Thursday Update March 31

The students made Viking helmets, weapons, shields and boats during group time.

Notices:

Keep those Purdy's chocolate fundraiser forms coming in.

The students began the day working on their mini-books, assigned yesterday, about a modern remake of a fairy tale or story. Then we switched to math and the students were given all the handouts for their math duo tang on their new math unit on fractions. The students completed the first two pages of the book.

After recess until lunch we worked in small groups on making three dimentional models of viking ships, swords, axes and shields.

After lunch we read for 35 minutes then were treated to the first of four lessons on tennis from a local tennis pro. After this special presentation we watched a vido by Bill Nye the science guy, on light and color and the students were assigned a title page for the unit on Light.

Friday Test

spelling unit 24

multiplication of two digit by three digit numbers (12 x 248)

In 1778, two English ships, lead by Captain James Cook, arrived at the coast of British Columbia. Cook and his crew were trying to find the Northwest Passage from the Pacific side. It had been a long journey. On his journey around the world Cook made maps of many areas not known to Europeans.

It is thought that the Vikings were the first European people to settle in North America, about 500 years before Columbus. A small archeological site near L'Anse aux Meadows at the northern tip of the province of Newfoundland. The Vikings called the new land Vinland, talked about in Norse sagas.