Wednesday January 15, 2020

Wonderful Wednesday!




Mr. Foster’s Farmers Market and Ms. Gandy’s Groceries

As part of their summative assessment the grade one classes have decided to open a market to complement their organization unit. The market will include fruits, vegetables, drinks and other healthy snacks. It will be held in rooms 12 and 18. The market will take place all day Thursday, January 23^rd and Friday, January 24^th. All profits made will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

A note from Ms. Gandy regarding February Hot Lunch

February Lunches 

The lunch site is now open

It will close Wednesday, January 22nd at 3:00pm sharp

Special of the month: Chicken Stir Fry which is available every Friday. 

All payments are to be made through quickbooks by February 6th.

Please do not order a hot lunch on February 19 as this is a ski day. 

We began the day finishing up our Math Review on Data Management. 

Then we moved onto researching for our third reason paragraph. We researched more information on the three examples we have chosen to support our third reason.

After first recess and lunch we had French.

Then, we dove into the period before the age of exploration to see what was happening in Europe and Asia before the age of exploration and how this enticed many explorers to leave their homelands to find new trading routes to Asia. 

We reviewed how trade occurred before the age of exploration. We discussed how goods came from Asia, along the silk road, to Baghdad, which was the trading centre before the age of exploration. Items such as silk and spices were then brought to Genoa and Venice. European traders and merchants would also bring items to Genoa and Venice. These items were then sent along the west coast of Europe, by land and river routes of Europe, Africa, and Persia. By the 1400s these trade routes were flourishing. By 1453, the Ottoman empire captured the trading centre at Constantinople and as a result placed high taxes on goods from China and India. So now Europeans are looking for other ways to reach Asia; one solution, using water instead of land!!! We learned about Vasco da Gama who did just that in 1498! He was able to reach India by sea! We also talked about Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor who sailed on behalf of Spain looking for India but instead ended up at Central and South America. 

Homework:

1. Read Daily

2. Math Review 

Questions done for Math Review:

1 - all

2 - all except e

3 -all except e

4-all -The sum of all the numbers comes to 3195.1

3. Finish research on reason 3 

4. UOI: Read about answer questions Spanish and Portuguese explorers 

5. Math Test is now Monday

6. UOI test is now Tuesday 

7. Trip tomorrow: be at school by 8:30, dress warmly, and bring a disposable lunch