Hey Kids -
I asked this question to one of the writers from Mental Floss on Twitter last night, and here was his answer.
(The tilde (~) symbol means approximately.)
I asked this question to one of the writers from Mental Floss on Twitter last night, and here was his answer.
(The tilde (~) symbol means approximately.)

What do you think? What kind of weather should we expect today and tomorrow?
How many miles inland do we live from the east coast?
Later, he posted this Tweet... linking to your "Why Leaves Change Color" comments on our website!!!
How cool!!!
(Click the link above to see for yourself!)
Shortly after that, Adrienne Crezo, the author of the Little-Known Punctuation Marks article commented on our blog! Let's work on that one today!
(Click the link above to see for yourself!)
Shortly after that, Adrienne Crezo, the author of the Little-Known Punctuation Marks article commented on our blog! Let's work on that one today!
Isn't the internet amazing? The authors who wrote these articles like what we're doing in our classroom!
Great job kiddos!
Great job kiddos!