Day 161

7 x7 Seven Subjects & 7 things I learned                                Day 161

1.       Math

a. I translated word problems into math sentences: Kim started off with a lot of bracelets. After buying 3 additional bracelets, she decided to share them all equally between herself and 9 friends for the day. Let s = the number of bracelets she started off with. Write an expression for how many each friend got.  Well if s = the number of bracelets, then the answer is s + 3/ 10

b. After doubling the money in her bank account Trudy spent 5$ on music downloads, s = the money of how many dollars she has now. 2s – 5 dollars now.

c. A fraction is ¼ of 4/5

f = ¼ x 4/5

d. Brittany loves frozen red grapes. They taste like candy! She has a whole bowl of them. She eats five grapes and then shares the rest equally herself and 5 friends. S + the number of frozen grapes shared. S – 5/ 6 frozen grapes.

e. Chris had way too many text messages on his phone and wanted to clear them out. He first deleted ten messages. And then deleted half of what he had left. S = the number of text messages on his phone now. S – 10/2

f. Sarah had a lot of ringtones in her phone yesterday. But  she kept adding them, and today she has 9 more than twice of what she had yesterday. Y = the number. 2y + 9 ringtones left.

g. This was hard yet fun to do.

 

2.       Science

a. The Egyptians earliest calendar was based on the phases of the moon.

b. Early Egyptians measured time by the most obvious change in their lives, the flooding of the Nile.

c. Before long, Egyptians turned to astronomy, they learned that in just 29 ½ days the moon grows until it is a full round circle and then shrinks and disappears completely.

d. Each time a new moon appeared, Egyptians began a new month. Twelve months were counted as one year, An Egyptian moon year had 354 days.

e. I learned that the Egyptians predicted the flooding of the Nile by watching Sirius, a bright star that cycle was 365 days around the earth, the length of a year, Sirius always appeared a day before the flooding of the Nile so that helped the Egyptians a lot.

f. The Egyptians subdivided their years into 12 months each 30 days, and the other 5 ½ days were for sacred holidays.

g. According to myth, Thoth, the god of wisdom, won some of the moons light in a dice game.

 

3.       History

a. Cleopatra’s position as queen was now much stronger since Caesar supported her and the presence of his son.

b. In 46 BC Cleopatra visited Rome with her husband/brother and her/ Caesars son.

c. Caesar was awarded a triumph for his victory in Egypt.

d. Thebes was the Capital city of Egypt during the New Kingdom, 1550 – 1070 bc.

e. The temple complex at Karnak was dedicated to Amen, his wife Mut, and their son Khonsu.

f. The construction of this temple took 2,000 years.

g. There is a whole avenue lined with sphinxes it was built by Ramses II.

Language

 a. Pronto, Encantador tiene todo un ejercito malvado para ayudarlo a conquistar el reino. Soon Charming has an entire army; He has every one evil to help conquer the kingdom.

b. El Jinete sin cabeza llega volando en una escoba. The headless horseman rides on a broom.

c. Encantador rambien ruene arboles malvados, reinas malvadas, enanos malvados y brujas malvadas. Charming has evil trees, Evil queens, evil dwarves, and evil witches.

d. Todos van a atacar el castillo. Everyone is going to attack the castle.

e. Los amigos de Shrek de los cuentos de hadas se defieden contra malos. All of Shrek’s fairytale friends, defend against the other side.

f. Jengy es una galleta lista. Gingy is a cookie, he has a plan.

g. Por eso ayuda a las princesas a escaper. Therefore will help the princess escape.

 

5. Reading

a. what happened last in Kingdom Keepers, is that Willa, Philby, Charlene, Maybeck, Finn, and Amanda who was at Finns house and watched, went online to VMK and all talked about their dreams and if they were feeling sick at all the same way Finn was today.

b. Since all the DHI’s went to bed at the same time they ended up in the park together at the same time, which was what Wayne wanted.

c. Wayne showed the DHI’s a secret elevator in the castle with no walls, the elevator took them up to a small apartment which was like a special safe place where the DHI’s could go if they were ever in trouble.

 

6. Writing

a. In writing today I learned about cause and effect, and reporting an event,  I wrote down three causes from a paragraph I read, and three effects from the same paragraph.

b. Cause: A person made a 9-1-1 call.

c. Effect: The fire department made a run.

d. Cause: The caller had acted quickly.

e. Effect: The firefighters saved the structure

f. Cause: An electric heater had faulty wiring.

g. Effect: The heater was the cause of the fire.

7. Art