Week #15

Learning Log for Week of December 7th - December 11th

My favorite thing this week was making an iMovie for my Narnia class with Leadership Education Academy. It was really fun making it! 

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on Brain Pop. I played a game called pearl diver. The goal of the game is to find all the pearls under water in the amount of time it gives you. But you also have to make sure you don't get stung by the eel. You have to dive at the right measurements to find the pearl in the clam. It is a very fun game.

Math:

This week for math I finished my entire Delta book! I was so excited because every unit I finish I get $5 and since I finished my entire book I got $10. I finished learning about Roman Numerals. I learned that D=500 and that M=1,000. It is a fun concept to learn in math. It is like trying to figure out a fun code puzzle. I like Roman Numerals.

English/Language Arts:

This week for English and Language arts I got to make a movie about Narnia. I made it on my computer with the really fun app called iMovie. I made it with a lot of pictures from the movies. My favorite movie so far is The Lion, The Witch, And the Wardrobe. This is the Movie:

Science:

This week in science we learned more about amphibians. We learned about the amphibian web. It talks about the different characteristics of an amphibian. It was cool to learn that they are cold blooded. We learned that an Amphibian can stay in the water with out dying because it has gills. I had no idea that a frog had gills when he was a tadpole, that is so cool. 

Tech:

This week for Tech I got to chose my top 10 favorite photos of the month. It was a hard decision to make, but I did it. This was my #1 favorite photo that I took of my baby brother:

Choir:

This week in my choir we did a performance for the Dickens Festival. I was preforming on the Queen Victoria stage. We got to sing in front of the Queen who was walking around the the Festival. It was really cool to have that experience because I really like to sing.

Dance: 

This week for dance I worked on pirouettes and glissades. I was also working on some foot work. Since it is near Christmas time my ballet teacher, Miss Marcia, lets us dance to Nutcracker music! It is so fun. My favorite dance in the Ballet is the "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy." The music is so fun to dance to. Ballet is my favorite type of Dance.

Week #14

Learning Log for Week of November 30th - December 4th

My favorite thing this week was having my friends come over to 

see what our homeschool is like and learning about our science lesson.

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on Khan Academy.  I helped my brother with some questions he had so he could earn some additional points and unlock a new avatar.  I also showed a friend that came over for a lesson brain pop junior and how it works and what I like about it.

Math:

This week in Math I I finished my Lesson #26 that taught me about volume.  The Area for volume is length x width x height. I like volume because you get to find out things like how much water you would need to fill your bath tub and the size of a building.

English/Language Arts:

I finished my book The Horse and His Boy, I liked it a lot because it has a bit of Russian folk tale. There were different new characters and it taught me about friendship and what it means to be a good friend. Things like loyalty, trust, compassion, empathy. My assignment this week from my through the wardrobe class was to watch the movie The Chronicles of Narnia. My favorite scene in the movie was the battle of Narnia scene at the end cause it just shows how powerful the army was.

Science:

This week in science we learned more about mammals.  We talked specially about marsupials and talked about the Tasmanian Devil.  There aren't many left because people are moving into their habitat and because when some animals are killed the Tasmanian Devil they go to eat the meat and they get hit by a car.

Tech:

My digital photography class assignment was to upload our favorite ten photos from November.  I still need to turn in my assignment, but I am going to turn in photos that I took of my baby brother Griffin and also of my other brothers. My favorite thing about photography is how you get to capture the moment and have it forever.  I made 2 movies using i-movie on my family's mac computer.  I loved making the movies.  One was about friendship and the other was about the Nativity Story.  I liked being the director.

Choir:

This week in my choir we had two performances.  The first was at an assisted living center.  This one was my favorite because after the concert we got to go around and meet and shake the hands of the residents that live there and that was fun to meet them and see them smile.  The other concert was the Festival of Trees.  I really liked going so we could see all the different tress that were there.

Dance:

This week in dance I learned new turns and leaps.  I am getting excited to see the Nutcracker for Christmas and I started listening to the music and playing it on my piano.  I am working on my pointe moves because I really want to take pre-pointe next year.