Bay Colony Educators

It has been another busy week at Parmenter School.  We have another guest blogger to fill us in on all of the details.

           This week we are working on coordinate grids, volume, and area in math.  In science, we did catastrophic events PowerPoint presentations. 

Also, on Wednesday we had a visit from the Bay Colony Educators.  They taught us about what it was like to be a kid in the 1700s in Franklin.  There wasn’t much money back then because 9 out of 10 people did farming.  When you lost your first tooth you were considered an adult!  When you were a kid school wasn’t such a big deal, and sometimes you didn’t get to go to it.  So, in school, if you were left handed they tied your left hand behind your back and you had to learn how to be right handed.  They taught us that they put a brick in a fire and then put is in a wool bag and placed it on their chest to warm their heart and lungs when the hunters were outside in the winter.  Clothing was very different because they had wooden shoes that the man, Tim, could stand on without hurting Carol’s foot.  Also, the men shaved their hair off and bought a wig to look fancier.  Usually if you had a wig that meant you were rich.  It was very interesting to the presentation.  Thanks to the PCC for bringing this to our school!

Also on Thursday we continued DARE and went over marijuana and how bad it is for you.