Court Jesters

 

 

 

2nd Grade "clowning around" in our Jester unit!

 

 

 We are still talking about the Middle Ages. The 2nd graders learned the history of jesters. We finished watching "The Sword and the Stone" and they made a jester hat for themselves.

 

 

                        King Arthur and the Round Table

 

Today in 3rd grade Kaleidoscope we talked about King Arthur and the Round table. We read the book, Sir Cumference and the First Round Table. We discussed circumference, diameter, and radius. We used the math that we had learned to build our own round table.

  

 

    

 

 

Today in 2nd Grade Kaleidoscope we continued our Middle Ages Unit. We played a math game using medieval dice and did a worksheet on less than, greater than, and equal to. We also did a castle building activity that required them to use a certain number of different shapes. If they finished, they had time to work on their shield of armor that we started on Tuesday.



Welcome Back!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful and restful summer!

 I am looking forward to seeing all of you!

Life Skills/Finacial Literacy

This week we have been talking about the 20-10 rule. That you shouldn't borrow more than 20% of your yearly net income, and your monthly payments shouldn't exceed 10% of your monthly net income. They are doing worksheets and activities that show how much an item really costs after the interest is paid.

Kaleidoscope

We recently discussed the goddess Athena and her competition with Arachne.  They were both skillful weavers and competed to see who was the best. Athena won and turned the boastful Arachne into a spider. We made a paper weave project with a spider on it to represent Arachne.