Smart Play Home School Group

WEDNESDAY NOV. 7

HISTORY 2 - Learned about the Hagia Sophia - a beautiful church built by Justinian. I had some lovely photos of this and they did a great job on the coloring page - they really wanted to take their time and add a lot of gold and color. We talked about how this structure has survived 2 earthquakes and became an mosque before becoming a museum. We also got into how as a global community we need to protect ancient works of art - I told them how the Taliban destroyed those ancient Buddhas in Afghanistan and it was a tragedy for the world. They were surprised that we didn't send troops in to protect these things (their answer for everything:) The second lesson was about St. Nicholas and we didn't get into his relationship to Santa. We focused on his generosity and how we can be and have been generous. I think their papers on this could be a good teacher assignment. I loved their response to this.

SCIENCE 2- Began the new unit on sound. We talked about how our brain tells us which sounds to pay attention to and which to block out. We listened quietly to indoor and outdoor sounds and wrote down what we heard and talked about which sounds we block out. It was a very good class and discussion. I focused on writing complete sentences and being specific in their assignments.

Ranae and Suzy - look at my blog from last week Oct. 31 about the presentations.

Cute photos Ranae! Rachelle