My apologies about not having an update yesterday. I was feeling pretty awful, and we ended up having a substitute. The substitute said that the students were fantastic, however, so that was good to come back to 🙂
This morning we looked again at some primary sources, and real things native americans and colonists living in the 1600’s said. Specifically we looked at these quotes:
Colonies degenerate assuredly when the colonists imitate and embrace the habits, customs, and practices of the natives. There is no better way to remedy this evil than to do away with and destroy completely the habits and practices of the natives.
-Virginia Colony Promoter William Herbert, 1610
and this one..
Since that you are heere strangers and come into our Countrey, you should rather confine yourselves to the Customes of our Countrey, than impose yours upon us.
– A wicomesse Indian to the Governor of Maryland, 1633
We talked about these quotes and wrote them in our own words. These quotes help explain that there was a definite culture clash going on between the European settlers, and the Native Americans. Tonight students should look at these quotes (and their interpretation in their own words) and compare and contrast the attitudes of these two individuals.
Next we got to go outside and look at our plants! We harvested a cucumber, another radish, and a teensy weensy carrot. Tomorrow we’ll cut them up and have a little snack.
Yesterday the students had some work to do regarding the musculoskeletal system, and today we finished up talking about it. We learned that bones are actually hollow, and not solid as we might think. Inside there is spongy bone, as well as marrow. We also talked about how bones and muscles work together to move you, protect you, and to give you form. Tonight students have a quick little worksheet to do regarding the jobs of muscles and the makeup of bones:
Finally we talked a great deal about decimals and number line representations. We looked at how we can break up numbers on a number line into smaller parts and that these parts would be fractions of a whole. We can also describe these fractions in base 10, or decimal, notation. Tonight students have some number lines to fill in. As always, there are examples!
so, tl;dr
Look at the first and third quote, then compare and contrast these two individual’s viewpoints:
Tell me about muscles and bones
Fill in some number lines
and as always, please please please read!
Have a good one,
-Mr. Potter