HISTORY 2 - On Tues. we finished the Islamic Empire with the Muslims taking over Spain. They invaded after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar and built a palace called Alhambra that is incredibly beautiful. Having them write their own summary using 4 key words worked out well, despite some protesting. I think that will be a good format to use in the future. Today we reviewed the entire semester and took the Semester Assessment. They did very well and only had difficulty with reading a couple of words in the exam. We began the unit on Vikings, which they found very interesting and we had good discussions about the subject. The Vikings really were ruthless and the story from the Reading Room was a little bit upsetting - they kept trying to make it different somehow (but the villagers could defend themselves a little bit with that hoe, right Ms. Rachelle?). They did like the Viking ships with dragons on the front and the fact that some Vikings wore bear skins and screamed to scare the people they fought. They were called "berserkers" which means "bear skin" and is the origin of the word "berserk," which the boys thought was hilarious.
SCIENCE 2 - Began the unit on geology (the study of the earth). When I asked what they thought the scientists were called who studied the earth, David answered, "Earthologists." What a great answer! We learned about the 3 layers of the earth - crust, mantle and core. We made a diagram that is drying at my house tonight and took an elevator through the layers in the Reading Room 3 times. It's fun if they want to do it at home it's in the first lesson. Lots of good questions and discussion. I think a trip to the Mining Museum would be good while we're studying this unit. Any thoughts?
See you tomorrow! Rachelle
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