Friday, August 25, 2017

Mikayla/17/Term 1

Math

Saxon Math
Lessons 1-5
Test #1-20/22     Two mistakes were minor and easily corrected
Lessons 6-10
Test #2-100% (Lessons 6-10)
Lessons 11-15
Test #3= 18.5/22=(Lessons 11-15) ( Forgot a $ sign in answer and miscalculated addition)
Lessons 15-20
Test #4 18/20
Lessons 21-25
Test #5 19/20
Lessons 26-30
Test #6 18/20
Lessons 31-35
Test #7 17.5/20
Lessons 36-40
Test #8 20/21

FSA practice Test.  28/30
Wrote FSA

Bible

Attended day camp through Emmanuel Church.
Weekly Sunday School attendance

Bible & Nurture-Exploring with God-1 Chapter a day

1 Timothy 1:15

Language Arts

-cursive practice
-Daily Reading
-Daily Writing
-Key word outlining and paragraph writing.  

Wrote FSA

Remembrance Day Acrostic Poem

Social Studies

What's in the World- September issue
Canadian Reader-September

What's in the World-October issue
Canadian Reader-October

What's in the World-November issue
Canadian Reader-November

History of BC

Railway
 Visited The Last Spike

Fur Trade
Assigned Reading:
The Broken Blade by William Durbin

Gold Rush
Assigned Reading:
Dear Canada:A Trail of Broken Dreams:The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer
Cariboo Runaway by Sandy Frances Duncan
Crazy for Gold Canadian Flyer by Frieda Wishinksy
Gold Rush Fever by Barbara Greenwood (reading book and doing activities)

Activities
-Created map to show path of gold rush in BC
-Created picture of gold panner
-Made an acrostic poem
-Created a newspaper article about the gold rush
-made sour dough biscuits using a sour dough starter (Recipe from Gold Rush Fever)
-wrote and recorded a radio drama





Read
Daniel's Duck-Experimented with soap carving


Canada has diverse Communities

Read, "Paddle to the Sea" by Hollings C. Hollings.  Outlines a toy's trip through the great lakes.
Learning about inukshuks
Created art

















Learning about Canadian Artist, Ted Harrison.


Making cuneiform clay tablets of name
















Remembrance Day

Read up on animals that helped during the war.
Read, "Bear on the homefront" by Stephanie Inns
Created Remembrance Day poems.












Science

Discovery God's creation-Weather
-what is weather?
-types of weather
-atmosphere
-hurricanes
Magic School bus-wind

Fall
Read Why Do Leaves Change Color? by Betsy Maestro
Watched Sid the Science Kid-Seasons (Discovery Education)
Why Leaves Change Color (Discovery Education)
Created art using pastels and water colour.

Magic School bus-camoflauge
Magic School Bus - ecosystems
Magic School Bus-The human body

Visited Planet Honeybee

Visited Polson Park's Water conservation event.  Learned water conservation facts.  Listened to a story on the life cycle of the salmon.

Visit to Vernon Science Center.  Dinosaur display.  Gyro chair.













Read Justine McKeen vs. the Queen of Mean by Sigmund Brouwer.  (About environment)

Read Justine Mckeen Pooper Scooper by Sigmund Brouwer (About environment)
Read Justine Mckeen Queen of Clean by Sigmund Brouwer

Mini Polar Bear research writing using Pebble Go.



















Mini shark research writing using Pebble Go













Technology/Career

-Dave Ramsey's book for kids on Spending money
Dave Ramsey's book for kids on saving money












Fashion Design.  Mikayla has been exploring different ideas.  She cut holes in leggings to turn them into shirts.

Drawing.  Mikayla enjoys doing art tutorials online.  She is working on a family portrait.

Learning to use water colour pencils/paints for note booking.



















Helped make pie













Family dessert challenge.  Girls chose dessert, shopped for ingredients and made it for the rest of the family.
Chocolate fondue!













Helping her brothers read/reading to her brothers


















Building with Keva Planks
















PE

Read
-The Berenstain Bears and Junkfood

Video
Brain Pop Jr.-exercise
Magic School Bus Works Out

Activities
-notebooking on benefits of exercise




















Geocaching
Trampoline
Bike riding
Daily swimming in our pool




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