Craig and I finished watching "Mr. Peabody and Sherman."

Charlie and I finished watching "Mr. Peabody and Sherman". He left early for a dentist appointment. He will continue to read "King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table".

Craig and I discussed one of the 5 themes of geography today - human-environment interaction. We learned about ways each affect the other and how humans modify their environment, to prepare for watching "60 Minutes" episode and "60 Minutes Ovetime" about relocating endangered black rhinos by airlift. "Flying Rhinos"

Arianna discerned between fact and opinion today. We reviewed terms - ancestor, tradition, and community. We read an informational text about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to enable us to complete cards with questions, facts and opinions. Arianna will prepare a script for reporting the news.

Charlie and I read today about the manorial system in the middle ages. We looked to several diagrams and learned about self-sufficiency. Charlie understood the relationship between peasant and landlord. We read about economics and revival, discussing trade, gothic architecture, the development of towns, guilds, education and the arts. We learned of the importance of the church in government and society.... greed was considered a sin and people were born into their class and could not move up in society. We continued to watch more of "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" during the second half of our class. It addressed George Washington and the American Revolution.

Arianna and I finished "Mr. Peabody and Sherman". We learned more about George Washington, ancient Egypt, Rome, and Leonardo DaVinci. Afterwards, we finished making the Holidays Around the World book, finishing with St. Lucia's Day and Kwanzaa. Arianna located the countries that celebrate these holidays on the map. We completed a chart "Words to Live By", understanding "ancestors", "traditions" and "creativity".

Craig and I covered a lot of material today. We looked at images on the internet and in the textbook to learn about the change in the U.S. - moderninzing from an agricultural society to an industrialized one. We discussed new inventions, the steel and oil industry, the advent of labor unions, monopolies, immigrants, and homesteaders. We learned about terrible working conditions before government regulation, Rockefeller, and the abundance of natural resources sustaining the railroad, steel and oil industries.

Arianna, Henry, Ms. Maylie and I decorated the school for Christmas! Arianna and I continued watching "Mr. Peabody and Sherman" and learned more about George Washington and Ancient Egypt.

Henry, Arianna, Ms. Maylie and I decorated the school for Christmas! He really enjoyed this. He created a fireplace on the wall and hung stockings!

Henry was very excited to help decorate the school today. He painted a large Christmas tree decorated with colored ornaments that we hung in the hall. We also decorated Ms. Judie's door as a snowman using construction paper and wrapping paper. Then, Henry creatively made a fireplace using wrapping paper for the mantle and red construction paper for the flames. He also made a stocking which he hung on the mantle. As we worked we played Christmas music and sang along.