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Mar

My Top Five “Don’t Miss” Posts

By abbeymathgirl9 3 Comments

Categories: Check This Out and Student Challenge
Tags: blogging, posts, Student Challenge

Whether this is your first visit or you’ve been here before, check out these five posts:

Student Challenge #1- Why Should You Even Visit My Blog?

This post shares the story behind this blog and some ways that I want my blog to improve.

Challenge #4- The Environment

For this post, I made an Xtranormal Video. It was a ton of fun to make. Check it out!

Student Challenge #3- Preparing For Guests

This post inspired a long conversation about the Water Clock and traveling in the United States.

Soda Can Zoom- Where Will We End Up?

This post was a suggestion from the Student Challenge. Starting with a picture of a cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper, we ended up with a homeless person and a piece of pie! Read through the comments for a smile!

Jazzing Up Eighth Grade on Sketchfu

This post was my first attempt at using Sketchfu. It was really fun and I think that the animation turned out well.

March 2011 Student Blogging Challenge #1

Original image: ‘thumbs up‘

by: Joel Telling
Released under an Attribution-ShareAlike License

Mar

Blog Update

By abbeymathgirl9 2 Comments

Categories: Check This Out and Student Challenge
Tags: blog theme, blogging, Student Challenge

I have updated the theme of my blog. What do you think?

Before

After

March 2011 Student Blogging Challenge #1

Jan

Monkeys, Eagles, and Warfare

By abbeymathgirl9 11 Comments

Categories: School
Tags: eagles, monkeys, project, seussical, warfare

Just so we’re clear, the three things in this post’s title are not related!

Monkeys

In our school’s production of Seussical Jr., I am a Wickersham Brother. (Well actually, we are Sisters since we are all girls.) Anyways, the Wicks are monkeys who make fun of Horton the Elephant for talking to a speck of dust. Instead of literally portraying the Wicks as monkeys, we are going to be “bad boys” with ripped jeans, white t-shirts, and leather jackets. It’s going to be a ton of fun!

Eagles

As a tribute to our band conductor who passed away from breast cancer in 2008, our band commissioned a piece to be written by Michael Sweeney for our eighth grade band. Our school’s mascot is the eagles, so the song title is “Soaring with Eagles”.

Warfare

On Friday, after 3 weeks of hard work, our large team project finally concluded. Our group of nine people (yes nine people) researched and then created a magazine on warfare innovations. Our magazine was 48 pages long including the front and back cover. Each person had to write four articles 300-500 words each. (Yes, if you just did the math that’s 36 articles on warfare innovation.) Our grade for this project goes into our math, science, language arts, and social studies grades, and it will be about half of our nine weeks grade.

So the three big things going on right now are monkeys, eagles, and warfare. I live a crazy life!

Original image: ‘The Thinker…‘

by: Keven Law
Released under an Attribution-ShareAlike Lice

Jan

New in 2011

By abbeymathgirl9 7 Comments

Categories: Check This Out
Tags: 2011, honor, new year

Happy New Year! Today was the first day back at school from Winter Break, and my schedule isn’t giving me any time to ease back into things. We are in the middle of a huge team project at school, band and tech finals begin at the end of this week, The Suessical rehearsals began today, and I still have tennis and piano lessons. I am taking a break from writing my FPS Scenario and homework to write this post!

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When I fired up my computer to check my email and Google Reader, I had two comments waiting for me. I was very surprised to read that I have been selected as the “Blog O’ Month” at Oh! Virtual Learning!. This also reminded me that I hadn’t blogged in a while, so presto! this post was born.

UPCOMING BLOG EXCITEMENT THIS YEAR:

Original image: ‘Red Flower‘
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9406058@N07/645451827
by: Phil

Released under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

Dec

Jazzing Up Eighth Grade on Sketchfu

By abbeymathgirl9 15 Comments

Categories: Check This Out and Student Challenge
Tags: art, jazzing up eigth grade, sketchfu, student blogging challenge

Learn how to draw cartoons, comics, and anime at Sketchfu!

I chose Sketchfu from this list of embeddable blog tools. To be honest I chose it because the example was of Phineas and Ferb, which is a show I love. But I was also interested in the concept of drawing and then replaying it back in fast motion. Sketchfu is really fun and easy to use. I made the above animation in less than two minutes.

September 2010 Student Blogging Challenge 8/9

Dec

What an honor!

By abbeymathgirl9 6 Comments

Categories: Check This Out
Tags: blogging, edublog awards

I was shocked and honored to learn that I have been nominated for Best Student Blog in the 2010 Edublogs Awards.

Seeing as I never expected to be nominated, I am thrilled with being nominated and shortlisted. No matter whether or not I win, I’m so honored to have been nominated!

Vote for Best Student Blog and other categories at the 2010 Edublogs Awards!

Nov

Happy Thanksgiving!

By abbeymathgirl9 9 Comments

Categories: Today in History
Tags: holiday wishes, thanksgiving

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say ‘thank you’?” ~William A. Ward

As you eat and spend time with family today, remember to be grateful for what you have been given!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Original image: ‘Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner With Paper Plates free creative commons‘

by: D. Sharon Pruitt
Released under an Attribution License

Nov

School Days

By abbeymathgirl9 2 Comments

Categories: School and Student Challenge
Tags: day, schedule, School, Student Challenge

My school begins at 7:40am. My bus picks me up at 7:08am. Each class is 46 minutes long and we have 5 minute passing periods. School ends at 2:40pm.

5th and 6th graders have 20 minutes of PRT (Personal Responsibility Time) and 7th and 8th Graders have 25 minutes of SOAR around lunch time to work on homework and get help from teachers.

Classes Offered:

English 5, 6, 7, & 8
English 5, 6, 7, & 8 HA
Language Arts 5 & 6
Language Arts 5 & 6 HA
Science 5, 6, 7, & 8
Science 5, 6, 7, & 8 HA
Math 5, 6, 7, and Pre-Algebra
Math 5 & 6 Transition, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra
Math 5 & 6 HA, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra Honors
Research 5 & 6
General Art 5, 6, 7, & 8
Computer Skills 7 & 8
Engineering and Technology 7 & 8
General Music 7 & 8
P.E./ Heath 5, 6, 7, & 8
Band 5, 6, 7, & 8
Orchestra 5, 6, & 7/8
Choir 5 & 6
Boys Choir 7/8
Girls Choir 7/8
Pleasure Reading 5 & 6
Art 7 & 8
Spanish 1, 2, 1A, & 1B
French 1 & 2
Mandarin Chinese 1 & 2
German 1 & 2

5th and 6th Graders take English, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math, and a Fine Art (band, choir, orchestra, or pleasure reading) year long. They also take 9 weeks of Research, 9 weeks of General Art, and 1 semester of P.E./ Health.

7th and 8th Graders take English, Science, Social Studies, Math, a Fine Art (band, choir, orchestra, or art), and a Foreign Language (Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, or German) year long. They also take 9 weeks of a special (General Art, General Music, Computer Skills, or Engineering and Technology), 9 weeks of another special, and 1 semester of P.E./ Health.

Extra-curricular Activities at My School:

Jazz Band

Art Club

Boy Scouts

Chinese Culture Club

Destination Imagination

Drama Club

Cross Country Club

Intramural Basketball

FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes)

Math Bowl

National Junior Honor Society

Sit ‘n Knit

Spell Bowl

Strolling Strings

Student Council

Swing Choir

Tri-M Music Honor Society

Wrestling Club

Yearbook Club

Sports:

Cheerleading

Cross Country

Football

Golf

Tennis

Volleyball

Basketball

Wrestling

Lacrosse

Baseball

Track and Field

Softball

My Day

6:10am- Alarm goes off
7:08am- Bus arrives at bus stop
7:25am- Bus arrives at school
7:30am- 10 minute bell rings
7:35am- 5 minute bell rings
7:40am- Social Studies- This year we are studying U.S. History
8:31am- Language Arts- Reading and grammar
9:22am- Band- I am a percussionist
10:13am- Engineering and Technology (Tech)- 9 weeks course
11:00am- Lunch
11:25am- Bus leaves for high school
11:34am- Geometry- math at high school
12:29pm- Bus leaves for middle school
12:35pm- SOAR- study hall
1:00pm- Science- chemistry
1:51pm- Spanish 2
2:40pm- Final bell

On Tuesdays and Thursdays I have Jazz Band from 3pm- 3:45pm.
On the 2nd Monday of every month I have NJHS (National Junior Honor Society) from 7am-7:30am.
On Tuesdays I have FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) from 7am-7:30am.

Images:

“ZMS”

Original image: ‘Eternal clock‘
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21046489@N06/3387189144
by: Robbert van der Steeg

Released under an Attribution-ShareAlike License

September 2010 Student Challenge #6

Nov

Fine Arts Poll

By abbeymathgirl9 3 Comments

Categories: School and Student Challenge
Tags: music, poll, Student Challenge

Do you have a music class? If so, what is it? If not, what class would you like to take if you had the option?

September 2010 Student Challenge #6

Oct

Soda Can Zoom- Where Will We End Up?

By abbeymathgirl9 18 Comments

Categories: Student Challenge
Tags: images, Student Challenge, zoom

Rules:

Start with the picture shown below.
The first commenter writes a sentence including the previous item (can) and the next thing that would be seen if the picture was “zoomed” out.
The next commenter includes the first commenter’s item and the next item that would be seen.
Commenting continues until we can’t go any further!
Please read through all of the previous comments before you comment.
Have fun!