Rebecca B

A few days ago, we were to write a reflection about a post that we think is 100% perfect. This is a reflection on my zoo post. This is my reflection.  I chose this post because it was post of the week and when I graded it, I had basically all fours. I don’t mean to be vain about my post when I say all fours.  This post is deeply reflective and is informative. This post is very well organized. That’s it for quality. I used many sophisticated words such as spectacular. To me, this post has a voice, but not just any voice. My voice. This post has great fluency and it is very, and I mean very expressive. That’s it for voice. I have correct grammar and spelling. The formatting makes the post more interesting and easier to read. That’s it for presentation. I have several pictures that go with my post. The pictures are appropriate. That’s what I have for multimedia. I put in hyper- links so the readers will understand the word that is unusual. The hyper- links flow with the post. That’s it for the community. I update my blog often even when it is not required. That’s it of consistency. I cited all sources with information. That’s it for citation. This is why my post is the best so far. This is my 100% post. I hope that you agree!

This post was assigned to my class because on Thursday, the 4th and 5th grade will go to Savannah. My teacher asked my class questions. In this post, the questions will be answered. Let’s begin! The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1665. Wow, that’s 4 years. The northern and southern states fought over states rights. The president during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln. About 2,000,000 soldiers died. The states that were considered the confederacy are South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,  
Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Those are a lot of states. The states that were considered union states are Oregon, California, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. The leaders of the Union army are Winfield Scott, George B. McClellan, Henry W. Halleck, and Ulysses S. Gran. The best leaders of the Confederate army are Robert Edward Lee, Thomas Stonewall Jackson, James Longstreet, Lewis Armistead, P.T.G. Beauregard, George Picket, J.E.B Stuart, Braxton Bragg, Jubal Early, R.S. Ewell, A.P. Hill, J.B. Hood, and Stand Watie. The results of the Civil War was that afterwards written the law changed and declared that no state can leave the Union, the South was virtually destroyed, the vast majority of slaves were freed, and afterwards blacks were awarded citizenship. Three places in Savannah that have significance during the Civil War are Fort Pulaski, Tybee Museum, and Savannah History Museum. This is what the Civil War was like and the best places that have significance f the Civil War.

Go on this creative website to create your own poem.

On Tuesday, my class went to the science lab. We went there because we were to learn about conductors and insulators of electricity. Our science teacher, Mrs. Burkhart, told us an introduction about what we were going to do. Then, we sat in our groups of mostly four. (one group had two) The groups had a battery, with two wires connected, to two light bulbs, and two alligator clips (basically a circuit). We were to do an experiment  using  a straw, nail, glass rod, paperclip, diode, rubber eraser, copper strip, and a wooden stick. Our goal was to use the objects that we were given to make the two light bulbs light up, and write if it did or did not work.

First, my group did the straw. It did not conduct electricity because mostly copper, iron, steel, or any other types of metal will do the job. That means the straw is an insulator. Second, we did the nail. The nail did work because it was a type of metal. Can you guess what it is called? It is a . . .  Conductor! Third, we did the glass rod. It did not work because it was an insulator. It has to be a type of metal. Fourth, we used a paperclip. It did work because it was a type of metal, so it was a conductor. Fifth, we used a diode. It only worked on one side! I don’t know if it is a conductor or an insulator until I researched about it. It only works on one side because one end allows an electric current to pass in one direction, while blocking the current in the opposite direction. Sixth, we used an eraser. It did not work because it was not a type of metal. That means that it was an insulator. Seventh, we used a copper strip and it did work because it was a type of metal. It was a conductr. Finally, we used a wooden stick. It didn’t work because it was an insulator. It has to be made out of metal. After all that, we got to play with aplasma ball.

This was my trip to the science lab. I learned that salt water or any kind of water that has chlorine in it, or dirt,will conduct electricity. I hope that you take a trip to the science lab sometime.  Did your learn anything new? Have you ever done a project similar to this? 

Please thank my teacher Mrs. Teitelbaum for taking theses images.

Today, my class went to the science lab for an experiment. Do you know the rock cycle? Do you know what it is? Well, the rock cycle is the sequence of processes that change rocks over a long time.  In the rock cycle, the material in rocks change again and again. We tried to make the three main types of rock in 20 minutes. They are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock. I already posted a post about the three main types of rock and how they form, so if there are any questions please read that post. We were given three materials in order to make the rocks. We got sand, little rocks, and shreds of crayon.

First, we poured all three materials on the center of a sheet of tinfoil. Next, we folded the tinfoil with the three materials inside. It looked like sedimentary rock.

Then, we pushed our science book on it to add pressure. We made metamorphic rock. You are probably wondering, doesn’t metamorphic rock need heat? Well, when we put the pressure using the book, it created friction.

Finally, we had the big challenge. We had to make igneous rock. Since we already put pressure on it, we only had to cook it. We put it on a hot plate. When it was done it did not look like igneous rock. Instead, it looked like barf. You know, melted crayon and chunks of rock. That was my extraordinary and educational experiment.  I learned that it is easy for us to make fake rocks and make the rock cycle, but it can take years for mother nature to do the full process.

Now you can make igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rock by reading about it on Zoe’s blog. Did you learn anything new? If so then, what did you learn?

Today, Mrs. Tolisano taught us what hyper linking is. A hyper- link is when you make a link, but instead of it being the website, it has different words. Sort of like a title. Here is a website that has a post about hyper linking. It is on Mrs. Tolisano’s blog. It is a very descriptive post. Here is an image of a hyper-link.

The black arrow is pointing to the typing area where you type the title of what you want to the title of the link to be.  This is an experiment post that includes hyper linking. It is on paper because we wanted to understand what we were doing. Here is an image of it.    Please continue reading. 

On the 4th grade individual blogs, we embedded a Clustr  Map.    

A Clustr Map is a world map on your blog, that shows you the location of the visitors of your blog. The map helps me visualize where my readers are from. My class and I have been surfing the virtual globe to countries all around the world, such as Thailand, Switzerland, and Czech Republic, because we know that they have read our posts. 

   Pretty superb post “huh”? Have you ever used a hyper link before? Is this an excellent example using hyper links? Here is a little advice, USE HYPER LINKS! They are the most important thing for a post. Bye!

Soon, Quad Blogging will be over. Quad Blogging is when there are four people that come together. They can be in schools, cities, countries, states, continents, or even your kids in your neighborhood.   When they come together, one country makes a post. Then, the other countries take turns commenting on the that person’s blog.  I am Quad Blogging with Switzerland, Thailand, and Czech Republic. In my widgets, there is a stamp with all the flags of the members that are participating in our Quad Blogging. Here are the links to their classroom blogs. Here is an image of the stamp. 

Here are the links to their blogs. Czech Republic’s blog ,  Thailand’s blog , and Switzerland’s blog / I am about to tell what I learned, what I should change, did I like it, should I recommend it to a friend, and whether my writing improved.

I think that this blogging experience was more than just fun, but I got to learn about other people’s opinions. I also get to read exciting things that are happening around the world. I also like that my teachers gave us a blogging rubric. Here is an image.  

Although, there are a lot of things that I think can improve. I think that we should not be graded on the posts and comments that we made. When I am graded on my posts and comments, I get so nervous and sometimes I make many mistakes that I don’t even notice. I also think that in our comments, we should add links and try not to use plain words. Plain words are like love, good, sad, angry, slow, and fast. Those are words that are used very often. Fancy words are more like it. Fancy words are sophisticated words and they are memorable. What advice would you give for Quad Blogging so far?

This is a really tough question, has my writing improved? My writing has improved a lot. At school, we printed the best post and comment that we made before the Quad Blogging. Then, after our Quad Blogging we printed a different post and comment. I don’t think that I will have to show you some posts because you are already reading one! Here are two comments that I made. ( The posts were on math word problems.)

Dear Sophie,

The answer for the first question is 230,000. The answer for the second one is 665,450. Are these correct?

I do problems like this all the time. My teacher calls them problem of the day. Every morning, we have the problem of the day and some other math problems. The abbreviation for all of this work is MW. As you already know, it is morning work. Anyways, the word problems that I do don’t only have to do with addition and subtraction. It also has to do with fractions, multiplication, and division. Since you are 3rd graders, I’m sure that your teachers don’t expect you to already know that. If you already know it all then, marvelous! Here is a fascinating math website for you to practice on Here is the link

Rebecca, MJGDS, Team USA  Here is the second comment.  

Dear Emilka,

What a delightful poem. It reminds me of Philadelphia and New Hampshire. In both of those places, it is snowy and very cold. You made a graceful picture to go with your poem. It is just like the poems that I made on my blog. I made a mystery poem that you can try to answer. I also made other examples that you can use such as: my flower poem, my poem about the ocean, and a poem about my mask. I really enjoy making poems. Do you enjoy making poems? Check out my blog for other examples of poems Here is the link

Rebecca, MJGDS, Team USA

Great improvements right? This is what will happen to you if you Quad Blog.

 This is what Quad Blogging will be like. I do hope that the advice I gave will happen. I think that it is an amazing experience. I hope you will do Quad Blogging! Do you like Quad Blogging? Have you ever done Quad Blogging?

Can you afford to read a book? If you can, then you can afford to read this post. This will tell you information about afford.

Tell me what you can afford?

On Monday, we were assigned a word. The word I was assigned was fringe. Here is a picture of what I did.

I hope that you learned a new word.