Detective work

Being a detective would require a lot of investigation, gathering of evidence, and thinking. It would be kind of like putting a giant puzzle together. As hard as investigating current crimes is, it must be much more challenging to try to figure out a mystery from over a thousand years ago! Obviously, there are no witnesses after that many years.

Week 20 Contact

This week my favorite thing we did in school was learn about King Tut in history.  We watched a movie and I really liked it!  In science we learned about detectives and how the police find the bad guys

 First I had to write down measurements and what I look like.

 Then I got to make fingerprints.  I took a pencil and scribbled on a piece of paper and then rubbed my fingers over it.  

 It was fun but messy!

 Then my mom took a piece of tape and put it on my fingers to get the fingerprint off.  This is me looking at how different my fingerprints are with a magnifying glass.

Here are my fingerprints.  It was fun learning about detectives, just like the detectives that tried to figure out what happened to King Tut!

Spelling Whiz

Great job on the spelling from last week! It is hard to know very much about ancient civilizations. What do you think they might be able to figure out about us a couple thousand years from now. Paper doesn't last very long, and what if the computers are all gone? Maybe we should be writing down some of our most important information in stone! Some of our buildings might last that long.

Week 19 Contact

This week I finished my math book, but I had to start another one!  I also got a perfect score on my spelling test.  My writing is getting really good and I really like doing it!  In history we have been learning more about ancient civilizations.  Today we talked about ancient Africa.  I learned that we don't know a whole lot about them because they didn't write a lot down.

Giggly

Getting traced would kind of tickle! I think your sister had a harder job because you're taller.

Have you ever done any tie dye? You could actually dye some clothes to make them that colorful.

Week 18 Contact

This week for my art project I traced my sister to make a life size picture of her.  She was super giggly and wouldn't hold still!

 Then we decorated our pictures with lots of different colors.  I wish I had a coat with that many colors!

Learning fun!

 You sure have a lot of fun learning! Hands-on activities make things more interesting. You are probably glad to do your painting inside the house, instead of inside a cave!

After using clay to do writing, you probably can see why many people could not read way back then. It would be awfully hard to reproduce or transport reading materials. A clay tablet probably wouldn't survive being put in the library drop box!