School in the United States
Author: gfarland
Challenge 4 – Make a papel Picado
A partir de la proposition faite sur le site : https://www.deepspacesparkle.com/how-to-make-a-papel-picado/
Supplies
For challenge 4 you need :
- Colorful Paper or Tissue Paper
- Scissors
- Markers
- String
- Tape
Instructions
- First, fold a piece of paper in half and then in half again.
- Second, fold the sheet in half. Take your marker and draw a dot in the corner that is made up of folds.
- Next, take your scissors and cut shapes along all four sides. Do NOT cut the area with the dot.
- To cut a shape from the middle of the rectangle, fold the paper in half again, and cut a shape into the fold.
- When you are finished cutting, unfold your paper, and you will see it has many shapes in it.
- To hang up your Papel Picado, cut a long piece of string. Next, take your tape and tape the paper to the string. You can tape the string to the walls to hang your beautiful Papel Picado.
School in Kenya
Subjects in Kenyan Primary Schools
Mombasa
Las Vegas
Portland
Hello / Goodbye Comptine
Hello Comptine
123 / let’s say hello as quiet as you can / HELLO
456 / let’s say hello as happy as you can / HELLO
789 / let’s say hello as fast as you can / HELLO
Number 10, this is the end.
Goodbye Comptine
123 / let’s say goodbye as slow as you can / GOODBYE
456 / let’s say goodbye as funny as you can / GOODBYE
789 / let’s say goodbye as high as you can / GOODBYE
Number 10, this is the end.
Challenge 3 Solutions
FAMILY
Gabriella
I am 23 years old. My sister is 2 years older than me. How old is my sister? My sister is 25
My father is 37 years older than my sister. How old is my father? My father is 62
My mother is 2 years younger than my father. How old is my mother ? My mother is 60
Rachel
I am 22 years old. My sister is 6 years younger than me. How old is my sister? My sister is 16
My brother is 3 years older than my sister. How old is my brother? My brother is 19
My mother is 26 years older than me. How old is my mother? My mother is 48
Liz
I am 27 years old. My brother is 4 years younger than me. How old is my brother? My brother is 23
My father is 28 years older than my brother. How old is my father? My father is 51
My mother is 3 years younger than my father. How old is my mother? My mother is 48
Food
Gabriella
I am round. I am red or yellow or green. I grow on a tree. I am a fruit. I am sweet. I am crunchy. What am I? I am an apple!
I am white. I am cold or hot. You can drink me. I come from a cow. What am I? I am milk!
I am round. I have a crust. You can put many things on top of me like cheese and tomato sauce. The first one was made in Napoli, Italy. What am I?” I am pizza!
Rachel
I am orange. I am a vegetable. I am crunchy. Rabbits like me. What am I? I am a carrot.
I am sweet. I am really really cold. You can eat me in many different flavors. What am I? I am ice cream.
I am yellow. I am a fruit. I grow on trees. I am sweet. Monkeys like me. What am I? I am a banana.
Liz
I am brown. I am hot. You can drink me with milk. What am I ? I am hot chocolate!
I come in many shapes. You eat me at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. You can eat me with butter or jam. What am I? I am bread!
I am brown. I am a vegetable. Sometimes I am a French fry. Sometimes I am a chip. What am I? I am a potato!
New President of the United States
United States Elections
November 3rd is election day in the United States. On election day we vote for the President.
Trump is the President in America.
Macron is the President in France.
In the United States, the President lives in the White House for 4 years.
The White House is in Washington DC. This is the capital of the United States.
In France, the President lives in Élysée Palace for 5 years. Élysée Palace is in Paris. The capital of France is Paris.
There are two political parties. The red party is the republican party. The blue party is the democrat party. Each party has a presidential candidate. The candidate for the republicans is Donald Trump. The candidate for the democratic party is Joe Biden.
We vote for either Trump or Biden on a ballot.
Here is a map of the United States. You can see some states are blue and some states are red. If a state is blue, Joe Biden won the votes of that state. If a state is red, Donald Trump won the votes of that state.
Americans have voted and Joe Biden wins! Joe Biden is the new President of the United States!
