January 25 & 26th, 2011 Days Eighty-Nine & Ninety

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary

1. Righteous: Characterized by uprightness or morality

2. Sabbath: The first day of the week Sunday, the day of rest; church day

3. Psalm: Any of the songs, hymns or prayers contained in the book of psalms

4. External carotid artery: The main artery that supplies blood to your neck containing many branches

5. Lacinmal Gland: The gland that produces tears

5 Sentences

1. The kings and queens of Europe believed they were righteous because they are at the top of the "class" pyramid.

2. Sunday, the day of the Sabbath is a day dedicated to God, the day where everyone is free from work.

3. When me and Lily went to Church with Emma we had to sing out of the psalm book.

4. One of the branches in the external carotid artery is the one where you can feel your pulse.

5. When you cry it's because you're sad, but it's good for the eye because it cleans it.

5 Facts & Details

1. Today we were talking to a robot at Disney, she understood everything mom said!

2. Speaking of robots the fastest 2 wheeled robot can move 3.7 miles per hour!

3. A robot once jumped 30 feet by itself!

4. The largest robot dog is 32 inches by 26 inches its name was Champion.

5. Champion can lift 42 pounds on his own!

5 Questions

1. When did the first contact between the mayflower passengers and the Indians occur? A: December 8^th 1620 after their arrival

2. What role did the Pilgrims play in other conflicts or near conflicts with the Indians? *January 1622 A: The sachem of the Narragansett tribe sent a messenger with a basket full of arrows and snakeskin that Squanto knew was a threat, other Indian tribes wanted war with the pilgrims but the Wampanoag wouldn't let them

3. April 15, 1623 attack? A: The pilgrims attacked Massachusetts

4. What happened following the April 1623 attack? A: They moved to Maine or back to England

5. May 26. 1637 attack on the Pequot fort in Mystic, Ct.? A: The pilgrims did not participate in that

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill 10 adding & subtracting Mixed Number Fractions

1. Suppose Forker and Spoon really do wear 14 5/8 inch hats. What is the sum of their hat sizes? A: 29 ¼

2. What is the difference between the sum of Forker's and Spoon's hat sizes and 30 inches? A: 3/4

3. Suppose Forker wears size 14 5/8. What size would Spoon need to wear to make a total of 30 inches? A: 15 3/8

4. Write two other mixed numbers that both add up to 30. A: 14 1/8 + 15 7/8

5. 3 3/8 + 3 7/8 = 7 ¼

Activities

Music

Art

Colonial House DVD: Episode 5 Summary: "I watched the second disc of Colonial House. It started off with the colony finding food. They were very short on food and they had rotten meat because they didn't eat it when they were supposed to. One of the projects they had to do was build another house since the new family arrived and they needed extra housing. They finished the house in this episode. The governor's daughter back in Texas where they live in real life was in the hospital so the governor's family has left for good. Also one of the black freeman left because he felt he didn't belong in the colony as a black man, that he would have been a slave in the 17^th century. The colony needed a new governor, so during the Sunday Sabbath the governor announced that the lay preacher would become the governor for the last month."

Math Worksheets: Guinness 2 pages, Sylvan 1 page

Colonial Letters: Worked with Bill reading, editing, revising 4 written letters on topic of Family Roles

Silent Reading: The Phantom Tollbooth, Chapter 15 "This Way to Infinity" summary: The Mathemagician invited Milo and his friends into his castle to have some food and they were starving because they hadn't eaten since Dictionopolis. The Mathemagician offered Milo some subtraction stew. He had nine bowls of it and he was hungrier than when he started! That's the magic of subtraction stew. The Mathemagician made Milo and his friends answer math questions in order to get into the new rooms. His magic staff, which was actually a big pencil, wrote on a large paper in a big room of fractions. Tok and the Humbug didn't answer any of the questions right but Milo got them all right! Milo wanted to see the biggest number possible, which is infinity. The Mathemagician led the way!"

Chapter 16 "A Very dirty Bird" summary: Milo by himself headed up a flight of stairs to find infinity. He started out very fast and he got slower and slower until he had to stop completely. As soon as he stopped half of a little boy his age appeared. His name was Point 58. Point 58 suggested that he go back down the stairs because he can never reach infinity because it's impossible to get to. He met his friends and the Mathemagician downstairs and right then he asked the Mathemagician for his permission to go on the quest for Rhyme and Reason and gave Milo a mini-version of his magic staff and sent them off to the Mountains of Ignorance. They went a little ways and then stopped to find a very raggedy, old, huge bird with only one eye. They knew demons were foretold to be all through the mountains and this was one of them! This bird was called the Word Snatcher. He didn't let you finish your sentence and he changed it to make it sound like what you actually said. They escaped from them and found a handsome man laying by a tree who had no face at all. He asked Milo and his friends to do a few favors for him. Those favors were really hard to do like use tiny tweezers to move sand from one pile to another pile. That was Milo's favor. They did the favors hours after hours. Milo used his magic staff to find out how long it would take to complete the tasks—it would take them over eight-hundred years! They finally left the man and they found another demon who gave bad advice. He disappeared and Milo, Tok, and the Humbug escaped only to find themselves in the hand of another giant demon! He led them up to the way to the castle in the air!"

January 24, 2011 Day Eighty-Eight

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary

1. Maritime: Of or pertaining to the water usually particularly the sea

2. Evangelical: A certain kind of Protestant Christian who believes that the New Testament in the Bible is the most important thing and is always right

3. Arteries: The tubes that carry nutrient and oxygen-rich blood away from our heart and in to other parts of the body

4. Lymph nodes: The large tissue masses that help remove the Dead cells and foreign material

5. Optic nerve: The nerve that carries to the brain the signals that you see

5 Sentences

1.Caca and me went to the Maritime museum before we both agreed that it was very boring!

2. I bet Evangelical people read the bible every day I know they pray to him every day.

3. You have in several artery tubes in your body.

4. I bet on my body we will tissue paper for the Lymph Nodes

5. One reason that you sleep is because you have to rest optic nerves before to the next day.

5 Facts & Details

1. My favorite singers right now are Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift

2. A guy from Malaysia pulled a train a distance of 13 feet and 9 inches with his teeth!

3. The largest monster truck was named Bigfoot #5

4. Bigfoot #5's tires are 10 feet tall!

5. The World's tallest man is 8 feet 1 inch!

5 Questions

1. What is known about some of the ships that arrived in the Colony's early years? A: There were 5 ships that arrived in Plymouth between 1621 and 1623

2. Who came on the Anne and the James in 1623 and who did she marry? A: Alice Southworth William Bradford's wife

3. What happened to the ship the Sparrow Hawke? A: It sailed north

4. Who was the last surviving Mayflower passenger? A: Mary Allerton Cushman

5. How long did the Plymouth Colony exist and what happened to it? A: about 30 years, too many settlers came over

*Bonus Question: How many pints of blood does a 150 pound person have flowing through his/her body? A: 11 pints

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill 9: working with pie-chart of missing homework excuses fractions: 4/15 1/15 2/15 8/15 *Sophie's answers are correct.

1. 6/15 or 2/5

2. 5/15 or 1/3

3. 10/15 or 2/3

4. 7/15

5. 15/15 or 1

Activities

Math Workbooks Guinness 2 pages, Sylvan 1 page Long Division

Gray's Anatomy 2 pages, Lymph Nodes & arteries

Skate—1 hour private lesson

Colonial Letters: Letters 3 & 4 (unedited or revised)

Family Letter 3

My Dearest Niece Ruth,

I have very much enjoyed getting letters from thee. Now it is my turn. I am at most health I thank God. I am glad to hear that you and your family are as well. I think you will be glad to hear that I have gotten proposed to by Edward Harris one month ago and I accepted, our wedding will be in one month. My dowry will be the money to go to the Jamestown Colony In the new World.

Edward works for the shipping industry. I might stop by Plymouth a few times while I am with my beloved Edward on his travels.

Everything here in England is so busy. I wish I was on the calm cozy coast of the New World with you and your family. King Charles the first is not a very good king here in England. So you say your father is making a group of men who do not want to be subjects of the king. I think that's a very impressive theory, Edward would like to be part of that group. You should not be afraid of your parents calling each other different names maybe the tithingman said they should.

It has been my pleasure talking with you Ruth, Now please let me ask you a few questions. How is Plymouth Colony and who is the governor? How many children do you have in your family now? What does your father do for work? Thank you Ruth, I hope you are at health still. I love you dearly

Aunt Sarah

 

Family Letter 4

Dear Ruth,

I am now Mrs. Sarah Harris. I got married to Edward two days before today. It is hard being a wife, there is so many chores. I remember when I was your age learning to do all the work that is so important now. I hope you are working hard because trust me, you will need to do all this work often when you get older.

Edward and I are expecting to have a baby before we go to Jamestown. Edward has already started whittling the cradle. You need to help me choose a name, do you think you can do that Ruth? If it is a girl I was thinking Rachel, I always treasured that name. If it is a boy, Daniel I like that name. If you have any other ideas please let me know in your next letter.

I am so sorry to hear about Timothy, your family must have been in terrible misfortune. I wish I could have seen Timothy before the angels carried him away, but remember God has sent him to watch over us and to make us behave well.

I am at health and again have been wishing to ask you some questions. Have you any friends in the New World? How many settlers have become part of your colony? Are you wishing to come back to England? Thank you again Ruth hope you are at health and safe I pray to God. I love you dearly

Aunt Sarah Harris

Websquest:

January 2011 Triangle Trade Route & Middle Passage in Colonial America WebQuest

1. Follow Link: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/triangulartrade.htm
   

   A: Read website. Write summary & definition of the Triangle Trade here: Goods were sent from Great Britain to Africa were the goods would be traded for slaves. The slaves would go to the New world to work as slaves for the colonists, there were about 10 million slaves. The supplies and raw materials from the new World was sent again to Great Britain to make the goods for Africa completing the triangle. This trading system went on for years up until the revolutionary war.
   

   B: Click to enlarge image, then Copy, Paste, & Save As in AA School Trade 1
   

   
    

2. Follow Link: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g5s_u3/index.html
   

   A: Follow the directions for Activities 1-3.
   

   1. What products were traded from the West Indies to the 13 colonies? A: Slaves sugar and molasses
   

   2. Where did the colonists ship goods? A: The West indies England and Africa
   

   3. Use back of this sheet to make chart.
   

   
    

3. Follow Link: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/29554-assignment-discovery-triangular-trade-video.htm
   

   A: Watch video
   

   
    

4. Follow Link: http://web.bryant.edu/~ehu/h364proj/fall_98/stump/triangletrade.html
   

   A: Read website and answer questions.
   

   1. What good did the colonies of Massachusettes and Rhode Island produce some of the best in the world? A: rum
      
   2. Where was the final product from New England shipped to and what goods was it traded for? A: West coast of Africa, gold and slaves
      
   3. What was the transportation of slaves from Africa to the West Indies called? A:
      

      The Middle Passage
      

      
       

   4. Follow Link: http://www.recoveredhistories.org/storiesmiddle.php
      

      A: Read website
      

B: Read, copy & paste quote at top of page here: "The stench of the hold…was so intolerably loathsome that it was dangerous to remain there for any time…but now that the whole ship's cargo were confined together, it became absolutely pestilential. The closeness of the place and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us"

Olaudah Equiano

 

C: Choose one of the three images on website to Copy, Paste, and Save As "Middle Passage 1"

1. Follow Link: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/27991-assignment-discovery-triangular-trade-and-slave-ships-video.htm
   

   A: Watch video
   

   
    

2. Follow Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nePOpkYwjY
   

   A: Watch Video
   

3. Follow Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P98JZhWUijY
   

   A: Watch Video
   

4. Summarize in well-written, 10 sentence paragraph what you learned about the Slave Trade & the Middle Passage by watching the videos in steps 5-7.
   

   
    

   The slave trade and the middle passage were a bad part of our history. The slaves going across the ocean were so misfortunate and there were so many that came. There were 10 million slaves that came over to America. This is sort of how the civil war started. Most of the slaves in the 21^st century have this bad past which makes me feel so sad. They were treated so horribly. The worst part is that no Europeans felt bad for the slaves, If I was a European, I would.
   

 

 

 

January 21, 2011 Day Eighty-Seven

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary

1. Indentured: Any deed, written contract or sealed agreement

2. Mercantilism: Mercantile practices or spirit, commercialism the old economic theory the power of the nation is directly related to the power of the nation's economy/money/commerce/trade

3. Convict: to prove or declare guilty of an offense a person proved or declared of offense

4. Buccinator: The cheek muscle that allows you to sip through a straw

5. Trochlea: The "pulley" that carries one of the six eye muscles allowing you to move your eye diagonally

5 Sentences

1. Today I will do a web quest on indentured servants.

2. The new world is so important to mercantilism because of the raw materials that make the goods.

3. People that were convicts got immediately put on boats to go to the New World after they were done in jail.

4. In "my human body" I will probably use a balloon for the buccinator.

5. In my science book they say that you can see the trochlea but I don't think you really can.

5 Facts & Details

1. The tallest geyser is in New Zealand and has erupted to 1,500 feet!

2. Guinness book of world records holds a record for the largest wildlife cake, which is a bird seed cake

3. The bird seed cake weighed 2,843 pound!

4. Chad Netherland from the USA holds the record for the longest time restraining a plane.

5. Chad held on to it for 1 minute and 6 seconds!

5 Questions

1. What was the effect of new arrivals to the colony? A: Added hardships like housing and food

2. When did the Pilgrims makes full payment on their debt to the Virginia Company? A: In 1627

3. Who were the two Pilgrims who fought a duel? A: Edward Doty and Edward Leister

4. Who was the Pilgrim who was executed after committing a murder? A: John Billington

5. Were there any marriages between Mayflower passengers after arriving in Plymouth? A: Yes John Alden and Percilla Mullins were married (My ancestors)

5 Math

*Sophie and I worked through a tricky math word problem today involving sports scores. We worked through the two relating problems together from the book 5 Minute Math Problem of the Day. She gets credit for answering 5 questions for her 5 x 5.

Activities

Gray's Anatomy 1 page, working on the neck muscles

Math workbooks I page Guinness, I page Sylvan—division with remainders

Web Quest: Indentured Servants

January 2011 Indentured Servants in Colonial America WebQuest

1. Follow Link: http://www.ushistory.org/us/5b.asp
   

   A: Read the first two paragraphs. Then read the caption of the image and Copy, Paste & Save As in file AASchool as "Indentured 1"
   
   

   B: What is the "Heatright System"? A: The "master" or "leader" of the colony need workers for their land and promises the workers a reward of land or money for working for them for a period of time example: 7 years
   

   C: What are "freedom dues"? A: What is given to the indentured servant after their work is done such as Gun, Clothes, food, and land
   

   D: What percent of indentured servants lived to earn their freedom? A: 40%
   

   E: What is the term used to describe the people who earned their freedom dues and were forced west to claim their promised land? A: pioneers
   

   F: What system of labor do wealthy landowners prefer to indentured servants? A: African slavery
   

   
    

2. Follow the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll7_0dPzGiE
   

   A: Watch Video
   

   B: What is another word for "contract"? A: the indenture
   

   C: Are indentured servants allowed to be married? A: NO!
   

   D: What were most indentured servants back in England? A: Convicts
   

   E: What 3 things have the master of the indentured servants promised to do? A: Give them freedom dues, pay for the voyage to the new world, food and housing
   

   F: What is one of the "labor intensive" crops that the colonies needed people to work? A:tobacco
   

   
    

3. Follow link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1narr3.html

A: What is the name of the freed black servant who owned property and indentured servants himself in the colony of Virginia? Anthony Johnson

B: According to the article, what is the name of the first black slave in the colony of Virginia and in what year was his sentence made? A: "Antonio the negro" 1625

C: What happens in Jamestown in 1676? A: It gets burned by the indentured servants

D: According to the article, why by the year 1705 had so many colonies legally recognized black men and women and other non-Christian slaves as "real estate"?

A: They didn't want to deal with promising the indentured servants, black people didn't have to be indentured they weren't really human according to whites, they were "animals"

1. Follow Link: http://virginiavignettes.org/2007/07/what-part-did-indentured-servants-play-in-early-virginia/
   

   A: Read vignette.
   

   B: Enlarge the image in the top left of the page. Save As in AASchool as "Indentured 2" and Copy and Paste here:
   

 

Skating 1 + hour private lesson

Maestro Colonial Book Summary pg 35-end: "As America and Canada's civilization was enlarging, the trade triangle was established with flour, sugar, tar, and iron bars from New English were going to England, slaves, spices, and gold dust were heading from Africa to the islands of the Caribbean, molasses, rum and slaves were sent to New England, forming the triangle. But the colonists in the New World were getting mad. They wanted their own country. King James II did not like it. He still wanted them to be subjects of him. That's where the Revolutionary War began with the Stamp Act, the taxes, and the Boston Tea Party.

January 20, 2011 Day Eighty-Six

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

1. Vocabulary
   

1. Station: The Ranking of what station you were born in, rich poor or in the middle

2. Elder: The elderly people that are members of your church; protestant church only

3. Anglican: Of or pertaining to the Church of England

4. Vertebral column: A scientific name for the spine

5. Vertebrae: The 26 ring shaped bones on the spine

5 Sentences

1. Ruth Alden's family was in the middle station above Poor and below Aristocracy.

2. Elder people now are not only in protestant churches but in all.

3. John Alden and his family was Anglican so when they went to America they were called the Strangers.

4. I think on my body, we should use a stick for the vertebral column also known as the spine.

5. I think for the vertebrae on my body we should use rocks or acorns or something.

5 Facts & Details

1. 5 miles is 1,600 rods

2. 5 miles is 8,800 yards

3. 5 miles is 26,400 feet

4. 5 miles is 316,800 inches

5. 5 miles is 633,600 half inches AND THEN SOME!

5 Questions

1. What kind of transportation did the Pilgrims have? A: WALKING!

2. What were the Pilgrims views on marriage? A: Marriage was a civil contract not a religious one

3. Did the Mayflower pilgrims practice religious tolerance? A: They tended to be more tolerant than the puritans

4. Did the Pilgrims have ownership of their homes or lands? A: Not until 1627

5. Did the Pilgrims own cattle? A: yes but not until Edward Winslow brought it over

 

5 Math from Fraction Stories, Skill 9 adding & subtracting fractions answers using these fractions: for questions 3-5: 1/ 12 lbs 5/12 lbs 7/12 lbs 11/12 lbs

1. 3/16 + 1/16 = 4/16

2. 5/16 + 7/16 = 12/16

3. What is the total weight: 6/12 or ½

4. How much more does it weigh? 1/3

5. What is the total weight of all? 2 pounds

Colonial Letter 2 Topic: Family Roles

Dearest Aunt Sarah,

Today was a very emotional day for our family. Little Timothy Alden passed away this morning we all filled with tears as the winds of angels carried Timothy away to heaven. I am writing to thee hoping you will understand. Again I wish you are at good health. After the dreadful news of this morning I have more pleasant news. Mother has allowed me to go to school to learn my manners and how to literate. I wish I could show thee my first sampler. It is of our house and our family. I am very proud of myself.

Our population of our colony has doubled in the last two weeks. I got in trouble last week for being Idle. Father has told me you used to be very idle when you were little, I don't believe that.

Father and Mother have frightened me, they're calling each other "Goodwife and Goodman" I hope they are not mad at each other.

Father has joined a group that does not want to be subject to the king of England! They are trying to find away to be their own country. I think that would be nice.

Anyway I still am at health so is my family, I bless god almighty.

Love your niece,

Ruth Alden

Math Workbooks: Guinness 1 page, Sylvan 1 page

Gray's Anatomy: facial muscles & structure

Library

Piano practice

Power Point Presentation: Part 2 18^th Century "The Enlightenment"—Questions *will be posted as Bonus Post soon*

 

 

 

January 18th & 19th, 2011 Days Eighty-Four & Five

Activities

Silent Reading & Summary Chapter 13 "Unfortunate Conclusions" & Cp. 14 "The Dodecahedron": Milo and his friends bring the word stuck in Milo's mouth to the cannon of words in the valley of sound. It made the whole valley of sound have sound again. They went on their way in their car to Digitopolis. But they got sidetracked along the way. They said it couldn't be a better day and they all jumped up and landed on this beautiful island, that wasn't so beautiful after all—the Island of Conclusions—and you can only get here by jumping. They met Canby, who thought too much of himself, who told them that would be stuck on the Island on Conclusions for awhile unless they swam back in the icy cold water and since they needed to get to Digitoplis as soon as possible, they did swim. They wouldn't jump to conclusions so quickly next time.

Once they got back to the car they had to decide to travel 5 miles or all the inches, yards, feet, etc that make up 5 miles. They kept arguing and suddenly a weird little man walked by with twelve faces: "My angles are many, my sides are not few. I am the Dodecahedron, who are you?" He led the way to the Number Line where they met the Mathematician, who was the King of Digitopolis and he will help Milo and his friends on the quest for Rhyme and Reason, as well as help make King Azaz, ruler of Dictionoplois, happy again. He leads them to the castle in Digitopolis, where the next chapter will start.

Maestro Colonial Book Summary pg 25-35 Starting the French and Indian War in 1756 the Native American decided it would be better to team up with the French instead of fighting with the English or not doing anything. Up in Canada the fur trade business was big in Europe, so more French people were coming. Some of the Native Americans decided to be Catholic and they made friends with the French. But down in the 13 colonies, things were not going so well. The Native Americans were getting mad at the English and Spanish. They had lots of wars. The most famous is the Pequot War. But even up in Canada the Native Americans and French were getting ready to attack—not with each other though! The surprise for the English and Spanish….

Gray's Anatomy 2 pages, spinal cord, muscles in skull & eye

Math Workbooks 2 pages Guinness and 2 pages Sylvan

Book Report

Title: Colonial America: Your Travel Guide

Author: Nancy Day

1. Summarize the story: What to wear? What to eat? You are traveling to Colonial America huh Well find out how to survive in the New World first. Everything you need to know about the colonies in the 17^th century is here!
   
2. List at least 3 characters with one sentence describing them:
   

Edward Teach: the fiercest of the all the pirates, known as Black Beard

Weetamoo: A wampanog Indian woman whose husband dies and she became chieftess

William Penn: A Quaker who came to Pennsylvania

1. What did you like best about this book?
   

The activity ideas

1. Write a one sentence advertisement for the book.
   

Studying the early colonies? Well do you need some activities? This book has some GOOD ones, so check them out at the Patten Free Library!

1. What did you learn from the book? What lesson does the book teach?
   

The school and church and about Colonial America.

Colonial House DVD Episodes 3 & 4 Summary: In the final episodes of Colonial House the Governor's family came back after leaving because of their daughter's fiancé was killed in a car accident. After recovering from the pain of their daughter Bethany, they brought 8 other colonists with them who has to learn the customs of the colony. One of the colonies member's couldn't take it so left the 17^th century and went back into the "Real World" which made him cheat because one of the rules was to not leave the colony and that would not be allowed in the real colony. I didn't finish the rest of the last one because Gamma lost power.

Skating: Sophie's Blog "Melissa and Dennis": This weekend Melissa Gregory and Dennis Petukhov Olympic 3^rd place ice dancers came to teach us in Brunswick. I worked with them in Simsbury and we asked them if they would be our Guest skaters in the March show and they accepted! This weekend though they came down to do private lessons and a seminar. I had lessons with both of them and I learned ALOT!! The seminar was on Martin Luther King day and it was a lot of fun!! We had partners and we put our toe pick on hockey pucks and did lunges! They also taught a Micheal Jackson routine to us! It couldn't of been better!!!

January 14, 2011 Day Eighty-Three

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary

1. Whittle: To cut or shape a piece of wood by carving off bits with a knife

2. Industry: Any mass business such as lumber, textile, and shipbuilding

3. Industrious: An adjective that describes people who work hard and produce a lot

4. Zygomatic arch: A scientific word cheekbone located the masseter

5. Foramen magnum: The largest of the holes in your skull that allows nerves, arteries, and veins to go through

5 Sentences

1. A famous women in the colonial times name was Sarah Whittle.

2. There were industries back in the colonial times, but they are more popular today.

3. In the colonial families almost everyone was industrious.

4. I think on our "My Human Body project" The Zygomatic arch should be made out of the orange playdough.

5. The foramen Magnum is sort of the same as the mental foramen, but in a different location on the skull.

5 Facts & Details

1. The heaviest pepper in the world weighs total of 64 pounds!

2. The oldest tightrope walker walked across a canyon on his 82^nd birthday!

3. The largest ball of human hair is 4 feet tall and weighs 167 pounds!

4. The largest ice-cream Sundae weighed 54,917 pounds!

5. The most expensive painting by an elephant costs 39,000 dollars!

5 Questions

1. Who was the military leader of the Pilgrims? A: Myles Standish

2. What is the correct spelling of Plymouth? A: "Plimoth" which is how William Bradford spelled it

3. How many Mayflower passengers died during the first winter? A: Fifty one

4. Who was the Pilgrim doctor and what is known about colony medical treatment? A: Dr. Samuel Fuller

5. Who were the survivors of the first winter? A: Of the 24 married men on the mayflower 8 survived the winter and 5 women of 18

5 Math from Fraction Stories Skill—Adding & Subtracting Fractions with Like denominators *information & figures taken from workbook story

1. 6/7 + 3/ 7 = 9/7 or 1 2/7

2. 6/7 – 3/ 7 = 3/7

3. 3/5 + 2/5 + 4/5 = 9/5 or 1 4/5

4. 3/5 + 2/5 = 5/5 or 1

5. 1 7/5 *she did this one in her head and was right!

Activities:

Gray's Anatomy: Jaw, Cheekbone, Nasal cavity

Silent Reading: The Phantom Tollbooth, Chapter 11 "The Silent valley" Milo, Tok, and the Humbug started on their journey again for Rhyme and Reason and went through the Valley of Sound, which was actually the "silent valley" because not a word could be spoken there. All of the citizens in the valley couldn't stand it. They told Milo and his friends the story about why they couldn't talk. More and more people kept coming into the valley of Sounds where all of the sounds in the world were made, which made the sound in the valley grow softer and softer until there was no sound at all. The people of the Valley of Sound asked Milo if he could go to the Sound Keeper, the ruler of the Valley of Sound, and steal sound from her collection, load it in the cannon and save the Valley of Sound. He accepted. The Sound Keeper loved silence and that was another reason why the Valley of Sound was silent. The sound Keeper gave Milo a tour of her fortress and into the rooms where she kept her sounds and into the rooms where she invented her sounds, where Milo noticed that if he started to say a word in his thinking but quickly closed his lips so the word was stuck in his mount, he wouldn't have to steal the sound and get in trouble, he could do it himself! And that's what he did to get sound back to the valley."

Math workbooks: 1 page Guinness, 2 pages Sylvan Review of Skills—pretty good, about 80%--small, fixable mistakes

Summary: The New Americas, by Maestros pg 15-25 "When colonizing became more popular, more people were able to do it! There were so many colonies now that almost all of the 13 colonies were made up. Maryland, Delaware, parts of New York and Manhattan Island and more in between were all colonized by 1638! The Native Americas were losing a lot of land now. They started to get angry, especially the Pequiot Indians in Connecticut and they started the Pequiot War and so many Native Americans were killed and even some colonists. Although in lower Canada the French and the Dutch liked the Indians and were trading with them, they were trading for beaver furs, which were very popular in Europe at that time."

17^th & 18^th Century Europe Power Point Presentation & Questions: Part 1 *Presentation and Questions/Answers will be uploaded next week after we complete Part 2

Colonial Letters Project: Letter 1

My Dearest Aunt Sarah,

I know I have not seen thee in such a long time and how you are at such distance I hope you are at most health. Mother has a new baby born, Samuel Alden and he is at most health, Blessed be God Almighty. Father is busy as always and he asked me to bid you a hello for we all miss you terribly. I have reached the age of ten now and have started teaching Mary and Elizabeth candle making. My sisters and brothers are in good health, I thank God but bless him to help little Timothy who is terribly sick.

I got badly injured last year while I was helping my dearest brother Edward carry water, we were messing around and he pushed me to the ground and dropped the bucket on me. I am fine now, I hope thee has had no sever injuries lately.

Mother said I was being very diligent and industrious lately. I am very proud of myself. Anna has now taught me how to prepare meals, She said I am not that much useful but Mother told me I was.

My beloved Aunt Sarah, I am so very grateful to have written to thee. I thank God for having you as my aunt. I hope that I will be able to communicate with thee more. The Lord in Mercy fill your heart with goodness.

Love your niece

Ruth Alden

 

January 13, 2011 Day Eighty-Two

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary

1. Tallow: Animal fat saved and used for making candle by the daughter

2. Idle: Not working or active

3. Diligent: Constant in effort to accomplish something

4. Palate: The dome shaped roof of your mouth and the floor of your nasal cavities are formed by the palate; the palate has two parts the hard palate and the soft palate

5. Brain stem: The lower part of the brain is the brain stem

5 Sentences

1. When Lily made mom her candles for Christmas, she did not use tallow.

2. Yesterday when I was sick I was very idle.

3. I am Diligent in my skating and in my schoolwork, which is a good thing.

4. When I colored my palate the other day it was neon yellow, neon red, neon blue, neon green, and polkadots!

5. When people tease you about eating seeds such as watermelon, the watermelon could probably grow attached to your brain stem!

5 Facts & Details

1. John Evans from the UK balanced a Modified Mini Cooper on his head!

2. Yilmaz of Turkey now holds the longest distance for Milk Squirting, but Yilmaz did it out of his eye!

3. A guy in Italy holds the record for cycling the deepest underwater!

4. Venus holds the record for longest days with 243 Earth Days!

5. The heaviest cabbage in the world is in Wasilla named, "The Beast" which weighs 127 pounds!

5 Questions

1. Were the Mayflower pilgrims the first group to settle in New England? A: No, there was a colony in Cuttyhunk Island.

2. When did the pilgrims begin building houses in Plymouth? A: On December 25, 1620

3. Did the Pilgrims build log houses for their homes? A: No

4. Who were the first governors of the Plymouth Colony? A: John Carver, Thomas Prence, Edward Winslow and later William Bradford

5. What was it like for the pilgrims to go to church in the early years of the colony? A: Although attendance to Sunday Church was not required, it was expected that all of the puritans of the colony would come

5 Math

1. What fraction does the picture represent? A: 3/8

2. Order fractions from smallest to largest. A: 1/3 1/ 2 3/5 7/10 7/8

3. Write two fractions equivalent to 2/5. A: 4/10 and 10/25

4. Write 74 as mized number. A: 1 3/4

5. Write 4 2/3 as improper fraction. A: 13/3

Gray's Anatomy

Math Workbooks: Guinness 1 page and Sylvan 1 page Factors

Silent Reading: Chapter 11 The Phantom Tollbooth "Discord and Dymme" Milo woke up and decided to conduct the colorful symphony himself. It didn't go as planned. When he tried to stop the musicians they wouldn't stop and kept going on and on faster and faster, making every color a different color. When Chroma finally woke up, he stopped it and suggested that Milo and his friends continue their journey. They went through the forest of sight and saw a tractor with enormous letters on it that said "Cochonous A. Discord Doctor of Dissonance" and decided to go in. Inside was a strange man with enormous ears the size of his head who kept asking them strange questions like "Have you ever heard a blind octopus unwrap a cellophane covered bathtub?" He turned out to be the Doctor of sound. He made every sound in the world go on, but not soft sounds—bangs, crashes, squawks…all of the annoying sounds in the world. He had an assistant named Dymme. He was the "awful din" that made all of the sounds! He's the one making the ruckas. Milo and his friends didn't want to be around the doctor and his assistant, it was too loud. So they kept going. Dymme said that the valley of sound, the place Milo and friends were heading to next was awful. Milo and his friends didn't know what to expect.

Jamestown DVD Colonial Life for Children series: Greg was working on his project on Jamestown for school. He was looking on the internet but couldn't find anything! Suddenly a man started talking to him on the computer. He got zapped into the internet and into Jamestown colony! Greg was very surprised. The man's name was Bob and he would be Greg's guide through the Jamestown colony. First they went to the shipbuilding area and learned about how all the colonists made ships. They got zapped into the internet again and went inside a ship and learned how it was to survive on a ship for the five weeks it took to make the voyage. A lot of monotony. He got zapped into the internet again and met a Powantan Indian. The Indian told Greg all about how the Indians reacted when the colonists first got here. Anyway, Greg got all of his questions on his report on Jamestown answered and he got an A on the project!

Overview: The New Americans Colonial Times by Betsy and Giulio Maestro: *to page 15. Everything I learned about the Pilgrims and the colonists is in this book! I did learn about the Dutch and how they colonized New York, which they first called New Amsterdam until the English took it over later. The English were probably better at colonizing than other countries in Europe.

Skating

January 11th & 12th, Days Eighty and Eighty-One

Activities:

Music—extra long lesson with Kat preparing for Annie

Colonial House documentary Episodes 1 & 2

Sophie's Blog: Colonial house Episodes 1 and 2: Today at the farm we watched Episodes 1 and 2 of Colonial House. 17 people from the United States and even England decided to take on the challenge of living like the Colonists of the 17^th century. But it wasn't working out so well, 2 men got sick the women and children were not used to working like that and the indentured servants were mad. In the second episode the governor's daughter's fiancé was killed in a car accident so they immediately went home and the rest of the group had to live on their own and the preacher took his place as governor but the group wasn't surviving will the governor come back and take his place as leader or leave the group to their misery? I'll find out tomorrow. –Sophie

Book Report

Title: Salem Days: Life in a Colonial seaport

Author: James E. Knight

1. Summarize the story:
   

Josh Silsbee went to Salem, Mass to become a sailor instead of a farmer. He went to become a green hand on the Salem Prize but it was getting fixed for two weeks. So he and his friend Silas explored around Salem. The Salem prize finally took off and was away during the Revolutionary War. Many of the men got killed but not Josh. When he got older he became Captain of the Salem Prize.

1. List at least 3 characters with one sentence describing them:
   

Joshua Silsbee: a 15 year old boy who became a sailor aboard the Salem Prize

Silas: Joshua's friend who accompanies Josh on the trip

First mate: Josh's personal tutor

1. What did you like best about this book?
   

The story because it is historical fiction.

1. Write a one sentence advertisement for the book.
   

If you're craving for Colonial America try this educational book about Salem Days.

1. What did you learn from the book? What lesson does the book teach?
   

I learned that Salem is a lot like Mystic, CT.

Math: Guinness 2 pages, Sylvan 2 pages—Rounding & Estimating and Identifying Factors

Gray's Anatomy: the roof of your mouth

Silent Reading: The Phantom Tollbooth, Chapter 10 "Milo, Tok, Alec, and the Humbug went into the Forest of Sight on their journey to find Rhyme and Reason. They landed in the towns of Reality and Illusions and went on into the Colorful Symphony. They watched the Sunset Songs of the Colorful Symphony and the Silver Bells of the Constellations and met Cora the Conductor of Colors. Cora told Milo to watch his symphony until 5:23 in the morning, sunrise."

January 12^th—SNOW DAY for all Maine schools….Sophie has to do a little catch up and then she can enjoy a snow day—although I will encourage her to work on her Annie audition. Lily is at the farm and we are watching the storm for picking her up later in the day. She's having fun at Farm School!

January 10, 2011 Day Seventy-Nine

5 x 5 for 5th Grade

5 Vocabulary

1. Act (government): A formal decision or a law made by the legislature or ruler

2. Influenza: A common epidemic respiratory and intestinal virus we commonly call it the flu

3. Appalachia: In the East United States in the South, Appalachia is a place between West Virginia and South Carolina, region like New England

4. Masseter: The largest and strongest bone in the Mandible allowing you to chew

5. Mental foramen: The small hole on the side of your mandible that lets blood and nerves travel to your chin.

5 Sentences

1. King George the third caused the Stamp Act and the Tax Act which was one of the reasons for the Revolutionary war.

2. Gama had Influenza over Christmas and the week after.

3. The Appalachian Trail of Mountains begins in South Carolina and ends in Maine.

4. I make my Masseter stronger by moving it left to right without moving my upper jawbone or Maxillary.

5. When you think of the word mental you think of the brain but in mental foramen mental means chin.

5 Facts & Details

1. Mentum is Latin for chin.

2. The world tallest snowman was in Maine!

3. The world tallest snowman Olympia, was 122 feet and 1 inch tall.

4. A girl made 100 origami cranes in 1 hour, 14 minutes and 25 seconds.

5. In Mexico there was a hot dog made that was longer than a football field.

5 Questions

1. Did the Pilgrims attempt to Sail to the 41^st parallel after first sighting land? A: Yes they sailed south toward the 41^st parallel

2. What document was drafted and signed by the Pilgrims to establish civil government? A: The Mayflower Compact was on November 11, 1620

3. Which of the pilgrims might have drafted the Mayflower Compact? A: William Brewster

4. Why didn't all the adult passengers sign the Compact? A: The rest were probably under age

5. What activity did the Pilgrim women perform when they first went ashore.

5 Math: Place Value in 5 Minute Math Problem of the Day

Rearrange the digits & decimal point to find your answer. Use every digit and decimal point for each answer.

3 7 1 . 5 9

1. I am the largest number less than 10,000. A: 9753.1

2. I am the smallest number A: .13579

3. I am the number nearest to 60. A: 59.731

4. I am the number nearest to 300. A: 197.531

5. I am the smallest number larger than 600. A: 713.59

Bonus: I am the largest number smaller than 80. A: 79.531

Activities:

Math Workbooks: Guinness 1 page, Sylvan Math rounding number

Gray's Anatomy

Skating—I hour + lesson

Colonial Family Web lesson: http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html

Colonial Letters: Family Roles lecture & discussion

Your Human Body Project

Materials: Easel paper

Pencil

Measure tape

Glue

Pens

Ruler

Scissors

*other materials needed

First lay down as flat and still as you can on the paper rolled out. I will trace the outline of your body on the paper. Carefully get up from the paper. Now we'll cut the paper and tape your body to the wall. Repeat for more bodies~

As Sophie learns about the parts: the bones, muscles, organs, and systems of the human body, you will fill your body with your own parts with materials we find in the house. We will work on our bodies once a week until the unit is complete.

Sophie has already learned about the skull or cranium and some of the bones that make up that part of our human body. Create, place, & label all Capital and Bold parts of your human body.

Cranium: the portion of the skull that protects the brain is composed of thick interlocking plates: the Frontal, Spenoid, Temporal, Parietal, and Occipital bones.

*leftover party plates—paper or plastic, cut, paste, and label for the 4 bones of the cranium.

These bones (plates) meet at Joints called Sutures.

*after punching holes along the edges of the plates, use yarn as the sutures for the joints.

Your Jaw is made up of two bones: maxillary bone or Maxilla and the Mandible.

*use a paperless toilet roll cut neatly in half and place as the upper maxilla and lower mandible jaw bones.

Please understand that your actual human jaw bone—and all your other bones for that matter—is a lot stronger than a cardboard toilet paper roll but we can't paste a bunch of heavy objects representing human bones on paper that we hang on a wall.

The mandible provides a place for the muscles that help you chew: Masseter

Sophie's Blog: Today I did work in my three math books. I did some math on Rounding and finding the number math. I finished my 5x5 before 11:30 and we started on our science project. We put down our cranium with plates! (The bones making the cranium are called the plates!!!) We also did the jaw bones with toilet paper rolls, and the masseter with black playdough. We had a very Productive day.