Hey, Kidz Groupers...
Well, today was our first day with the new split-group format. The red group was working with Doug on a story about the Venus Flytrap, while the blue group was reading newspapers over in the clubhouse. Blue group members, I have sent the homework assignment to your parents' e-mail addresses already. Please ask them about it.
Red group members, this is what Doug has given you for homework:
1. Read the Venus Flytrap story out loud for Mom or Dad (or Granny or Grandpa...) a total of 5 times this week. (Don't do 5 times in a row! Try it just once or twice a day for the best practice.)
2. Answer the questions about the story.
3. Somewhere on the paper (maybe on the back), write these words 10 times each:
digestive
fascinating
endangered
ordinary
Please do a journal entry, too.
See you next Saturday!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Homework for May 29
Hi everybody!
Sorry we missed the lesson last week. I heard you guys were listening to that cool World Cup song -- it is such a catchy song that I haven't been able to get it out of my head. I even wake up in the morning with it playing in my mind... (it's starting to drive me crazy!)
Anyway, Doug said that you guys read the Jupiter story together, but that several of the kids hadn't had enough time to do the questions about the story, so I'm going to ask you to finish those up for next week.
Doug also told me that he didn't have time to check your journals, so I will look at them on the 29th. You don't have to write a new journal entry - I will just look at the one from last week.
Finally, Doug said he asked you guys to find out a little more about the guy who wrote "Wavin' Flag", so I want to ask you to find some specific information. You can search the internet for this information, and please write it on a separate piece of paper so I can have a look at your answers. I'd like you to write your answers in FULL SENTENCES, please.
The musician's name is K'naan. The song's name is "Wavin' Flag".
1. Where was K'naan born?
2. What is K'naan's full name?
3. At what age did he leave the country of his birth?
4. What country did his family immigrate to? (If you don't know the meaning of the word "immigrate", check your dictionary.)
5. How many different versions of Wavin' Flag can you find on YouTube? (Describe how they are different from each other.) Which one do you like the best?
Sorry we missed the lesson last week. I heard you guys were listening to that cool World Cup song -- it is such a catchy song that I haven't been able to get it out of my head. I even wake up in the morning with it playing in my mind... (it's starting to drive me crazy!)
Anyway, Doug said that you guys read the Jupiter story together, but that several of the kids hadn't had enough time to do the questions about the story, so I'm going to ask you to finish those up for next week.
Doug also told me that he didn't have time to check your journals, so I will look at them on the 29th. You don't have to write a new journal entry - I will just look at the one from last week.
Finally, Doug said he asked you guys to find out a little more about the guy who wrote "Wavin' Flag", so I want to ask you to find some specific information. You can search the internet for this information, and please write it on a separate piece of paper so I can have a look at your answers. I'd like you to write your answers in FULL SENTENCES, please.
The musician's name is K'naan. The song's name is "Wavin' Flag".
1. Where was K'naan born?
2. What is K'naan's full name?
3. At what age did he leave the country of his birth?
4. What country did his family immigrate to? (If you don't know the meaning of the word "immigrate", check your dictionary.)
5. How many different versions of Wavin' Flag can you find on YouTube? (Describe how they are different from each other.) Which one do you like the best?
Monday, May 17, 2010
Homework for May 22
The Provenzanos will be absent this week because we have a kodomokai event in our neighborhood, but I'd like you to continue with a few more pages in BrainQuest. We're almost done!!
Please do the reading on pages 104 and 105, and pages 74 and 75, too (I think those will go quickly!). Finally, a journal entry for Doug to have a look at.
Have a good day!
Please do the reading on pages 104 and 105, and pages 74 and 75, too (I think those will go quickly!). Finally, a journal entry for Doug to have a look at.
Have a good day!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Homework for May 15
Page 71 in the BrainQuest book turned out to be quite interesting, didn't it? Let's get a couple more pages done in the Language Arts section before next week: please do pages 72 and 73 AND a journal entry. A couple of the kids said that they liked writing made-up stories like we did today, but they wanted to start the stories with their OWN ideas, not using the story starters. So, if you would like to do some story writing in your journal, that would be great! I'd love to read your creative stories. (If you want to write about usual journal stuff, that's ok, too.)
Gardeners!
Here are a few photos of the brief planting party we had a couple of weeks ago: 
HOWEVER, about a week after we planted the okra and the corn, Sophie, Maya and I went up to check on things and the okra was GONE!!!! Well, actually, there were 2 shriveled plants, but the others were simply gone. I have no idea what happened to them. Then, after class today, Nozomi told me that her grandpa had gone up to the garden this very morning to plant Japanese pumpkin! I looked up there and there seem to be about 4 plants. I hope they do better than the okra!!
HOWEVER, about a week after we planted the okra and the corn, Sophie, Maya and I went up to check on things and the okra was GONE!!!! Well, actually, there were 2 shriveled plants, but the others were simply gone. I have no idea what happened to them. Then, after class today, Nozomi told me that her grandpa had gone up to the garden this very morning to plant Japanese pumpkin! I looked up there and there seem to be about 4 plants. I hope they do better than the okra!!
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