Watson and the Shark Narration
Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley, 1778
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Grand Conversations
Churchill’s marriage to Clementine, the changing view of a man’s marriage as relevant to his quality of character and ability to lead, and 1 Timothy 3 all came up on our couch today, turning our wheels of thought as she knit her leg warmers and the laundry remained piled high. AO YR6
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Written Narrations YR5/YR6
Here are some samples of YR5/YR6 written narrations from the past calendar year. There are spelling errors, but for the sake of focusing on the composition I’m correcting them as I type. The grammar I’m leaving as is. I imagine these are shorter than the average written narrations at this age, but in a composition
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Kelp finds – September 2013
What could be better than a day at the aquarium? A washed up hunk of kelp on the beach! All of the following creatures were found hiding in the kelp. You’ll never look at kelp on the beach the same way again 🙂 anemone nudibranch something orange a brittle star spit out anemone some kind
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Scientific Training
What do you think of these quotes about teaching the scientific method? “I have been told, on good authority, that the essence of scientific method is never formulated in lectures addressed to, or text-books intended for, young teachers. …what is most necessary for the children to learn is not what is the last new theory
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Nature Mystery Solved 09/04/13
What do you suppose these are? I came across them in the garden. Look closer… At first I thought they were empty egg casings of some bug that hatched out. But, they have legs, which I thought may mean it was a molt of some sort, but that perfectly round hole… a molt wouldn’t look
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