Math (Goal of 4 lessons a day) (Daily math drills)
-Rounding decimal numbers
-mentally dividing decimal numbers by 10 and 100
-Reducing by grouping factors
-common denominators
-adding subtracting fractions
-probablility and chance
-adding mixed numbers
-polygons
attributes of geometric solids
-adding 3 or more fractions
-classifying quadrilaterals
-prime factorization
-multiplying mixed numbers
-lengths of segments
-coordinate plane
-parallelograms
-exponents
-writing fractions as decimals and percents
-capacity
-area of triangle
-using scale factor to solve ratio problems
-geometric construction of bisectors
-volume of rectangular prism
-proportions
-order of operations
-cross products to solve proportions
-area of circle
-finding missing factor
Test #5 17/20= 85%
Test #6 20/20= 100%
Test #7 19/20 = 95%
Test #8 19/20= 95%
Test #9 19/20= 95%
Test #10 18/20= 90%
Test #11 18/20= 90%
Test #12 18/20= 90%
Test #13 18/20=90%
Test 14 18/20=90%
Test 15 18/20=90%
Social Studies
Assigned Reading
-Child Soldier by Jessica Dee Humphreys
-Children of War by Deborah Ellis
-The Underground Reporters by Kathy
-What's in the world -Nov. issue
-Canadian Reader-Nov issue
Aiden has chosen to complete a project on child labour including soldiers. He is reading through some material and will begin working on this 6 week research project on Jan. 23.
He is reading books and watching video for his research. He is using materials found in the Heritage kids through the world conflict and global issues kits.
Reading the following books about how the media effects our perceptions.....
Tabloidology
Mania Meltown.
Weekly Map Work
-North America
-Cross Section of Canada
-Landforms
Science
-researching Biblical dinosaurs to create a presentation.
The Mammoth and the Ice Age by Michael Oard (video)
Dinosaurs and Dragon Legends (video)
The Answers in Genesis Dinosaurs by Ken Ham
What Really Happened to Dinosaurs by Ken Ham
Dinosaurs by Design by Duane T Gish
Untold Secrest of Planet Earth-Flood Fossils by Vance Nelson
Untold Secrests of Planet Earth- by Vance Nelson
The Great Dinosaur Mystery of the Bible by Paul Taylor
Dry Bones and Other Fossils by Gary Parker
-Answers in Genesis-Buddy Davis's Adventures Dig Dinosaurs (video)
Aiden is finishing up a mini biography project on Isaac Newton. He has followed his outline and will complete this project and be ready for presentation on Jan. 18.
Fine Arts
-weekly piano lessons
-weekly theory work
-working on Christmas songs for Christmas recital. (Carol of the Bells)
Playing a song that the attendees will be singing to. (Deck the Halls)
-attended Canadian composer composition workshop
-performed in Canadian Composer recital
-Aiden is gearing up for the Festival of the Arts. He is planning to play four songs.
Goals-concentrated practice
Applied Technology
In Language Arts the kids learned about online safety. They had an assignment to make a safety poster.
-Aiden has begun to learn Minecraft. He has also been reading several books that teach Minecraft. After discussion, Aiden thought that one hour a week (during the weekend) would be an appropriate amount of video time. He spends time planning how he will use his allowed time each week.
Reading Minecraft construction for dummies.
Reading Minecraft jokes.
Aiden is a help in the kitchen. His "specialty" is making sauces.
-Aiden has been spending time building a bike pump track out of snow. He researches how to build them, and has been spending much time building and refining the track. Aiden recently researched how to build snowboarding rails. He watched videos, used his money to purchase the materials from the hardware store and then built himself one.
Tramp biking is a relatively new sport. Aiden watched videos on it, built himself a tramp bike and now practices his skills up to 2 hours a day. He also researched and discovered that there is no current world record so he is practicing and hoping to make a record:)
-Aiden and his friend created posters for a winter business. They passed flyers out throughout the neighbourhood. They have had a paid job and received $30. He keeps our driveway shovelled after each snow.
-Rounding decimal numbers
-mentally dividing decimal numbers by 10 and 100
-Reducing by grouping factors
-common denominators
-adding subtracting fractions
-probablility and chance
-adding mixed numbers
-polygons
attributes of geometric solids
-adding 3 or more fractions
-classifying quadrilaterals
-prime factorization
-multiplying mixed numbers
-lengths of segments
-coordinate plane
-parallelograms
-exponents
-writing fractions as decimals and percents
-capacity
-area of triangle
-using scale factor to solve ratio problems
-geometric construction of bisectors
-volume of rectangular prism
-proportions
-order of operations
-cross products to solve proportions
-area of circle
-finding missing factor
Test #5 17/20= 85%
Test #6 20/20= 100%
Test #7 19/20 = 95%
Test #8 19/20= 95%
Test #9 19/20= 95%
Test #10 18/20= 90%
Test #11 18/20= 90%
Test #12 18/20= 90%
Test #13 18/20=90%
Test 14 18/20=90%
Test 15 18/20=90%
Social Studies
Assigned Reading
-Child Soldier by Jessica Dee Humphreys
-Children of War by Deborah Ellis
-The Underground Reporters by Kathy
-What's in the world -Nov. issue
-Canadian Reader-Nov issue
Aiden has chosen to complete a project on child labour including soldiers. He is reading through some material and will begin working on this 6 week research project on Jan. 23.
He is reading books and watching video for his research. He is using materials found in the Heritage kids through the world conflict and global issues kits.
Reading the following books about how the media effects our perceptions.....
Tabloidology
Mania Meltown.
Weekly Map Work
-North America
-Cross Section of Canada
-Landforms
Science
-researching Biblical dinosaurs to create a presentation.
The Mammoth and the Ice Age by Michael Oard (video)
Dinosaurs and Dragon Legends (video)
The Answers in Genesis Dinosaurs by Ken Ham
What Really Happened to Dinosaurs by Ken Ham
Dinosaurs by Design by Duane T Gish
Untold Secrest of Planet Earth-Flood Fossils by Vance Nelson
Untold Secrests of Planet Earth- by Vance Nelson
The Great Dinosaur Mystery of the Bible by Paul Taylor
Dry Bones and Other Fossils by Gary Parker
-Answers in Genesis-Buddy Davis's Adventures Dig Dinosaurs (video)
Aiden is finishing up a mini biography project on Isaac Newton. He has followed his outline and will complete this project and be ready for presentation on Jan. 18.
Fine Arts
-weekly piano lessons
-weekly theory work
-working on Christmas songs for Christmas recital. (Carol of the Bells)
Playing a song that the attendees will be singing to. (Deck the Halls)
-attended Canadian composer composition workshop
-performed in Canadian Composer recital
-Aiden is gearing up for the Festival of the Arts. He is planning to play four songs.
Goals-concentrated practice
Applied Technology
In Language Arts the kids learned about online safety. They had an assignment to make a safety poster.
-Aiden has begun to learn Minecraft. He has also been reading several books that teach Minecraft. After discussion, Aiden thought that one hour a week (during the weekend) would be an appropriate amount of video time. He spends time planning how he will use his allowed time each week.
Reading Minecraft construction for dummies.
Reading Minecraft jokes.
Aiden is a help in the kitchen. His "specialty" is making sauces.
-Aiden has been spending time building a bike pump track out of snow. He researches how to build them, and has been spending much time building and refining the track. Aiden recently researched how to build snowboarding rails. He watched videos, used his money to purchase the materials from the hardware store and then built himself one.
Tramp biking is a relatively new sport. Aiden watched videos on it, built himself a tramp bike and now practices his skills up to 2 hours a day. He also researched and discovered that there is no current world record so he is practicing and hoping to make a record:)
-Aiden and his friend created posters for a winter business. They passed flyers out throughout the neighbourhood. They have had a paid job and received $30. He keeps our driveway shovelled after each snow.
PE
Snowboarding
Skating-shooting hockey pucks and shooting goals
Aiden enjoys spending time at the park or the valley, practicing his snowboarding skills.
Aiden recently went bowling twice and enjoys learning new sports.
Aiden has been spending hours creating snow tracks and jumps for his snowboard. He often researches how to build them on the computer before tackling the jumps.
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