We had a great second day of camp! The kids were excited to continue earning beads (put in a cup for good behavior/effort/etc.) They worked hard to clean up and listen as we were teaching!
Rachel started out by finishing up the Amelia Earhart mystery. The kids acted out the different theories of her disappearance. They then were videotaped with their personal theory about what happened to her. We watched the final product upstairs. Three kids voted that she was captured by the Japanese, but the other three all had different ideas.
Next, we discussed their homework in our literature circle. Haley had a list of about 20 new words that she shared with the group. A lot of the words were new to all of the kids. Surprisingly, no one knew what an attorney was! Zeke was flying by the seat of his pants, making up questions as he went :) Ella had a few connections she made such as "I know someone named Grace." Maddie wrote a few simple sentences to summarize the chapter. Zoë was the illustrator for the group. Aiden enjoyed reading his favorite passage to the group.
I read some one-minute science mysteries to the kids. Zeke was doing a good job solving a bunch of them. No one knew why ice froze faster on bridges OR how snakes and worms were different, though. I don't think they will be forgetting the info learned.
Ede then began her unit on the "Lost City of Atlantis." Haley and Maddie thought this was the best part of mystery camp so far. They read about different facts and theories that supported a existence of a city that disappeared.
Once again, we ended the day with a couple hours in the pool! Unfortunately, it looks like rain for the next couple of days! We may have to have "game afternoons."
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