Tuesday February 7th, 2017

Thursday is our next Alien-In-Line skating day! Don't forget to wear socks!

Math:
Today in math we started a new Inquiry. We read a story about a boy named Carlos and his Great-Grandfather (Bisabuelo) from Puerto Rico. We found out that Carlos is 8 years old. His Great-Grandfather was 8 years old 79 years ago. We were trying to figure out how old Bisabuelo is now. 

79+8=


Some of us used a number line, some of us used the stealsies and some of us used breaking apart the numbers and then putting them back together. Ask me how I solved this problem and I can show you how! 

Today we had special presentation about the Saxophone. Ask me one thing that I learned about the Saxophone and what one of the songs the presenter played on it?


We read a story called Hide and Sneak by Micheal Kusugak an Inuit writer. Ask me what it was about. Micheal grew up in the Arctic and has written many children's books about his memories, experiences and culture. Ask me what the message of this story was? We learned a little about a Inuksuit and a character called a Igiraq. 

In Inuit mythology an ijiraq (/ˈiːjᵻrɑːk/ ee-yə-rahk or /ˈiːdʒᵻrɑːk/ ee-jə-rahk) is a sort of shape shifter who kidnaps children and hides them away and abandons them. The inuksugaq (or inukshuk) of stone allow these children to find their way back if they can convince the ijiraq to let them go.

An inuksuk, plural inuksuit, (from the Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ, plural ᐃᓄᒃᓱᐃᑦ; alternatively inukshuk in English or inukhuk in Inuinnaqtun) is a stone landmark or cairn built by humans, used by the Inuit, Inupiat, Kalaallit, Yupik, and other peoples of the Arctic region of North America. These structures are found from Alaska to Greenland, a region above the Arctic Circle that is dominated by the tundra biome and has areas with few natural landmarks.


http://www.michaelkusugak.com/

We continued planning for our Myth Writing today. We decided on our 3 Characters (1 Human (me) + 2 Arctic Animals). Ask me about my characters. What are they like? What descriptive words did I use to start to plan for them?