Tuesday, December 8 , 2009
Reported by Maddy

In the morning, like usual we do D.M.A., Daily Morning Assessment.  One of the sentences was, in rainforests, the temperature remains warm from January through December.  Know what that sentence was already correct so, here is the real one.  In Rain Forest, the temperature remains warm from January through December.  In that sentence I only missed one.

Next, was our Spelling homework.  Out of all the pages, we did in our Spelling book this one was the hardest.  It was about stressed syllables. After correcting, it we found out if our first or second syllable was stressed.  The most common in Room 34 was first.

Reading was after Spelling.  We read out loud of a book Houghten Mifflen.  The story this time was about Mae Jemisom a space scientist.  Every story we read there is a strategy.  This time it was monitoring and clarifying.  Mae Jemison was also a dancer, doctor, and Peace Corps.

After that we got to listen to Mr. Coley read Where the Red Fern Grows.  I will give you a summary about it tell you about it.  So there is a boy named Billy and all he wishes for is two Red Hounds and he gets two red hounds.  He names them Dan and Ann.  He teaches them tricks and hunts raccoons.  They also enter a contest and they won.  In the end, Dann died from fighting with a Mountain Lion.  Ann was sad and died of loneliness.

The part I was waiting for finally came.  I got the total of two awards.  One for honor roll and art achievement.  My brother, Collin, got an academic award.  Connor, another brother, got student of the month.  My mom was there proud as can be.

Finally, recess came and I played volleyball.  I played with Lauren and Braily.  I ate an orange and drank water.  I mostly play more at lunch time because I have more time.

Once I came back in, I got my math stuff out, walked to Ms. Becker’s class with my math stuff and stood in line.  When it was time to come in Ms. Becker told us all some stories.  In Math, we worked on Algebra.  We also turned in our quizzes and homework. 

Once that was done, we had lunch. I had a turkey sandwich, a juicebox, and a granola bar.  I am not good at tether ball but I was willing to try.  After that, I played more volleyball with Grace, Lauren, and Branely.

Then the bell rang, I lined up, went in to class, picked up my money, and ran out.  We were off to the holiday gift shop.  A lady said to me, “Do you need any help?”

“Yes, I do.”

I got six presents.  I had a hard time choosing but I came out in time.

Last but not least, Science.  In Chapter 4, we are learning about Earth’s water.  We are in lesson 2 about the Water Cycle. There are three states of water: solid-ice, liquid-water in a glass or lake, and water vapor-a-gas.  We learned about condensation gas changing to liquid when it cools down.  I also learned about evaporation is liquid changing into gas.

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