President's week

Mom is making me write again. I get frustrated sometimes when I have to write, but Mom thinks it’s important. I would rather play a new game that I learned, called Rummy Roots, during my English time, or read the new book series that I started.  Almost everything is better than writing.  

               I don’t like writing because typing is a subject that I am horrible at. I don’t type fast because I can’t think and type at the same time. Then, I get frustrated.  I still don’t know how to type because the program that I use does not seem work for me. Mom is going to find another typing program, I think. Also, after I write, my mom makes me print my writing. Then, I have to circle every linking verb (was and were) and rewrite the sentence using active verbs. I would rather just read. Today, I accidently deleted my writing, after working on it for over an hour, and then mom made me write the whole thing all over again. She said that mistakes like that will happen over and over again (this is the third time I’ve done that) if I don’t learn to save my work. She said I will not learn my lesson unless I rewrite it over again. I cried when she said that, but then I finally stopped crying and rewrote this blog.  

               Last week, I finished my fourth-grade vocabulary book. My mom did not order the fifth-grade book as she planned, because she decided that I was not really learning the vocabulary words.  I would study the vocabulary words long enough to take the quiz, and then I would forget them. Mom decided that I should learn root words instead of vocabulary words. Mom found a card game using root words. It is called Rummy Roots. When I learn all the Greek and Latin roots, I will be able to figure out long words. We play Rummy Roots the same way that we play Go Fish. After I know all the root words, we will play the game similar to the game of Rummy, except we will play it with root word cards. I like Rummy Roots a lot better than the vocabulary words. I’ve only been playing it with my mom for a few days, and once I played with my dad, and I already know many of the root words.

               Mom took us to the library on Monday, but it was closed because of President’s Day. We never even thought that the library might be closed because we are not taking off a week for President’s Day. On Tuesday, we went to the library again. I checked out a few Greek Mythology Books. I just started reading a new series by Rick Riordan, and it’s about characters in Greek Mythology. I love the series, but I need to understand the myths better in order to follow the books. Mom also chose a book for me called The Secret Garden. At first, I did not want the book because it looked like it was for girls, but now I am enjoying it a lot.

               Yesterday, my friend and his family (and my Grandma) came ice-skating with us. It was the only day we took off school this week. All the grownups watched us kids skate. The ice-rank is a gigantic oval, inside an arena. I was so sore after skating for three hours that my legs hurt that night. We played bumper cars with chairs on the ice, and ate pizza for lunch. It’s been a busy week for everyone.