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We were perplexed today when while we were reviewing the names of the two bodies of water that are on either side of Saudi Arabia BEN suddenly raised his hand and proclaimed “Evan Duba!”
Mr. McCullough was perplexed. “Who?” asked Mr. McCullough.
“Evan Duba,” Ben again proclaimed. “Dubai?” asked Mr. McCullough.
“No, Evan Duba,” Ben insisted, giving the teacher (seemingly) the peace sign (two fingers).
It then occurred to Mr. McCullough that Ben was saying an approximation of “jeden, dwa” (pronounced “yeden, dva”) – Polish for “one, two”. (At times Mr. McCullough counts the students in Polish – and at other times in Spanish, Japanese, or French. Or English. And the kids count along and pick up the words. And use them!)
To the east and west of Saudi Arabia. Two bodies of water. Two of them. But expressed by Ben in Polish this time. Bardzo dobrze! (= Very nice!)
Cooperation
- Thursday, Mar 11 2010
Today VIVIAN, ELLIOT, and EVA came up with an idea. They wanted to share a book ("I Am Invited to a Party") with the class. But they wanted to act it out as they read it. And they did. Very nicely. Their classmates enjoyed it very much!
THURSDAY
The class PHONE is working again.
Gardening class this morning; seeds were planted.
We continued our anatomy review – and extended it a bit today with a look at the circulatory system. We used the words veins and arteries.
HELEN and AUTUMN did a fine job today as our class representatives to the "Green Team" monthly meeting. The girls reported to us that a "Walk/Bike To School" week will be coming up in April.
The JOG-A-THON has just been rescheduled to MONDAY of next week.
If you need a JOG-A-THON pledge envelope, please let me know.
We sang our CONTINENTS song.
CAN YOU HELP US on Many Cultures night (Thursday, March 25)?
We will need people to basically monitor our display/food area (which will be in the hallway outside our classroom). You may want to volunteer with a friend, relative, other class parent – to make it even more enjoyable.
We have the following volunteers so far:
Times:
6:00-6:30 Katie; Karin (?)
6:30-7:00 Patty; Joe
7:00-7:30 Braden
7:30-8:00
CAN YOU HELP from 7:30 to 8:00?
CAN YOU join Braden for the 7:00-7:30 slot?
A NEW DATE: MARCH 15 (Mon): All-school JOG-A-THON (Room 105 begins at 9:30.)
MARCH 17 (Wed): Class Pictures (and retakes) will be taken
MARCH 18 (Th): Mr. McCullough will be out for a medical appointment in the morning.
MARCH 24: Mr. Jim (our classroom volunteer)'s string combo will play music for us.
MARCH 25: Orca's all-school "Many Countries, One World" night
MAY 13: We will go to the SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATER again (on May 13 at 10:45). We already have the likely maximun number (I will confirm this in the spring) of chaperones per class that we can accomodate per trip. ARWEN'S stepdad, Sean; BEN's dad Geoff; and QUINNAN's mom, Karin, have volunteered to chaperone on this May outing. (They will need, however, to pay their own entrance fee; sorry!)See LINK BELOW for information on the performance we will see in May: "The Brementown Musicians".
CAN YOU HELP? update المملكة العربية السعودية
- Friday, Mar 5 2010
On Thursday March 25 Orca will have its all-school "Many Countries, One World" night. As part of this celebration each class focuses upon a particular country. Our class is focusing
on SAUDI ARABIA.
Each class prepares some sort of food (preferably a food common to the country being studied) to share with others. The food is usually simply placed on a table out in the hall. Please think about something you might be able to make or buy for this event.
COULD YOU HELP US? You will enjoy it.
We will need people to monitor our display/food area (which will be in the hallway outside our classroom). You may want to volunteer with a friend, relative, other class parent – to make it even more enjoyable. PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF YOU CAN VOLUNTEER THAT EVENING.
IDEAS: Arabian coffee cake (http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Arabian_Coffee_Cake),
Bedouin fresh date sweets (http://www.recipezaar.com/bedouin-fresh-date-sweet-rangina-405481),
or Al Salooq pastries (http://www.recipezaar.com/al-salooq-traditional-arab-cardamom-pastries-deep-fried-385830)
LOTS OF RECIPE IDEAS HERE: http://www.recipezaar.com/recipes/saudi-arabian
and http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Saudi_Arabian_Recipes
FRIDAY
LILY'S dad, Braden, came in to teach us some Arabic - and to tell us about Saudi Arabia. We later practiced writing some ARABIC numbers and letters.
"I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine."
---Neil Armstrong
"I have an almost complete disregard of precedent and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things always have been done .... I defy the tyranny of precedent."
--- Clara Barton
Q U I Z:
Only three of them were U.S. presidents.
Which man was NOT a president?
BIOGRAPHIES
- Monday, Mar 1 2010
Earlier this year we began learning about and considering the lives of several people who faced difficulties in their lives as they tried to change our world for the better (e.g., Nicholas Copernicus, Harriet Nahanee, Martin Luther King). We thought about and discussed what they had in common.
We have since begun considering the lives of other persons of note. We have a few more to come, some human (e.g., Bill Gates) and some not (e.g. Koko the gorilla).
An attempt was made to include persons of various backgrounds.
We have covered persons from N. America, Europe, Asia – but have not yet covered anyone from S. America, Africa, Australia – but soon we will (Steve Irwin - Australia, Chico Mendez - Brazil, Philip Emeagwali - Nigeria).
