Number the Stars

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a) What do you think is the most important lesson to learn from Number the Stars? Every part of the story is important because every part has something to wonder about and it makes the reader engaged in the story

b) Do you think that Number the Stars has anything to teach us about the protests going on right now? If so, what? I think so because it is like what is happening right now, Black people are wanting to get their rights, So were the jews. They were being terrorized and killed and some people did nothing about it.

c) What are the most memorable Jewish studies work or projects you did this year? Why? (This can be from the entire year) I liked making the poster for the first Jewish studies month with Gev. Schlussel.

d) If you had advice for someone reading Number the Stars next year, what would it be? None. Just enjoy the book.

Problem and Solution Text Structure

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We are learning about nonfiction text structures in ELA. Today we focused on Problem & Solution. After reading a problem and solution example, I wrote my own. Here it is: I have a problem, I think that students should be able to share food! Why I think this is because what if a kid didn’t eat breakfast and is hungry? Then maybe one of their friends can give them a piece of their snack so then no one goes hungry! Even if you think it is the students’ fault that they didn’t eat breakfast, sometimes students need to get out the door in the morning and don’t have time! Some solutions for this problem is that maybe kids have some time for packing a snack or maybe we can persuade a teacher that we should share food!

5+6 ETC Reflection 🍄

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What about this project went well for you?

I got to draw a lot (which I love to do) and I got to do a lot of building!

 

What about this project went well for your group?

We finished early and then we got to decorate our board!

Also, Me, Koko, and Noah didn’t fight that much and I think that we dod a good job! 

 

 

What would you change if you did the project again? 

Add more to our Rube Goldbergs.

Scientific Explination Based On Experiment

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The apple took longer to decompose compared to the petal and the raspberry. According to our experiment, we didn’t see any changes in the apple until day eight. On day 8 we saw that the top of the apple was beginning to get covered in blue mold. This means that since the apple is bigger, that means it takes more time for mold to grow for the human eye to see. Another example is on day two the raspberry and apple were completely decomposed and we could not see them at all. However, the apple on day 2 still looked exactly the same as day 1. This shows that the smaller the plant is the faster it decomposes and the bigger the plant is the longer it takes to decompose. In conclusion, since the apple only grew mold on the last day and the petal and Rasberry was already decomposed, therefore the bigger the plant the longer it takes to decompose. 

Chicken Plan Reflection

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How do you think your work so far has prepared you for this project?

I think that all the researching we have been doing has helped us remember some important things for the mummification and also that it helped us make our plan so then we can actually do the mummification process.

What has been most helpful to you in this process?

The T chart has helped me a lot. Also with our own plans that we made too. It was super duper helpful when me and my group were deciding which plan to do!

How can Gev. Noorlander helps you in the future work of this project?

Nothing really. Only if I need to finish something then I can be able to ask if I can come in.

How do you think working with a group will be helpful to you?

So then if I was doing a whole 6 or 7-pound chicken mummification process all by myself, I would be very underpressure

What do you feel most comfortable with this project? Why?

That there are 3 other people I can go to for help.

Chicken Mummification Plan

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So far in my chicken mummification plan, These are the steps I have:

1: Get your’e materials:One whole chicken, 25 lb bags of salt, ⅓ cup of oil, 3 tsp of cinnamon, 1 yard of muslin, 5 jumbo size Ziploc bags, One box of gloves,Optional: materials to decorate!

2: 5 cups of water and gloves to hold chicken.

3:Pouring in the salt,Put the chicken in a Ziploc bag and pour all the salt into it and if it is too much then keep the rest or give it to a different group. Keep it in there and let it sit for 10 to 12 days and when done take out of the bag. Also when putting the chicken in and out, wear gloves!

4: Removing the organs:Gloves, a knife, some other tool to cut the body

5: Putting the organs in a container:I believe our class will be putting the organs in a vase called canopic jars. They were decorated with some of the ancient gods in Egypt

6: Wrapping the chicken: 5 rolls of gauze

7: Decorating the chicken!Markers, Sheet of all Egyptian symbols and maybe a picture of a chicken? Just for decoration 🙂

 

And thats my plan of mummifying the chicken!

Golf Ball Drop Challenge

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Today, October 25, 2019, We did the golf ball drop challenge. We actually ended up doing it twice because the first time we did it, we all ended up failing and didn’t get enough time and we all probably saw what was wrong right at the end and what we wanted to do if there was going to be a next time we did it. So when we did it the second time we ended up failing again, but with a different plan.

How did going through the same challenge twice change your planning?

It changed our plan by, noticing that what was wrong and how we would do it differently/ doing a different plan.

How did the chance to try again make you feel?

I thought it was a great opportunity to try again so then we can make sure that we are focusing on our goals and how we can make a new goal for every time we do a challenge.

Update On Math Tutorial

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Last time, I did a post about adding unlike denominators and some of my classmates commented on it. Both comments said that to explain what a least common multiple is and what a mixed number is. So I will be explaining that today!

LCM: A least common multiple is when you are skip counting with the number from your’e denominator and is when you are skip counting, you need to find the number that is the same so you can multiply your’e numerator and your’e denominator to make the denominator so you can add the fractions together.

Mixed Number: A mixed number is a fraction that has a whole and a fraction with it. For example, if I had 10/9 I would have to turn it into 1 and 1/9 to make it into a real fraction or so called mixed number.

 

5/6 + 7/18 =

(least common multiple)LCM: 6,12,18,24,30,36

(least common multiple)LCM:18,36

I’m finding the least common multiple because then we can make the denominators the same so we can add the fractions together.

5/6 = 6×6=36 and 5×6=30 = 30/36

7/18= 18×2=36 7×2=14= 14/36

The denominators of the fractions need to be the same because the denominator represents the whole number and they both need to have the the same whole to be added together.

30/36+14/36=43/36= 1 and 7/36 

Above, I turned an improper fraction in a mixed number. This is how you do it: You minus 43 from 36 and you get 7. With the seven you have left that goes with the whole number and makes 1 and 7/36.