ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Internet Fact Hunt

Directions: The colored and underlined words are links to web sites that provide the answers to the questions. Click on them to go to the web site. Find the answer. The website will open in a new window. Record your answers on your worksheet.

1.Karana harvests abalone for food and tools. What is an abalone? Have you ever eaten one?

She prefers red abalone. How large is a red abalone?

Which is larger - your hand or a red abalone?

2. People hunted the sea otters. How are sea otters unique among animals?

Why were sea otters nearly extinct?

3. Kelp grows in the sea around the island. How fast does kelp grow?

4. List two facts about cormorants.

5. One plant found on the island is the toyon bush.

What is it more commonly known as?

6. Karana tells you many distances in leagues. How far is that in miles?

If it is 3 leagues from you home to school, how far is that in miles?

7. O'Dell describes the sea elephant. Look at these photos.

Is this what you imagined from his description? Why?

8. Karana decides to hunt a male sea elephant (Northern Elephant Seal) for its teeth.

How much can one weigh?

FUN NIGHT

A frightening time was had by all at N.S.I.S. Fun Night. Team Explorer had some really creative and fun costumes. Check them out below!

Spring House- Pumpkin Patch

Due to the weather, the Spring House Pumpkin Patch has been rescheduled until tomorrow, Thursday, October 17th.  See you then!

Cause and Effect

In Language Arts, students are studying the concept of cause and effect. Today we reviewed that cause is WHY something happens, and the effect is WHAT happens.  We learned a lot of KEY WORDS that will help us identify cause and effect when we are reading.  Using these key words and what they know, students should watch the video on the side to see if they can identify the cause and effect.

Open House

Just a reminder! Open House is this Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. We are excited to meet you!!

What is a sentence?

Students are studying subject and predicates in Language Arts, and they are having fun creating silly sentences. Ask them about some of the fun sentences that they created. Also, watch the School House Rocks video on the side of the blog as a fun review of sentences!

M & M ICEBREAKER ACTIVITY

Team Explorer played the M&M game as a fun way to meet their new classmates. Students grabbed some M & M's, and moved around the room sharing facts about themselves.  It was an exciting way to meet their new classmates, and everyone enjoyed their chocolate treat.

                                                                  

VIRTUAL HOMEWORK...What's for Dinner?

Do you like pizza? Well, your virtual teacher does, and I am looking forward to making homemade pizza for dinner tomorrow, but I need your help! My recipe for pizza got all mixed up, and I don't know what order the steps go. Since the sequence is so important, I need your help putting the steps in the right order.

Here are the steps I have:

Eat and enjoy!

Cut into pieces.

Take the pizza out of the oven and turn it off. Make the crust and spread it on the pan. Wait for the pizza to bake.

Put the pizza into the warm oven. Get all ingredients out to make the pizza and preheat the oven.  Put on cheese and any other toppings.  Spread the tomato sauce onto the crust.

Please reorder them in the correct sequence for tomorrow.  I am counting on you!
Hint:  There are nines steps, so your paper should be numbered 1-9.