Learning Log Week 33

MATH: I did Dreambox math.  I'm putting numbers together.  I also did some math worksheets.

LANGUAGE ARTS: I read 30 minutes a day.  I did Spelling.  I wrote in my journal.

SCIENCE: The butterflies some of them have already hatched out of their chrysalis and some of them are still working.  They start as eggs.  They turn caterpillars.  They they turn into a chrysalis, then a butterfly.  The butterfly lays eggs, and the life cycle goes on and on.

ENGINEERING: I built some of my own creations.  I'm still finishing up some projects too.

HISTORY: I'm working on my map.  I'm still learning about all the states.

Learning Log Week 32

MATH: I did Dreambox math 30 minutes a day.  I did finding new ways to pack stuff with adding and subtracting.

LANGUAGE ARTS: I did spelling.  I've been writing big words.  I've been reading books to my mom.  I've been writing in my journal.

SCIENCE: Our butterflies are hatching one by one.  Two hatched last night and one hatched today, and I hope the rest will hatch too.

ENGINEERING: My grandpa helped me build a helicopter and we were trying to make other projects, but we found out that we didn't have the right piece sadly.  But, we made the helicopter, but we were missing a gear.

HISTORY: I practiced Stack the States.  It's a game on my kindle.  It teaches you where the states go, what their nicknames are, what their flags are and any other information you need to know about the states.  I'm also working on my map of the states.

Learning Log Week 30-31

MATH:  I did Dreambox math every day.  I did double doubles.  Where you double a number and then you number you made and you keep on doubling it.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I've been reading some Dr. Seuss books.  I like them.  I also did spelling and writing in my journal.

SCIENCE: Plants will die if they're in darkness which I hate because I love plants.  You can dye water and then it will make the plant the color of the dye.


ENGINEERING: I'm working on some projects this weekend.  My grandpa is helping me.

HISTORY;  I'm filling in my map on my wall.  I learned about New York.  That's where the statue of liberty is.

Learning Log Week 29

MATH:  I played games on Dreambox math where you add.  I also did adding ones, tens and hundreds.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read 30 minutes a day.  I did Spelling and wrote in my writing journal.

SCIENCE:  I did some Science on BrainPop Jr.  We were sick this week so we didn't do our normal science.

ENGINEERING:  I'm catching up on some assignments.  I like building stuff.

HISTORY:  I worked on my history map.  I learned about New Jersey and New Mexico.  Thomas Edison is from New Jersey.  He invented the light bulb.  In New Mexico there are huge caves with bats.

Learning Log Week 28

MATH:  I did Dreambox Math 30 minutes a day.  I also did some worksheets.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read 30 minutes a day and did ABC Mouse and Reading Eggs.  I did Spelling and wrote in my journal.  Sometimes I read outside on my swing set.

SCIENCE:  I learned about how you can put some things in the same group if they're both green like and apple and a tennis ball.  Or you can put foods together and toys in a different group.  Animals and plants are put in groups too.  I also learned about cells.

ENGINEERING:  I'm still catching up.  My dad is helping me do some new projects.

HISTORY:  I learned about Nevada and worked on my maps.  I played Stack the States.

Learning Log Week 27

MATH:  I did Dreambox math.  I've been doing 100s, 10s and 1s charts.  I also have been doing some adding and subtracting and I've done it in the 100s and I thing I'm getting better.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I read 30 minutes a day.  I have a new Iron Man book, and I also borrowed two books from the library.  One is to teach a dinosaur how to fly and one is about racing.  I also did spelling and wrote in my journal every day.

SCIENCE:  We made bread dough.  We put warm water in one and put cold water in the other one.  The cold one we put in the fridge.  It did not rise.  The warm on rose when we just left it out for awhile.  We made a loaf of bread with it.  The yeast likes it warm and dark.  You don't want to kill the yeast by getting it too warm so you just want to heat the water a little for the bread to rise.

ENGINEERING:  I'm working on some projects.  My dad is going to help me catch up.

HISTORY:  I learned about Montana and Nebraska.  Montana is a big state up north.  In the middle is Nebraska.

Learning Log Week 26

MATH:  I did Dreambox math 30 minutes a day.  I found a game called "Friendly Bucket"...you add up numbers in different ways to get the same answer.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  I'm reading a book about Iron Man.  I read 30 minutes a day.  I did Spelling and wrote in my journal.

SCIENCE:  I learned about different taste buds.  Some foods are sweet, some are salty and some are neither like a raw potato.  These are my brothers doing their experiment learning about foods with starch.

I also learned about how you can mix glue and liquid starch and make stuff like playdoe that you can make a ball out of and it bounces.

ENGINEERING:  I'm working on some projects.  They're due so I need to catch up.

HISTORY:  I played a game called "Stack the States" where you memorize which states go where and facts about the states.  I learned about Missouri too.