Month: November 2015
Week 15
This week we did a lot. We got about 300 coats for Coats for the Cold. We finished out paintings for South Korea. We did a mystery Skype with Florida. We also did a Kahoot. Last thing is that I made Friday Fun Lunch!
Week 14
We did many things that we did this week. We did a Kahoot on Coordinating Conjunctions. We also tried out our vegetables that we grew in our little garden. We got sent laterns from South Korea. In art, we started our mountain painting for them. The Bridge of Terabithia reading group watched the movie. It was fun. Those are a few things that we did this week.
Informative Essay
Informative Essay
By: Blue and Ella
In the article “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith and “Pilgrims” by Leslie May, the authors use many similarities and differences when explaining how Thanksgiving came to be. Both articles show the journey of the English Protestants, and how they used the Indians to survive. In our essay, we will compare and contrast how the two articles describe the journey.
In the article “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith and “Pilgrims” by Leslie May, the authors use many similarities. For example, they both discuss the hardships that the pilgrims faced. The text states that they came down to America, and the winter was very harsh for the first year. Another example is, the two articles talk about the feast. The passage “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith mentions they had a meal that consisted of turkey, pumpkin pie, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, and ham. In the passage “Pilgrims” by Leslie May, the passage states that their meal included of deer, corn, shellfish, and roasted meat. In summary, these two stories are very similar but also different.
The articles “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith and “Pilgrims” by Leslie May have many differences. One example is in “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith it talks about the Mayflower and in “Pilgrims” by Leslie May it doesn’t. In “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith, the Indians come to help, but in “Pilgrims” by Leslie May the Indians come to fight. In “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith, the passage states that they eat turkey, pumpkin pie, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, and ham. In contrast, “Pilgrims” by Leslie May they eat deer, corn, shellfish, and roasted meat for the feast. In the “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith they are called Pilgrims the whole time, but in the “Pilgrims” by Leslie May they are called English Protestants at the beginning. Those are just a few differences that “Thanksgiving Feast” by Mark Smith and “Pilgrims” by Leslie May have.
In summary, the two articles show us how Thanksgiving came to be. Even though the authors used some different ideas, the happy ending in both articles was very similar. I agree with both articles that Thanksgiving is a great time to give thanks.
My 13th Blog
This week was awesome. We had a compliment chain party from Mrs. Cain and Mr. Haney. I am going to go to Friday Fun Lunch. We did News-O-Matic instead of level readers. We go our harvest in. In summary those are some of the fun things I did that were awesome.