Saturday, January 19, 2013

Weekly Wrap-up

History- (We are way behind here so we are just listening to chapters and discussing and moving on...)
Robert Baden Powell
  • The Decline of the Ottoman Empire
  • Ned Kelly- the "Robinhood" of Australia
  • The Suez Canal- connected the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
  • The Irish Potato Famine
  • The Boer War, Robert Baden Powell and the first Boy Scouts
  • Pedro the 2nd of Brazil (Caleb said, "Finally! A King who did something good for his people!")
Science- We finished our study of fish.

  • Defenses- advertisement, camouflage, countershading, swimming in schools
  • Life Cycle- egg, larva, post larva. juvenile, aduly
  • Parts- gills, fins, nares, lateral line, swim bladder
  • Shapes- fusiform (torpedo- like a shark), depressed (ray), compressed (angelfish), eel-like
Biography/picture study- John Singer Sargent
Poetry- Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott








Literature-
  • Carry on Mr. Bowditch (all)
  • Treasure Island (Ethan)
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth (Caleb)
  • The Secret Valley (Adam)
  • The Boy and the Goat (Abigail)
  • The Monster in the Hollows (bedtime book for all)
Other-
  • Basketball at the Lincoln Center
  • Art with Mimi
  • Went to the Batting cages (boys)
  • horseback riding (Abigail)
  • Caleb and Ethan are working on an ABC book of the 20th Century
  • Adam is working on bird drawings to make stationery
  • Abigail is working on a Word Tree after reading, "Rocket Writes a Story"
  • Friday Freewrite
  • Lego Quest
  • Daily Checklists for all!

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