Leigh

1. What have I learned today? I learned about the Mayan lifestyles and the ceremonies they held after the birth of a child. 2. What problems have I had? I had a few more problems finding what I needed in the beginning but later on I found the perfect sources. I also had trouble concentrating with everything that was going on around me. 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? I will try to focus tomorrow and concentrate on getting my work done. 4. What will I do next? Next, I will get a book for my last source and keep on researching.
 * Entry 8 March 22, 2007**

1. What have I learned today? I learned more about their agriculture. 2. What problems have I had? I had a lot of trouble finding the information that I needed on the databases. 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? Tomorrow I will ask Mrs. Goodall for help with the databases. 4. What will I do next? I will find more information and look for a book to use.
 * Entry 7 March 21, 2007**

10 points Remind me to help you.
 * Teacher Response 3-22-07**

1. What have I learned today? I learned about the Mayan writing sysetem and their agriculture. 2. What problems have I had? I had problems finding information in the databases and choosing which one I worked the best for me. 3. How will I overcome the problem(s)? When I finally find a good database that works for me and quit accidentally closing out of the programs! haha 4. What will I do next? I will continue researching and answering my fat and skinny questions in NoodleBib.
 * Entry 6 March 20, 2007**

10 points
 * Teacher Response 3-21-07**

1. Describe how the pre-notetaking sheet helped you find both focus for your topic and research questions to investigate. Did you find it easy or difficult to create a fat question from your ideas? The sheet helped me decide what topic I wanted to use because it gave me an idea of what I could write about and what topics I had the potential of learning a lot about. I thought it was fairly easy to think of fat questions given the information I already had.
 * Entry 5 March 19, 2007**

10 points
 * Teacher Response 3-21-07**

1. Brainstorm a list of questions related to your topic. Fat Questions: 1. What was the lifestyle of the Mayans like? 2. How is the lifestyle of the Mayans alike or different from the way we live today?
 * Entry 4 March 19, 2007**

Skinny Questions: 1. What was their daily life like? 2. When did the Mayans fall? 3. Why did they do the things they did? (i.e human sacrafices) 4. What type of writing system did they use? 5. What were the pyramids used for? 6. How did they determine their king or lord? 7. What was the hierarchy and what did each person do?

10 points
 * Teacher Response 3-21-07**

1. Topic: The Mayan Empire 2. Why you chose it: I learned some about them some in Spanish last year and they interested me. 3. What you already know about your topic: I know that they built many pyramids and had a very interesting writing system.
 * Entry 3 March 15, 2007**

1. I think the webbing process helped/did not help me find a topic because: I think the webbing process helped me because it dept everything organized and helped me brainstorm.
 * Entry 2 March 15, 2007**

1. What are some of the previous research projects you have done? In 7th Grade we had and I-Search and mine was on healthcare. In Louisiana History our project was to research the Cajun Country of Louisiana. This year we have had to research labyrinths.
 * Entry 1 March 14, 2007**

2. Based on these projects, what does //research// mean to you? To me research means to be given a topic or choose and topic and learn as much as possible on it by using the internet or books.

3. Describe one of your research successes or failures. Why was the experience positive or negative? One of my research failures was when we studied Cajun Country in LA History. At the end of the project, I hadn't learned that much information and didn't retain it.

10 points
 * Teacher Response 3-15-07**