LEARNING LOG WEEK 10

MATH:  I did multiplication boxes where you could tell what some of the other boxes were because you could just add a little bit more instead of remultiplying.  I also did math word problems.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read poems, and I had to make a floor plan of what I would want my dream house to be.  I read 20 minutes a day.  I worked on sentences to see if they would need a period or an exclamation point or a question mark.  I did a Halloween craft.  We cut out these little bats and we put dots around them with our finger and we took the bats off and there was an outline of the bats.

SCIENCE:  We learned that we have 206 bones in our bodies.  If we didn’t have bones we’d be a pile of slush.  When you build a building they put the framing in first (like bones for the building) to hold it together.  We made an outline of our hand and put all the bones that we have.  Then we put oil on the bones.   When you hold it up the window it looks like an x-ray, and you can see all of the bones.

ENGINEERING:  The basketball hoop that I made I played with again.  It’s pretty fun.  I also set off my rocket again.

KARATE:  We have not very long until I’m testing.  I have all three stripes on my belt.  That means I’m ready to test.  I’ve been helping some of my froends learn how to do it so they can earn their stripes to test.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 9

MATH: I've been working on multiplying big numbers.  I also have been working with my dominos with my brother.  We've made a lot of fun designs and figured out how to make big projects work.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read a book about farm animals.  I also worked on my handwriting and spelling.  I did some artwork too.

SCIENCE:  I'm still learning about water.  The terrarium plants are getting bigger.  I learned about saturation.  When there's too much water in the dirt if you put more water it just runs down the side because it can't soak it up.

ENGINEERING:  I worked on my catapult and tried it out with a basketball hoop.  It's fun to make things and play games with them.

KARATE:  I am getting ready for my test.  I'm going for my orange belt.  I helped my friend learn the first form for his test.  He wants to be a purple belt.

OTHER FUN THINGS THIS WEEK:

LEARNING LOG WEEK 8

MATH: This week was complicated.  It was fun, but hard and it took awhile.  I had to write out all the problems and it became a little hard.  I multiplied big numbers like 45 x 56 then you separate it on a rectangle to be (40+5) x (50+6).  Then you add up all the boxes.  A fun thing that makes it easier to do is when the numbers have zeros at the end you just take the first numbers and multiply them and then add the zeros and there's your answer.

LANGUAGE ARTS: I did handwriting and drew a picture of a dog and a little baby chicken.  I read 20 minutes a day.  I did All About Reading worksheets too.

SCIENCE:  I went to the museum and learned about fossils and dinosaurs.  My favorite bones to see were the Brachiosaurus ones.  We also made pictures of the water cycle this week.  The water evaporates to water vapor and goes up into the clouds where it cools off and turns back into a liquid which is condensation.  Then it rains down called precipitation.  I also used play dough to create an island with a river, an ocean, a bay, a gulf, a straight and a lake.  Most of the water on our earth is salt water.  We looked at a map that shows that.

ENGINEERING: I built a basketball hoop.  First we looked at the instructions.  I already built a sling shot.  Then we put the basketball hoop together.  It would tell you how to print out certain things that you would need for it.  We also cut out cardboard to make it a strong basketball hoop and glued it all together.

KARATE: Next I am testing for my orange belt.  Today I got my last stripe so that means I'm ready to test.  One of my friends in karate is a white belt and wants to be a purple belt but doesn't know the first form so I helped him out with it.

LEARNING LOG WEEK 7

MATH: I did multiplication.  Say it’s 58 x 67.  You would put (50+8) x (60+ 7).  Then you put (50x60) + (50x7)+ (8x60) + (8x7). Then you would solve those and add them together.  An easy way to do it is if you’re multiplying numbers that have zeros at the end then you could just take the zeros off...multiply the numbers...then add the zeros at the end.

LANGUAGE ARTS: I did some worksheets in All About Reading.  I did handwriting and writing.  I colored a picture of a farmhouse.  I been reading a classics book.

SCIENCE:  We got a jar and we made a terrarium.  We put charcoal to help with mold problems, then put rocks, then dirt over top of the rocks.  Then we put seeds in there and water.  Now we never have to water it again because the water will heat up from the sun and turn into water vapor.  Then it cools down and turns back to a liquid and drops down.

ENGINEERING:  I built a catapult.  The Tinker Crate gave me some balls, and I built a score board.  There’s a bunch of square blocks, some of them have holes.  You pull the catapult back and try to score in one of the holes.  There’s also a scoreboard.  The little ones are worth 2 points and the big ones are worth one.

KARATE: I’ve been mostly just reviewing my punches and kicks.  I was doing my one-steps with my friend, Paxton.  He’s a green belt.  I showed everyone the forms I know.  I know 3 forms.  One of them is called gichyonilbu.  Then gixhionbusilbusongup.  Then gixhionyebu.