Learning Log Week 12-13

MATH: I did Dreambox math.  I also did study Island for 1 1/2 hours.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I worked on Reading Eggs and reading to my mom.  I did handwriting too.

SCIENCE:  We got a big battery, and we made a light bulb light up.  We connected to wires to the positive and negative.  Then we tried putting things next to the wire like plastic to see if the electricity would run through it and still light up the bulb.  We tried a nickel and that still lighted up the bulb all the way.  Some things are conductors and it lets the electricity go so it can move.  Some things are insulators and they block the electricity.

ENGINEERING:  I worked on some more projects that I'm going to turn in.  I'm trying to catch up on a couple of these.

HISTORY:  I learned about Utah.  When there were people growing gardens there were too many crickets eating up the gardens and seagulls ate the crickets, so that's why that's the state bird.  Also, Utah is a desert.  That means it's kind of dry.

Learning Log Week 11

MATH:  I did Dreambox math.  I've been adding.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read to my mom every day.  I also did Reading Eggs.  I worked on Handwriting.

SCIENCE:  We created static electricity with balloons.  We rubbed the balloons on our hair, then stuck them on the wall and it stayed.  Some things don't make static electricity like when you rub the balloon on the wall it doesn't just stick to the wall.

ENGINEERING:  I'm working on Linkages.  I've built the mechanical arm three times now.  I like using it to try to pick up toys.

HISTORY:  I'm learning about the states.  We reviewed what I've already learned about the states.

Learning Log Week 10

MATH:  I'm doing subtracting and input and output.  I work on Dreambox math.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I did Reading Eggs every day for 30 minutes.  I read to my mom some books that help with site words. 

SCIENCE:  We made a battery out of paper towels with salt water, pennies and some tin foil.  You put them together with the copper wires and then it will start showing how much electricity it's making.

ENGINEERING:  I made some of my own designs with my blocks.

HISTORY:  We didn't do history this week, but we'll work on it next week.

Learning Log Week 9

MATH:  I did Dreambox math.  I worked on subtracting.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I did Reading Eggs every day.  Sometimes I worked on learning new words and sometimes I read books in the reading library.  I also did Spelling.

SCIENCE:  This week we didn't work on Science, but next week we'll be learning about how batteries work.

ENGINEERING:  I made up some of my own projects. I also made a scale.

HISTORY:  I've been working on learning more about the States.  I worked on puzzles of the United States.