Mrs. McCartney's Class Blog

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Yesterday we talked about simplifying (or reducing) fractions. AAA Math has great activities for you to practice simplifying (and other math skills). Click here to go to the simplifying fractions lesson.

Check out the video gallery at secctv.org! Let me know what you think in the comments.

We have begun studying about the history of medicine! Have you learned anything new so far? What has surprised you the most about medicine? Check out the www.edheads.org link and try out a virtual knee replacement or a virtual hip surgery. What do you think? Comment below.

This week, we have been reading a story about Jinx and Renaldo. How are Jinx and Renaldo similar? How are they different? Which character are you more similar to, Jinx or Renaldo? Leave your answers in the comments!

You will notice that we have more people visiting our blog! Mr. Lund, a teacher in Illinois, left us a comment about our earthquake drill. When I visited his blog, I noticed that they were discussing holiday traditions. I think that is a fun topic, and left a comment there! Do you have any holiday traditions at home that you look forward to? Please tell us about them in the comments!

We already have one week of our off track time behind us. Vacations sure do fly by quickly. Have you done anything interesting and fun so far this month? My boys and I have been to the IMAX to see Dolphins and Whales, the Railroad Museum, Old Sacramento, and the Explorit Museum in Davis. They highly recommend all of those outings to you! Soon we will be visiting John’s Incredible Pizza to have some fun going on rides and playing games. I hope you are having fun too!

We are only one day away from one of the more famous celebrations our culture shares! It is Halloween time! For those of you planning to go trick or treating, please check out this link:

http://www.halloween-website.com/safety.htm

After reading through the safety tips, take a look at some facts and trivia that you may not know about Halloween:

http://www.halloween-website.com/trivia.htm

What did you learn that you didn’t already know? Do you have a safety tip that you think everyone should remember this weekend? Do you have plans for Halloween? Please share with us in the comments!

Click here to check out a California Trivia game from the museum we will be visiting tomorrow. Then explore the rest of the museum website. What do you hope to see and learn about tomorrow at the IMAX theater and the museum? Let us know in the comments section!

Today we took part in the Great California ShakeOut! Here is the website to learn more about earthquakes. Comment on this post and tell us what you learned during our drill today! Do you have any questions about earthquakes or earthquake safety? Write them in the comments!