What a high-flying day we had in class this week. We read a wonderful book, The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot July 25, 1909, by Alice and Martin Provensen. It is another TRUE story. It tells about the successes and failures of Louis Bleriot in his attempts to build a flying machine. He tries and tries again, despite failure, broken bones, bruises and other setbacks. Finally, he succeeds! He becomes the first man to fly across the English Channel from France to England. It was an amazing feat.
We enjoyed seeing his flying inventions and crashes. It was such a good lesson of endurance and determination.
We also picked out the onomatopoeia present in the story. Be sure to ask your child to give you an example of onomatopoeia. They might need a little reminder : ). The flying machine in the story made the sound CLACKETA, CLACKETA.
After reading, we made a little airplane shaped snack and learned the parts of an airplane. Our little creations were delicious. And finally, we tried our hand at paper airplane folding. This proved to be very difficult, even with directions. We intended to go outside and fly them, but we barely had time to fold them. Maybe, next week we will give it a try!
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