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= Abbie G. Reporter January 19, 2011 =

On our icy cold winter day, room E 201 did many activities. First thing in the morning we had Band and Orchestra. Then we did our Daily Doings for 1-19-11 where we had an interesting quote by a professional baseball player. My class is also working on timeline posters for January and either we have a famous event that occurred in January or a famous person that was born in January. We did a lot of math today, with a short quiz and usual math lessons; us MooLines were busy kids. Later we went to music class and learned to sing new songs. I truly enjoyed our spectacular school day. Band/Orchestra was a marvelous part of our day. All of the Band students (including your lovely reporter) practiced new songs such as Mexican Jumping Beans, Southern Roses, Morning from “Peer Gynt”, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, and The Snake Charmer. Also we have worked on a few newer notes like F# (F sharp) for trumpets and soon we will learn low B flat and high B flat for trumpets. I personally enjoy the song The Snake Charmer though I would never try and charm a Cobra with my trumpet. I have heard that the Orchestra was very pleasant and they must have been very hard working students. We couldn’t have had such an amazing lesson though if it weren’t for our great teachers. When we were done playing our instruments in Band/Orchestra we began making our January timeline posters. My timeline poster was for a person called Carl Sandburg who was a famous poet, biographer, and historian. On our posters we have to include occupation, nationality, birthplace, when they were born and when they died, what they were know for, contributions and other info like that. You can truly get a lot of interesting facts from these posters.

Math, Math, Math!!! We did so much math today!!! First we took a short math quiz reviewing our last lesson, just to make sure we understood what we learned entirely. By the way, we have just recently started a new math book where we learn about decimals and percentages. Then, when we finished the quiz we worked on 1.2 and got a new Ace assignment. I must say that is quite a lot of math we did in class. Not only do we have Band/Orchestra, but also our Music class. Today we continued taking tests for our singing unit and we also learned some new songs. Peter, Paul & Mary melody songs like "Blowing in The Wind" and "Puff The Magic Dragon" were some fun songs we sang today in Music that we actually happen to be learning in choir which is also taught by our wonderful Music teacher Mrs. Graham. Music class is truly astonishing!!! Well I must say that it has been a terrific day today. It couldn’t have been so amazing if it wasn’t for our delightful teachers. Now I must share this “Someone Once Said…” quote from today’s daily doings. Someone once said… The game isn’t over until it’s over. – Yogi Berra (pro baseball player). Have a flabbergasting day!!!