The hockey game Pittsburgh!

Last night was the hockey game !. Although i didn't watch the game because i fell asleep before the game even started, i found out who won the game and i wasn't to happy about it .My favourite players term i was going for was the PITS vs. Montrail and unfortunately PITS lost ed . Family and friends were calling me and telling me all about it and putting it in my face that the pits suck . Although maybe i guess they do , i well still like them and watch them again HELL YEAH ! to the Pittsburgh term and fans !.

Writing paragraphs

~ 5 sentences
> 1 st sentences is introductory or general
> Next 2-3 sentences proide details related to topic sentences
> A concluded



Yesterday, we ate bugs! Although you couldn't taste the bugs, you could hear them crunching. The bugs were saved in fudge, cookies and granola bars which tasted fantastic. We were given information about the health and environment benefits of eating insects. More people should be open -minded about eating bugs!

chapter 5 qustions

1. How old was the Declaration of Independence in 1790? (1 mark)
14 years old

2. Who is the president of the United States in 1790? (1mark)
Gayest person ever , George Washington was president .

3. How did the surveyor plot the land that they would eventually build the new city? (2 marks)
The surveyor had a lay out the straight lines for the 10-square -mile city , plotted a perfect line running North and South using stars , instruments , astronomical clock , calculations and then East and West had a perfect line to .

4. What job did Benjamin Banneker get during this time? What was his title and who was he working for? (2 marks)\
he needed to know the astronomy and surveying , math , clocks figuring so the president decides to choose Ben .


5. How old is Benjamin in 1791? (1 mark )
he was almost 60 years old man !.

6. How does Benjamin feel when he reads his name in the news paper on March 12th? (1 mark)
He feels proud this name is in the news paper , he carefully folded his copy and laid it aside with his notes .

Summarize what has happened chapter 4

Ben was know 40 years old and stilled lived with him mother in the cabin , Strangers had moved into the Hollow and he wanted to go see what was going on , they knew he was the man who made a wooden clock him and the new neaighbors shacked hands the Ellicott brothers .
Ben decided to help them build a mill so he can get the answers from the questions he wants to ask him and they made a store they trade things they need .
Long after a war had started because some men dumped three shiploads of British tea into Boston Harbor , the Amerasians had decided not to buy any more tea from England until King Gerorge stopped taxing the people and start listening to their complaints . But King George didn't listen to them instead sending more soldiers over there , then Ben grow more wheat then tobacco to send to the army . Ben is know 52 living in the United States alone , his mother had died before the war started , Ben learned how to survey , and astronomy ; the sun moon , stars , planets , comets . After all ben decided to become a astronomer , he farmed all day and read books about astronomy and studied the stars at night . then he decides to make an almanac himself after many nights of figuring with his compass and ruler and drawing the movement of the sun and the moon , he sent them to George Ellicott and after got a letter back from him bu the end he know how to predict eclipses of the sun so he thought he was ready to begin one of his own but before he could start he had an unexpected adventure .

chapter 3 questions

1. What did Benjamin do to keep his mind busy? (1 Mark)
He made up complicated math puzzles using numbers and plants, animals

2. How old was Benjamin in 1751? (1 Mark)
He was 20 years old in 1751 .


3. What made Benjamin’s heart jump like a rabbit? (1 Mark)
When he saw that man sitting there by the salt barrel .

4. What did Benjamin do with the watch when he got home?
He carefully laid the watch on the rough wooden table, Hes going to take the watch apart and draw all the pieces it took him all week .

chapter 1-2 questions ( what are you figuring now ?)

In groups of 3 answer the following questions on paper, pertaining to chapter one:



1. What does the term “Almanac” mean? Look up the definition. (2 Marks)



2. How old was Benjamin when the story began? (1 Mark)

In 1736 he was only five when the story began .



3. Every evening Benjamin does something with Grandma Molly, what is it? (2 Marks)

Grandma Molly told story time .



4. What did Benjamin do when he wasn't busy counting or helping with the tobacco plants? Describe the activities fully.

He studied with Molly , he learned to write with a goose-quill pen , and learned to read from the only book they had - the bible and after fished and hunted.



5. What is the one problem that Benjamin describes in the end of this chapter? Ben wanted to know more than farming and fishing , but he wanted other books . Wanted to cont every thing , every where .



Read Chapter Two: as a classIndependently answer the following questions:

1. Mrs. Banneky cooked a special meal, there was special news for Benjamin, what was it? (1 Mark) The special meal was a fine stew from a fat rabbit , hominy , carrots , and turnips all in it ,There was even a plate of honeycomb .



2. Describe the events of Benjamin’s first day of school, fully. (3 Marks)
Ben counted 10 other students , their were rosy white faces , and dark faces like him ,
He seen the books on shelves . He got two arithmetic books to take home and books to read.




3. How many other kids were in the school when Benjamin arrived on his first day? (1 Marks)
Ben counted 10 other students arrived on his first day of school .


4. After going to school for four winters what had Benjamin learned? (2 Marks)
He learned the way dry ground soaks up rain , arithmetic , geography, spelling