Today I did...

•I finished a language arts google doc. of Helen Keller.
•Also, I worked on my mve (Math Virtually Everywhere) worksheet.
•I talked to an expert on Ireland for my PBL project.

GREAT DAY AT OH!

India and China Project:
I have decided to do India. I have always had an interest in India so this is a great way to learn about India.


I have a pen pal named Roshni. I sent her my first e-mail. The e-mail was just saying why I wanted to have a pen pal and my 3 questions.

My 3 questions for my Indian pen pal:
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1.)What are the 3 most common languages spoken in India.
2.)What form of government do you have?
3.)What is the number 1 issue India is facing, what do you think the number 1 issue is?


I think this will be a great experience for me.

Mayans

Mayan Project...

My three main points for my arguments are going to be:

1.)How the Mayans were great at architecture.

•I believe that the Mayan were amazing at architecture, because of the amazing and huge temples they created. I love looking at the details, it is just a work of art. http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/mayan.htm

2.)They underground x-ray were another thing I saw that may not have been the greatest thing to find some tombs of unknown ancient kings.

•I think that the underground x-rays are true, because when I watched the video they used it and found stuff. Plus this website: http://www.uit-systems.com/

3.)The human sacrifice was also something that was different for me. Mayan's thought that the human sacrifice was for the blood.

•I think that the mayans also wanted to show strength to the gods, that they are strong. This websites helped me figure out my side: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/deathafterlife/qt/012709MayaScrfc.htm

End of the day blog

I finished a math that was really hard. And started a long speech I have to write for language arts. Overall I was a good day. I thought I could finish the speech but I took forever so..

Mayan Project...

My three main points for my arguments are going to be:

1.)How the Mayans were great at architecture.

•I believe that the Mayan were amazing at architecture, because of the amazing and huge temples they created. I love looking at the details, it is just a work of art. http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/mayan.htm

2.)They underground x-ray were another thing I saw that may not have been the greatest thing to find some tombs of unknown ancient kings.

•I think that the underground x-rays are true, because when I watched the video they used it and found stuff. Plus this website: http://www.uit-systems.com/

3.)The human sacrifice was also something that was different for me. Mayan's thought that the human sacrifice was for the blood.

•I think that the mayans also wanted to show strength to the gods, that they are strong. This websites helped me figure out my side: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/deathafterlife/qt/012709MayaScrfc.htm

My three arguments

My three main points for my arguments are going to be:


1.)How the trees are the main reason why the Mayan civilization disappeared. The trees are the main reason because they were the resources for building and food.

2.)They underground x-ray were another thing I saw that may not have been the greatest thing to find some tombs of unknown ancient kings.

3.)The human sacrifice was also something that was different for me. Mayan's thought that the human sacrifice for the blood.


      

Jamestown Reflection

             Why was Jamestown a nightmare? The three main reasons Jamestown was a nightmare are;the Native Americans, no gold, mostly the starvation. I thought that these three were the main reasons is because that is what the video was mostly pointed on.

             When the colonists came off of the boats the Native Americans found out that there were "new" people. The native americans did not like the fact that they are going to have to share their land. One day,  a few of the men were down by a river, the native americans weren't happy and shot one of the men(With a bow an arrow.). All of the colonists were now very worried about their protection. They decided to build a fort around their camp. Once they had built that, they felt a bit better knowing that their protection was better that just having an open camp. They were still very worried about what would the native americans do next, what do they have planned, when are they going to act again?

               One of the main reasons that the colonists went to Jamestown was to find gold. Everyday men would go out to the river with the hot sun beaming down on their heavy clothing. Looking and looking for gold, but found nothing! They were going mad panning for gold. As they looked for the gold the natives were getting happy, they thought that since there was no gold they would leave. Soon, the natives realized that they were wrong.

               Starvation was the number one concern for the colonists. No gold plus the natives, and now not much food! What were they going to do? They went to the head of the natives and made a deal. The deal was that John Smith, the captain, was to give them gems for food. They agreed , thanks to the head chiefs daughter, Pocahontas. She told her father that it would be foolish to not take the deal. And with that deal it save many of the colonists lives. Now that colonists did not have to worry to much about the natives because of their trades.

             These are the three main reasons why I think Jamestown was a nightmare. I enjoy watching videos so this hit my spot. This was a fun mini lesson/project to work on this week. I would enjoy more of these mini lessons.

1/10/2011

•Morning meeting
•Whip
• So, today was the day a the news! Today was the day of the new schedule. We have 3 days of PBL and 2 days of FLVS. 
•Lunch
•Kickball
•PBL: We watched a video on our standards 
•Music
•Clean Up
•Afternoon Meeting
Day is over!

Presentation Re-Cap..

    So I came in this morning feeling very good about presenting!!!!!!!!                              


When it was my turn I think I did good at:


•Looked at the audience 
•Spoke slowly and clearly 
•Good hand uses
•Most of all, I enjoyed talking to everyone.


Some things I need to improve on;


•More confidence 
•"Doctoring Up" my videos, so that they are so long!!


Here is the link to our wiki:
http://explosivelywiki.wikispaces.com/

1/6/2011

                        Have you ever been at a party and you didn't know anyone? Well, that was the whip this morning. What would you do if you were there? I would just wait until someone else said something to me. Then after that long meeting this morning, I start on my module 4 test. I spent so much time on that test, perfecting all my answers and word problems. Then before I finished that we went down to brain break and played lob tag and shark and fish. I came back up from the green and submitted my module exam.  I made an 89 or 90%(I cannot remember!) Middle meet up together and worked on the finishing touches on out wiki for the presentation tomorrow. Lunch and Kickball came next. We won (of course)!! After that middle school finished up the wiki and worked on presenting. I hate presenting in front of everyone so I need A LOT of work!!! HELP! Once I got back to my computer I worked on this finally facts to my project and am about to go clean so that we have a lot of time for afternoon meeting. Maybe even more that 1 whip and more funny videos!!! 


   
                                               Another Full Day At The OH!! 

1/5/2011

         This morning was that morning were you were wondering if you had studied enough, read the sentence twice, and dotted every i. It was the morning of my LAST MATH SEGMENT I ORAL! Once I had studied for that I called my teacher and made a 24/25 on it! Then after that I took my module 4 math advanced test and got a 100%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy!!
           It was brain break and we stayed inside and played heads up seven up! Then I helped Davis on his PBL and me and him are now the only ones done with our group PBL Wiki! It was lunch and kickball. It had poured in Rosemary and when we played kickball, we all fell and slid around! It was so much fun! Then came back and we did music. In music, we practiced all of our songs and Ice Ice Baby, we are getting sooooo good at that song! So Much fun!


                   Another Great Day At The OH!

1/4/2011

            This morning we did a whip, it was, "What was your favorite childhood book?". I said. "The Doll People". Then when we finished talking about the day I went straight to work. I started by doing math 4.08 advanced lesson. Then I took the test and made a 100% on it. After I finished that, I printed my Module 4 Review sheet. I started to fill that out. By the time I finished it was time for brain break. We played glob tag and bacon. When we came in I looked back over my review sheet and took my Module 4 Practice test and made a 16/20 on it. Then I talked to my teacher and set my oral up. Then we went to lunch and played kickball! Once we finished kickball I went back to my practice test and looked over my answers I got wrong. Now we are cleaning up and getting ready for afternoon meeting!






                                           Another Day At The OH!