Tuesday, 02/24/09

Math
Today, we took our Unit 8 test. We needed to know how to find equivalent fractions, compare fractions using <, >, and =, marking points on a line plot, adding/subtracting mixed numbers, and multiplying mixed numbers & fractions. It was kind of easy. Multiplying mixed numbers & fractions was pretty challenging for me. When I finished, I looked over my answers then handed it in. I then received another study card packet. We had to complete words #11—#21. It was very easy. Write the definition next to each word.

Language Arts
Today, we read section 4 of From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Claudia and Jamie send their letter in this section. When they get their reply, Claudia doesn't seem satisfied. She thinks it was too nice. There was no sarcasm or anything mean. I don't know why she's all down. They decide to leave the place and go to the bus station. Right when they are about to purchase a ticket, Claudia says that she wants to go to Farmington, Connecticut which is where Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler lives. They take a bus to a certain city where from there, they will go on a bus to Farmington.


Social Studies/Science
Today, we took our Settlements test. There were questions on which settlement is the sentence describing and on the back, we had to choose four colonies and write down why they were created. I chose Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New Netherland, and one more I forgot. After that, the test was over. Then we shifted gears over to Science. We started our Unit on landforms. In lesson one, there were only two vocab words. There was also a chart where we had to write the definition, write an example, and draw a picture about kinds of landforms. There was a mountain, a volcano, a plain, a hill, a glacier, and many more. I still need to finish the chart. I finished the vocab words easily.