This afternoon we began studying history further by exploring “then” and “now”. We read a Florida Studies Weekly packet about changes in transportation. We reinforced the material with a Brain Pop Jr. video about transportation and the nonfiction book, Transportation Then and Now, by Robin Nelson. These items gave us nice visual images of each. Additionally, they expanded on the land, air, and water components of how we get around. We discussed how the “long ago” was in the past. We saw pictures of old street trolleys and compared them to the subway and train. We read about the bullet train in Japan that can travel at speeds of up to 175 mph! Most importantly, we learned that the engine was invented and now makes many things “go”! Danny scored a 4/5 on a modified version of the easy quiz and 16/18 on the follow-up activities. These included tasks such as sequencing stages of transportation progress, sorting pictures for land, air, and water modes, and lastly, writing three types of transportation he’s used this month (car, bike, and scooter). Finally, Danny began working on his interactive notebook activity in writing about the differences from long ago and now. We worked together to generate the sentence he wrote for long ago: People used to walk, ride wagons, or ride horses. For the enrichment portion of our session, we finished reading our book, The Knight at Dawn. We picked up with Jack and Annie in the moat. The knight arrived to save them and they got to ride on his black horse. They made it back to the treehouse and journeyed back home. We completed follow up questions for both chapters. We also discussed vocabulary concepts of bowed and ancient. We practiced bowing like the kids did to the knight. Lastly, we compared and contrasted the castle (dark and cold) and the kids’ home (safe and cozy). Danny is excited to read the next book in the series! We will first wrap up our research project in our next few sessions.