Today by Daisy

Today we were practicing Longfellow's poem about Paul Revere's ride.  We also fit in some reading we read our books that are in our packets.  It's very fun.

Today by Daisy and Connor

Today in class we were finishing King George III vs. the Firebrands.  The Firebrands were Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, and Patrick Henry. After that we had music and I got a yellow belt and Cassie got her white belt. Right now we are going to art.   In Kim's math we worked on model math and discussed the School Stuff Store.  Kim's math class will be organizing the store and we will only sell school supplies.  

Here are five students trying to stay warm as they read.

Happy New Year! (Our Day as told by several students)

When we walked in Kim decided to show us what the Declaratory Act was and she removed fruit break and recess from our schedule. The Declaratory Act said that the colonies had no right to make their own laws and the British Parliament and the king needed to do it for them.  Kim decided it was in the best interest of the "empire" to eliminate fruit break and recess, but gave it back when we planned to rebel and overthrow the despot (two of our vocabulary words).

In Kim's math we finished our whale migration.  We had to see how many times our whale breached in the 31 or 32 days it took them to get to the Dominican Republic from Virginia Beach.  Mirage and Erosion took only 31 days and Quasar and Waterspout took 32 days.  We did a model math problem.  We started by doing music and addition fast facts.  We worked on our individual packets.  (I did addition bowling practice.)

In Betsy's math we worked on Dynamath.

We worked on social studies vocabulary, including tyrant, Stamp Act, boycott, and liberty.  We read our book and worked on questions about the reading.  We wrote 3 silly and 3 serious resolutions.  We played a game based on the show "Liberty Kids" about the American Revolution.  We also worked on cleaning up our supply closet.  We had a lot of markers that had stopped working.

After this, we have music.

from Connor and Nick

This week we have been studying the colonies.  We named all 13 colonies. George III taxed the colonies.  We looked at several different taxes, like a tax on glass, sugar, tea, and stamps.  We played a marble game.  We made stamps with potatoes.  We decorated cookies.

Ari's mom came in today and told us about Hanukkah.

In Music, we are playing our ukulele and recorders, but we had our last individual class.

In Art, we made snow globes.

In Computers, we are learning about colonial jobs and working with gaggle to share what we have learned.

In Math, we played math games.  We worked on addition and multiplication.

Have a nice break, from the whole entire class.

Today by Misha and others

Today we did recorders. I had fun. We also looked at what was the same and different with Werowocomoco and Jamestown. In Werowocomoco, they had a chief named Powhatan.  Werowocomoco was the main home of Powhatan in 1607. Powhatan's land surrounded Jamestown.  In Werowocomoco, they ate squash, corn, beans, and meat.  In Werowocomoco, under the age of twelve, in the summer, people wore nothing.  In Werowocomoco, some dancers had rattles filled with seeds.   Werowocomoco and Jamestown both made their houses out of straw, mud, and wood.  In Werowocomoco they would use animal skins in the winter.  In Werowocomoco the Indians used bow and arrows, which were amazingly accurate.  Jamestown was a colony started in 1607 by English.  It was named after King James I.   In Jamestown, they used guns and swords.  In Jamestown, men wore puffy pants and their shirts had high collars and puffy sleeves.  They also wore hats sort of like the guy from Pirates of the Caribbean.  In Jamestown, they ate mostly meat and food that the Indians gave them.  In Jamestown, they were looking for gold, but could not find any.  In Jamestown, they had a governor appointed by the King or the London Company.

Upcoming Events for December:

Poetry Day - Friday, December 2
Book Fair - Monday through Friday, December 5-9
Musical Performance at the Book Fair - Monday, December 5 at 2:30
Field Trip to "Nutcracker" - Friday, December 9
Hollins Carnival - Monday, December 12
Book Project Due - Tuesday, December 13
Field Trip to "Christmas Cookie"  Roanoke Children's Theater - Thursday, December 15