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6/8 L.A. Scribe Post

cassie6l — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:22:57 +0000

Today in language arts we watched “The Westing Game.” We had no homework in L.A. today.

5/18 Math Scribe Post

cassie6l — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:05:32 +0000

Today in math we had a quiz on inequalities. Then we had silent reading for the rest of the period while kids finished their quiz. We had no homework.

3/27/07 Math Scribe Post

cassie6l — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:22:37 +0000

Today in math we started out by doing warm ups . Then we worked on our coordinate grid art for the rest of the period. We had no homework in math class today.

2/8/07 L.A. Scribe Post

cassie6l — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:13:53 +0000

Today in L.A. we had our end of the book test on The Giver or Mrs.Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. After we finished our test we did word searches that had to do with the books we read. We had no homework in L.A. today.

North India

cassie6l — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 01:33:41 +0000

The other day in class we watched a movie on North India. Here is some of the many facts we learned. Did you know over 700 languages are spoken in India. In 1633, the shah of India built a monument called the Taj Mahal. The shah built this extraordinary monument as a tomb for his wife when she died. His wife died after having her 14 or 15 child. When the shah’s wife died he buried her in the basement of the Taj Mahal.The Taj Mahal took 22 years to complete. When the shah died he was buried in the Taj Mahal. Speaking of dieing people in India are cremated day and night. After the people are cremated they throw the ashes in the Ganges River. People throw the ashes in the Ganges because Hindu people believe the Ganges is holy. Hindu people also bathe in the Ganges because they believe all their sins will be washed away. It is bad for people to swim and bathe in the Ganges because it is one of the worlds most polluted rivers.

Crude Oil

cassie6l — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:34:36 +0000

The world uses a lot of crude oil everyday. Soon the worlds oil supply will run out. No one is sure how much oil is left but scientists think there is only about 2.6 trillion barrels of oil left. The United States has only 4 percent of the worlds population but uses about 25 percent of the worlds oil supply. The U.S. economy is more energy efficient than it used to be. There is some oil in blocks of marlstone or oil shale. The western United States has large deposits of oil shale. It is very difficult and expensive to extract the oil from the oil shale. Oil provides 40 percent of the worlds energy. There are two groups of oil suppliers which are OPEC and non-OPEC. OPEC stands for Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The OPEC members are Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Venezuela, Nigeria, Algeria, Indonesia, Libya, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. The non-OPEC members are the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, Norway, and Russia. There are many ways to use less oil. One way to cut down on oil is to use the Minicat car that runs on compressed air instead of gasoline which contains oil. Another way to cut down on oil is to install the most efficient heating, lighting, and cooling systems in buildings.

Information from:Crude Awakening article by Emmy Davy

The Ottoman Empire

cassie6l — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:13:47 +0000

The Ottoman Empire lasted from 1299 C.E.-1922 C.E.. It was a Turkish empire that spread across three continents. The three continents it spread across and controlled was North Africa,the Middle East, and most of Southeastern Europe. The Ottoman Empire controlled a lot of different lands,such as Turkey,Syria,Palestine,Arabia, and Egypt. The Ottomans began to call themselfs rulers of a “Universal Empire.” The Ottoman Empire was the only Islamic power to challenge the rising power of Western Europe between the 15th and the 19th centuries. The Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1453 C.E. and renamed the city calling it Istanbul. Istanbul became the capital of the empire.

The empire soon became weak. The Ottoman Empire entered World War 1. In the war the Ottoman Empire sided with Germany which was a big mistake because they sided with the losers. The Ottoman Empire was forced to give up large amounts of land because the Central Powers were defeated. In 1919 all that was left of the Ottoman Empire was Turkey and the rest of the empire was divided up by Britain,France, and Italy.

The Ottoman Empire Flag

The Ottoman Empire Coat of Arms

Resources-Our World Today(textbook),Social Studies handout,Wikipedia

L.A. scrib post for Thursday 12/7/06

cassie6l — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:56:58 +0000

In L.A. on thursday we handed in our caricature posters and shared them to the class.For homework we had a 4 types of sentences worksheet.

Rare Wild Rhino

cassie6l — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:52:35 +0000

On June 15,2006 the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) snapped the first pictures ever of the critically endangered wild rhino in the Borneo jungles. WWF thinks that this wild rhino is one of 13 in a remote part of Malaysia’s Sabah state. Not many other rhinos are belived to live anywhere else in Borneo. These wild rhinos live in dense jungles where they are rarely seen.

My Favorite Animals

cassie6l — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:59:14 +0000

♥My favorite animals are llamas,alpacas,birds and dogs.I like these animals because they are cute and cuddly.♥