Entry for Thursday, May 14
A single beauty of a flower greets our Thursday morning!
Today in History
George Lucas was born on this day, May 14, back in 1944.
That makes him 76 years old today. Happy birthday, George! He brought us such great film franchises as Star Wars...
...Indiana Jones...
...and the groundbreaking American Graffiti.
It's amazing just how one man can do so much!
Also on May 14, but in the year 1973, the United States launched Skylab into space. This fits in nicely with the George Lucas space theme!
Skylab's mission was to be an orbital workshop, a solar observatory...
...an Earth observation post and a place to conduct hundreds of scientific experiments in zero gravity.
Over the course of its mission, three separate 3-man crews lived in the skylab conducting all this important work.
The skylab is no longer in earth orbit, but the much larger space station is!
This artist's rendering of the space station shows a docked space shuttle which has brought a new crew with new experiments into earth orbit.
You can see the space station is if you know where and when to look for it in the sky. I have seen it "transit" across the heavens on a number of occasions.
Depending on the date, it may take the space station one minute and up to six minutes to travel across the sky.
This link below takes you to a website that will give you the information on how to spot the space station. It looks like a quickly moving star in the night sky when you do see it.
Note: Most sightings from Ottawa take place in the wee hours of the morning! There are a couple of evening ones, but you'd have to hope for a cloudless sky!
(Actually, if you look hard enough, especially when you are out in the country, you can see many other earth satellites moving across the night sky!)
Space Station Spotters Guide from Ottawa, Ontario location.
This cool drawing is actually a Lego make up of the space station. Yes, you can buy this Lego Kit!
Language Learning
Enjoy this read aloud of a space adventure.
Read Aloud "Space Adventure"
Then...
...enjoy...
...another read aloud about our Solar System."
Read Aloud "Solar System"
Your Reading Task
Making Lists
Astronauts have to make lists of things they bring into space.
Making a list of items is very important.
Your parents probably make lists for many things they do.
Your task is to make a list for something you might want to do. Perhaps you are going on a sleepover (after Covid 19 is over with) or your family is going for a picnic. You might need a list of items to prepare for or to bring along for both those activities.
Or, how about if you are moving from one house to another. Your family might have to make a list of "to do" items.
Maybe you are going to summer camp for a week. You would have to make a list of all the things you would want to bring along with you.
What about going to your hockey practice or hockey game.
You would want to check your list of equipment so that you did not forget anything!
Your task is to make a list for whatever occasion you desire.
Give it a title.
Number the items or put little dots before each item instead of numbers.
Have an adult take a picture of your list for the blog!
You're right, Mr. Hamer. Making lists is fun and necessary.
I would have to make a safety checklist if I wanted to go in my submarine underwater to explore the oceans!
Math Learning
Measurement/Money
Today we will study our Canadian 10 cent piece.
It is called the dime.
It has a value of 10 cents.
The image on the dime is a sailing ship called the Bluenose.
Here we see the Bluenose sailing in 1921. She was a much celebrated racing vessel and fishing vessel.
Here we see the modern day version of the Bluenose...the Bluenose II This replica of the vessel was built in 1963 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Your Math Task
Just like yesterday, you are asked to complete the two sheets below on dimes. Yesterday it was nickels.
Once again, you can draw circles for the coins and put a 10 inside each circle to show the value. Put the total value at the end of the drawings of dimes.
Then answer the six questions at the bottom of each sheet.
Sheet #1
You will notice a pattern when you complete the top section of the sheet.
Sheet #2
Working with money is so much fun, Mr. Hamer!
Student Sharing
Love the onomatopoeias here as well as the money work.
Way to cool R.H-F.
This young lady is hard at work concentrating on producing a beautiful effort.
Love the onomatopoeias here as well as the money work.
Way to cool R.H-F.
This young lady is hard at work concentrating on producing a beautiful effort.
And...what a great result. Love those onomatopoeias!
Great job all around, M.S.
We leave you with this lovely prayer.
Have a wonderful long weekend and stay safe!
Mr. Hamer OCT
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