Columbus Day - October 10

Hi CyberKids. October 10 is Columbus Day in the United States. We are going to take this opportunity to indulge in many Columbus Day activities online.

• Columbus Day Word Puzzle - http://everythingesl.net/downloads/columbusday_puzzle.pdf
• Explorer's Routes - http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/botr/botr_009_23-24.pdf
• The Story of Columbus Day and Activities - http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/botr/botr_009_8-10.pdf
• Why Explorers Explored - http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/why.htm
• Make a timeline - http://abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/timeline.htm
• Word Search - http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/kids/columbus.html
• Paralaugh - Fill in the blanks and create a story - http://www.mrnussbaum.com/libs.htm
• The History Channel - http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=mini_home&mini_id=1044

Check out this site for some cool games - Merchants of the Great Exchange and Whose Lunch Is It Anyway?

THEN

We will write poems - Limerick

A limerick has 5 lines.

The last words of lines one, two, and five rhyme.

The last words of lines three and four rhyme.

A limerick has to have a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

An example is:

There was an old man from Peru

Who dreamed he was eating his shoe

He awoke in the night

With a terrible fright

To discover it was totally true

Limericks online - http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/limerickcontesthelp.html

http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/limerick.htm

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/limerick.htm