Yummy Earth!

Crust

The students have found that studying rocks and minerals can be very interesting... and tasty:)

Outer mantle - liquid

Inner mantle - solid

Outer core - liquid

Inner core - solid

Today we made Earth pie. Each layer of the Earth was deliciously represented. Check out our pictures:

Primary Sources, Immigration, and the Internet

During Social Studies this past week, we have been talking about immigration. Since we are currently studying the NE United States, we spent a great deal of time talking about Ellis Island. I took the children to the computer lab for a virtual tour of the facility and let them research some family history/connections. This project led to a discussion of Primary and Secondary Sources where other connections were made. Below you will see some Primary sources from C's great-grandfather - a WWII veteran.

Included are a Purple Heart, another medal, a newspaper clipping of his injury, and 2 photos.

 

Here is a copy of a photo of K's great-grandma's family - 

Greek immigrants. This picture hangs in New York.

Happy New Year!

School is back in session, and we are coming close to the end of second quarter.

Where are we?...

Reading/Language: It's Unit testing time. We will be reviewing pronouns and possessives too.

Math: We just tested on Chapter 5. It's time for ... Long Division.

Science: We are wrapping up our Earth Materials module. We have a performance test and written test this week.

Social Studies:We are finishing Chapter 4 which deals with the geography and history of the Northeast Region of the United States.

Special note: Those interested in competing in the Economics Poster contest must turn in their posters by Wednesday, January 12th. I will send all of our entries to Governor's State.
Here is a link to the contest website:
Economics Poster Contest Information

Enjoy the snow....