M & M Adventures: September 2019

Monday, September 30, 2019

Mali - Week 7

L. Arts: I practiced my phonogram flashcards. I read some flashcards. I used our Spinny blocks to practice some words. I reviewed B’s and D’s.

Math: We did more practice with number bonds. I also practiced math facts on an app we have.

Science:This week in Hands On Science we learned all about rainbows! 🌈 We learned how they are made (white sunlight refracting through raindrops and separating into different colors), when you can see them (when the sun is pretty low in the sky and behind you, and the rain is off in the distance a bit), and that they are always in the same order. We learned ROY G BIV to help us remember the order. We observed white light separating into different colors with crystal prisms and also using a CD. We went on a quick scavenger hunt for the colors of the rainbow (popsicle sticks) and after we assembled our rainbows we got some rainbow skittles.

History: We Learned about how ancient civilizations often were built near rivers because that made it easy to have enough water and also to trade with other places. We learned about India and the settlements in the Indus Valley. I colored a picture of a traditional indian mask.

Music: We Practiced our songs. This week was a no-parent class so we didn’t take our bells. I earned a ticket that I can save and trade in for a prize later.

Tech (Engineering): We built a lot with the math link cubes this week. In one of our co-op classes we learned about pulleys and got to experiment with them.

Making my penguin walk

Pony ride at Farm Country

Me and Max

Learned about homonyms

Practicing music

Playing Sleeping Queens - practicing addition

Sleeping Queens

My long-legged penguin

RAINBOWS!

Learning about rainbows and the order of the colors

Working on math -- number bonds

Practicing reading with Spinny Words

Practicing reading, I drew a sad rat to go along with the words

My coloring page of an Indian ceremonial mask

Practicing telling bs and ds apart

Max - Week 7

L. Arts: I reviewed nouns and verbs. One of the stories in my reader was about twins which was kind of fun. And the twins both had names that started with M and had the same hair colors as Mali and me.

Math: We did more practice with number bonds. I also practiced math facts on an app we have. Counted to 100 driving home from the park.

Science: This week in Hands On Science we learned all about rainbows! 🌈 We learned how they are made (white sunlight refracting through raindrops and separating into different colors), when you can see them (when the sun is pretty low in the sky and behind you, and the rain is off in the distance a bit), and that they are always in the same order. We learned ROY G BIV to help us remember the order. We observed white light separating into different colors with crystal prisms and also using a CD. We went on a quick scavenger hunt for the colors of the rainbow (popsicle sticks) and after we assembled our rainbows we got some rainbow skittles.

We decided this swing was a Twin Swing

Pony ride at Farm Country

Some of my spelling practice words

I made a 100 all stretched out

Building with MathLink Cubes

Playing Sleeping Queens for fun and math practice

My penguin in his battle suit

RAINBOW

Measuring my horsepower

Worksheet page for language arts

Reading while reclining on mom

Word practice with Skittles!

A poem from my language arts this week. I liked this one.

The twins in my reader

Mack is like me and Meg is like my sister

I colored this page for history

Nouns and Verbs

Another day's spelling practice

Sunday, September 22, 2019

Mali Week 6

L. Arts: We played a new Ziggy game. This one we got to buy things from the market. The number of things we could pick was determined from a number written on the bottom corner of my phonogram flash cards. I read the Bam story in my reader again. I did a handwriting page. I had my DIBELS assessment.

Math: Finished up my worksheet pages on number patterns. Learned about number bonds.

Science:In my co-op class Hands On Science we learned about LIGHT! We discussed the terms reflection and refraction. We learned about how fast light travels, and talked about how light is a form of energy. We modeled waves with a slinky and learned about lasers. The kids had a mission to reflect a laser off of two mirrors and onto a target sheet of paper. Then we put some dry ice in water (and reviewed states of matter) and shone the lasers through the CO2, noticing how the gas scatters the laser light so we could see the beams. We also got glow sticks and discussed how those are chemicals generated light, like fireflies and angler fish. We went to the zoo for a field trip. The animals we’re really active and we got to see a lot of neat things. Two really fun things were watching the seals and sea lions do their tricks for feeding time and watching the Sand Cat kittens play. They were really cute!

History: We learned about Champsy-Edad who was a ruler of a kingdom in Mesopotamia. He was super brutal and killed lots of people when he would take over their cities. Eventually he died and his sons weren’t good at working together so Hammurabi took over. We also learned about the epic of Gilgamesh. It’s kind of the first superhero story.

Music: We learned two new songs. They are fun because two people make a doorway/trap and the other people walk through it.

Tech (Engineering): One was about gears and the other was about pulleys. We built houses and walls with our math blocks.

Other: We went on a field trip to the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork. It was fun to see the animals they have there. We got to do the Hare Krishna chant, learn more about their religion, and eat lunch there.

Shining lasers into the dry ice "fog"