Wednesday, 03/25/2009

Math
Today, we practiced plotting points on a grid. If you have the ordered pair of (6,2), you would move over on the x-axis 6 spaces, then you would go up the y-axis 2 spaces. When you find the spot, make a dot or “point.” We completed a couple pages in our math journal about this. One of them had a list of ordered pairs, and we had to plot them to find out the shape. It was actually a sailboat. We had to make three more with changes in the original ordered pairs. One was wider, one was taller, and one increased by both. It was pretty fun.

Language Arts
Today, we read chapter 1 of Hoot in class. It is about a boy named Roy who is being shoved by a boy named Dana. While his face was smushed on the window, he saw a boy running to an unknown place. Roy got highly curious about what he was doing. At school, he tried to find him but couldn't. Later in the day, we finished the rest of the section. I thought that from the looks of chapter 1, it was a pretty good book. Already, there is tense mystery, which I love. I'm always wanting a fast paced book.

Science
Today, we got to do a lab. The way we did it was that we had a cup of water. We dumped soil into that water and stirred it in. Then, in a cup with nothing in it, we put on a funnel, and then we chose two of any cleaners. You then poured the water through the funnel. After that, take out the funnel, and look at the water. Then you do the same on a separate cup of water and this time, you keep one of your cleaners the same and the other different. My group did charcoal and cotton bolls, then charcoal and a coffee filter. Turns out, cotton balls and charcoal made the water look very clean compared to our other one which was kind of foggy. I liked the lab and I wonder what the reaction will be for the kids that are running.