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= = = = =Abbie Reporting Oct 12, 2010=

Today was an amazing day in our class. We found out the meaning of some vocabulary words that are known as beastly words. We also learned how to divide fractions and whole numbers. Another thing we did was revise and edit our first draft. Today was surely splendid. One activity we did today was beastly vocabulary. We found definitions for some monsters and mythical creatures such as goblins, werewolves, vampires, bogeymen, trolls, ogres, basilisks, and gargoyles. The definition of a gargoyle (which was hard for my table group to get the meaning of) means a strange statue that when it is very late it will spread its wings and show its talons and soar about the night. A basilisk is a giant snake or serpent born from a roosters egg and its gaze is deadly. Another thing we did was we learned how to divide fractions and whole numbers in 4.2. All you have to do is flip the second number like if it were to be 3/4 divided by 4 it would be 3/4 times 1/4. We visited with partners and talked about what we were going to edit in this story called stories of my life. I decided to describe better and use better word choice this first draft. Today is my birthday!!!!! I am now 11 years old!