So many of you were out today! It just wasn't the same without you. Here is a brief summary of our day...

Language: After the International Parade, we wrote our own individual endings to The Frog Prince Continued. Most children opted to write from the prince's point of view...I chose to be the princess. :)

Math: Together, we practiced how to create angles using AngLegs. I demonstrated by first putting two AngLegs together, fixing them at the 12 o'clock position. I gave directions, such as:

Rotate counterclockwise a half turn. One AngLeg stayed put at the 12 o'clock position while I rotated the other AngLeg a half turn (counterclockwise). Together with a student, I drew the ending position of the AngLegs as well as an arrow, indicating which direction the AngLeg moved. This is sort of what it looked like...but this animation does not start at the 12 o'clock position as we did. You can also try this site (click "Make the Angle").

I gave several of these directions:
*Start at the 12 o'clock position.
*Rotate 3/4 turn clockwise.
*Mark and draw the rays.
*Label the end points of the rays
*Draw the arrow, indicating which way the ray rotated

This was done in the math workbook. I'll be happy to catch you up when you return! I know it sounds confusing!

You can review angle measurements playing this game or click the icon below for another fun game.



Library Skills: After lunch, we spent an hour in the library learning how to read an atlas. Many of the maps we looked at identified the National Parks in our country.

Fun: We started painting our own Explorer Trunks! We'll put finishing touches on them tomorrow.

Lab: We visited Mrs. Driscoll this afternoon. She showed us how to create an Excel Spreadsheet. It was fun to learn the ins and outs of how to use the tricks in Excel so that we plan our own budgets! (Tim and Moby gave us some inspiration.)

We are so sad you missed the day! I hope to see you tomorrow!
:)Mrs. Neal