Second Week Has Begun

We are already in the thick of learning and working. Students have written poems and a short story. They have created and performed skits to demonstrate the origin of certain inventions. For instance, one group portrayed how ice cream cones were invented. Another group portrayed how several inventors made telephones   but the Supreme Court gave the patent to Alexander Graham Bell. Ask your child how velcro was invented. We started our math program today. We began by talking about place value and the importance of how many zeroes are in a number and the location of the decimal. In literature, we discussed the authors use of names to hint at personality traits. We also talked about the society of the 1830’s and how class divided people more than it does today. Most students in the class identified themselves as being middle class. We talked about how different a society might be when there is a small middle class, a large working class and a small privileged upper class. Our book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, uses class differences to enhance the plot. All the books we will read together as a class have, not only strong girl and boy characters, but are rich in historical background.