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Chinese New year and Chinese Spring Festival

The Mathematics of the Chinese Calendar

Mardi Gras

What is Mardi Gras?

Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday, Carnival, and even Pancake Day in the UK, is an annual festival which is celebrated on 20th February in 2007. Falling just before Lent, it traditionally marks the last opportunity for fun and feasting before 40 days of “self-denial”. Mardi Gras means “Fat Tuesday” in French.
 
Festivities begin at the beginning of February, leading up to Mardi Gras day, and consist of parades, dancing in the street, costumes and masked balls. The modern Carnival tradition developed in Europe in the Middle ages, and is celebrated mainly in Roman Catholic communities in Europe and the Americas today. Some of the most famous celebrations are held in Nice (France), Cologne (Germany), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and New Orleans (USA)

When is Mardi Gras?
Mardi Gras will be celebrated on 20th February 2007..

Mardi Gras on the Net – The History

Heart Hugs and Health

 

   

 

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Ground Hog Day!

http://www.groundhog.org/

 

Looking for answers to your Groundhog Day questions? You’ve come to the right spot! Click the links to the left to learn about various aspects of the Groundhog Day holiday, and how we’ve been celebrating it in Punxsutawney since 1886.

Here are some answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the holiday:

 Yes! Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors.

 How often is Phil’s prediction correct? 100% of the time, of course!

 How many “Phils” have there been over the years? There has only been one Punxsutawney Phil. He has been making predictions for over 120 years!

 Punxsutawney Phil gets his longevity from drinking the “elixir of life,” a secret recipe. Phil takes one sip every summer at the Groundhog Picnic and it magically gives him seven more years of life.

 On February 2, Phil comes out of his burrow on Gobbler’s Knob – in front of thousands of followers from all over the world – to predict the weather for the rest of winter.

 According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. If he does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring.

 No! Phil’s forecasts are not made in advance by the Inner Circle. After Phil emerges from his burrow on February 2, he speaks to the Groundhog Club president in “Groundhogese”(a language only understood by the current president of the Inner Circle). His proclamation is then translated for the world.

 The celebration of Groundhog Day began with Pennsylvania’s earliest settlers. They brought with them the legend of Candlemas Day, which states, “For as the sun shines on Candlemas Day, so far will the snow swirl in May…”

 Punxsutawney held its first Groundhog Day in the 1800s. The first official trek to Gobbler’s Knob was made on February 2, 1887.

 So the story goes, Punxsutawney Phil was named after King Phillip. Prior to being called Phil, he was called Br’er Groundhog.

Math Zone

Great new site to explore. We made beautiful graphs in class today.

Kid’s Zone

MLK

I have a dream that one day the state… will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

MLK  Fact Monster

Activities

Timeline of Events in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Life

Martin Luther King

Happy Birthday, MLK

Smithsonian National Zoo

Happy New Year!

 

January is the first month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.

January begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Capricorn and ends in the sign of Aquarius. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Sagittarius and ends in the constellation of Capricornus.

January is named for Janus (Ianuarius), the god of the doorway; the name has its beginnings in Roman mythology, where the Latin word for door (ianua) comes from – January is the door to the year.

Traditionally, the original Roman calendar consisted of 10 months, totalling 304 days, winter being considered a monthless period. Around 713 BC, the semi-mythical successor of Romulus, King Numa Pompilius, is supposed to have added the months of January and February, allowing the calendar to equal a standard lunar year (355 days). The first day of the month is known as New Year’s Day. Although March was originally the first month in the old Roman Calendar, January assumed that position beginning in 153 BC when the two consuls, for whom the years were named, began to be chosen on January 1. The reason for this shift of the new year into the dead of winter was to allow the new consuls to complete the elections and ceremonies upon becoming consuls, and still reach their respective consular armies by the start of the campaigning.

Various Christian feast dates were used for the New Year in Europe in the Middle Ages, including March 25 and December 25. However, medieval calendars were displayed in the Roman fashion of twelve columns from January to December. Beginning in the 16th century, European countries began officially making January 1 the start of the New Year once again — sometimes called Circumcision Style because this was the date of the Feast of the Circumcision, being the 8th day from December 25.

A Christmas Carol

What a great school trip!  Thanks to Miss Dogery, Miss Ida and Mr. Andrew for planning this wonderful trip.  In preparation, all the classes read A Christmas Carol.  Our students will do a character analysis, a sequential order, and a story mapping of the story.  Discussions will include the cause and effect that the spectres had on Scrooge’s outlook on Christmas. 

Here are some websites that you can connect with the book and the movie. 

StoryNory

Holidays