Friday, 03/27/2009

Math
Today, we took our Unit 9 quiz. Our quiz was different. There were nine questions. Some were multiple choice questions and others were matching questions. When you finished answering them, you got a different sheet, the teacher reviewed the answers, and you marked if you were right or wrong on the sheet. It was easy. I got a 9 out of 9 or a 100%. It was pretty easy. After that, we played the point guessing game again. I won both rounds and my opponent was nowhere close with his guesses. I kept picking hard ordered pairs like 0, 0 and 10, 10. The simplest pairs are actually the hardest to guess for some reason.

Language Arts
Today, we visited the library to work on our worksheets again. There were questions about a deadly snake named the Cottonmouth Water Moccasin Snake. Did you know it's the only poisonous water snake in North America? We also had a section where we had to find the definition of certain words. The next section was about certain clubs that help animals and the environment. I chose the Environmental Kids Club. There was a question asking me to list words or phrases that I thought were important. I chose Planet Protector because it means that you protect the planet from harm. I also chose “Acid rain affects everyone, but we can all make a difference.” That's as far as I got so far.

Science
Today, we took our quiz on resources and pollutions. There was a section on vocabulary words where we had to match each definition to its word. Next, there were multiple choice questions. Then there were short answer questions. After that, the test was done. It was easy. When you finished the test, you had to take a Time For Kids Magazine and read a section called Lights Out. It was about something called Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a certain hour of a day where all non-necessity lights are turned off to help save energy. The only lights they keep on are streetlights, runway lights and lights like that. Earth Hour seems like a cool idea to me. I think Earth Hour should happen more often.