Wednesday, May 12, 2010

lightning vocab

1. That thing is tremendous.
2. Your voice echos in that cave.
3. That is a beutiful photograph.
4. That alarm is triggered by a sensor.
5. That guy is a famous scientist.
6. That new paint colour is lightening the room.
7. I love dirtbikes especially yamaha's.
8. That light is flickering.
9. That was a awsome explosion.
10. I hate getting shocked with static electricity.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

vocab 1-2

1.i think almanacs are pointless.
2.my mom smokes tabacco.
3.catterpillars turn into butterflys.
4.that is differnt.
5.i own a acre of land.
6.i dont know how to use figure in a sentance.
7.thats a nice valley
8.i like clothes
9.i thought so
10.thats enought.

chapter 4 summary

in 1771 nemgerman was 40 years old. the ellicott brothers had moved in a few miles from his farm. they were builders and bengerman wanted to help them buil the mill. bengerman learnt from andrew eliccott how to study surveoying to measure the land. when geogre elliccott begain to study astronomey he asked bengerman for help with the math. it was because of this that bengerman became a astronomer too.

chapter 3

1.He made up complicated math puzzles.

2.He was 20 years old.

3.He seen somone he knew carrying a gold watch.

4.He took it apart to studie how it works so he couyld build his own.

5.It took him 2 years.

chapter 1-2

1.An almanac is an annual publication containing information in according to the calendar. Astronomical data and various statistics are also found in almanacs, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, lists of all types, timelines, and more.

2.He was 5 years old.

3.He studied with grandma.

4.He was fishing in the river or hunting in the woods.

5.he wanted to know more about farming and fishing.



1.He was going to be going to school in the winter.

2.He seen his first horn board.

3.There were 10 other students.

4.He had learned all the arithmetic geography and spelling.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

chapter 5 questions

1.It was 14 years old.
2.George Washington was the president.
3.He used the stars.
4.He got the job of cheif assistant surveyor and worked for major ellicott.
5.He was almost 60.
6.He felt proud.

Monday, April 19, 2010

reading comprehensions pages 1-15

1. L.A
2. because the streets of la keep getting traffic jams
3. he makes sure the subway is built right and ontime
4. he is the arcioligist that will ake sure valuable artifacts are preserved
5. alot of differnt things
6. i thing its retarded