest common factor (G.C.F.), and problems where you had to find the least common multiple (L.C.M.). It was easy. I studied a little bit, but I knew how to do those problems. We worked on them a lot so I remembered how to easily. The teacher also gave the people who missed the lesson the review on different shapes. She quickly went through them for the kids. We then got to work on the final set of flashcards. I finished the vocab words in class so I had no math homework! Again, I drew pictures to show what they are. I'm not expecting yet another set of vocab words to study. The PSSA test is coming up so we probably don't have any more. We'll have to wait for next week.

Language Arts
Today, we took our Section 4 test. There were questions about homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. There were also questions on proper and common nouns. As always, there were also questions on figurative language, main idea, supporting details, and everything else. This time, we also had an extra challenge. A writing prompt!!! We had to list two reasons why the museum doesn't know yet if the statue is made by Michelangelo. I listed that they still have possibilities to choose from, and they are still inviting experts to study the statue. I hope I get a score of 4 because if I do, the teacher will make me a paper crown!!! It's going to be awesome.

Science
Today, we completed a section of Fill in the Blanks. It was about the different layers and what they were made of. It was easy. The teacher just told us the answers while reading the paragraphs instead of reading the textbook, then writing in the answers. Oh, also, the rest of the mini presentations were completed. One of them was on the Richter Scale, the scale used to measure magnitude. After all that, we watched a Bill Nye The Science Guy video. It is so funny. There was a music video made by “Magmadonna.” It was so odd. There was info on lava and the layers and other stuff that we already had. It was just so hilarious watching all the random interruptions.