It’s May 10. 
Today is “Windmill Day.”  What do you know about windmills and
what they are/were used for?  Where could you find a windmill today?

Trivial Fact of the Day:   The first windmills were being utilized in 200 B.C. China.  Did you know the wind was that old, kids?  J

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “There isn’t a single windmill owner in Holland who doesn’t have a second job for when there is no wind.”  --Johnny Ball (British television personality and math enthusiast)
Vocabulary Word of the Day:   quixotic (adjective) – named for Don Quixote, a literary character who dressed up as a knight and battled windmills, this descriptive word can be applied to a person who  acts very chivalrous or romantic, like a knight of old.

 

We made it to Friday!! Yippee!! We are going to start with Channel One Week In Review.

20 minutes of SSR using book club novel.

Book clubs - angry birds.