Thursday September 24th, 2015

Vocabulary

1. unguarded
2. wondering
3. elected
4. lecture
5. astronomy
6. universe
7. infinite
8. elongated
9. estimate
10. accepted

Reading

Creative Reading Exercise
Students listened to a passage Miss Adrienne read out loud in class for specific details, so they could illustrate what they heard. Students encouraged to use creativity while strengthening their listening and comprehension skills. 

Read passage from "The Acorn King". 

Class Reading Assignment
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. Students were not interested in finishing "May Bird and the Ever After", so we switched gears and decided to start "A Brief History of Time" to see if the students found more interest in our place in the universe! We read the first few paragraphs of the long first chapter. We'll continue reading the book together in class, but students were also encouraged to bring books they were interested to class next week.

Writing

"A Brief History of Time" writing assignment

• Write a 8 sentence essay with beginning, middle, and end format, including correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization. Please make sure I can read your essay.
• Use 4 of the daily vocabulary words in your essay; please underline your vocabulary words.
• Tell me what happened in the story with your own words. Be sure to include the following answers (in complete sentences) in your essay:

1. What did the old lady at the lecture say about the earth/ universe?
2. Describe how Aristotle concluded the world was round and not flat?
3. Did Aristotle think the earth moved?
4. Tell me your thoughts about our place in the universe and how we motion through the cosmos.