Tuesday, 3/24/2009

Math
Today, I had a short math class because I needed to make up my last day of PSSA testing. When I came, we played a game where one player marked a point on a grid in red and and then the other player guesses the mark's location. The first player then marks the guess on the same grid and tells the opponent how off he/she was. The other player then marks their guess on grid 2 and writes down how far off it was. Then, the process is repeated, but the players switch jobs. In my game, I was way off with my guesses, and on the other hand, my partner actually guessed my point. I think we're playing this game again some time because today, we only had like 5 minutes to try it out.

Language Arts
Today, we had a lot of students share their Show & Tell Project. Basically, what you do is you roll a die, and whatever number you get, that's how many questions the class can ask you. After rolling, you read two truths and a lie about your object. Then you pick on people to ask questions. Then a person puts their hand in and tries to feel what the object is. The person describes it then lets students ask questions. After the questions, the person guesses what the object is, then pulls it out. If they don't get it, you get extra credit, but if they do get it, you don't get extra credit. Mine was money and people got mine pretty easy. I didn't mind though.

Science
Today, we filled out more of our new lesson packet. We filled out fill in the blank sections of conserving and a resource called soil. We also filled out a big chart about different types of conservation. The teacher assigned each group a different type of conservation. We got Terracing. It is pretty simple.

1)Soil is grown into a staircase kind of look that goes up a hill.
2)Plants are grown on the soil.
The Result: Soil is protected from water taking it downhill.

When we finished the chart, we had to stop. Next time, all we have to do is the bunch of inquiry questions.