Stars and Wishes

Stars:
1. I did well on the math tests
2. I Volunteer for school and community activities with Sports Council

Wishes:
1. To write with more detail and communicate my ideas better in ELA

More important Technology

Today I visited the blogs of the follwing people and learned about the different technologies:

Test Case Katherine: Archery, which was invented around 64 000 years ago in the late Paleolithic Period.

Little Ox (Ann): Paper, which was invented more than 2000 years ago in China by Ts'ai Lun.

F.Y Bookworm (Frank): Magnetic Compass, which was invented in medieval Europe in 1302

Akira (Andrea): Eyeglasses, which were invented in 1270 in China and 1280 in Italy

bub's baluba blog (Vicky): Flat glass mirrors, which were invented in 1291 in Venice, Italy

An Important Piece of Technology

The Pencil
When: Graphite was found in1564; the actual wooden pencil was invented in1795
Where: Graphite found in Borrowdale, England; actual wooden pencil in France
Who: Nicholas Jacques Conte invented the wooden pencil (in 1795)
Why: To easily write things down and the ink was darker than the previously used lead



Information from:
http://www.pencils.com/pencil-history
http://www.whoinventedit.net/who-invented-the-pencil.html
Picture from:
http://www.pencils.com/pencil-history

A Serve, a Bump and a Volley

I opened the door to the gym
The change room was where I went in

Everyone came out with their shorts
And the coach introduced us to the sport

After showing us the ways to move the ball
We were asked to try and do them all

I kept on getting upset
For it was a struggle to get the ball o’er the net

Bumps were hard to aim
For the ball was never tame

The volley was hard to win
A perfect one required no spin

This was a new sport to me
And certainly wasn’t as easy as 1, 2, 3

Although I messed up so much on the court
It became my ultimate favourite sport

This sport called volleyball was so jolly
With a serve, a bump and a volley