Today we practiced measuring angles using a full circle protractor. We also learned how to draw angles using a full circle protractor. The students have these protractors in their assignment books.
We also were introduced to measuring angles using a half circle protractor. We will practice that tomorrow and work on drawing angles using the half circle protractor. If your child would like to practice measuring or drawing angles, he/she can find directions showing how to do this
here (full circle) and
here (half circle). We have an assessment on Thursday, and the students will have to measure and draw angles on this assessment.
We also had another fabulous visit from our Anthropologist in Residence, Mrs. Silvia. She comes from the Haffenreffer Museum at Brown University. Mrs. Silvia discussed the life of the Native Americans of the Plains. We learned about their clothing, homes and culture. We also compared these Natives to the Inuit of the far north, and the Northeast Woodlands tribes. It was a great day!
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| This is a calendar. Each drawing represents a year. |
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| This is how the Plains Natives hunted buffalo. They hid under a wolf hide (that's Derek under there) and used a bow and arrow. |
Many of us wanted to try on this traditional head dress.
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| Grinding berries (raisins), fat(butter), seeds (sunflower seeds) and meat(beef jerky) to make |
"pemakin", a type of food.
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| Sometimes women carried their children in this type of carrier, held across the chest. |
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| Sometimes the strap when around the head. It was heavy! |
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| Charlene is wearing traditional clothing made of animal skins. This was what the women wore before the Natives lived on the reservations. Once they lived there, clothes were made of cloth, similar to what Charlotte is wearing. |
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| The boys are all holding a piece of ONE outfit worn during a "grass dance". |
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| Comparing the tribes we have learned about |
There is no homework tonight! Happy Passover.
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