This is my Italy brochure. I researched Italy’s cultural universals and read books. I put it into google slides!
Category: 3rd Grade
Lima Beans Week 3
Overall
Lima beans are so fun to learn about. We’ve been doing observations with the lima beans. Did you know that seeds can grow without soil? The seeds look different because of the color and the size. Before the seed was just a regular seed but now the embryo and the food storage is popping out, it’s like a little plant.
No Air
My groups no air is good. All of the three lima beans are bundled up together. Two of them slipped out of it’s seed coat. Most of them turned green.
Sunlight
My groups sunlight is great. One of the lima beans has a bunch of roots and their roots are so thin. When my group took it out of the bag it was halo.
No sunlight
The no sunlight is not the best. It turned brown because it rotted.
Week 3 Plant Unit
Seed Pods
Learning about the seed pods was an interesting experience. I learned that you have to pollinate a flower to have a seed pod and I also learned that seed pods need to be watered and put under a light to grow. My seed pod turned out to be very tall. There are about four pods in each square. I really enjoyed working with my group.
Pollination
Pollinating was fun to do with my group. I learned that insects could suck pollen grains in the flowers then switch to another flower to pollinate. I also learned that honeybees do more pollination than any other insect, which includes ants, beetles, and butterflies.
Week 2 plant unit
Week 2 plant unit
By Isabella
My plant is the plant watered by orange juice instead of water. The controlled is very healthy and it’s green. I think it’s going to turn out more beautiful. There is a little yellow flower. The tallest plant is 9 inches. All of them have at least one bloomed flower.
My manipulated plant has not grown. The orange juice turned the soil brown. It smells bad. It doesn’t look very healthy. There’s no plant.
The no sunlight plant is not healthy, but it is growing a little bit. The stem is white because you need sunlight for the stem to turn green. Some people say that the sun is the only thing that could make the stem green, but I think it’s the light of the sun. The no sunlight has a really little yellow flower on the tip of the top.
I think the manipulated didn’t grow because of the sugar in the orange juice. I think the sugar of the orange juice rotted the seed before it grew, that’s why it smells so bad. I think the controlled grew because of the properties the water has to make the plants grow.
This unit has been a very good experience overall.
Week 1 Plant Unit
Week 1 Plant Unit
The experience of the plant unit was interesting. The controlled is pretty tall. The stem is green. Each of the plants have about three leaves. Each day the controlled grows about 4 inches. The controlled smells like oranges because of the orange juice.
In my opinion the manipulated smells like moldy cheese. The manipulated is not growing. There’s not even a little stem.
Poetry Reflection
Poetry Reflection
My poem is called Pizza. What inspired me was when my mom made a pizza and I couldn’t eat it because it was in the oven, I felt like it would take forever. I chose pizza as my poem because I like pizza. I tried to make it funny by being dramatic. I really like it.
Pizza
By Isabella
As I observe the greasiness
of this delicious meal,
my mouth starts to water,
as the heat takes over.
As time goes by,
my stomach growls.
Tears of joy fall
from my eyes.
Mom, is the pizza ready yet?!
Math state test reflection
Math State test reflection
In my opinion the math state test was easier than the ELA state test. Some of the questions were kind of hard, but I already knew some of the answers to the questions. During the state test I tried to really focus and I re-read the questions to make sure I was right. Once I was done I had to go back to the problems and make sure my work made sense. When I finished completely I stretched out and rolled out my wrist, then I read a page of my book. My class had to wait for the whole grade to finish before we could have snack, but when I finished there wasn’t that many people who had to finish. While we were waiting we went on our Chromebooks and some people wanted to draw, but most people wanted to go on their Chromebooks. One thing I really liked about the state test is that we got to have extra recess and longer snack. It’s a good thing that the math state test was in spring because we got to go outside in warm weather for our extra recess. Now that I know how the math state test is like I won’t be as nervous. I’m glad I got through it all this year.
ELA state test reflection
ELA state test reflection
By Isabella Marini
The ELA tests were very stressful and frustrating to take. The tests were harder than I thought. I was struggling on some problems. I think I did a nice job on the tests. I might have taken a while to take the test but that just shows that I tried my best and took my time. I didn’t really like the tests but I’m glad I got through them. The easiest for me was the first one that was multiple choice. The hardest for me was the last test. At least now I know how the tests go. After the test I was exhausted from all that writing. In my opinion the tests were very long and hard and from now on should be shorter. I got a lot of sleep the night before so I was not so tired when I took the tests but I was still bored. Sitting at my table for so long was annoying and hurt my wrist because I was writing so much.
Book Of The Month
One Plastic Bags
By Miranda Paul
One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul is mainly about reusing plastic bags. The importance about reusing plastic bags is that plastic bags harm the earth. My favorite part was when Isatou had the idea to make mini purses with her friends by reusing plastic bags. This book reminds me of when I reuse my plastic bags at home. The message of this book is to reuse plastic bags so plastic bags don’t harm the earth. I think that it is important to know this because if people keep doing this animals and people could be harmed.
By TED Talk
Banning Plastic Bags In Bali by TED Talk is mainly about two girls named Melati and Isabel Wijsen changing the world by starting a group that picks up plastic bag. My favorite part was when Isabel and Melati show pictures of their group picking up garbage because I like to see that the group is changing the world. This video reminded me of when I once went to the beach and I saw plastic bags everywhere so I tried to pick them up. The message of this video is to show you that anybody could change the world. I think that these girls are an inspiration to the world.
My moon unit reflection
In the moon unit I learned that the holes in the moon are from the asteroids that hit the moon. The first day of the moon unit the moon was shining so bright it was gorgeous. After that I kept looking at the moon. Then I started to notice the moon change. The moon changed by the size and the brightness. A few days later I learned about phases of the moon. Now you know about my experience with the moon unit.
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