History/Geography Week 6

History/Geography Week 6

Read/Study:

Read chapters 41 and 42 from Story of the World volume 4.

Learn which country this flag belongs to:

Be prepared to answer review questions and earn Vanguard cash!

Geography:

We have gone over all the regions of the United States! For our final history class present on any state you'd like -- pick a new state that we haven't learned about yet! You will give your presentation over Zoom on Thursday :) 

Know/Understand:
Choose any state to learn about in more detail and present to us. You can work on the same state as your siblings, or you can choose different states. You will have 1-2 minutes to tell us all about your state. You can present it like a report, or do a slideshow, or make a poster, or draw pictures, or do anything you like to make it how you like it.
You could include things like:
The state capital
Picture of the flag
Statehood (when they became a state, and what number are they?)
The state motto
The state nickname
An interesting fact
A famous landmark
What is the climate
What kind of weather do they have?
What do they grow?
Show us where it is on a map
Someone famous that lived there or still lives there.

If you want to do a little more, you can bring something to share like a food from that state, or some display items if you know someone that has been there or something the state is known for doing like making clothes or plastic or anything else you can think of.

You will earn Vanguard money for being prepared!

Imaginative Arts/ Language Arts Week 5

IA/LA Week 5

Read/Study: 

1. Finish Reading A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park

2.Write in your best handwriting in your commonplace book, one or all of these quotes from the book. Decide with your mom. Pay attention to punctuation!

"Going was easy.
Going, the big plastic container held only air. Tall for her eleven years, Nya could switch the handle from one hand to the other, swing the container by her side, or cradle it in both arms. She could even drag it behind her, bumping it against the ground and raising a tiny cloud of dust with each step.
There was little weight, going. There was only heat, the sun already baking the air, even though it was long before noon. It would take her half the morning if she didn't stop on the way.
Heat. Time. And thorns."


   Uncle was true to his word. That very day he shot a young antelope, the kind called a topi. Salva could hardly wait for it to be skinned and butchered and roasted. As the smoky, meaty aroma filled the air, he had to keep swallowing the saliva that flooded his mouth.
   Uncle laughed as he watched Salva gobble down his first piece of the meat. "Salva, you have teeth! You are supposed to use them when you eat!"
   Salva could not reply; he was too busy stuffing another chunk of the delicious charred meat into his mouth.


   Stunned, Salva realized that being forced under the water had probably saved his life. But there was no time to marvel over this. More crocodiles were launching themselves off the banks. The rain, the mad current, the bullets, the crocodiles, the welter of arms and legs, the screams, the blood... He had to get across somehow.
   Salva did not know how long he was in the water.
   It felt like hours.
   It felt like years.

  A stream of water flowed from the mouth of the pump.
  Nya held her bottle underneath the pump mouth.  The bottle filled up quickly.
  She stepped aside to the let the next person fill a bottle. Then she drank.
  The water was delicious. It wasn't warm or muddy, like the water from the pond. It was cool and clear.
  Nya stopped drinking and held up the bottle so she could look at it. Fun that something without any color at all could look so nice.


Literary Element of the Month: Point of View! There are three types of point of view:

First person -- an "I" story:
I went to the store. I bought bubble gum.

Second person point of view is a "you" story:
You are walking down a long, dark hall. At the end is a red door. Trembling, you turn the handle.

Third person POV is a "he or she" story:
Salva jumped into the river, dodging crocodiles and bullets. His heart pounding, he struck out for the opposite shore.

When you write a story what point of view do you like to use? What kind of point of view do you most often read in books?


3. Nya's entire village and way of life was changed for the better when Salva came and helped the water pump be installed. How can you make the world a better place this week? See how big you can dream! What can you do this week to make a difference? Every small act of kindness counts and makes a difference but let's see if you can do something you might not have done before. Be prepared to share your experiences on our Zoom meeting this Thursday! 

Leadership Week 5

Leadership Week 5

Read/study:  Habit #5- Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood - Listen before you talk

Read the 5th Story in "The 7 Habits of Happy Kids."  It's called, "Jumper and the Lost Butterfly Net."

Be prepared to discuss this story in class and write down what you learned.

Then think about how you can apply this to your life.  Pick 1 or more baby steps to do at home.

Baby Steps: 1.  Try to go one whole hour without talking even once.  Instead, just watch the people around you and listen to what they are saying.  Good luck!

2. Think of someone in your life who you think is a good listener.  Your Grandma?  Your dad?  Your best friend?  What do they do that makes them a good listener?

3. The next time one of your friends is sad, notice her eyes or the way he holds his body.  Tell them you know they are sad and you want to help.

Now, for the next 3 days keep track of your listening skills.

You can make a chart, or just keep track of it in your common place book.

Are you Pretend listening? This is when you're not paying attention when someone is talking.  You may be saying "yeah", or "okay," but you are not really listening.

Are you Self-Centered listening?  This is when you are only thinking about your response.  You are not really listening to what the other person is saying.

Are you listening first, and then seeking to be understood?  This is when you actually listen to someone and acknowledge what they say and then you respond.

Know/Understand:  Keep working on your speech about someone that you admire.  Take the comments from your friends and apply them to your speech to make it better.  Memorize as much as you can and be prepared to share it with us.  This is the last time you will give this speech!

Eureka Week 5

Don't forget, you should be reading A Long Walk To Water, so get that started if you haven't yet!
You have two weeks(ish) to finish this book :)














This week we will be learning all about the NERVOUS SYSTEM. To get familiar with the basics of this body system I want you to read this basic outline here: https://www.ducksters.com/science/nervous_system.php




**Be prepared to share one new thing you learned from your reading in class**


Watch these Operation Ouch videos to learn more about the nervous system:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmXSDic2ce0  -- The Nervous System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dcj6nYcbLI --- The Brain


Also: Do 2 or 3 pages in your Math Analogies book for Vanguard Cash. Bring your book to show us where you are at :)

Do you have a patterns, numbers or strategy game you like to play? Bring it to Vanguard and we can play it together :)

History/Geography Week 5

History/Geography Week 5

Read/Study:

World History

Read or listen to chapters 38, 39 and 40 in Story of the World.

Be prepared to answer some questions from the review pages.  Remember you earn vanguard cash for all the answers you know.

Identify these flags (and symbol):

  
 

United States Geography: The West Region

Find out what the Capital is for each of these States:

Alaska .      Alex
California
Colorado
Hawaii .     Lauren
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming

Know/Understand:

Choose one of these States to learn about in more detail and present to us.  You can work on the same state as your siblings, or you can choose different states.  

You will have 1-2 minutes to tell us all about your state.  You can present it like a report, or do a slideshow, or make a poster, or draw pictures, or do anything you like to make it how you like it.

You could include things like,

The State Capital,

A picture of the flag,

Statehood (When they became a state, and what number are they?)

The State Motto,

The State Nickname,

An interesting Fact,

A famous landmark,

What is the climate?,

What kind of weather do they have,

What do they grow?,

Show us where it is on a map,

Someone Famous that lived there or still lives there.

If you want to do a little more, you can bring something to share like a food from that state, or some display items if you know someone that has been there, or something that the state is known for doing like making clothes, or plastic, or anything else you can think of.

You will earn vanguard money for being prepared!

Listen to these songs about the united states and start learning them if you want!

States and Capitals

Fifty Nifty United States

Imaginative Arts Week 4

Imaginative Arts Week 4

1. Read "The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler."  Hopefully you've actually finished it by now.  :)
           

2. Write in your best handwriting 1 or more of these passages from the book. Remember to copy it just like it is with indentations, and punctuation.

    The guide told Jamie that some people saved all their lives so that they could become mummies; it was indeed expensive.
   
    One of the students called out, "You might even say it costs him his life."   (Chapter 4, page 55)

   Jamie shook his head. "If you want to go different, you can take a subway to 125th Street and then take the train."
   "I didn't say differently, I said different.  I want to go back different.  I, Claudia Kincaid, want to be different when I go back. Like being a heroine is being different."
   "Claudia, I'll tell you one thing you can do different..."
   "Differently," Claudia interrupted.
   "Oh, baloney, Claude.  That's exactly it. You can stop ending every single discussion with an argument about grammar."
   "I'll try," Claudia said quietly.  (Chapter 8, page 119)

   "Come now, children. Put away the file. You must tell me all about your adventure. All, all, all about it. What you thought and what you said, and how you managed to carry off the whole crazy caper."  (Chapter 9, page 154)


Literary Elements: The most common Figures of Speech are,

Simile--------Compares 2 similar items and uses "like" and "as"
(The beehive is like a little mud house.)
Metaphor---------Directly compares 2 items. Does not use "like" or "as".  (The beehive is a little mud house.)
Personification------Gives human characteristics to an object, an idea or an animal. (The teapot screamed when the water was hot)
Alliteration-------these are words streamed together with the same beginning sound, like a tongue twister. (Tina's tacos tease the tongue.)
Onomatopoeia-------this is when words are spelled to represent how sounds are shaped in our mouths. (Bow-wow, Clink, Clunk, Shhh)
Idioms--------are "turns of phrase" that are so common in our language, we aren't really sure what they mean. (At the drop of a hat. Through thick and thin.)
Hyperbole------is an over-statement.  (I'm never going to do that again.)

We've learned about some of them, do you remember?  Pick two of your favorite figures of speech and write your own examples.  If you want to do one for each figure of speech, you can earn extra cash! 


I really hope that none of you would ever scare your parents and run away to a museum (or anywhere).  If you were going to be on your own for a few days though, what would you want to take with you? Make a list of all the things you would need. Also, bring your favorite snack to share with everyone!  Wear your PJ's and come with a comfy pillow for a movie!

Leadership Week 4

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

Read/Study: Habit #4 Think Win-Win

Read the story in The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, "Lily Plants a Garden."

Be prepared to discuss this story and share what you learned. 

When you have a win-win mindset you are happy when good things happen to other people! You don't make someone else feel bad to make yourself feel good and you look for win-win solutions when conflicts arise.

Leaders have to make important choices all the time and Stephen Covey (the author who first created the 7 Habits) has a name for people who seek out win-win solutions, who stand out as leaders and make good choices; he calls them trim-tabbers. A trim tab is a sailing term for a part of the rudder that allows the rudder to be corrected (helping you to sail right on course). It's just a small rudder that turns the large rudder that turns the ENTIRE ship! Even though it is small it is responsible for the course of the huge ship. Small choices can bring about big changes!

Watch this video about a trim trab leader. How did she think win-win for her school?

Can you think of a time you used win-lose thinking? How about win-win thinking? Choose one or both of these scenarios and write about it in your common place book or be prepared to share in class. 

PREPARE A SPEECH! This week write a speech about someone you admire! This person could be a family member, a leader or hero in the world, or even a fictional character from a book. Practice your speech because you will be presenting it for the class!

And, best of all, we are having a Valentine's day party in class today! Bring Valentine's for the class, make a box for your Valentine's (or bring a container if you don't want to make a box). 

Here is a list of your classmates so you can address your Valentines:

Sister Jessee

Sister Eagar

Truman

Marilee

Talmage

Melody

Alex

Lauren

Garrett

Tommy

Anna