Week 16 - 12/15/2017 - Weekly Report

Language Arts - This week I did some spelling review and a new lesson. I also did another
key word outline and paragraph from my Student Writing Intensive program. This passage
was about characteristics of cephalopods. I read more in the Death Cure. I did some TTRS.

Math - I worked on Math Mammoth 7-A and did assignments about positive and negative
integers and adding and subtracting them.

Makerspace - We finished up our tee shirts and got to bring them home. I didn’t have a
chance to take a picture of mine yet though.

Art - I worked more on my painting project that I started last week.

Science - We did an activity where you write with a dry erase marker on the bottom of a
glass dish and then pour warm water over it. The ink will come off the bottom and float
around. You can even put your hand in it and the ink will go on your hand. It’s cool. We
also watched a Brain Games video on how your brain perceives 3D and also a couple
videos of Magic School Bus Rides Again. One of them was about ecosystems and how
everything has a role to play. We did the tablecloth experiment from our Steve Spangler
box (see video below, in slow motion). I also did some Uzinggo but I can’t remember which
specific ones I did this week because I did them at the beginning of the week. I usually write
them down on my notebook but I forgot to this week.

Other - I had some basketball practice this week but no game. We went night skiing with my
Dad Saturday night up at Sundance. Hopefully they get some snow soon. All the snow was manmade and so it wasn’t that great. I still had fun though.

Week 15 - 12/8/2017 - Weekly Report

Language Arts - I did a spelling lesson and spelling review. I also did the first assignment in Institute for Excellence in Writing Student Writing Intensive Level B. It was about finding key words and doing a key word based summary of a passage. I did the lesson and summary one day, then wrote the paragraph the next day, then typed it up the next day. I still need to do a final review of it and print it off for my notebook. The passage was about the jellyfish called the sea wasp. I also did TTRS and read more in the Death Cure.

Math - I did some more Hands On Equations Level 2. I also did more Math Mammoth Grade 7-A. I learned about the Distributive Property and did a review of the chapter.  Also did some Xtra Math.

Makerspace - We worked more on our tee shirt designs this week.

Art - I started working on my next project. It is a painting.

Science - We did another activity from our Steve Spangler box. This one had us use static electricity on a straw to pick up salt off the table. We also watched some educational videos about static electricity on YouTube. I also did Uzinggo and learned about space science and boiling.  

Other - Last week of our co-op for the semester. My favorite class was my class on Hamilton. The teacher was so good. I was sad this week because it was the last class and also because we learned about Hamilton dying. I also got to go to a Jazz game with my dad and my Jr Jazz coach and some of my teammates. The Jazz lost to the Rockets but it was still fun. It was so late, though. We didn't get home until 1 am! We took Frontrunner up which was nice. The train was really warm but it was so cold outside.

Static Electricity Straw "Vacuum"

Week 14 - 12/1/2017 - Weekly Report

Language Arts - For my speech and poetry class at co-op I memorized and recited the English Folk Verse The Fifth of November. I think it is the longest poem I have ever memorized. I also made my demonstration speech of How to Make a Monkey Fist into a video and presented that to the class. I wrote a journal entry about Thanksgiving. I read more in Death Cure and reread a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book that I like. I also did two spelling lessons and my TTRS lessons.

The Fifth of November
(English folk verse)

   Remember, remember!

   The fifth of November,

   The Gunpowder treason and plot;

   I know of no reason

   Why the Gunpowder treason

   Should ever be forgot!

   Guy Fawkes and his companions

   Did the scheme contrive,

   To blow the King and Parliament

   All up alive.

   Threescore barrels, laid below,

   To prove old England's overthrow.

   But, by God's providence, him they catch,

   With a dark lantern, lighting a match!

   A stick and a stake

   For King James's sake!

   If you won't give me one,

   I'll take two,

   The better for me,

   And the worse for you.

   A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,

   A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,

   A pint of beer to wash it down,

   And a jolly good fire to burn him.

   Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!

   Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!

   Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray!

Math - I am doing Math Mammoth 7 now and I learned about Growing Patterns and expressions/equations, as well as the commutative and associative properties. I also did Hands On

Equations 2 and some Khan and XtraMath.

Makerspace - We worked on designing our tee shirts.  I’m excited about mine.

Art - I finished my pistol drawing and brought it home.

Science - We did some more experiments from our Steve Spangler kit. One where you try and stab a straw into a potato and you can’t do it unless you put a thumb over the top of the straw to keep the air in. A couple of other ones you can see in the videos below. I also did some Uzinggo lessons.  

Other - We had a good Thanksgiving. We got together with my mom’s family up at my aunt’s house in Kaysville. Quite a few of my cousins were there.

This is just the first part of my demo speech

"Sticky" Rice experiment--both containers are just regular rice!

This one was really fun. We did it outside in case we made a mess. My littlest brother's attempt didn't work and it spilled.