History & Geography
Our weekly objectives were to:
- Understand how the Ming dynasty began.
- Describe the Forbidden City
- Recognize the achievements of Zheng He, the Admiral of the Western Seas.
- Explain the reasons for the decline of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu takeover.
- Understand Qianlongś unusual views on one way trade with other countries
- Recognize how opium affected Chinese empire.
We also have been focusing on sensory details in our writing.
Mathematics w/Laura
Special healthy snack to celebrate….what turned out to be the 102nd day of school.
La lectura
This week we rehearsed our skit, completed our scenery and are now ready to invite parents to come see our little puppet show.
Please join us for a short puppet show on Monday, February 25th at 2:50, right before pick-up.
Where: Cafeteria
When: Monday, 2/25 at 2:50
Who: You!
Students have worked together to create a skit from their language arts story. They have added characters and dialogue to create this retelling of la sal.
Ciencias
This week we concluded our last science investigation in our Soils topic, part 3 of our Natural Resources investigation. We went on a walk around the school and schoolyard, searching for earth materials in use. We searched for various objects and structures and considered what natural resources were used to construct them.
Our focus question of the week was: How do people use natural resources to make or build things?
Students will have their end of the unit science test on Tuesday and then we will begin our next topic: Environments