Emmy's Corner

Interview with Gail Davenport

I plan to blog about the wonderful conversation I had with Gail Davenport as soon as I have time.

I am providing you with the podcast link:

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and the transcript link:

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JI now have time to finish my post. I had a wonderful interview with Gail Davenport. She had great ideas for schools.She wants to get more science programs and math programs in schools. I just go gaga over her ideas. She thinks that schools should get more funding for education and not get it cut only so we can have better education programs.I think she will do a wonderful thing for Georgia.

Astounding Idioms

  We have been going crazy with idioms so for our homework we did idioms that would go with class.J

1.)If you didn't do your weblog homework than get ready to bite the bullet and put your shoulder to the wheel.

2.)I don't think anyone is the black sheep of the group.

3.)There's almost a bakers dozen in the blog class.

4.)Mrs.A hits the roof when barely anybody does their homework.

5.)Some days we go bananas when we get excited about weblogs.

Interview with Jimmy Pruett

I plan to blog about the interesting conversation I had with Jimmy Pruett as soon as I have time. I'm providing you with the podcast:

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and the transcript of the podcast:

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  I finally have time to finish my post. Jimmy Pruett was a wonderul man.

Interview with Mike Metzler

Two weeks ago I was at the Georgia State University Leadership Appreciation Night with Mike Metzler. Dr. Mike Metzler is Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Education. There is more about Dr. Metzler on the GSU web site here.

He allowed me to interview and record him (that was a good thing). I asked him the question "How do you feel about keeping music, art, and PE in schools?" What should students do to make sure that music, art, and PE are kept in schools?" And he answered "Well kids need to have to do more than study all the time. They need to be able to learn how to play music. They need to learn how to do art, to like art which a lot of kids don’t know that it can be a lot of fun and. I replied "They don't have it". He replied "because they don’t have it, right. And they need to learn to be able to do things in PE so that they can be active, they can go back to class refreshed, they can learn how to do new things. What should students do to make sure music art are kept is to talk to your parents and have your parents call your legislators. So talk to your parents. Talk to your teachers and have them talk to people who are here so they know it is important for you kids to keep art, music, and PE in your schools." I replied "Well, I actually, when I was in fourth grade. We were supposed to do a little scratch art piece where we made our own colors in the background and then we just had to scratch off the black. I actually put music, art, and PE is medicine for kids souls, because PE especially because it lets us release all that energy and like if we don't have recess and we look forward to that every day."

Mike Metzler pointed me to this really great web site called Take10. It lets kids in class take ten minutes and lets them be active but they bring class into it. I had a great time interviewing him and have more interviews to go. I'm providing a link to the podcast:

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and a link to the transcript of the podcast:

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Something New I Learned From School

  Geometry is full of shapes,angles, and polygons. For me I love it for other people not so fun. When someone says geometry I start thinking hey I was learning this in kindergarten because I was learning my shapes in there. For me math is easier than social studies.

  First off there are polygons. Polygons are 4 sided figures like for example squares or any shape that has 4 sides, and all 4 sides are the same length. Also it must be a closed figure. There are common polygons like a square and a triangle.

  Then there are angles. You have a right angle, acute angle, and an obtuse angle. A right angle is exactly 90◦ across and straight up. An acute angle is less than 90◦ all you have to think of is small cute little kids because of acute. Also an obtuse angle which is over 90◦  think of obese which sounds like obtuse as in big.

  Also you can't forget lines they are every where and you never realize it. You have lines, rays, line segments, parallel lines intersecting lines, and perpendicular lines. Lines go on forever in two ways and never touch. Rays, just think of the sun ( it gives off rays)they have an endpoint and go on in one direction forever. Line segments have 2 endpoints point a and point b. A line segment is a piece of a line Parallel lines  are lines that go on forever but never touch and are right across from each other. Intersecting lines are lines that cross over each other. Perpendicular lines are lines that cross each other but make 4 right angles.

  Goemetry has a lot of things in it these are just a few things of geometry. I love it but not for other people. I have given you ways to remember angles. I hope you have a good grade on geometry  or learn a lot from this post. Can you tell me other things about geometry?

Georgia Depot/Legislators Interviews

I am at the Georgia Depot and I am interviewing legislatures and I have had wonderful answers especially Jimmy Pruett. We have given them the opportunity to answer and record questions. I have been able to get a caricature drawing done of me and the food is great (and free). Every body is so nice and they are all answering great. I'm loving it and I hope every one else is liking it too. I have had a great time and Sony Perdue is here and he wants me to e-mail him. So he can be interviewed and I can tell every one about the interview . I'm also hoping he will comment back to me and my blog. I hope I will post very soon and tell you about my interview with Sony Perdue.

What Sleep Loss Does To You

I have read "Tired" on Katie's blog she is a student in Canada and an eighth grader. Her teacher Mr.Fisher. You can see his blog and many others by going to our class blog.

She has been waking up sleepy because she goes to sleep late. Which means when she goes to school not fully awake. Then that means she isn't able to pay attention in class.Then she doesn't learn as much is what I think has been happening. So she tried to go to sleep earlier but she couldn't go to sleep.

(Will be Continued)