We have had the privilege of meeting and listening to two fantastic authors!!! Katherine Applegate is a Newbery Award winner for The One and Only Ivan and Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a 2- time Caldecott Honor Winner for Green and First the Egg!!! Write about two things that you learned, thought was interesting, or stood out in your mind from each author. Please make sure you write with complete sentences and use the correct punctuation!
Were there really wolf girls? Were two girls ages 2 and 8 really raised
by wolves? This is a true story, sort of. The two girls were brought
to an orphanage in India in 1920. They could not speak. They ran
around on all fours and ate raw meat. Joseph Singh, the person who
brought the girls to the orphanage, said he found the girls in a wolf den. We have only Mr. Singh's journal
as evidence that the girls were found in a wolf den. Some people who
saw the girls said they acted like animals, but that's not really proof
that the girls were raised by wolves. Did Mr. Singh make it all up?
Were the girls really raised by wolves? Did they not speak because they
had a mental or physical problem? Or were they just abandoned by their
family and raised by a kind man? Those are the four most popular
theories given. Are any of them right? Nobody knows for sure. It is a
mystery still waiting to be solved. Which theory do you like best or do
you have your own theory of what happened to the wolf girls of
Midnapore, India? Please share your theory with us in three to four well written sentences. Be sure to tell us why you believe in that theory.
We have recently started our Texas Native American Unit. Texas was home to thousands of American Indians. The lives of the early Native Americans were all very different. Each tribe had its own way of life, and whether they became farmers, hunters. or fishermen depended on their environment. They also varied greatly in how they looked, what they wore, what they ate, and how they lived. Introduce us to your tribe and tell us three to five interesting facts you have learned about your tribe!!! Spark our interest!!! Please write with correct grammar and punctuation!!!
Look around...we see and use math everywhere and every day!!! We see and use math at the grocery store, on TV, looking out the window of a car, or at home. We use math adding scores when playing sports, paying money when shopping, telling time, measuring for cooking, and doing so many other things! Write three or more sentences sharing how YOU see and use math in your real life. Remember - use complete sentences and proper punctuation! I am excited to see how you see and use math every day!!!
