September 27, 2010 Day Seventeen

Make-up work

Book Report

Title: Once There was a Tree

Author: Natalia Romanova

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   Summarize the story:

The story describes the circle of life in a heartwarming story about nature and trees. And also to share with people.

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   List at least 3 characters with one sentence describing them:

A snooty man: a man who thinks he's the best.

A bear: a bear who shares the stump.

Ants: Near, organized ants.

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   What did you like best about this book?

The lesson about the circle of life.

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   Write a one sentence advertisement for the book.

A heartwarming story for all ages.

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   What did you learn from the book? What lesson does the book teach?
   I learned that the circle of life starts with the tiniest things like maggots. The lesson the book teaches is the same thing I learned.

Encyclopedia American Indians—6 entries
Pg 159 Indian Language
1. The Indian language has about 19,000 words in it and they used them all.
2. In California, some tribes spoke "men talk" and "women talk," which were two different languages.
3. There's lots of different words for one word, there are 47 different words for red.

Pg 161 Indian Names
1. Girls got their names from flowers or pretty nature things.
2. In some tribes boys didn't get their names until going to war.
3. Some tribes got their names from what their parents saw in a dream.

Pg 188 Lodge

1. A story about a dwelling for ceremonies and praying.

Pg. 203 Micmac
Why are they important? A: Because people believe that their tribe met the Europeans first.

Pg. 233 Paint
1. Indians used paint to decorate themselves.
2. They were called "red men" during war.
3. They used berries as paint.

Pg. 245 Picture Writing
Write one picture sentence on separate paper on opposite side from Native American tribe map

Sophie's Blog Day 17: Tell us about your week with Grandpa & Grandma. What cool things did you do? What was most fun?

My week with grandpa was awesome because I got a lot of school done plus I go to my favorite things. Like going to the aquarium and the dinosaur place and Chuckee Cheese. The most fun was the dinosaur place. Because I got 3 dollars from the maze, and played on the playground.