History & Geography

In our studies of Ancient Greece this week we learned about the Olympics and the Persian wars. Everyone had fun making wreaths for our Greek celebration day which will follow the end of this unit.

Our objectives:
• locate Olympia, Greece on a map
• identify who were allowed to participate in the Olympic Games
• describe the Olympic Games and include events that were held during these games
• understand that the games word event for which all the Greek city-states came together in peace
• compare and contrast the ancient Olympic Games to Olympic Games held today
• understand the Persian Wars as the successful effort of the small Greek forces to repel the huge invading Persian forces
• Identify some important battles of the Wars including Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis

Science

We had some new friends join our classroom this week, crickets and Blue Death Feigning beetles. The class is having a great time observing these creature’s behaviors and activities. We continued to work in our Insect Journals writing about life cycles and personal narratives regarding interactions with insects.

Our objectives were to:
• describe insect life cycles in the process of complete & incomplete metamorphosis • describe how some insects look like miniature versions of adults when they are born from eggs
• explain why some insects molt
• describe how some insects go through four distinct stages of development, including egg, larva, Pupa, and adult
• identify insects who go through a complete metamorphosis and insects that go through an incomplete metamorphosis

English Spelling and Writing

 

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