Day 3

The first day was probably the worst day of the 3 days so far. We learned about fractions and safety. Even though safety is important it got a little boring to listen to after a while and I knew a lot of the fraction stuff already. We also learned about the different tools that we were going to use and what they are used for.

On day 2 we learned about angles and measuring. We practiced with practice wood and we measured different angles. We then went outside to cut the angles. That was pretty fun because I really like sawing. We also made a cutting list which is a list that shows the length height and width of every piece of wood that we are going to cut. That took a lot of our day because we had to be so precise and there was a lot of wood to measure.

On day 3 we got to the really fun part and that was cutting with the mitre saw. But before we could use the saws we learned how to use them. It was actually pretty easy to use them but there were a lot of things that you have to remember when you are cutting. For example, when you are cutting you must be behind the blade or else pieces of wood can fly at you when you are cutting. And you can not put your fingers near the blade or else you might get them cut off. But after a while you get the hang of it so you didn't have to think about it. You just did it so it did not seem so overwhelming. After we were done cutting we had to find a good place to put the ga-ga pit. so we took the base pieces of wood and put them down in the shape of the ga-ga pit so that we could see how big it would actually be. After we found a good place to put the ga-ga pit we then traced the outside of the pieces of wood onto the ground. Today was by far the best day so far and I can't wait until we start painting and putting the ga-ga pit together.