Why do teaher's give student grade?

Why do you think they do this?
Because I think they do this to give you a point also let you know your point and you will redo or do it again.and you will know where did you get wrong and what did you get wrong.when it's red you have lot's of things to fix and you need to redo it again and when it's yellow you have some question to fix and if it's green your pass!

Why do you think this might be important in your learning?
Because you learn and you need to get points it's the same as you learn and you need to get grade so you will know what did you learn and what did you understand. And if you don't get green that mean your not really being a active learner and a good listener in the learning part so this is why it's important.

What do you like about this approach?
Because it let you know did you learn well on school and it also can tell you where you need to learn more and what did you need to fix.

What do you dislike about this approach?
I don't have any comments on this question.

'Miracle' Minneapolis Twins Beat Rare Disease

Cradling their newborn twins, new parents Jeana and Jeff Cassellius admitted they still were unable to tell Owen and Gavin apart. But for the Casselliuses, figuring out each son's traits has an even deeper feeling, because the boys almost died in the womb.
Doctors diagnosed Owen and Gavin with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome before they were born. The condition is when one baby takes too much of the blood supply and, in most cases without any therapy, at least one child is lost.

But thanks to an experimental surgery involving tiny cameras and lasers, physicians at Abbott Northwestern and Children's Hospital in Minneapolis were able to save the twins, who were born Wednesday.

The life-saving procedure lasted 90 minutes and took place in July, said pediatric surgeon Brad Feltis.

In the operation doctors cauterized the shared blood vessels between the babies. And even the doctors were anxious about undertaking the surgery.

Question:
What did the story talked about?

What did the twins baby happend?

What did the doctor did?

Syria condemns 'US village raid'

Syria has protested angrily to both the US and Iraq after what it said was a US helicopter raid inside its territory that killed eight civilians.

Syria summoned US and Iraqi envoys to condemn the "aggressive act". Iraq called the incident "regrettable" and said it was considering its response.

The US has neither confirmed nor denied the incident. It has previously accused Syria of allowing militants into Iraq.

Syria said the US helicopters attacked a farm in the Abu Kamal border area.

If confirmed, the raid would be the first known attack by US forces inside Syrian territory, says BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus.

'Outrageous crime'

A Syrian government statement said: "Syria condemns this aggression and holds the American forces responsible for this aggression and all its repercussions."

It called for an immediate investigation.

A senior Iraqi foreign ministry official, Labib Abbawi, said its charge d'affaires in Damascus had been summoned and handed a note of protest.

Mr Abbawi said he hoped the incident did not "impact negatively" on relations with Syria.

He said Iraqi was trying to get more information from the US.

Neither the Pentagon nor the White House has made any official comment. A US military spokeswoman in Baghdad said it was "in the process of investigating".

Syria's press attache in London, Jihad Makdissi, told the BBC the incident was "an outrageous crime and an act of aggression".

"If [the US has] any proof of any insurgency, instead of applying the law of the jungle and penetrating, unprovoked, a sovereign country, they should come to the Syrians first and share this information," he said.

Mr Makdissi said the US government had "proved to be irrational and they have no respect for international law or human rights".

He warned that Syria would "respond accordingly in the proper way".

The government newspaper Tishrin called the act a "war crime".

Syrian TV showed footage of a compound and an injured woman

Although there has been no official US response, an unnamed US military official told the Associated Press news agency that special forces had targeted al-Qaeda linked militants moving across the border.

"We are taking matters into our own hands," the US official said.

The official said there had been considerable success closing lines of entry for foreign militants but added: "The one piece of the puzzle we have not been showing success on is the nexus in Syria."

Several days ago the commander of US forces in western Iraq said they would be increasing operations to secure the border as it had become an "uncontrolled" entry point for militants.

US intelligence believes up to 90% of the foreign fighters entering Iraq come through Syria.

Question:What did the story talked about?

Why did they have the accident? How?

How did that happend?

Planing

Question:Why is not really good to search on website or google?
Searching website is not really good because website only give you a simple answer and there's on any explanation in it so you would not understand and you would not know why the answer is that and what is that thing called and you also don't know how to explan you just only know the answer only so this is what I think why is not really good and searching website to find the answer.and not copy and paste the answer.
Question:Why is better to do the searching on the book or on the dictoinary better to search in the website?
I think because is in the book you can read and you will understand why i the answer like this and how do we get the answer and because you will find the answer by yourself in the book and not in the website only an answer you can know the reason in the book also you will understand and you will learn in the book you read and also dictionary is a kind to search words. and dictionary tell you the answer and also tell you why and have a explanation for you and give you the right explanation you call also learn how to search so I think dictionary and book is better than searching website.
My plan is to do better on the animal researching and find in book and find the dictionary about the animal you find and not searching no website really much and not using copy ad paste and we will find it by ourself and do more better in animal researching.

Mr Sticky

No one knew how Mr. Sticky got in the fish tank.
"He's very small," Mum said as she peered at the tiny water snail. "Just a black dot."
"He'll grow," said Abby and pulled her pyjama bottoms up again before she got into bed. They were always falling down.

In the morning Abby jumped out of bed and switched on the light in her fish tank.
Gerry, the fat orange goldfish, was dozing inside the stone archway. Jaws was already awake, swimming along the front of the tank with his white tail floating and twitching. It took Abby a while to find Mr. Sticky because he was clinging to the glass near the bottom, right next to the gravel.
At school that day she wrote about the mysterious Mr. Sticky who was so small you could mistake him for a piece of gravel. Some of the girls in her class said he seemed an ideal pet for her and kept giggling about it.
That night Abby turned on the light to find Mr. Sticky clinging to the very tiniest, waviest tip of the pond weed. It was near the water filter so he was bobbing about in the air bubbles.
"That looks fun," Abby said. She tried to imagine what it must be like to have to hang on to things all day and decided it was probably very tiring. She fed the fish then lay on her bed and watched them chase each other round and round the archway. When they stopped Gerry began nibbling at the pond weed with his big pouty lips. He sucked Mr. Sticky into his mouth then blew him back out again in a stream of water. The snail floated down to the bottom of the tank among the coloured gravel.

"I think he's grown a bit," Abby told her Mum at breakfast the next day.
"Just as well if he's going to be gobbled up like that," her Mum said, trying to put on her coat and eat toast at the same time.
"But I don't want him to get too big or he won't be cute anymore. Small things are cute aren't they?"
"Yes they are. But big things can be cute too. Now hurry up, I'm going to miss my train."

At school that day, Abby drew an elephant. She needed two pieces of expensive paper to do both ends but the teacher didn't mind because she was pleased with the drawing and wanted it on the wall. They sellotaped them together, right across the elephant's middle. In the corner of the picture, Abby wrote her full name, Abigail, and drew tiny snails for the dots on the 'i's The teacher said that was very creative.

< 2 >

At the weekend they cleaned out the tank. "There's a lot of algae on the sides," Mum said. "I'm not sure Mr. Sticky's quite up to the job yet."
They scooped the fish out and put them in a bowl while they emptied some of the water. Mr. Sticky stayed out of the way, clinging to the glass while Mum used the special 'vacuum cleaner' to clean the gravel. Abby trimmed the new pieces of pond weed down to size and scrubbed the archway and the filter tube. Mum poured new water into the tank.
"Where's Mr. Sticky?" Abby asked.
"On the side," Mum said. She was busy concentrating on the water. "Don't worry I was careful."
Abby looked on all sides of the tank. There was no sign of the water snail.
"He's probably in the gravel then," her mum said. "Come on let's get this finished. I've got work to do." She plopped the fish back in the clean water where they swam round and round, looking puzzled.

That evening Abby went up to her bedroom to check the tank. The water had settled and looked lovely and clear but there was no sign of Mr. Sticky. She lay on her bed and did some exercises, stretching out her legs and feet and pointing her toes. Stretching was good for your muscles and made you look tall a model had said on the t.v. and she looked enormous. When Abby had finished, she kneeled down to have another look in the tank but there was still no sign of Mr. Sticky. She went downstairs.

Her mum was in the study surrounded by papers. She had her glasses on and her hair was all over the place where she'd been running her hands through it. She looked impatient when she saw Abby in the doorway and even more impatient when she heard the bad news.
"He'll turn up." was all she said. "Now off to bed Abby. I've got masses of work to catch up on."
Abby felt her face go hot and red. It always happened when she was angry or upset.
"You've hoovered him up haven't you," she said. You were in such a rush you hoovered him up."
"I have not. I was very careful. But he is extremely small."
"What's wrong with being small?"

< 3 >

"Nothing at all. But it makes things hard to find."
"Or notice," Abby said and ran from the room.

The door to the bedroom opened and Mum's face appeared around the crack. Abby tried to ignore her but it was hard when she walked over to the bed and sat next to her. She was holding her glasses in her hand. She waved them at Abby.
"These are my new pair," she said. "Extra powerful, for snail hunting." She smiled at Abby. Abby tried not to smile back.
"And I've got a magnifying glass," Abby suddenly remembered and rushed off to find it.
They sat beside each other on the floor. On their knees they shuffled around the tank, peering into the corners among the big pebbles, at the gravel and the pondweed.
"Ah ha!" Mum suddenly cried.
"What?" Abby moved her magnifying glass to where her mum was pointing.
There, tucked in the curve of the archway, perfectly hidden against the dark stone, sat Mr. Sticky. And right next to him was another water snail, even smaller than him.
"Mrs Sticky!" Abby breathed. "But where did she come from?"
"I'm beginning to suspect the pond weed don't you think?"
They both laughed and climbed into Abby's bed together, cuddling down under the duvet. It was cozy but a bit of a squeeze.
"Budge up," Mum said, giving Abby a push with her bottom.
"I can't, I'm already on the edge."
"My goodness you've grown then. When did that happen? You could have put an elephant in here last time we did this."
Abby put her head on her mum's chest and smiled.


This is a good story too.I hope you will like it!!!

question:
1.Why it named Mr Sticky?
2.What did the story said?
3.What happend in the story?

Mountain Story - An interesting short story

"A son and his father were walking on the mountains.
Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Curious, he yells: "Who are you?"
He receives the answer: "Who are you?"
And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!"
The voice answers: "I admire you!"
Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!"
He receives the answer: "Coward!"
He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"
The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."
Again the man screams: "You are a champion!"
The voice answers: "You are a champion!"
The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO, but really this is LIFE.
It gives you back everything you say or do.
Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart.
If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.
This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life;
Life will give you back everything you have given to it."

YOUR LIFE IS NOT A COINCIDENCE. IT'S A REFLECTION OF YOU!"
-- Unknown Author

This is a good story I hope you will like it.

question:

1.What is the story talking about?

2.What did the little boy happend?

3.What did the father said when his son falls?

Why should we get the right answer and explanation?

In everything you did,I think answer is important but You also need to write your explanation this is more important than answer.Because you need to think why did you get this answer also how did you get it. How did you do the answer.What ideas did you use.You need to write the explanation that how did you get the answer.That is very important.If you did the homework by yourself.You will know how did you did it How did you think and how did you get the answer.But if the answer is not yours it's someone els gave you the answer and that you will not know how did you do and How did you think to get the answer.And you will not even learn anything because you didn't do it by yourself.So explanation is very important.If you don't write the explanation your answer didn't give anyone learn anything.But the answer is also important.If your answer is wrong your explanation give nothing.So you really need to get the right answer and good explanation.

Science post

Something I learned in science.
In science I learned how to do science.When Ms.Smith said we need to do something we did the science.but something did not same is everyone's answer are not the same and our answer is also not the same with other groups we had the not same time finish the science and not same time to finish became ice also not same time to became solid and not sametime with everything but we had a good endding and we had the right endding and good endding. but i was not really being a active learner in class i keep chatting talking and doing anything els and i was not really listening how to do. but our group still having a good endding and we finish the science.

Reflections on Learning

Something I learned in ''Learning and thinking''
Remembering-- Remember is to remember something you learned also remember lots of things in your mind and that means you know the thing you remember and you can always know and always remember and think about that. that's called remembering.

Understanding-- Understanding mean you understand the thing you learned.you can know that and you can know how to do that also you will know how to explain that thing.also you will know what that mean. that's called understanding.

Applying--Applying is a function that applies functions to arguments.That is called applying.


Analyzing--examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of something.That's called analyzing.

Synthesizing-- make something by synthesis.That's called Synthesizing.

Creating-- bring something into existence.That's called creating.

And I also learn how to learn..
You can learn in your free time in everyday.
When there's some free time you can write something and do some post also read some book and find some question and find the answer by your self and you can also search the internet or ask your classmate and teacher's and you can learn some subject you don't really know or not really good.there's lots of thing you can do in your free time..this is the way I learn in free time.

Reflections About Blogging

Why blog?
Blogging is the post of journal something you write on it. like pages to a website.

How to blog?
This is something that a lot of us old hands take for granted but for the beginner it can seem like a daunting tangle of questions and issues to be resolved.

Getting started?
A blog is an online journal where you are able to write down ideas and share those ideas with people all around the world.

Good Netiquette?
Simply stated it's network etiquette that is the etiquette of cyberspace.

Internet Safety?
At school access to the internet is monitored there are often black lists of inappropriate sites filtering systems and supervision by teachers and staff.

How to Comment?
Leaving a comment on someones blog is like walking into their living room and joining in on a conversation.And it's good to leave a comment in someones blog.

More on Commenting?
Comments are a great way to give feedback to people who have written in a blog.

Student Blogger?
Some of them have gone off to college some have subtly retreated into a period of self growth some have moved on with their lives.

Thinking Skills

Something I learned.
Understand-I know how to understand.Understand is something you understand and you need to know how to do it and you need to know how to explain and you can understand what that mean that's called understand.When I understand something I Always think and remember and I always learn and practice and to think.
Remember-I know how to remember some importent things.Remember s something you remember in your mind and it's something you know and it's something you always know how to do.I always take the importent notes and I always remember the thing and usually need to know that thing also to learn.
This is the idea When I Always learn for.

learning and thinking

People learn in different ways. And no one has a better learning style than anyone else. Some experts say there are as many as seven different learning styles; but it's easier to narrow it down to three types of learning.

When I learn something I always:

1.To being a good active learner and to Be a good listener
2.To keep always asking question to your classmate and your teacher.
3.To always practice and to always do it again and to remember and take the importent notes and to remember the notes
4.To keep learning - asking question. taking notes.read books and found the question you don't know and find the answer in the book.to review and preview.to search things and to do some writing the things you don't know and to keep reading what you don't know.
5.To Find out the question and Find out the answer in the book or in the computer.

Deadly earthquake hits Chechnya

An earthquake in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 more, officials say.

Britain plans rescue of top 4 banks

Britain will launch its biggest retail bank rescue on Monday when the four largest, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Barclays, ask for a 35 billion sterling lifeline, the Sunday Times reported.

Officials: 3 killed in missile strike in Pakistan

A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five tribesmen in a Pakistani town close to the Afghan border, the latest in a series of attacks in a region where top al-Qaida leaders are believed to be living, two intelligence officials said.

Istanbul 6,000 years older than expected

Recent archaeological findings indicate that the Turkish city of Istanbul is 6,000 years older than what experts previously believed.

According to Al-Watan newspaper, excavations have yielded four skeletons, along with wooden and ceramic objects, which date back to 8,500 years ago.

It was previously believed that the city was founded 2,700 years ago by the Greeks and named Byzantium, RIA Novosti reported.

Historically known as Constantinople, Istanbul was Turkey's capital until 1923, when the government moved to Ankara.

The Oil hits 12-month low

OIL prices slumped today to one-year lows under $US80 per barrel, striking $US75 in London, amid a global equities meltdown that sparked fears over demand for energy.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) also warned that the threat of recession and the ongoing financial crisis would erode oil demand and set back investment in new oilfields.

Brent North Sea crude for November plunged as low as $US75 - which was last witnessed on October 12 last year - as traders responded to renewed heavy falls on world stock markets.

The contract later stood at $US76.56 a barrel, down $US6.10 from yesterday.

Today, New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery next month, plumbed a one-year low of $US78.61 a barrel. It later stood at $US79.96, down $US6.63 from yesterday.

The sharp falls came despite news that OPEC will hold an emergency meeting next month on the impact of the markets crisis - amid speculation that the crude producers' cartel could cut output to safeguard precious oil revenues.

"The deteriorating outlook for world growth is leading to a violent correction in commodity prices," Deutsche Bank analysts wrote in a research note to clients.

"Further deterioration in the global GDP (gross domestic product) outlook could act as a trigger for lower oil prices," he said, adding that prices could fall to about $US60 per barrel.

The price of crude oil has now slumped by almost 50 per cent since striking record high points above $US147 per barrel on July 11.

The 12-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said yesterday it would hold an emergency meeting in Vienna on November 18 to discuss the effects of the international financial crisis.

The cartel's next regular meeting was scheduled for December 17 in Oran, Algeria.

At its last ordinary meeting on September 9-10, OPEC decided to cut its production of 520,000 barrels of oil per day to sustain oil prices above $US100 a barrel. Prices have since plunged dramatically.

In a monthly report published today, the Paris-based IEA said falling demand "in the face of higher prices is now being perpetuated by weakening economic prospects".

The IEA, energy policy adviser to major industrialised countries, cut its forecast for demand in the 30-nation OECD area this year by about 360,000 barrels per day.

Overall world demand this year would be 86.5 million barrels per day - a reduction of 240,000 barrels from the previous estimate, to show a rise of 0.5 per cent from last year.

The world forecast for next year was cut by 440,000 barrels per day to 87.2 million barrels per day, showing an annual increase of 0.8 per cent.

Flyer killed as balloon crashes and burns

ONE man died and another was seriously injured when the balloon they were in crashed in the United States on October 12 2008.

The balloon hit power lines and burst into flames at a ballooning festival near Albuquerque, New Mexico, throwing the two men to the ground.

Witnesses at the International Balloon Fiesta said winds had picked up and many of the balloons were flying low just before the Wings of Wind crashed in Bernalillo, just north of Albuquerque, in the southwestern American state.

Stephen Lachendro was killed and Keith Sproul was critically injured.

Kathie Leyendecker, a spokeswoman for the annual festival, said she did not know who was piloting the balloon.

Mr Lachendro was found dead on the side of a ditch, while Mr Sproul was unconscious and taken to hospital, Rio Rancho Fire Battalion Chief Paul Bearce said.

Witness Glenn Vonderahe said he "couldn't believe it".

"I saw the balloon and the next thing I knew there was a lot of fire and smoke. There was fire under the balloon," he said.

He said the balloon landed, then bounced back up and apparently hit some power lines.

The First impressions

Orlando - Mo Evans was smaller and older than what the Orlando Magic felt like they needed at the shooting guard position than what Mo Evans gave them a year ago and replaced him with free agent Mickael Pietrus over the summer.

That theory looked legitimate for all of about 35 seconds Monday night in the Hawks’ 118-101 win in their preseason opener over the Magic.

Pietrus is taller and younger than Evans. But Evans got the last laugh, outscoring Pietrus 17-9, including an impressive 4-for-4 showing from beyond the 3-point line.

Evans outplayed Pietrus and every other shooting guard the Magic deployed (JJ Redick did come off the bench and score 12 points on 5-for-8 shooting, but this is JJ Redick we’re talking about).

And he played the kind of role that the Hawks envisioned when they tapped him to replace Josh Childress.

In ALCS foes know each other too well

Over the course of 162 games, the Tampa Bay Rays proved to be a better team than the Boston Red Sox, albeit by just two games.

Now, however, the Red Sox can make the result of those six months an inconsequential memory when they face off again with the Rays in what should be a riveting American League Championship Series.

Forget about the fact that the Rays are the AL East champs and the Red Sox are the AL Wild Card winners.

Tainted milk found in Austrian shake

Austria's health ministry says a non-threatening amount of melamine has been found in a milkshake at a Chinese restaurant in the southern city of Graz.

The ministry says a small amount of the substance was found during a random sampling of Chinese products. It says the milkshake was not sold to customers and that no one has sickened by it.

The ministry said Thursday the tainted product came from a Chinese store in Vienna and is off the market.Melamine-contaminated milk has killed four babies and sickened more than 50,000 children in mainland China.And killed lot's of children..

20 children die in Tanzania stampede

A stampede at an overcrowded dance hall in central Tanzania killed 20 children and left 50 others injured as they celebrated an important Muslim festival, police said Thursday.

At least 400 children aged 5 to 13 were inside the hall in the town of Tabora during the stampede, regional police commander Daudi Siasa said. They were dancing to English and Kiswahili songs for the Islamic Eid al-Fitr holiday.

"The children were trapped inside the hall, which has a capacity to accommodate maximum 200 people, but the number was more than the double inside at the time