Week #5

Learning Log for Week of September 28th - October 2nd 

My favorite thing we did this week was learning about the water cycle and doing the experiment. I really enjoyed learning about the different steps and how they work 

Homeroom:

This week for Homeroom my brother and I went onto BrainPop Jr.and watched video's on mass, kilograms, weight , height, and graphs. We took the quizzes on all of them with the setting on easy at first and then we changed it to hard. It was really fun and we got pretty good scores on most of them, either 4 out of 5 or 3 out of 5. I liked the quizzes. 

Math:

This week for math I learned about dividing with reminders. I learned that for example when you divide with a problem like 5 into 17, you will always get a remainder because 5 does not go into 17 equally. Remainders are very interesting math.  

English/Language Arts:

This week for my "Thorough the Wardrobe class" with Leadership Education Academy,  I made Turkish Delight. This treat is mentioned in the book The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe. Turkish Delight is a kind of gummy treat. We made them with orange and lemon juice and then cooked the sugar/water mixture with the orange and lemon peel.  I cut them into squares and rolled them in powdered sugar. I started the The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe and read chapters 1-4.

Science:

This week we talked more about the water cycle and actually made a science experiment.  We took a zip lock bag and drew on it the water cycle and then filled water in the bottom of the zip lock bag and dyed the water blue.  We tapped it to a window and watched it for a few days to see the water cycle in action.  We also did reports on the different clouds, mine was on Cumulonimbus clouds, I presented it to a small group. We also made a craft out of paper and cotton balls to show what the different types of clouds look like.

Tech:

I practiced taking photos on my camera.  I want to journal the different field trips that we take in family school and especially of my baby brother.  I took my camera to the park and took different shots on different modes and settings. My favorite photo that I took was of a apple in painting.

Fine Arts:

This week in dance I worked on my technique of pirouettes.  I also worked on my splits, I want to be able to get into the splits club.  The last thing I worked on was my ABC's, this is where you use your foot to draw the ABC's to warm up your foot.

Fine Arts:

This week for choir I learned a new song, it is called the "Jingle Way Melody."  It's a few Christmas songs mixed into one.  I also got my uniform this week for our Christmas performances, I am really excited!