May 2-May 6, 2016

You just know that your week is gonna be good when it starts with a TatoCorn. 

Happy Monday!! 
I have to confess, I really enjoyed watching Mulan with you the other night. I don't think I've ever given it the credit I should have. Thanks for really introducing me to it!
We have about three weeks of school left! I'm looking forward to the summer with you :).  
On to History! 
This week we're going to focus on World War 1. Of course, when the war was going on, there was no WWII, so there was no need to call it WW1.  Then it was called "The Great War".  The politics behind it are quite complicated! We'll look more into it this week.
Monday: We'll be doing a TedEd lesson today. The speaker in the video speaks pretty quickly. I would look over the questions you need to answer before watching the video.
Tuesday: Today we'll be doing an interactive thing from the BBC learning about the Battle of the Somme-this was a horrible battle that carried on for months. In this episode you'll be making decisions for the soldier in command of this unit. I warn you, there is some language and its rather violent at times-but then...so is war. The video buffers a lot, so you might want to pause it for a bit before you watch it. That seemed to help.  You might also want to work on it while you're doing other things. It took me a while to get through it, but it was worth it. I'm interested to see if you lead your troops better than I did!
Wednesday-Friday: We will be doing a photo analysis project. I have the packet you need to do it with. Here is the link to the original project in case you need a clearer view of a photo. In Science we'll be learning about the reproductive system this week and next week.
Monday: Read the lesson on the Male Reproductive System and do the practice.
Tuesday: Read the lesson on Male Reproductive Structures and do the practice.
Wednesday: Read the lesson on Human Sperm and do the practice.
Thursday: Read the lesson on Female Reproductive System and do the practice.
Friday: Read the lesson on Female Reproductive Structures and do the practice.

In Reading we're going to start reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Its set in a small town in Oklahoma in the 1950s. It only has 12 chapters, so we should be able to finish it easily before the end of the year. There is also a movie (starring every teen heart throb from my middle age years-including Patrick Swayze! Bonus!) In addition to this movie, we'll also watch "Gone With the Wind" because it plays an important part in the book. (and was Meema's very very favorite :) ) This week read the first five chapters of The Outsiders.

Instead of spelling this week we're going to be doing some different vocabulary activities. I'll give you the copies to do it with.

For Writing this week we're going to do some essays dealing with The Outsiders. Choose two of these prompts and write well thought out essays for them. Each should be 1-2 pages long.


That's it chick-a-dee!! I love you so much, and I'm looking forward to summer vacation with you :).  We just have to keep on swimming for a few weeks and remember:


(Blogger is being weird and won't let me add pics except at the top. :P)