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Thursday, October 21, 2010

October 20 & 21, 2010 Day Thirty-Two

Two half-days = 1 full day

Activities

Language Arts with Bill

Similes

Similar / Alike / like / in common / share

Comparing two American Girl dolls: Mia & Julie

Same            Different

eye color        Hair color

nose            names

freckles        clothes

company        sleeping arrangements

store            age

size            hair length    

Similes Sentences

  1. Her blonde hair was as beautiful as the daffodils in the spring.
  2. The water was like being curled up inside the freezer for a week.
  3. The lumberjack's hands were as rough as the storms at sea.
  4. We were out of milk and we had to eat our cereal dry; it tasted like being in the desert for year, trying to find water.

Simile Equation

____X_____ = _____Y_____.

As _____X_________ as _______Y______

Her smile was as appealing as your first bite of ice cream in the summer.

John Prine's voice is as deep and sweet as hot fudge. (Bill)

The ice-skater's outfit was as outstanding as seeing the world from the top of Mt. Everest. (Sophie)

The ice was as smooth as the cloth on my dress, but smoother.

American Sayings & Figures of Speech

Crazy as a loon

Hungry as a bear

Fast as a horse

Graceful as a swan

Silly as a goose

Older than dirt

Tight as a boa

Fancy as broadway

Swift as wind

Sweet as candy

"Lazy as a bump on a log"

She was as dull as an old knife

Happy as a lark

As sharp as a tack

Quiet as a mouse

Pretty as a picture

Ugly as a toad

Handsome as a prince

Eats like a pig

Dumb as a rock

Sour as a lemon


 

Play—Act 1, Scene 3

Scene 3

Cast: Ben, Captain, Samuel, Sailor James, and Ariel the dog.

Location: The dining room

Dialogue

Curtain up

Captain: Now, Ben how do you like that Salted Cod?

Ben: Well actually sir, this happens to be one of my favorite foods. I'm enjoying it a lot.

Sailor James: Hello, I'm sailor James!

Ben: Nice to meet you James, I'm Ben your new cabin boy.

Captain: Ben, you and James will be sharing the same room. You'll have 1 hammock for each of ya, and ya own head!

Samuel: ha ha ha ha ha, That's a good one, sir!

Captain: Now, who wants to start a little conversation? Ben………how about you?

Ben: Well, could we talk about Christopher Columbus, and John Cabot, and Samuel De Champlain and other explorers, that will make a good conversation?!

Captain: Bloody good idea son!

Samuel: Yes, sir ya right, but in me hometown in Scotland, we say Great idea lad, and sure is!!

Captain: I'll start, Now where we are supposed to be headed, John Cabot explored back in 1498. The east coast of Virginia. John Cabot took 4 journeys to the New World. He died on his 4th visit to Virginia. But his son Sebastian Cabot, made journeys, to Virginia for him, and kept the Cabot name in history. And we hope it will still be in history 1,000 years into the future.

Samuel: Yes, but Christopher Columbus was sailing from Spain and the exact same time, except in the lower half of Virginia. He was the first man to set foot on Virginia, but he believed he was stepping on The Indies. Rumors say he died believing, he found the Indies, but we know that he didn't.

Ben: Wow, Thank you so much for this lesson about explorers, you can teach me more about explorers tomorrow. Good-nigh……….

Samuel: Wait, you need to know about the Vikings, young lad.

Ben: ( with a look of confusion ) The Vikings?!

Captain: Oh yes, back in the year 1,000 Erik the red, and his crew sailed to the New Found Land. They went up to Iceland, and then to Greenland, Then to The New Found Land. Erik the red's son was right behind him, his name was Leif Erikson. So when Samuel here said that Columbus was the first man to set foot on Virginia, he was incorrect.

Samuel: Ok lad, you can go to your room now, I think sailor James has all ready fallen to sleep.

Ben: Come on Ariel, let's go to our room.

Ariel: Ruff ,Ruff , Aooooooh!!!

End of Scene 3


 

Project—Type in and format "facts"

Vikings

  1. The Vikings found Iceland and Greenland first.
  2. Snowii, was the first child to be born in America.
  3. Sagas, are the most important stories, about the Vikings.
  4. L'Anse aux meadows, is where the Vikings landed in Newfoundland.
  5. Leif Erikson is Erik The Red's son.

Native Americans

  1. Explorers called the Native Americans "Indians" because they thought they were in India
  2. Native Americans traded wampum for brass, kettles, and more.
  3. Squanto is the most famous Native American, for teaching the Pilgrims.
  4. Squanto's real name was Tisquantam.
  5. Native Americans live in Wigwams and Longhouses, especially near the east coast.
  6. The fortune teller in a Native American tribe is called a medicine man.
  7. A chief of a Native American tribe, is called a Sachem.

    Ships and Navigation

    1. A Carrack is a large ship with 3 or 4 masts.
    2. A caravel is a smaller ship with lateen sails.
    3. A compass is used for finding North, while an astrolabe is used for finding latitude and longitude.

    Field Trips

    1. Osher Map Gallery: The first maps of the world were called T and O maps.
    2. Mystic Seaport: The oldest remaining Whaling ship ever, is the Charles W. Morgan.
    3. Pequot Museum: There were lookalike statues of the Native Americans!

    Columbus

    1. It took Columbus 12 years to get money and ships to go on his voyage.
    2. Columbus took 4 voyages, on the last voyage Columbus reached the mainland.
    3. Columbus had 3 ships, The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa-Maria.
    4. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy.
    5. Between 1494and 1496 1-3rd of the Native Americans were killed.


 

Math Practice—Find the missing digit worksheet (practice) & estimating and measuring angles (new skill)

http://www.math-drills.com/halloween.shtml


 

Mad Lib—Explorers You Should Know

October 21, 2010

Explorers You Should Know Mad Lib

There are many __________ of ______________ I learned about in my web-quest. The fist explorer was

        (Number)    (noun pl.)                

Marco __________. He was famous because he went all around the ____________ looking for

    (Noun )                                (noun)

____________ ____________. We play the game ____________ because Marco Polo literally went

(adjective)    (noun)                    (noun)

everywhere in the ____________. Another explorer was Prince ____________ the __________.

            (country)                    (noun)        (noun)

Prince ___________ opened the first _____________ ___________ ever! He was also responsible for

    (noun)                (adjective)    (noun)

sending the first ___________ beyond ___________! Now, another explorer was Ferdinand _________.

        (noun)            (noun)                            (noun)

The story of Ferdinand is ______________. He never found what he was _____________ for. He went

            (adjective)                    (verb-ing)

to several ________________, but never found his ________________. One more explorer was a

    (noun pl.)                    (noun)

______________ Conquistador. His name is Ponce de Leon. Conquistadors are __________ who

(noun)                                        (noun)

_________________ in South _______________. Francis Drake is one of the most ____________

(verb)                (noun)                            (adjective)

explorers. He is famous for being the first Englishman to see the ___________ ______________.

                                (adjective)        (noun)

Those are some of the _____________ of _________________ you should know.

            (number)        (noun pl.)                 


 

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