Week #11

Learning Log for Week of November 9th - November 13th

My favorite thing this week was going on another field trip 

to the Children's Curiosity Museum. 

This time we took our friends with us and it was really fun.  

We went to the rainforest and did the math to find out how 

high we got on the ropes and it was 60' high!

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on brain pop. I learned about subtraction, addition, and measuring. I took quizzes on the measurements.  I also learned about patterns and took the quizzes.

Math:

This week in Math I I finished my Lesson # 23 and took my test and started Lesson #24 from Math-U-See.  They are both on  Multiple-Digit Division. It is getting a little easier because I have had a lot of practice.  My goal is to get through all 30 lessons in the Delta so I can start Epsilon starting in January.

English/Language Arts:

This week in my through the wardrobe class, we had a research question about Calormen and what part of the world is most like this.   This is what I submitted:

"Calor" is Spanish and Portuguese for "Heat" which seams to suggest how the name of the warm desert country was developed.

Calormen is most like Kalorme a mountain found in the easternmost part of the world. In the land of the sun where the sun rises every dawn, and which is the tallest mountain of Arda after Taniquetill in Tolkiens lengendarium.

 I have book club and we talked about A Wrinkle in Time and then I got my new book for next month, Island of the Blue Dolphins.  It is a true story and I am excited to start reading it next week.

Science:

This week our science experiment was a homemade volcano. We put baking soda, dish soap, and the water in a cup.  There was no reaction when we added these ingredients together.  But when we added the vinegar it made it erupt.  Then we watched a video about volcanos in Hawaii. We made our lava orange like the volcanos in Hawaii. 

Tech:

This week in digital photography, I am still working on my lighting assignment. Now that the time has changed and it gets dark so early and some days are cloudy, it is tricky to go outside and get the photos like I use to.  So I am trying to figure out how to take good picture with the different lighting settings.

Choir:

This week in choir we started working on our song "One Bright Star." And I practiced my solos.  We are performing at a senior living center in two weeks.  And then we are performing at the Festival of Trees and then the Dickens Festival in three weeks.

Dance:

This week in Dance I learned more steps and moves in my new combination. I learned a simple combination for my recital dance that is in June, my teacher, Ms. Marcia thinks she is going to add it to our dance. We are going to start practicing our recital dance starting in December.