SCIENCE 2 - looked more closely at the rock collection. learned that rocks are made of many different minerals and that minerals form different types/shapes of crystals. David knew that salt is a mineral and we looked at salt through magnifying glasses and saw that it's shaped like a cube. We looked at my diamonds and some other crystals to compare shapes. Learned about Moh's Scale of mineral hardness - talc is the softest and diamonds are the hardest. We had a good discussion about this and started an experiment to make crystals from sugar and water.
HISTORY 2- Reviewed Leif Erickson and Erik the Red. Learned about Viking village life and that their alphabet is made of runes (letters). Learned that they built their villages on fjords (water inlets surrounded by high stone cliffs) so that they could easily and secretly dock their ships. We'll make runes when we get some better clay. Learned about Viking trade practices. We also learned about Viking gods and goddesses. Odin was the king of the gods, Thor was his eldest son and makes thunder and lightning with a hammer, Tyr is the wise and brave god of war, Loki is the mischief maker, and Freya is the goddess of love and beauty. Tuesday is named for Tyr, Wednesday for Odin (pronounced Wodin by the Anglo-Saxons), Thursday for Thor and Friday for Freya - who knew? We looked at the Viking book for awhile to show illustrations village life.
After the "writing" assignment, which happened after the first two lessons were really chaotic, they all said that "I will be respectful in class" was going through their heads. I told them that that was the point - to help them remember that rule. They really pulled it together after that and our last lesson was much better :)
Rachelle
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