Home Learning Week 14 - Snow, Salad, SPCA, Manitoba, Bison

Weather Science - Snow!

Estimating temperature, discussing weather conditions and seasons, fine motor practice (wiping, scraping),
playing in the snow

We're pretty lucky - we're tough enough to do this. Will-power is doing this! We have Girl Power. (We might need back-up.)

I think Fall is telling us Winter's coming.

Let's make some hot chocolate today!

Science, Math - Slug and Rain Water Collection Update

Measuring, counting by 2 and 5, graphing, comparing

Cooking

Planning, decision making, taking initiative, experimenting, eating healthy

You never know what I'm going to make, Mom. 

How do you know? 

It's just magic.

Mystery Salad

dried cherries
dried blueberries
pumpkin seeds
raisins
lettuce
ginger sesame dressing

Introduce them to every kind of food, except candy. I'm like, "Sure, I'll try it!" You know frog ears? I've never seen ears on a frog.

Language Arts - Story Writing

At VLC - mind mapping setting, characters, plot

The North Pole is a cold, dangerous place. Lulu is a mischievous boy. He doesn't have a dad. He has brown hair and blue eyes.

Lulu runs as fast as he can. The polar bears are trying to chase him -- four polar bears. He locks the door. And relaxes. 'Cause like phew!

We can make a part two one day.

Spelling

Printing, memorizing spelling rules and sight words

Spelling - that's a hard one! Gold - I'm gonna get that one right!

What does "manageable" mean?

Math - Addition and Subtraction

Homework from VLC - understanding definition of "sum" and "difference"; solving addition and subtraction problems, using Math Playground

"Sum" means all of these are plus.

My friends at school are going to be like, "Wow AZ, you didn't like math!" I'll be like, " I learned some new tricks!" "What do you mean?" "Math, of course. That was the main problem."

I don't think I'm going to be able to balance this eraser on this pencil. 

I'm balancing this!

Fine motor planning; fun!

Physical Education - Gymnastics

Increasing strength, balancing, following directions

I think gymnastics was a good quality for me. Because it helps me not make stuff fall down -- reflexes. I think it brings me better reflexes. 'Cause of what happened.

Calendar - December

Saying the date: day, month, number, year; sequencing: days of the week, months of the year, ordinal numbers (first to thirty-first); temporal understanding/patterning: yesterday, today, tomorrow; printing practice: "X" from corner to corner, without "dots"; small, legible letters; executive functioning: keeping track of appointments, reducing anxiety and perseveration

Field Trip - SPCA

Social interaction; petting animals 

I liked going to the SPCA and I got to see the cats. No dogs today - it was too cold.

You can only pat a cat if you're adopting it. I petted Chestnut 'cause Chestnut was out there and you can pet her. I was like, "Yay!" But I thought truly I was going to get a cat. I felt awkward. I felt shy to talk about it. 'Cause it was a secret.

When I went away I felt confused 'cause I thought I was adopting Chestnut, but I was not. I misunderstood. I thought I was getting a cat by adopting it, but I was wrong and that made me disappointed.

That's it.

Geography, Language Arts - Saskatchewan

VLC Homework: researching Manitoba flag, flower, animal, license plate

Angry bison attacks

That's like a hippopotamus! That's like a crocodile got dirty! That's like a sheep! Oh my gosh! Are they actually dangerous? What?!! They're nasty! Do they do it on purpose? Will they kill you? How? Fast as cheetahs?

I don't think this is going to go well. Stupidly enough; they should know better than that! I admit they can attack a lot of people - like five thousand! People: you should run - like seriously! I tell you - he's gonna get that hand bit off! Oh! Oh! I tell you: do not mess with a bison - I tell you! Seriously.

Other Home Learning Posts

Home Learning, Day 1, Grade 4 - Smoothie, Recycling Rigid or Soft Plastic, Transfer Station, Compost

Home Learning - Week 2 Chai, Fruit Fly Trap, Garden Kiosk, Albinism

Home Learning - Week 3 Apple Taste Test, Gymnastics, Back Brace, Subtraction

Home Learning - Week 4 Subject/Predicate, Squash, Mint/Calendula Face Mask

Home Learning - Week 5 Slugs, Radish, Mushrooms

Home Learning - Week 6 Thanksgiving, Earthquake Kit, Soaring Eagle

Home Learning - Week 7 BC, +/- 1, Braces, Bees, Rain Water

Home Learning - Week 8 Pizza, Alberta, Halloween

Home Learning - Week 9 Dogs, Earrings, Adding White

Home Learning - Week 10 Christmas List, Cupcake Face Mask, Green Poodle

Home Learning - Week 11 Mango Lassi, Saskatchewan, 10 Partners, Cat

Home Learning - Week 12 Bees, World Book, Lip Balm, Seeds

Home Learning - Week 13  Memory, Sewing, Back Brace Adjustment

Home Learning - Week 14 Snow,  Salad, SPCA, Manitoba, Bison

Home Learning - Week 15 Christmas, Manure, Evil Sister

Home Learning - Week 16 Gerbil, Slime, Hummingbirds, Cocoa

Home Learning - Week 17 Ontario, Apple Taste Test, Denim Purse

Home Learning - Week 18 Thank You Notes, Math Without Help, Term Two Reflection

Home Learning - Weeks 19+20 Nerd Outfit, Quebec, Birthday

Home Learning - Week 21 Emotions, Ordering Numbers, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Soaring Eagles #4

Home Learning - Week 22 Valentine's Day, Science World, New Brunswick

Home Learning - Week 23 Worried, Adding Tens, Nova Scotia, Science World #2, DIY Lip Gloss Soap

Home Learning - Week 24 Real-Life Math, Nap, Lonely, Wolfdogs, Spring, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Home Learning - Week 25 Schedules, Yukon, Pysanky, Bank Machine, Regrouping, Loved, Term 3 Reflections, Soaring Eagles #5

Home Learning - Week 26 Rotten Food, Embarrassed, Newfoundland and Labrador, Can Opener, Skating, Teacher Screecher, Rain Water, Slugs, Word Search

Home Learning - Week 27 Cheer, Fish, Digit Sequences, Spelling "ea", Sad, Spring 2, Matching Pictures, Butterfly Books, Math Review, Private Questions 2

Home Learning - Week 28 I Spy; Subtraction of Numbers Larger than 19, without and with Regrouping; Spelling "ee"; Frustrated; Ancient Greece; Nunavit; Quinoa Veggie Salad; Cat Whiskers; Dog Biscuit; Butterfly Cage; Baby Alive Food DIY

Home Learning - Week 29 Kitchen Scraps, Northwest Territories, Butterflies, Fort Langley, Bike Riding, Estimation, Helpful, Banana Orange Smoothie

Home Learning - Week 30 Watermelon, Money, Tired, Butterflies, Handsome Warren, Catnip, Water Measurement, OT Assessment 2, Rounding, Contractions, Silly, Soaring Eagles 6

Home Learning - Week 31 Ella Enchanted, Butterflies 3, Money, Story of Life 1, Watermelon 2, Sweet Pea, Tomatillo, Disappointed, Visual Memory, Adding Tens, Garden Beds, Muffins, Thank You to Carol, Contractions 2, Butterfly Cage, Ken

Home Learning - Week 32 Encyclopedia Brown, 41st Ave., Money, Chrysalides, OT Assessment 3, 600 Million Years, Mishka, Related Tens, Round-Offs, QE Park, Mother's Day Card, Acting and Dancing

Home Learning - Week 33 Butterflies, Estimating Sum and Difference, Thailand, Money Book, 600 Million Years 2, Library Holds, Mara the Meerkat Fairy, Soaring Eagle 6
Home Learning - Week 34 Castles, Planting Veggies, Long and Short "a", Butterfly Release, Banana Smell, Estimating Sum and Difference, Drawing v Colouring, Horrid Henry, Poppy Seed Pasta Salad, Pond Water 2, Trike Planter, Lush Gift Card, Beekeeping
Home Learning - Week 35 Money, 600 Million Years 3, Long and Short "e", Cirque de la Symphonie, Farm Visit, Sharks, Appropriate Questions, Microscope, Pandora, Telling Time, Estimation, Cheer

Home Learning Week 13 - Memory, Sewing, Back Brace Adjustment

Discussion: Horror Movies

Are you afraid of Freddy Krueger? Your brain gets tied up and you get worried? Not me - you know I like horror movies. Freddy Krueger... he's terrifying-looking. I don't want to mess with him. He scratches people on the face with his sharp nails. He touches their face - makes them feel more scared than before.

I bet they hate it as much as I do.

Visual Memory

At VLC, using Cuisenaire rods - copy the pattern, compare, correct

Put the green next to the blue and put the yellow on top of the green. Is this challenge to make me laugh? Do you think he's funny? Will we do any homework today, Mom?

I did this perfectly. I'm amazing. Why do you want me to say that?

Because it's true, right?

Yeah. Ha ha ha. Let's get rid of the yellow. No, no, no - don't get rid of the yellow. Get rid of the black, change the green. Correct. I am amazing and I'm awesome. I did it perfectly and I am amazing!

I did my math homework correctly. Do you want to look at my homework now? Are you doing an accent again? Are you the year of the dragon or year of the monkey? I just want to know.

Listening - Following Directions Exercise

At VLC, with Becky - listening, processing auditory information, following directions

The listening activity I do with (AZ) is a 'following directions' exercise. It is done to ensure (she) is listening effectively, and processing auditory information correctly. It requires (her) to pick out 2 or more pieces of information from the sentence(s) to complete the instruction. For example, a colour and a target. In simple terms it is designed to improve her listening skills. (She) has been doing really well, so I might try some more complex and lengthy instructions shortly, and see how she does with them.

Sewing, Recycling - Zero Waste Denim Purse

Introduction to machine sewing: threading the machine, lifting the presser foot, direction of fly wheel, holding threads to begin, sewing forward and backward, guiding the fabric, stopping, pivoting

My arms are listening but my leg is not.

Introduction to hand sewing - threading the needle, making a knot, holding the work, holding the needle in the right hand only, tying off, snipping threads

This is excellent! So that means we will actually sew on my purse today? One day soon.... This is simple! It seems hard but it's easy. All you have to do is try it everyday and it's perfect!

Machine sewing practice - controlling speed and direction, pivoting, stopping and starting,

Oh my god, Mom, look how high we are - if we jump there we will die! It's sealed so we can't go out there.

Math - Addition of 1 and 10, Subtraction of 1

Homework from VLC - +1, -1,  10+__,  __+10. Can do each type of question in isolation, but not all mixed up - requires discussion of how to approach problem 80% of the time

Mom! This tricky one again! Help me! No - I know what to do. Got it! Uh... 1 on top of the 3... look! Oh no! I'll erase that... that's not a good 2. Look! I know what to do! Andrew - you can't trick me! Can he or not? Not for long, baby, not for long!

Everyone can die, Mom.

Health - Back Brace Adjustment - 10:30-5:30

I've been going there almost for like a long, long time but I still can't handle this. I feel like my power of will got away; I can't handle it anymore. I'm trying to control myself, but I can't. I don't know why, but I just can't. It's the worst feeling I ever had - my brace. I just can't handle this. That's why I hate Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx. I don't want to be strapped to that plastic table. My stomach hurts and I just don't even know what to do about it.

Can we go now? Let's take some snacks - I might get hungry.

Reading: Critter Club - Amy and the Missing Puppy

Oral reading - plus many, many story books

Subtraction of a number from itself

Subtracting, using Math Playground

You know this makes me feel like to rip off my head ? The 5 and the 5 is tricky, and the zero.

This is so not fair. Other kids get to play and I don't. This is actually not a playground. This is just math - my worst day ever. I want this day with no homework, but I know I've got homework to do. If I go slow I'll probably still beat her.

Any number minus itself is 0. That's way beyond math!

Recipe - Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Following instructions, pouring boiling water, using "helping hand" for safety, mixing, composting

Peppermint Hot Chocolate
1 peppermint tea bag

4 tbsp hot chocolate powder

Boiling water

Put one bag of peppermint tea in a cup with boiling water and then wait until awhile and then put the hot chocolate in and start stirring. Really good.

Kinder Surprise Prize

This little figure is Dori swimming in the water. I think it's really cute. I have short memory term and I forget things, like when my mom tells me what to do sometimes and I say, "What did you said again?" Dori has short memory term, too. Remember? It's all true.

Soaring Eagle Nature School - December

Tracking, carving, identifying animals and plants, walking, running, playing

This is the coldest girl, ever, and the wettest. My hair looks nice in the rain. I probably want to stay in the bath for awhile. If I get hungry you'll say, "OK AZ, I'll bring you some snacks." Maybe I'll have hot chocolate first... 

I'm finding all sorts of goodies in my hair! Mom, I found another pine needle! A little dirt is fine.

Other Home Learning Posts

Home Learning, Day 1, Grade 4 - Smoothie, Recycling Rigid or Soft Plastic, Transfer Station, Compost

Home Learning - Week 2 Chai, Fruit Fly Trap, Garden Kiosk, Albinism

Home Learning - Week 3 Apple Taste Test, Gymnastics, Back Brace, Subtraction

Home Learning - Week 4 Subject/Predicate, Squash, Mint/Calendula Face Mask

Home Learning - Week 5 Slugs, Radish, Mushrooms

Home Learning - Week 6 Thanksgiving, Earthquake Kit, Soaring Eagle

Home Learning - Week 7 BC, +/- 1, Braces, Bees, Rain Water

Home Learning - Week 8 Pizza, Alberta, Halloween

Home Learning - Week 9 Dogs, Earrings, Adding White

Home Learning - Week 10 Christmas List, Cupcake Face Mask, Green Poodle

Home Learning - Week 11 Mango Lassi, Saskatchewan, 10 Partners, Cat

Home Learning - Week 12 Bees, World Book, Lip Balm, Seeds

Home Learning - Week 13  Memory, Sewing, Back Brace Adjustment

Home Learning - Week 14 Snow,  Salad, SPCA, Manitoba, Bison

Home Learning - Week 15 Christmas, Manure, Evil Sister

Home Learning - Week 16 Gerbil, Slime, Hummingbirds, Cocoa

Home Learning - Week 17 Ontario, Apple Taste Test, Denim Purse

Home Learning - Week 18 Thank You Notes, Math Without Help, Term Two Reflection

Home Learning - Weeks 19+20 Nerd Outfit, Quebec, Birthday

Home Learning - Week 21 Emotions, Ordering Numbers, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Soaring Eagles #4

Home Learning - Week 22 Valentine's Day, Science World, New Brunswick

Home Learning - Week 23 Worried, Adding Tens, Nova Scotia, Science World #2, DIY Lip Gloss Soap

Home Learning - Week 24 Real-Life Math, Nap, Lonely, Wolfdogs, Spring, Chocolate-Covered Strawberries

Home Learning - Week 25 Schedules, Yukon, Pysanky, Bank Machine, Regrouping, Loved, Term 3 Reflections, Soaring Eagles #5

Home Learning - Week 26 Rotten Food, Embarrassed, Newfoundland and Labrador, Can Opener, Skating, Teacher Screecher, Rain Water, Slugs, Word Search

Home Learning - Week 27 Cheer, Fish, Digit Sequences, Spelling "ea", Sad, Spring 2, Matching Pictures, Butterfly Books, Math Review, Private Questions 2

Home Learning - Week 28 I Spy; Subtraction of Numbers Larger than 19, without and with Regrouping; Spelling "ee"; Frustrated; Ancient Greece; Nunavit; Quinoa Veggie Salad; Cat Whiskers; Dog Biscuit; Butterfly Cage; Baby Alive Food DIY

Home Learning - Week 29 Kitchen Scraps, Northwest Territories, Butterflies, Fort Langley, Bike Riding, Estimation, Helpful, Banana Orange Smoothie

Home Learning - Week 30 Watermelon, Money, Tired, Butterflies, Handsome Warren, Catnip, Water Measurement, OT Assessment 2, Rounding, Contractions, Silly, Soaring Eagles 6

Home Learning - Week 31 Ella Enchanted, Butterflies 3, Money, Story of Life 1, Watermelon 2, Sweet Pea, Tomatillo, Disappointed, Visual Memory, Adding Tens, Garden Beds, Muffins, Thank You to Carol, Contractions 2, Butterfly Cage, Ken

Home Learning - Week 32 Encyclopedia Brown, 41st Ave., Money, Chrysalides, OT Assessment 3, 600 Million Years, Mishka, Related Tens, Round-Offs, QE Park, Mother's Day Card, Acting and Dancing

Home Learning - Week 33 Butterflies, Estimating Sum and Difference, Thailand, Money Book, 600 Million Years 2, Library Holds, Mara the Meerkat Fairy, Soaring Eagle 6
Home Learning - Week 34 Castles, Planting Veggies, Long and Short "a", Butterfly Release, Banana Smell, Estimating Sum and Difference, Drawing v Colouring, Horrid Henry, Poppy Seed Pasta Salad, Pond Water 2, Trike Planter, Lush Gift Card, Beekeeping
Home Learning - Week 35 Money, 600 Million Years 3, Long and Short "e", Cirque de la Symphonie, Farm Visit, Sharks, Appropriate Questions, Microscope, Pandora, Telling Time, Estimation, Cheer