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| Hogwarts Welcome Letters: Harry Potter Unit Study fun! |
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| Bug reads the map of Hogwarts |
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| Week 1 Vocabulary |
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| Doodles dissects the owl pellet |
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| Bug dissects an owl pellet |
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| Bone from inside the owl pellet |
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| More bones |
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| We located some of the places mentioned in the first Harry Potter book |
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| Time for math |
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| Doodles is enjoying her Forensic Science class |
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| Bug loves to relax while he reads Percy Jackson |
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| We drank lemon juice so we could make a face like Aunt Petunia's in Harry Potter |
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| Our experiment to determine whether we are Magic or Muggles... |
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| we're all Magic!!! |
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| Bug and Doodles are doing research for their papers. |
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| Quick Essay Time |
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| Baby Girl loves to hang out with Bug while he reads. |
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| Bug and Doodles look at the globe to identify locations in Harry Potter |
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| We read about storms in the North Sea. |
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| Bug's science book |
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| We also read about pigs, since Hagrid magically made a pig's tail appear on Dudley. |
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| Bug reads his history book for co-op. |
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| Baby Girl gets in on all the action! |
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| We ate sausages and drank tea, like Hagrid served Harry. |
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| We studied stalactites and stalagmites. |
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| We are using this book to learn about the creatures mentioned in Harry Potter. Bug and Doodles are also writing reports on some of the creatures. |
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| The ingredients for goblin slobber... |
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| And here it is! |
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| Eewww.......... |
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| Blindfold taste test - featuring both good and bad tastes, just like... |
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| Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans. |
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| Bug looks up his vocabulary words. |
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| We read about twins, because of The Weasley twins. |
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| Bug did an experiment to discover the preferred foods of insects. |
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| Incidentally, we discovered this gecko that had been stripped to the bones by ants. |
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| Bug does research for his paper about unicorns. |
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| The flies preferred syrup. |
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| The ants also preferred syrup. |
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| The ants also enjoyed sugar water. |
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| Bug uses his Hogwarts map to answer questions. |
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| Bug learned about how scientists estimate the number of stars in our galaxy. |
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| Baby Girl does some "cooking." |
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| We tried these snacks, since they are similar to the pumpkin pasties eaten by Harry and Ron. |
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| We drank this "magical sleeping potion" that contains the herb chamomile. |
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| Bug learned about prime numbers. |
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| We changed our seasonal nature table to autumn...a little early, but I couldn't wait! |
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| Autumn is almost here! |
