Week #23

Learning Log for Week of February 22nd - 26th

My favorite thing this week was learning while on our vacation in Disney world!

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on my Khan academy.  I am still working on my first mission.  My mom bought a new program called prodigy that is also like Khan academy an we are going to be using that too with math.

Math:

This week in Math I did more review with fractions.  I want to make sure that I understand all the rules of how to add, subtract, divide, and multiply fractions.  I baked zucchini muffins and used fractions to help make them as I had to double the recipe.  I am also excited to try the new prodigy game with math.

English/Language Arts:

I started a new book series about Sherlock Holmes and am working on my essay assignment for leadership academy.  I am going to study more on Asland and his character. I am excited for us to start our new family book study on Bambi. 

Science:

This week we went to Epcot and Animal Kingdom.  I was excited to go on the safari ride and see all the neat animals we have been studying.  My most favorite part was where we got to see the different biomes, it was fun since we had talked about them in family school.

History/Geography:

This week we got to go to Epcot and go to the different countries.  We got to see Japan, China, Mexico, Canada, USA, Norway, and France.  My favorite country was France.  I loved meeting all the different people and having them sign my passport. 

Tech:

This week I took my camera to Disney world.  I am excited to edit my photos for my digital photography class.  I loved taking photos and creating memories!

Choir:

This week in choir we worked more on our spring show.  I got to try out for another song and I was excited because this song you had to be really animated while you were singing it, so I really tried hard to get into the action.  I am excited for our spring show.

Dance:

We are still practicing our recital dance and learning the different parts of the dance.  We also worked on our stretches and points.  I love ballet and it is helping me with an ice skating class that I started to take a few weeks ago.

Week #22

Learning Log for Week of February 15th - 19th

My favorite thing this week was learning was going to wheeler farm.  I like the warm weather and that we can go outside and seeing all the animals.

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked in brain pop.  I worked on science.  I watched a video on food chains, nature, and science projects.

Math:

This week in Math I finished my Lesson #12.  It was on reducing fractions by finding the greatest common factor. My favorite thing is to find the factors.  My mom and I did a review with the CD on the lesson 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12...adding/subtracting, multiplying, and dividing by fractions is kind of tricky and I wanted to get extra practice.

English/Language Arts:

In Leadership Academy, I had a writing assignment on the adjoining countries of my imaginary world, Emmatopia. I finished Voyage of the Dawn Treader and am now doing to start The Silver Chair. This week we finished Little House in the Big Woods.  We learned how Pa hunts and how they did the harvest for the next year.  We went to Wheeler Farm to look at the animals and to see some of the tractors and to see if we could see a thresher machine.  My favorite animal was a baby goat named "Cricket."

Science:

This week we talked more about birds.  We talked about the beaks and the feet of birds.  We did a test were we put different things on a plate like rice, peanuts, pasta, and chocolate chips.  We then took different tools like a tweezers, spoon, fingers, and scissors.  We talked about how the different feet and beaks help each bird adapt to their environment.

History/Geography:

We are learning about Japan this month in our country studies.  One of my favorite things is the origami.  We got to make different origami and try out some different foods like sushi.  I thought sushi was okay.

Tech:

This week we are learning about the rule of thirds.  It's where you look at an object and take a picture and then you take a few morning to see which one you like and the different things about it.

Choir:

I tried out for my solo this week.  I was really excited and nervous.  I tried out for "When I Grow Up" and "America the Beautiful."

Dance:

We are still practicing our recital dance and working on our technique. We are adding a lot more turns to our dance for our recital. We got to pick our our dance costumes.  It's a pink tutu and then we each got to pick a different sash color and mine is a deep aqua.  I am excited.

Week #21

Learning Log for Week of February 8th - 12th

My favorite thing this week was learning was going to the Norman Rockwell Art Exhibit. 

 It was neat seeing all the different drawings 

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on khan academy.  I worked on my math mission.  I like doing the math online, it's different than my regular math where we have to do worksheets.

Math:

This week in Math I finished my Lesson #11. I learned about common factors and finding the greatest common factor.  You find all the factors of a product and the greatest number is the one that you use for your denominator so that can compare or combine.  My favorite quote is if you want to compare of combine you must be the same kind.

English/Language Arts:

In Leadership Academy I am almost finished with my Voyage of the Dawn Treader.  One of my assignments was to make hard tack biscuits that were commonly used on long voyages.  They weren't that good to eat, but really fun to make.  As a family we are reading Little House in the Big Woods we read the chapters were Laura slapped Mary when Mary said something unkind and then we read about cousin Charley getting stung by a bunch of bees.  We talked about obedience and how things would have been different if Laura and Charley had obeyed.  We then talked about what obedience means to use and how we can be more obedient. I said I want to work on being more respectful.

Science:

This week in science we are still working on vertebrates and we starting talking about birds.  We did a bird venn diagram and talked about how birds are like us, unique, and different.  We talked about the different features of birds.  We watched videos on different birds, my favorite was the Lyre Bird that will mimic different sounds in the forest to impress the females.

History/Geography:

This  week we starting learning about political geography.  We learned about Matthew Maury and how he wrote a lot about political geography that we still use.  We learned that political geography means a study of things that are man made, the people, the way they worship God, food, clothing, entertainment, the way they are ruled, and their resources. I like political geography because I like learning about different cultures.

Tech:

The Norman Rockwell exhibit was really cool to see because Mr. Rockwell used photography in his paintings.  He would take a picture of something and then he would paint.  My favorite one was called "The Day in the Life of a girl."  I liked it because it showed a lot of personality in his art and it showed his unique style of art.

Choir:

This week we learned the Muppet medley and the America medley.  There are lot of different songs from the different movies for our spring show.  The songs we are doing are "Love is an Open Door," "When I grow Up," "Home," and "The 60's medley."  My favorite song is "When I grow up."

Dance:

We have been working on our recital dance.  We ended up changing our music and a lot of choreography.  We changed to the song "Strong," from the 2015 movie "Cinderella." I like it because I am in the center of the dance but is also challenging me because if I mess up then everyone follows me, so I have to do my best without mistakes.

Week #20

Learning Log for Week of February 1st - February 5th

My favorite thing this week was learning was going to the Leonardo 

to see the mummy exhibit that we have been learning in our Egypt Unit.

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on khan academy.  I worked on math mission, I am at 50% of my first math mission.  My goal is to get to 75% next week.

Math:

This week in Math I finished my Lesson #10 and took my test with Math-U- See. I am working on learning how to divide fractions.  I am learning that in order to compare or combine you have to be the same kind.

English/Language Arts:

We are still working on our unit on Little House in the Big Woods.  We read about going to town.  We talked about how Laura and her character.  Laura had the best, wonderful and hard day.  It was the best day because she got to see the town Pepin and go to the store.  Laura dressed up in her best dress and got to curl her hair.  It was a hard day because she ripped her dress and the store keeper only talked about Mary's hair.

Science:

This week in science talked more about vertebrates and this week was about Sharks. We talked about the whale shark, the great white shark, and the hammerhead shark.  We learned that we shouldn't how sharks lives so it made them not seem so scary.  They are the top predators in their environment.

History/Geography:

In History this week we finished our unit study on Egypt. We talked about pyramids and how they were built to honor their dead.  We watched videos of the how the great pyramids of Giza were built.  We got to make an Egyptian necklace.

Tech:

In my digital photography class I continued to take more photos. I am working on my assignment Rule of Thirds. I am excited to learn more.  My favorite thing is to take pictures of my baby brother still.

Choir:

We are still working on our Spring Show.  We started learning the song "Home" by Phillip Phillips.  We are learning the melody of it, I am learning the high soprano part.  My favorite thing about choir is getting to know the people and why they like to sing and learning how to work together with our different voices.

Dance:

This week in dance we started to learn our dance for recital.  I am center stage in the front because I am the shortest person in my class. Our costumes are really pretty with pink tutus.  

Week# 19

Learning Log for Week of January 25th - January 29th

My favorite thing this week was learning how to Figure Skate on the Ice. I am working towards my goal of trying new things for homeschool to see what I like.

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I worked on khan academy.  I worked on math and learned some cool new math skills and tricks. Khan Academy really is fun and I enjoy doing it.

Math:

This week in Math I finished my Lesson #9 and took my test.  I am working on learning how to multiple fractions and then add or subtract them. The method that I am using is called the Rule Of 4, It is multiplying all the numbers through.

English/Language Arts:

We are still working on our unit on Little House in the Big Woods.  We read about the "Dance at Grandpa's" and how dancing was a way of showing their way of a happy and strong family. I did a character chart on Grandma, because she had to love everyone to sit and stir the maple syrup instead of dancing, so everyone could have some of the syrup. She is very a hardworking kind lady.

Science:

This week in science talked more about vertebrates. We moved onto a new class, Fish. We learned the different types of fish and the different parts of their body. We watched a few videos on differnt types of fish underwater. We were assigned to do a report on a fish. I chose a Clownfish, I did a lot of research on this type of salt water fish and found a few things I never knew about the Clownfish. Fish are very fascinating  vertebrates   

History/Geography:

In History we are working more In our Egypt Unit and about the studied more about the Egyptian Gods. We learned their names and their purpose of what they did. It is cool to learn about their Mythology and culture that took place hundreds and hundreds of years ago.   

Tech:

In my digital photography class I did a college of some photos I have taken in the past and combined them into a slide-show movie It was cool to put them together to make a Digital book.

Choir:

We are still working on our Spring Show.  The song we worked on this week was a Sixties Medley. It is very fun to hear songs from the past and sing them I love it! We grove to the fun songs while we sing I really enjoy choir.

Dance:

This week in dance I worked on a move called a tombe . We put the tombe into a combo, and we practiced it with my Thursday teacher Miss Natalie. Dance can be hard sometimes but it is worth the work.