This week we learned a lot and had REALLLLLLY good school but one day I had a bad time and I almost lost going to Izzy's birthday party in the first five minutes of school. That would have been terrible. But I had one more chance and I didn't lose it so now I get to go to Izzy's birthday party on Thursday!
This week we learned about the Mayflower going from England because King James I didn't like them. They called themselves Pilgrims but James I and lots of people in England called them Seperataries ("No, Tehva! Separatists!" screams Tian). First they went to the place that they moved to from England, um, and they ice skated a lot there (Ed. Note: "It's called 'Holland'.") But then they left there and went to North America. Uncle Ian lives in North America! Auntie Abi lives there, too!
When the Pilgrims got to North America they met the Wampanoag Indians which was really good because the Indians helped them make food. And the Indians spoke English! Wow! And the Pilgrims were really happy because they got to capture their church (?) and do what they wanted and take all the stuff out, like candles and cigarettes and priests and probably bows and arrows. And the Strangers (the Pilgrims called themselves "Saints" and called the other people that came with them Strangers) too...they took them out of church, too.
Because we studied Indians helping the Pilgrims we tried some of the food they learned to make, like onions with corn powder, beans, and corn (Ed. note--It's called succotash) and corn bread. It was good and bad. Actually it was good.
My reading this week was REALLLLLLLLY good also. I read the book about Snuff the Snail. The first book was the easiest. Every week they get harder. I don't like that.
In math I learned to read words like "First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth." It was easy. Then I got to play on Jump Start and so now I know how to turn a parade on.
It took me a lot of work to draw a picture. I drew William Bradford's wife. He is her wife. I mean, her husband. She fell overboard from the Mayflower and drowned. So I drew her when I had to pick someone to draw. She kind of has a beard. Heee heeee heeee.
I did a puppet show and Tian made it into a movie. I loved it when Tian said, "I want to eat the villagers' butts!" That was so funny. She also said, "Come out barf monsters" and, when Jebel attacked, she said, "You're on my team, stupid." We worked on the puppet show all week and we made a movie out of it, which is at the bottom of this.
That's the end because I have to go to Irish Dance Class.
Tehva
PS We also did slaves and indentured servants, which means that we each had a turn being a slave, but we didn't know how long we would be slave for and we had to do yucky jobs like clean the toilets and the cat pan. Then we also signed indentures and were indentured servants except then we knew how long we would serve and we got paid at the end of it for all the work we did. I liked being both because it was so fun to get bossed around. (**Ed. note--This of course is a complete surprise and no doubt you, too, are wondering if it is possible that Tehva really said that. Yes, she did.)
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