Mali - Week 12

L. Arts: I read some of my word flip books. I practiced flash cards. I read the story Jam again. I did the assessment on Reading Eggs and it said I am at lesson 51.

Math: We practiced adding on. One day we practiced math facts while jumping on the trampoline. We made Candy Countdowns to Christmas and practiced couting and writing numbers. In Dreambox I have been exploring how numbers can be used to measure distances. Using lengths of ten, I am building a number line model.

Science: We learned about air. We learned about the layers of the atmosphere. We used a blower and floated coffee filters, balls, and little ghosts made out of coffee filters in it. We also had ghost races where we blew them with straws.

History: We learned about the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. The Egyptians were defeated by the Hyksos because the Hyksos had chariots and bows and arrows. But about 100 years later, the Egyptian princes joined together and used the same technology to drive out the Hyksos. We learned about Hatshepsut as well, the only female pharaoh of her time.
Music: We practiced Chords in Pieces and our other songs. We could wear our costumes to class if we wanted to. This week was a “no parents” class.

Tech (Engineering): We made our Candy Countdowns. We started out using staples and tape but then figured out that hot glue worked a lot better.

Other: No Tumbling this week because of Halloween. We had fun trick or treating. We had a halloween party with our co-op. We practiced our Spanish lessons. We are learning how to answer and ask questions. We learned a new type of question, which is a statement with “verdad” at the end, which is like saying “right?” at the end of an English sentence.

Our model of the atmosphere layers on the floor

Snuggling up in a dinosaur nest

I'm getting chomped by this dinosaur shadow

RAWR

Fun Halloween decorations at the Dinosaur Museum

I had fun drawing all over the white board

So I had mom get me a big paper off our paper roll...

And I drew this picture of some eels and their adventures

About to head out into the cold to trick or treat with
our aunt Anita and Uncle Bryce

Look who showed up! Happy Dinovember!

My Candy Countdown to Christmas (made with Halloween candy)

I drew this picture of what we could do with the air stream from the vacuum.
It was so cool how we could tilt it sideways and it would still hold the ball.