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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Day 34 & 35


Tuesday, September 27, 2011

 Farm School

Sophie worked on her 4 part comic strip storyboard. Today she created the dialogue and did a rough-in/stick figure image for each strip. She also finished her lead in story for the Fall Almanac. We discussed the need to retake some of the photos she took with her I-POD with the digital camera.



*      Sophie wrote the dialogue for all four comic strips.




*      Sophie worked on the rough draft illustrations for each strip.



*      Sophie finished the lead in story for her Fall Almanac.




ASSIGNMENT:



*      Sophie needs to work on the final draft of her comic strip. She is to take 8x11 white paper and draw each block of the storyboard. We will then scan them into the computer and reduce them. Lastly we will edit and add the text in the appropriate font.



o   Please remind her to keep the drawings simple so they can scan down and still be seen.

Wednesday, September 28

Sophie worked on her Geometry project with Emma & Andy--she caculated finding the area of a lot of trianlges.

Sophie skated with Coach Linda for almost 2 hours, still working on her new program for testing. *see post about figure skating presentation*


Book Report

Title: A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark

Author: David A. Adler

1.       Summarize the story: This book is about the expedition of Lewis and Clark back in the early 1800’s. This book tells every good and bad fact about Lewis and Clark and their journey. It started when Lewis was appointed secretary to Thomas Jefferson. They were planning a secret expedition to go landscape the French territory. Jefferson than bought that territory in 1803 and sent Lewis and Clark and the Corps of discovery on their way. They camped in St. Louis Missouri for the first winter. The Mandan tribe kept Lewis and Clark safe and warm. Toussaint Charbonneau joined the Corps as an interpreter with his wife Sacajawea and her baby. Sacajawea acted as a guide for the corps and led them threw the land and back. We are now grateful for our faithful landscapers Lewis and Clark.


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

Meriwether Lewis: Private secretary to Thomas Jefferson and leader of the Corps of Discovery expedition.

William Clark: Country man to soldier, to co- leader of the Corps of Discovery expedition, that is William Clark.

Sacajawea: Native American woman, husband to Toussaint Charbonneau, and guide to William and Clark.


3.       What did you like best about this book?

I liked the great facts and the education of this book. I also liked the great literature and illustrations of the book. It taught me a lot about Lewis and Clark.


4.       Write a one sentence advertisement for the book. Sell it!

I think you are a gal of history, you are well that is great girl, because there is this great book all about Lewis and Clark’s expedition in 1803-1805 (customer is walking away) Wait stop walking away!)  Look here there are beautiful illustrations and a marvelous story about how Lewis and Clark almost got eaten by a grizzly bear, shot in the butt, and almost lost in the wilderness. (Customer is walking back) Hey, I knew that would get your attention! It’s true and it is only $ 15,000! (Customer is walking away again!)


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

I learned some great facts about Lewis and Clark that I didn’t know before! It teaches all about Lewis and Clark’s amazing journey through Louisiana.

Ecosystem Observation Worksheet    Front Pond

Date:     9/28                                                                       Season: FAll

Time of observation:      2:45                                        Duration of observation:  15 mins

1.       List three details or parts of the ecosystem you are observing:

Waterfall: a couple of fish reacting with it, lots of bubbles at bottom, dark rock, extra water

Socks (frog): interacting with fish, sitting half out of water, ate a bug

Cattail: almost all strands in water, brown and yellow, fall leaves all around, bent over looking



2.       What did you notice or observe?

I observed the ecosystem by looking at the 3 details and how they interact with each other. It is neat to see how three completely different things can relate to each other.





3.       What elements (weather, temperature, light, etc.) affected the ecosystem during your observation?

Warm, no sun on pond, cold water, leaves falling into pond, slight wind





4.       What things changed since the last time you observed the ecosystem?

More leaves, fish deeper in water, darker water, colder water





5.       What changes do you expect to happen to the ecosystem before your next observation?

Slight ice on pond, no fish, slower waterfall, more leaves






6.       On back, draw part of the ecosystem (can be specific detail, food web, metamorphosis chart, picture):

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