Week #18

Learning Log for Week of January 18th - January 22nd

My favorite thing this week was the report I did on Martin Luther King Jr.

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on khan academy.  I worked on art history in Khan Academy. The Art History was on Mesopotamian Art, I watched two videos and took a quiz on it.

Math:

This week in Math I finished my Lesson #8 and took my test and then my unit test.  I am working on learning that in order to compare or combine you must be the same kind.  It was learning how to add multiple fractions.

English/Language Arts:

We are still working on our unit on Little House in the Big Woods.  We read about two bears story where Laura used a lantern to go out to the barn with her Ma.  So we made homemade lanterns.  We took old cans and then we drew a pattern and then put it on the can and drilled holes in the tin for the light to come through.  We learned about the literary elements of setting, plot, theme, characters, and style.

Science:

This week in science we are still learning about vertebrates.  We learned about the Komodo Dragon and how it is the worlds largest lizard.  We also learned that it is endangered.  I then did a report on an animal that is or was on the endangered list.  I choose the maned three toed sloth.  My favorite thing that I learned about the sloth is that because they are the world's slowest moving animal...there is algae that actually grows on their fur and it is helpful to camouflage in the trees.

History/Geography:

In History we learned more about our Egypt Unit and about Egyptian Mythology.  One of my favorite myths was how we got 365 days.  In Geography we are learning about Asia and we starting learning about lithospheres.  I am doing a geography report on India, so I worked on my map to show the different elements on the land of India.

Tech:

In my digital photography class I have been taking photos of my baby brother and different things that are happening. I like to do different setting and try things out that I have learned.  I really liked doing the mid year art how. 

Choir:

We are working on our Spring Show.  The song we worked on this week was "Love is an Open Door" from Disney's Frozen Movie. We learned to sing with our mouths shaped like a bell, with our upper lip curved and our bottom a more oval shape.

Dance:

This week in dance I worked more on my turns and spins.  I am working on my flexibility and on getting down my more advance turns. I got to learn a combination that our teacher might put into our recital.