Week #16

Learning Log for Week of January 4th - January 8th

My favorite thing this week was using my new "little passports" 

activity that I got for christmas. 

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on brain pop.  I helped my brother with some games he had trouble understanding so he could learn more about the site and achieve his learning skills. I like helping him learn, because sometimes I learn something new. 

Math:

This week in Math I started my Epsilon Math Book with Math-U-See. I have finished Lesson 1-6, some of it was new and some of it was review.  I like how it's challenging and easy to learn with my fraction overlays.

English/Language Arts:

I finished my Through the Wardrobe Class and took my test and finished the class with honors.  I started my new semester last week and we are reading Prince Caspian. It's different than the other book Narnia books it seems so far. I read a lot over the break from The Wonder, Princess Academy, and some of my old Nancy Drew books.  We also started doing a unit with my family  on studying Little House in the Big Woods.

Science:

We did a lot of fun experiments over the break.  We built a volcano and talked about the different volcanos around the world and the different rocks that come from it.  We learned about Slim and made our own homemade slim.  For my birthday I got science goggles and science coat that I am excited to use in my science experiments.  My brother got a microscope for Christmas so we have been trying out different things to put under the microscope.  We studied axolotls and other amphibians. For Christmas my brothers and I got crates that come in the mail once a mail.  This month we worked on our "arcade" crate and I built a wooden arcade claw. We got another crate that was about "shadow and light."  It is sometimes hard to built and set up the experiments, but I really like it.

History/Geography:

In History we learned more about our Egypt Unit. And in Geography we learned about the Earth's Hydrosphere. We got little passports for Christmas and we got to learn about Brazil.  I am excited for next month's package to come, it is going to be on Japan.

Tech:

My digital photography class assignment was to work on Holiday Lights. I had to worked on the different lighting of Christmas lights, the lights that are on during the day and other at night. This was my favorite assignment so far.  We also had to turn in our favorite photo for mid-year review.  This is my favorite photo of my baby brother, Griffin.

Choir:

This week in my choir we started working on our Spring Performance. We are going to be singing "Love is an Open Door" and the Beatles song "She Loves You."  I am excited to learn new songs and perform again.

Dance:

This week in dance  I learned about parquets turns.  I was able to go the Nutcracker over the holiday break and I loved it!  I want to try out next year for a part, I have a friend in one of my classes that was a toy solider in Ballet West's Nutcracker this year.