Wednesday, 04/15/2009

Math
Today, we learned how to find volume. Basically, it is base x height x width =volume. If you have a triangular prism, you find the area of the base by multiplying the base times the height and dividing it by two. Then you multiply that by the width. There is the answer for a triangular prism. If you have a rectangular prism, you do the base times the height, then multiply that by the width. We completed some pages about that in our math journal. After that, we worked on the four 4's and the six 6's problems. I got a couple of the four 4's problems out of 100. It was actually VERY hard. I had to make equations that had exactly four 4's in it.

Language Arts
Today, we started “The Board.” I chose Artful Artist where you draw your favorite scene and explain why you chose it, the Discussion Questions where you answer questions about the section, and a worksheet talking about tone, foreshadowing, cliffhangers, plots, and more. I started off with the discussion questions and they were pretty easy.


Social Studies
Today, we took another “speed test” of the 13 colonies. We just had to write down the 13 colonies in the right place as fast as possible. We beat the other classes for the second day in a row. It was pretty fun. We then filled out some of our study packet on the colonies. We filled out a chart talking about what farming life would be like and what boys and girls would do in the farm. Boys usually did the hard and physical work while the girls worked on housework. We also learned what the free market economy was. The definition is: the people, not the government, decide what will be produced. We also learned that farmers grew plants, vegetables, and grains. Next, we're gonna fill out a chart about city life.