On Sunday, March 6 the 2016 Little Rock Marathon took place. It was 45 degrees fahrenheit when it started. the winner was Bryan Morseman of New York. He finished in 2 hours 27 minutes and 15 seconds. Morseman is trying to win a marathon in all 50 states. Arkansas was his thirteenth. He started running marathons in addition to his regular job to raise money for treatment for his son Leeim who was born in 2014 with a spine disorder. This was Morseman’s second try in Little Rock to win.
Month: March 2016
Homeschool Journal 3/8/16
by Reed Karman •
In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Baghdad. It means god’s gift. It is the capital of Iraq. We read a weird poem about kaleidoscopes.
Homeschool Journal
by Reed Karman •
We read a poem about robins. Adi got to pick one thing to do with us today. In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Ankara. It has 3,908,000 people.
Homeschool Journal 3/3/16
by Reed Karman •
In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Instanbul. It means in the city. It is the largest city in Turkey. 96% of the population is Muslim, 2% nonreligious and 1% Christian.
We read a weird poem about beetles.
Homeschool journal 3/3/16
by Vwala •
Today is my birthday!!! At one something in the morning today I turned 11. I got a phone call from my cousins, a birthday card from my grandparents, and a lot of happy birthdays. For those of you who know what this means I did two double pirouettes finally getting it pretty much down. What I mean to say is it’s been a really awesome day!!!
The Arabs built some underground water canals to take water to places without any and so that farming was possible in more places.
Istanbul is in Turkey. It means in the city. 1,530,000 people live there. It is the largest city in Turkey and started out as a fishing village.
Homeschool Journal 3/2/16
by Reed Karman •
In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Jerusalem. 67% of the people are Jewish.
Homeschool Journal 3/1/16
by Reed Karman •
In Bible we started Nahum. In the Muslim golden age they weighed money instead of counting it. In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Damascus. It is named after Damshak. It has 2,600,000 people. The population is 87% Muslim.
You cannot taste a food until it is wet.
Tornado in Alabama
by Reed Karman •
Today in Birmingham Alabama a tornado hit. It damaged several houses and injured four people. No one was killed.
Homeschool Journal 2/29/16
by Reed Karman •
In Bible we started a new book, Obadiah.
In the Muslim golden age they drank out of linen straws. In 100 Gateway Cities we learned about Amman. It means protected by Amman, a local god. It is the capital of Jordan It has large oil deposits and is getting richer. 93% of the people are Muslims, 5% percent are Christian and 3% are nonreligious.
We read weird poem about an anteater.
In Saudi Arabia all citizens have to be Muslim. It also is a monarchy.
The way Muslims converted was missionaries were sent out and were army escorted. The army was ordered to kill all resistors.
Homeschool Journal 2/12/16
by Reed Karman •
In 100 Gateway cities we learned about Manama.