30 Day Challenge Update

•     I really didn't know that  we were supposed to write thIs (I HAD TO HOLD DOWN THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON TO WRITE THAT!)...  I'M GOING TO WRITE THIS IN ALL CAPITALS BECAUSE MY PHONE GLITCHES WHEN I POST ON BLOGGER.     MY 30 DAY CHALLENGE WAS TO PRACTICE PIANO EVERY DAY FOR AN HOUR.  IT HAS BEEN WORKING BUT WHEN BASKETBALL STARTED TO GET BUSIER AND MORE TIME CONSUMING I GAVE IT UP AND MY PIANO SAT AND CRIED AS IT GOT DUSTY IN ITS OWN DARK LITTLE CORNER.  WHEN I DO PRACTICE IT'S USUALLY FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, SO I GUESS I DIDN'T PLAY FAIR.  I ONLY LIKE TO PRACTICE MY PIECES (SONGS) BUT I ABSOLUTELY DETEST THE TECHNIQUE!! IT'S SO ANNOYING!                                        MY GOAL WAS REACHED AT ONE POINT BUT I DIDN'T KEEP IT LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE IT A HABIT.  I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO RESET THE DATES AND START AGAIN WHILE I HAVE NO SPORTS TO COMPETE FOR MY TIME... BUT BADMINTON, HERE I COME :)                                                                      Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!  I HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND
  

30 Day challenge update

My 30 day challenge was to not buy lunch but i ended up changing it because i couldn't follow it.

I changed it to only buying lunch once a week and that has been going great so far.My rule is that

i buy lunch on friday as a reward for going the whole week without buying lunch.

I have been following my goal and sometimes even don't buy lunch at all! Although i haven't done

it for 30 days i think it will stick!

30 DAY CHALLENGE UPDATE!

I had 2 goals during the 30 days......

For practicing piano I haven't been successful :( I've been practicing only 4 times a week or maybe even less. My goal was to practice everyday. I really wanted to accomplish this goal. It's not that I don't like practicing its just that I can't fit in a time that is suitable. I always have so much homework or I have outside programs/lessons. I was on the right track until I injured my tailbone! Hopefully during the Spring Break I can practice playing the piano and I will try restart my goal!

I have been successful for making my bed! YAY :) Every morning after brushing my teeth I make my bed. It's been a habit for the past 30 days! Everyday when I come home from school it looks neat and tidy. Before the 30 day challenge I always wondered why I had to make my bed?..I always assumed that no body's coming over today and I'm going to get into bed anyways. It's just like saying why wash your clothes if it's gonna get dirty again? I realized that when making your bed it makes your room look clean. This is a really good habit and I'm glad I accomplished at least one goal :)

30 Day challenge

My thirty day challenge was for me to not eat microwave dinner and also watch the evening news. It has been successful so far. For watching the news, I have set an alarm to remind me to watch the news at 7 pm. As for microwave dinners, I have asked my mom to stock the fridge with lots of food so I can always make myself something instead of eating instant dinners. I think that watching the news will stick with me but I will probably only watch it every other day and not eating microwave dinners will definately be around because I feel that the stuff I make is much better than the microwave dinners.

number of posts *update*

So far this is what everyone has for number of learning log posts:
Fredrick: 10
Sara: 11 (good job! you went over!)
Shanese: 9
Trevor: 7

Learning Log ~ February 24, 2012

Learning Log ~ February 24, 2012

What We Did It

Today (Friday) we started off making sure that everybody was on the right track and that we had our novel questions finished all the way up to Chapter 10. Ms. Lees walked around the room and looked over our answers and asked if we had any trouble with any of the questions. She initialed all of our papers.

We then reviewed our questions from chapters 6-10 for our quiz that we had after this review.

The quiz had generally the same sort of questions. We had to order events in the book, and do some true and false questions.

After Ms. Lees had checked everybody’s answers and we had our quiz, we had a little bit of quiet work time where we work on anything we saw the need for. Some people worked on extra note taking on their Middle Ages role, some people worked on their diary entries, and some people worked on Chapter 11 novel questions.

We got a sheet of how to make a bibliography. We learned how to cite different sources like websites, and books.

At the end of what felt like 20 minutes, our Humanities block was over and we had to clean up all our things and head off to our last classes of the day.

Why We Did It/Connections and Reflections

Ms. Lees wanted to check and make sure that we were keeping up with our work because we are almost finished and she doesn’t want anyone to be way behind when everyone else finishes There Will Be Wolves.

Reviewing the questions was really useful because I had a few that I was a bit confused on. I found the opinion questions very easy because I feel very strongly about some of the topics that they are discussing. It was pretty hard to write down my opinions. You can probably understand what I mean. When I know what I’m thinking but I can’t explain it.

We have to be able to put our thought s into words and be able to communicate and collaborate with other people all our lives so why not start now. It’s easier when you’re younger because everybody’s more open to talking to other people that are around.

For the quiz, I found that I am always confused when I have to order major events. I guess I just have a really bad memory for these types of things.

The work time really helped me out because I knew I was going to have a really busy weekend with basketball. I got started on my chapter 11 questions.

I never knew that making a bibliography was so confusing! I always just thought that you put some random information into any kind of order... or the order that you found it! I was really surprised at how many details you need to remember while you make one bibliography.

Homework and Tips

We had to finish our diary entries for Monday, along with our bibliography. If you get your diary done, you’ll have more time to work with your group, just a tip...

Make sure all you research is done, too. If your research is not done, you can’t get placed into a group either.

One last thing is that if you know that you’re going to be busy, work ahead on the novel chapter questions.

Have a nice evening! I hope to see you all in class on Monday!

Sara Posting A Little Late

Hi there!  I just wanted to say that I'll probably be posting late again.  I'm really busy this weekend because of a basketball tournament!  I'll for sure post this weekend.  Shanese have you heard any reasons why Fredrick and Trevor haven't been posting?  Last I heard, they both hadn't reached ten posts yet.      Thanks!