Mikayla-Term 2

Family Read-Aloud

-The Hobbit

Bible

-Weekly Sunday school attendance

-Weekly Kids Club volunteering.  Working with the K-1 Class.  Helping with activities, assisting leader, keeping kids focused during singing/lesson time.

-Bi-monthly GEMS club-went to the mall to earn her Smart Shopper Badge.  The girls learned about budgeting and making smart purchases.  They bought socks and items for the homeless.

-Weekly Jr. Youth

Scripture Memory

Long Term Family Goal- Working on memorizing Matthew 5-7

Completed:

Matthew 5:1-9

Mikayla went on her first Jr Youth retreat to Sunnybrae Camp.

Volunteer

-Putting together Operation Shoeboxes for children in need.  Mikayla made a box at home and also packed boxes at GEMS.
-Decorating for Safeway

-Handing out bags to the homeless

-Mik helped at our church by peeling potatoes and carrots and preparing veggies for a "turkey dinner" lunch that our church puts on for a local elementary school.

-Mik also helped the next day by serving food for the lunch to the students and teachers

-We made ornaments to hand out at the seniors home and brought goodies for the staff

Math

-Reading scales
-measuring time
-multiplying by multiples of 10, 100
Interpreting pictures of fractions and percents
-fractions
pairs of lines
-angles, polygons
-rounding numbers using number line
-divisions
0problems with comparing and elapsed time
-comparing fractions
-classifying triangles
-fractions and mixed numbers on number line
-measuring angles
-adding and subtracting fractions with common denominators
-short division
-measuring lengths with a ruler
-classifying quadrilaterals
-simplifying mixed measures
-finding average
-analyzing data
-multiplying two digit numbers
-perimeter-measures of a circle
-multiplying by three digit numbers
fractions equal to 1
-finding a fraction to complete a whole

-Probablility, chance
-estimating 
-subtracting a fraction from a whole
-using money to model decimal numbers
-decimal parts of a meter
-reading a cm scale
-writing tenths and hundredths as a decimal number
-fractions of a second
-writing equivalent decimal numbers

Saxon
Test 6-18/20
Test 7- 20/20
Test 8 -19/20
Test 9 -18/20
Test 10- 18/20
Test 11- 18/20
Test 12-20/20
Test 13-16/20- Time to review a few things

Science

Simple Machines (Mostly been a review study as Mikayla has studied simple machines in the past and it is not a favourite unit)
Topics
-Lever
-Pully
-Inclined Plane
-Wedge
Screw
-Wheel/Axle

Activities

-Reading about Galileo

-Creating a chart to study each of the simple machines
-LifePac-Self Test on machines, work, force, types of energy
-Visited Science Museum and did a class on simple machines.  Learning about what each one does and combining them to make complex machines
-Watching videos on Rube Goldberg
-Drawing a design for a Rube Goldberg
-Painting through the use of a pendulum
-Self Tests through LifePac-types of simple machines, modern version of simple machines, understanding mechanisms

Brain Pop Videos
-Assembly Line
-Lever
-Pully
-Inclined Plane
-Wedge
-Screw
-Wheel and Axle
-Power
-Game Up-Inclined Planes-Brain Pop

The Human Body

Digestion

-Chapter 4 Apologia The Human Body-the Digestive and Renal systems
-Brain Pop
-Your Digestive System by Rebecca Johnson
-The Body Book by Scholastic
-The Human Body by Miles Kelly
-First Encyclopedia of the Human Body by Usborne
-The Human Body-Evan Moor
-Human Body by Kingfisher Reader
-Digestion-Discovery Education
-Digestion-Learn 360
-Digestion-The Magic School Bus
-Digestion-Study Jam-Scholastic

-Reinacting stomach function with food, water and ziploc bag

-Putting tooth into Coke to see function of sugar and acid

-Putting marshmallow into vinegar to watch it disintegrate like stomach acid

-Brain Pop videos and quizzes

-Measuring with measuring tape to see the size of the small intestine
-Body puzzle at the science center

Circulatory
-the circulation system-discovery ed
-circulation for kids-discovery ed
-how the heart works-discovery ed
-chloe and the nerve-discovery ed
-How the lungs work-Discovery Ed
-Your Circulatory System by Rebecca Johnson

Respiratory
-Your Respiratory System by Rebecca Johnson
-Respiratory System Brain Pop
-Smoking Brain Pop
-Build-a-Respiratory system game-Brain Pop
-Built a model of the lungs and diaphragm using a pop bottle and balloon

Skeletal/Muscular System

-Your Muscular System by Rebecca Johnson

-Your Skeletal System by Rebecca Johnson

-Muscular System-Brain Pop

-Skeletal System-Brain Pop

Social Studies

Canada  (Study and paragraph writing through English 5)
-Hudson Bay Company
-Beaver-Fur Trade
-Alexander Mackenzie
-The Gold Rush
-The Canadian Pacific Railway

-Wrote a letter as an aboriginal chief about problems with the fur trade


Residential Schools
Books/Videos/Activities
My Name is Sepeetza
Dear Canada-These are my Words by Jean Little
Secret Path by Gord Downie
Residential Schools-Discovery Education
Residential Schools-Lear 360
-When I was Eight by Christy Jordan-Fenton
My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig
When We Were Alone by David Robertson
-You Tube videos on Residential Schools
-Starting Power Point presentation on Residential Schools

Remembrance Day
-Made poppies with coffee filters and food colouring
-Wrote Remembrance Day poems

Government

-"Who Runs This Country Anyway"

-"Guide to Canadian Modules from Northwood Press"
Topics Covered:
-Types of Government
-Parts of Parliament
-Positions in Parliament-Senate, Governor General, Monarch
-Federalism
-BNA Act
-Constitutional Monarchy
-Constitution and Charter of Rights
-Voting-Winning and Losing
-Standing with a party
-History of the vote
-Referendums 
-Election time
-Rules of election
-Election jargon
-Election day
-Counting votes
-Parliament Hill
-Ottawa
-Day in the House of Commons
-Proceedings
-Bill becomes a law
-Wrap Up

Novel-Author study

West and Windy by Courtenay Kasper

-Our previous neighbour from 108 Mile has written another book.  Alex, Jordan and Mikayla have been enjoying listening to the story as our current read-aloud.  The kids drew pictures to go with the story and then sent them to the author who will be putting them on her webpage.  The kids are thinking through questions that they will be asking her when we interview her on FaceTime in the new year.  Questions like, "How do you get your ideas for the stories?" etc.

Miks Illustration of Dandelion

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ADST

-Project Builder creations
-Learning to do screen sharing tutorials using Power Point
-Designing/Planning and Creating Marble Runs
-Mikayla is creating things for her dolls using recyclable materials.....a bike out of CD's, a washer out of cardboard, etc.
-Blogging/Online Classes

Knitting

Career
-Powerpoint presentation on, "Who Am I?"-Looking at skills, interests, etc.
-Reviewed goals from last year and created new goals.

-Mik created a general timeline of her life by adding in important events of her life from birth to now.

-Mikayla and her friend made cookies for their teacher.-They did a great job working entirely independently except for adding 3x's the chocolate chips! 

-Trained and assists on Paper Route.

Art
-Mikayla is trying out snare drum lessons through the local pipe band. (Decided to wait on lessons at this time)

-Musical Theater-Practicing for Elf Christmas play-December 14
-Musical Theater practicing for2 spring plays-entire production doing Mama Mia-class doing High School Musical

-Recorder practice
-Art projects through Art Blog
-Art Gallery Field Trip
-Aboriginal Dot Art
-Reader's Theater with Alex and Jordan-Animal Trainer and Our Snowman

Elf!

Mikayla got a sketch book for her birthday and has been drawing

Mikayla has been creating shrink art with a kit she received.

Mikayla created a Hot Chocolate canvas art following an art blog.

 

PE/Health

-Discussions on healthy eating
-Learning to read nutrition facts on sides of packaging
-Putting out sugar cubes to represent the amount of sugar in food.  Shocking to see the amount in a bottle of Coke!
-Created a poster using pictures to show people in good health in Physical, Social, Spiritual and Mental
-Brain Pop Videos
-Safety game-asking multiple choice questions on health and safety

-Unsafe substances/drug abuse

   -Smoking (Brain Pop)

   -Peer Pressure (Brain Pop)

   -addiction (Brain Pop)

   -substance abuse (Brain Pop)

-Video on drugs

Skiing-6 weeks of Ski lessons at Silver Star.  Mikayla is excited to have moved to 3rd level and be able to ski most runs on the mountain.  Mikayla really enjoys skiing and can manage any green and blue runs on the mountain. Her brother took her down a double black diamond and Mikayla discovered that this is far out of her comfort level at this time:)

-Rock Climbing-Mikayla really enjoys rock climbing and is strong at it.
-Swimming