Mikayla-Term 1

Bible
Regular Sunday School attendance.  Memory verse through Sunday School 
Weekly Jr. Youth attendance 
Attendance of GEMS every other Thursday
-Personal Devotion with Bethany Hamilton

Year Long Service Project
Mikayla is helping at Kids Club every Thursday.  She is helping in the K-1 class.  The leaders put her in the class with younger kids because they noticed that she had a natural skill when working with this age group.

Service Project
Helping out at a fundraiser for Special Olympics 















Mikayla made rice krispie treats and a card for the staff of the seniors home.

English-Online-Mikayla loves these classes and completed 2 lessons the first week!

Math
Lot's of card playing.  Learning to play solitaire.











Saxon Math
Lessons
-sequences
-even/odd
-money for place value
-comparing whole numbers
-naming whole numbers
-writing and comparing numbers through hundred thousands, ordinal numbers
-Subtraction facts
-Practicing the subtraction algorithm
-Missing addends
-Story problems
-lines, number lines, tally marks
-multiplication with repeated addition
-Missing numbers in subtraction
-Making a multiplication table
-Story problems about separating
-Multiplying by one digit numbers
-Multiplying by three factors
-division
-Three ways to show division
-Fractions, halves, fourths, tenths
-ne digit division with remainder
-recognizing halves
-parentheses, associative property
-Listing the factors of whole numbers

Test #1 18/18
Test #2 19/20
Test #3 19/20
Test #4 19/20
Test #5 18/20

Science/Social Studies

We went to a  class at the Science Centre to learn how to use microscopes.  We were able to observe pond water and see the living organisms.

We enjoyed a tour of the Revelstoke Dam.  We learned about how water our natural resource can be changed into energy.  

A visit to the Kangaroo farm.  We enjoyed the reptile presentation and exploring the exhibits.

-Field Trip to O'Keefe Ranch.  Learned about letter writing with ink fountain pens and wax seals, visited a school house and had a school experience, toured the museum, did a scavenger hunt and saw  artifacts from the Vernon aboriginal group including clothing and baskets.

Natural Resources/Rock Cycle

Books/Videos

-Explore Rocks and Minerals by Cynthia Light Brown

-The Magic School Bus Rock and Rolls
-Salt Mining Discovery Education
-Kilauea volcano article from What's in the World
-Kilauea volcano video by You Tube
-Our Resources by Scholastic
-Exploring British Columbia Land and People-Apple Press
-Geography by Donna Ward
-The Great Bear Rainforest through National Geographic
-Natural Resources -Brain Pop video and quiz
-What Is The The Rock Cycle by Natalie Hyde
-British Columbia It's Land, Mineral and Water Resources by Sandy Frances Duncan
-Environmentalists from our First Nations by Vincent Schilling
-Keepers of the Earth Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children by Michael Caduto
The Rock Cycle Website

Activities

-created a poster showing the layers of the earth

-made a model of the layers of the earth using peanut butter balls
-Made a clay volcano and erupted it

-LifePac Geology book and activities

     -Features of the Earth

     -Layer of the Earth

-Salt as a crystal-making a salt solution and allowing it to evaporate to see salt crystals

-Brain Pop quiz and movie on water conservation and water as a natural resource
-Completing worksheets about the natural resources from each province from Geography by Donna Ward
   -Multiculturalism
   -Farming
   -Fossil Fuels
   -BC Natural Resources-renewable and nonrenewable
   -Map of BC Natural Resources 
   -Forestry

-Tree Poster-Discussing the importance of forestry

 Term Project-  working on a Power Point presentation on agriculture as a natural resource

Salmon
The Magic School Bus-Salmon
Visit to Adams River Salmon Spawning.

-Rainforest Habitat through Project Builders
(Rainforest in a Jar)

Created Rainforest inspired art at home.

Holocaust

-Read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

Current Events
What's in the World-August issue
Canadian Reader-August issue
What's in the World-October issue
Canadian Reader-October issue

Whistler Gondola
Visiting Shannon Falls



Technology/Art

Blogging/Online Classes

Project Builders Class-STEM
After Project builders, Mikayla came home and created her own chocolate creation.  She used mint chocolate and added green tea biscuits.  They were really delicious!  She dropped off a sample for her teacher who also really enjoyed it.

Mikayla loves her new fashion template book.  Creating different fashion designs.

Mikayla worked on sewing a little felt heart for her friend.

 

 PE

Mikayla attended our church's week long soccer camp.  She received a ribbon for most improved.

Swimming
Trampoline
Boating
Tubing
Scootering
Roller Blading

Health Topics

HorizonzsGrade 5
-Types of health-social, physical, mental and spiritual
-discussing which activities fit each of the health topics
-benefits of physical health-strength, cardiovascular, feel good, etc
-discussed signs of physical fitness-increased heart rate, tired muscles, sweaty skin etc.
-creating fitness goals
-Mikayla created a goal to DART (A combination of art and dance) for at least 20min after school each day
-Blogged on worksheet-The Habit of Wellness
-Brain Pop-Exercise video and quiz

Read
Good Pictures Bad Pictures-Porn Proofing Today's Young Kids-Read Book and discussed safety on the computer and what to do if exposed to pornography

Arts

Mikayla is taking weekly Musical Theater classes through Centre Stage Performing Arts Centre. They work on singing, dancing and performing and create mini performances throughout the year.

Mikayla is practicing a monologue to audition for a part in their Christmas play, Elf.
Mikayla has received the part as Shawanda the Elf.  She has lines to memorize by November.

Mikayla received a recorder and has been busy teaching herself to play.  After 2 days she was able to learn 3 songs.  She is busy learning Christmas songs right now.