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!