Grade 5 Homeschool 2020-2021. TERM 1

Grade 5 term 1
This is the year of the Covid Quarantine. We are home all summer and thought we would get a head start on our school work.

ADST
Woodworking with grandpa.
Lesson 1. Tool safety. Eye coverings and listen to grown up.
Watched you tube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sd2URRIKAQ   

Watched you tube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0QFkRqfW4k   

Watched you tube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL-c2Jk8a2s  

Lesson 2. Screwdrivers and screws.
Types.
Flathead
Star shaped Phillips screwdriver
Square shape Robertson screwdriver

Practiced screwing screws into wood.

Lesson 3. The drill
Practice using a drill safely.
Holding level and still.

Project 1. String art heart.

Project 2. Soccer game

Project 3.
Locker.

hammering in the nails. 

Using the screwdriver to screw in the hinges.

All done the assembly. 

Completed this project  independently.  

putting on the finishing touches. 

Career Ed
Volunteering at Faith Missions Bible camp.
Cleaning up fallen trees and brush.

We went back for a second day of volunteering and this time grandma and grandpa chopped wood and girls and mommy stacked a lot of wood.

Language Arts - BOOK STUDY
Island of the Blue Dolphin.


Language Arts - BOOKS READ:
1)Kiki & Jax the life-changing magic of friendship. By Marie Kondo.
2)


Language Arts - TTRS (Typing Website)


Language Arts - WRITING:


MATH: 

Focus is on multiplication.

PE/ Health:
Swimming:

Rollerblading

Swimming in Kal Lake - Vernon BC

Swimming at Swimming Pool at Faith Missions Bible Camp

Running Stairs in the apartment building
Swimming at a friends pool
Hiking 

SCIENCE:
Earth materials change as they move through the rock cycle and can be used as natural resources

Brain pop: Types of rocks 8/10

Brain pop: Rock cycle 6/10

Brain pop: Soil 8/10
Brain pop: Crystals 10/10

Brain pop: Natural resources 7/10

Brain pop: Floods 9/10

Work and study book: Robby unearths Rocks and Minerals. By Carole Marsh.

*Learn about rocks and Minerals. 

*definition of geology. 

*put in order size of rocky words... from grain to mountain. 

*Igneous rock

*Sedimentary rock

*Metamorphic rock

*completed a crossword puzzle about rock words

*Igneous rock also called Fire Rocks.

Books on Rocks, Minerals and Geology:
1)Geology Genius. Metamorphic Rocks. by Rebecca Pettiford
2)Geology. The Study of Rocks. By Susan H. Gray
3)A Rock Can Be... By Laura Purdie Salas
4)A Stone Sat Still. By Brendan Wenzel
5)Rocks and Minerals. By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
6)Charlotte and The Rock. By Stephen W. Martin
7)Rocks and Minerals. By. Gail Tuchman

8)Skipping Rocks. By Lorraine Adam's

9)Sedimentary Rock. By Rebecca Faulkner

SOCIALS:

Canada's policies and treatment of minority peoples have negative and positive legacies.

Past discriminatory government policies and actions, such as the Head Tax, the Komagata Maru incident, residential schools, and internments

• Sample topics:
  • historical wrongs against East and South Asian immigrants
  • Indian Act
  • Head Tax on Chinese immigrants
  • numbered treaties with First Peoples
  • treatment of Doukhabours
  • 1884-85 famine
  • 1907 Anti-Asian Riots
  • Japanese and German internments
  • reduction or relocation of First Nations reserves
  • ethnic minorities denied the vote
• Key questions:
  • What types of discrimination have immigrants to Canada faced? (e.g., cases of systemic discrimination by local, provincial, and federal levels of government)
  • How might Canadian society be different today if exclusionary policies toward immigrants from East and South Asia had not been developed during certain periods of history?
  • What effects did residential schools have on First Nations families and communities

First Peoples land ownership and use

• Sample topics:
  • treaties
  • burial grounds
  • housing
  • hunting and fishing
  • land claims disputes
• Key questions:
  • How do First Peoples balance economic development with traditional uses of the land?
  • How fair has BC’s treaty process been? Explain your answer.

2019-2020 - Grade 4 & 8

This has been an interesting year.

I didn't blog this school year. 

Our school has a new reporting platform called Fresh Grade. 

I kind of wish I would have updated on here too.

It is now April 2020. 

Homeschooling looks much different.

This is the time of the COVID - 19.

We are on day 36 of rarely leaving the house.

If any of us go out, it is one or 2 of us at the most. 

We wear masks and gloves.

Homeshooling - We miss our EA's and Community Classes.

We miss our friends and our field trips.

Mama really misses her support groups.

I think the thing I miss the most is church. I really miss singing with a group. 

So these days - 

Big A talks to her EA 2 hours a day and works through things together.

She has about 3 hours or Zoom classes during the week and then continues with working through her syllabus. 

Little A has a 40 min class on Zoom per week with her community class. Her EA emails a challenge every week for her to work on.

Here are a few highlight photos of the year... 

2017-2018 school year - BOOKS READ: TERM 2

AVI:
First Salmon. by Roxane Beauclaire Salonen

Science:
(Sugar to ...)
Tangerine and Kiwi visit the Sugar bush. by. Laila Heloua
(a story of how maple syrup is collected and made into a variety of things...syrup, candy, maple butter,..)
What makes fire burn? by Walter LaPlante

VALENTINES / LOVE / FAMILY:
You are the Pea, and I am the Carrot. by J Theron Elkins
What Do you Love? by Jonathan London
Before you. by Rebecca Doughty
Did you know that I LOVE YOU? by Christa Pierce
I Wish you more. by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld
Because of you. by B.G. Hennessy
Love is Real. by Janet Lawler
A mom for Umande. by Maria Faulconer (this is a favorite)

Down the Drain. by Robert Munsch
Swamp Water. by Robert Munsch

Monkey not ready for bedtime. byAlfred A Knopf
Papa Do you Love Me? by Barbara M Joosse
The Monkey goes Bananas. by C.P. Bloom
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. by Jane Cabrera
Can't Sleep without Sheep. by Susanna Leonard Hill
My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay. by Cari Best
Ladybug Girl and the Best Ever Playdate. by David Soman and Jacky Davis
Maxwell the Monkey Barber. by Cale Atkinson
Little Otter's Big Journey. by David Bedford
Show Me Happy. by Kathryn Madeline Allen
Who ate all the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont
The Little Raindrop. by Joanna Gray
Thea Stilton , The secret of the waterfall in the woods. by Thea Stilton


Chapter Books:
Thea Stilton - The Thea Sisters and the Mystery at Sea. by Thea Stilton

ANXIETY books:
Peep & Egg. I'm not hatching. by Laura Gehl
It's Okay to make Mistakes. by Todd Parr

FOOD:
No Monkeys, No Chocolate. by Melissa Stewart and Allen Young
PB & J Hooray! by Janet Nolan
MMM, Cookies. by Robert Munsch
Everything Kids Cookbook. by Sandra K Nissenberg
What's for lunch? by Sarah L Thomson
How did that get in my lunchbox? The story of food. by Chris Butterworth
All in Just one Cookie. by Susan E Goodman
Grandpa's Cloudy with a chance of meatballs cookbook. by Judi Barrett

BLACK HISTORY MONTH (or books who have main characters with Brown Skin):
I am Jackie Robinson. by Brad Meltzer
The Color of Us. by Karen Katz
Amazing Grace. by Mary Hoffman
Rosa. by Nikki Giovanni
Rick-a-chee and the Runaway Pennies. by Edna O Menzies
Bright Eyes, Brown Skin. by Cheryl Willis Hudson & Bernette G Ford
Hats, Hats, Hats. by Ann Morris
Jafta & Jaftas mother, Two stories in one. by Hugh Lewin
Designed by God So I must be Special. by Bonnie Sose
In Plain Sight. by Richard Jackson
First Come the Zebras. by Lynne Barasch
Freedom in Congo Square. by Carole Boston Weatherford
Whoever you are. by Mem Fox
A Storm called Katrina. by Myron Ulberg
We March. by Shane W. Evans
Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs
Born to Be Free - Amnesty International (HUMAN RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES)



MUSIC:
88 Instruments. by Chris Barton

MATH:
Loonies and Toonies. by MIke Ulmer
Whole-y Cow! Fractions are Fun! by Taryn Souders
100 Snowmen. by Jen Arena
100 Hungry Monkeys. by Masayuki Sebe
Giraffe Graphs. by Melissa Stewart
Graphing in the Desert. by Jennifer Rozines Roy and Gregory Roy

Shapes Discovering Flats and Solids. by Michelle Koomen
On the Scale, a Weighty Tale. by Brian P Cleary
Wacky ways to compare Weight. How Heavy? by Mark Weakland
Inch by Inch. by Leo Lionni
One Hundred Hungry Ants. by Elinor J Pinczes

111books read term 1 & 2




ALIYAH:
Red Rock Mysteries (#4) Wild Mysteries
Red Rock Mysteries (#5) Grave Shaddows
Red Rock Mysteries (#6) Phantom Writer
Red Rock Mysteries (#7) Double Fault  .by Jerry B Jenkins & Chris Fabry
(#8) Canyon Echoes

Winnie The Horse Gentler #1 - Wild Things. by Dandi Daley Mackall
Winnie The Horse Gentler #2 - Eager Star. by Dandi Daley Mackall
Winnie The Horse Gentler # 3 - Bold Beauty. by Dandi Daley Mackall

Keystone Stables  #2- On the Victory Trail. by Marsha Hubler

Rebel of Dark Creek. by Nikki Tate

Chemistry:
The Explosive Story of Fireworks. by Kama Einhorn
Fireworks.by Vicki Cobb
Flames are stored in Sunlight. by Dr.Bryson Gore

2017-2018 school year - BOOKS READ: TERM 1

LITTLE A READ:
A Bee's Life. by Nancy Dickmann
The Bumblebee Queen. by April Pulley Sayre
Killer Bees. by Meish Goldish
The Flight of the Honey Bee. by Raymond Huber

Bearenstain Bears: The Forgiving Tree.
DOllars & Sense
And too much pressure
Bedtime Battle
Give Thanks
Week at Grandmas
Show some Respect
In The Dark
Go OUt to Eat
And the Trouble with Chores
Kindness Counts
And the Bad Habit
Faithful Friends


Pumpkin Related:
Pick a perfect Pumpkin. Learning about Pumpkin Harvests. by Robin Koantz
How Big could your pumpkin grow? by Wendell Minor
Secrets of the Vegetable Garden. by Carron Brown & Giodrdano Poloni
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin. by Ron Fridell and Patricia Walsh
Pumpkins in  Fall. by Mari Schuh
Pumpkin Day. by Candice Ransom
Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin. by Sonali Fry
Apples and Pumpkins. by Anne Rockwell

Water Related:
Into the A, B, Sea. by  Deborah Lee Rose.
Animal Babies in the River. by Julia Groves

Aboriginal Related:
P'esk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony


Anxiety, Feelings & Emotions Related:
Something Might Happen. By Helen Lester
Jack's Worry. by Sam Zuppardi
I Don't want to go. by Addie Meyer Sanders
Before I Leave. by Jessixa Bagley
My Two Blankets. by Irena Kobald and Freya Blackwood

Community Related:
*City Shapes. by Diana Murray
*One Word from Sophia. by Jim Averbeck and Yasmeen Ismail
*The sounds of Kwanza. by Dimitrea Tokunbo
*What should I do on the Playground? by Wil Mara  (safe and danger on the playground)
*Clothesline Clues to the Jobs people do. by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook
*Maybe Something Beautiful How Art Transformed a Neighborhood. by F.Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell
*We March for Freedom. by Shane W Evans
Maxwell The Monkey Barber. by Cale Atkinson
*In front of my house. by Marianne Dubuc
*Community Soup. by Alma Fullerton


OTHER:
Princess Tales - Seek and Find. by Grace Maccarone
There is a Bird on Your Head. by Mo Willems


*READ FIRST CHAPTER BOOK - the week of August 8, 2017
Nina the Birthday Cake Fairy. by Daisy Meadows.  (The sugar and Spice Fairies)


*books = character with brown skin (Little A searches these books out).


BIG A READ:
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. by
*She also did the book study answering all the questions.

Runaway. by Becky Citra
Cleopatra VII.  Daughter of the Nile. Egypt, 57 B.C.  by Kristiana Gregory
Jane Austen The girl with the magic Pen.  by Gill Hornby
Kickoff. by Donna King
The War with Grandpa. by Robert Kimmel Smith
The Secret Garden. Adapted by Diane Molleson
Red Rock Mysteries:(1) Haunted Waters   by Jerry B Jenkins & Chris Fabry
Red Rock Myseterie:(2) Stolen Secrets  by. Jerry B Jenkins & Chris Fabry
Red Rock Mysteries: (3) Missing Pieces  by Jerry Jenkins & Chris Fabry


Kate Middleton. Real Life Princess. by Sarah Tieck


MEDIA RELATED:
Media Meltdown. A graphic guide adventure. by Liam O'Donnel
Bad Stuff in the Media. by Rabbi Marc Gellman & Monsignor THomas Hartman.

GRADE 2 & 6 (SCHOOL YEAR 2017-2018)

GRADE 2 & 6 (SCHOOL YEAR 2017-2018)

Both Girls Term 1:
*summer dance camp.
Both girls did a 2 day dance camp. Over the course of the 2 days the girls learned to do some Jazz dancing, Acro dance, Hip Hop & Break Dancing.  Big A also learned a little Lyrical on day 2 of camp.  They both LOVED Hip Hop Dance.

*VBS (Art Camp @ Bakerview Church). (July 10 - 13)
This week both girls participated in an Art Camp at VBS.
They created...
1)An art journal
2)A collage of pics that they thought of words that described God. (Bear = fierce, Kitten = gentle).
3)A scratch art book mark
They also learned fun action songs, learned new games in the gym, and had fun learning about God this week.

*VBS (SonRise National Park) (July 17 - 21)
This week both girls participated in a VBS that was about nature & wildlife in a National Park.
Get ready for exciting wilderness thrills as you head out to beautiful SonRise National Park! Kids will be awestruck by snow-capped mountains, thundering waterfalls, wildflower meadows bursting with color, and amazing animals like soaring eagles, friendly huskies, and herds of caribou.

As kids explore SonRise National Park, they’ll learn the most important survival skill of all: they can always depend on Jesus and His promises of true peace, true riches, true power, true love, and true hope!

Little A - Term 1
WATER & WATER CYCLES:

READ:
Into the A, B, Sea. by Deborah Lee Rose
Water Cycle. by Monica Hughes.
Earth's Water Cycle. by Robin Nelson
Up The Creek. by Nicholas Oldland


WATCHED: 
DisneyNature Ocean
Science for Kids DVD: 


FIELD TRIP:
We went to White Rock and explored the water / sand.
Walked around FishTrap Creek
Walked around Mill Lake
Walked the paths at Cheam Wetlands
Hiked Bridal Falls
Walked Othello Tunnels and explored the Coquihalla River.

Bodies of Water explored:
1)FishTrap Creek.  What did we see?  Lily pads, Ducks, and unidentified brown with really long tail.
There were also areas with tons and tons of dragonflies.

Fishtrap Creek Park is an activity park, as well as, a storm water storage basin system located in the community of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

To reduce the possibility of flooding, storm water storage basins were constructed on the upper sections of the creek to control the flow of flooding so to protect the urban neighborhoods and to drain the farmlands.

Fishtrap Creek Park was built around the storage basins. The development of the stormwater system created a new landscape of forest, wetlands, spits, islands and marsh.

The new geography created an opportunity for a park. A recreation trail was added, as well as, a day use picnic area, picnic shelter, sightseeing benches, grass lawns, information signs and lookout viewpoints.

The trails, spits, sightseeing benches and lookouts are popular for birdwatching. There are opportunities to view waterfowl and song birds in the park. Other activities enjoyed include walking and jogging.

The main trail in the park is level and easy going so it is suitable for all ages and fitness levels. Being that the trail is paved it is wheelchair and baby stroller friendly also. The main trail is part of the larger Discovery Trail.

The Discovery Trail is a 30+ recreation trail which explores the community of Abbotsford and connects to Fishtrap Creek Park.

2)Bridal Falls in Hope

3)Cheam Wetlands in Chilliwack

4)Spray Parks

5)Cultus Lake

6)Othello Tunnels (River)
7)


Little A spent the 23 - 28th with Gramma, Grampa, Auntie and Uncle (home from China for 2 weeks).
The enjoyed:
Going to the beach

Going to Davidsons Orchard
Going to Polson Park
Bike Riding
Going to the Spray Park
Playing Uno together
Going to O Keefe Ranch

Life Cycles of BEES:
Little A and mommy went to Planet Bee for a tour and presentation. We learned all sorts of interesting facts about bee's.


Little A read these books about bees...
*A Bee's Life. by Nancy Dickmann
*The Bumblebee Queen. by April Pulley Sayre
*Killer Bees. by Meish Goldish
*The Flight of the Honey Bee. by Raymond Huber
*Curious George - A Home for Honeybees. by Julie Tibbott
*The Bees Count. by Alison Formento
*Horsefly and Honeybee. by Randy Cecil


Activities for bees:
*Watched "Bee Movie".

*watched "City of Bees" (A children's guide to bees.)
Explore the secret, complex world of honeybees from a child's point of view. Six year old Oliver and his young friends join a bee keeper as he cares for his beehives over the course of a year.The children study everything from how a queen bee rules the hive, the various jobs each bee performs, how bees pollinate and how bees can fly at amazing speeds. With colorful imagery, learning activities, and remarkable up close video, viewers of all ages will be enchanted and informed about the remarkable world that is the City of Bees.

*watched "The Magic School Bus, Bugs, Bugs, Bugs."
The class explores the sticky home of a bee (in a bee hive).


With mommy - Little A went to a funeral, and quick road trip. Stopped in at 108 mile ranch, and saw a bunch of the forest fire damage in the Cariboo.


Other books Little A read:
*What is a Princess?  (Step into Reading)
*Princess Sisters Treasury. (3 books). by Jeanna young & Jacqueline Johnson.

Little A went to DinoTown...

Big A - Term 1

August 22, 2017 - Big A got her ears pierced. 

Fine motor:
300 piece puzzle - foxes.
100 piece puzzle - map of canada

Health & Career:
Big A did the dishes without being asked on July 19th. 


Big A went to Faith Missions Bible camp July 23 - 28.
Her highlights:  
Actually making a commitment to Christ because she wants to.

Choice classes:
1)Outdoor Survival Skills

2)Outdoor Cooking

3)

FIELD TRIPS & PLAYGROUNDS

FIELD TRIPS.

IN MOST COMMUNITIES:

Pet Store

Movie Theatre

Board Game Cafe

Recycle Depot

Library

Tims coffee date

Mall with a plan and a budget

Fire Department

Pizza Place

Save on

McDonalds Play Place

ABBOTSFORD:

Mill Lake

Trethewey House Heritage Site (Abb)

Mennonite Museum

Spray Park

Fishtrap Creek

Walmsley Lake (Albert Dyck)

Willowview Farm

Eco Dairy

Mann Farms

Taves Apple Barn

Corn Maze

Trout Hatchery

Birchwood Dairy

Tanglebank Gardens

Gagan Petting zoo

Campbell's Gold Honey Farm & Meadery     2595 Lefeuvre Road

Goats Pride at McLennan Creek

Clayburn Village (Abby /  Mission)

Cascade Aerospace Hangar (across from Abbotsford airport)

Get Air

Bowling

ARC (swimming, gym, skating)

Mini Golfing (Castle Fun Park)

Play Abby

Project Climbing Centre

Twisters Gymnstics (Noon Nutties Drop In)

The Reach

Clay Cottage

4 Cats

HOFA Art Supplies / Classes
Pottery Studio

ALDERGROVE:

Silver brook u catch (ABBY / ALDERGROVE)

The Zoo

Aldergrove Telephone Museum and Community Archives

Aldergrove Lake Park (trails & rock to try and climb)

FORT LANGLEY:

Fort Langley - The Fort

Aldor Acres Farm (5 mins from Fort Langley) (They have pumpkin patch and dairy - some thing dairy is more interesting)

LANGLEY:

Go Bananas (Chilliwack & Langley)

Krause Berry Farms (Langly)

Canada Bread Tour (Langley)

Campbell Valley

Canadian Museum of Flight (Langley Airport)

Penzer Parkour Park

CHILLIWACK:

Cultus Lake

Fraser River

Lindemann Lake

Blue Heron Reserve

Cultus Lake WaterSlides

Go Bananas (Chilliwack & Langley)

MISSION:

Stave Falls / Dam - Powerhouse at Stave Falls

Rolley Lake

Golden Ears (Gold Creek)

HARRISON:

Harrison Lake

Hicks Lake

Othello Tunnels

Bridal Falls

Bridal Falls Waterslides

Kilby Store & Farm (Harrison Mills)

WHITE ROCK:

White Rock (The Ocean)

Darts Hill (Surrey / White Rock area, appointment needed)

Crescent Beach

Blackie Spit Park

1000 Steps

Britannia Heritage Shipyard is located at the south foot Railway Ave in (Steveston)

Gulf of Georgia Cannery -12138 Fourth Ave Steveston

VANCOUVER:

Whytcliff Park in West Van (long drive) - fantastic for checking out tide pools (see tide charts online).

Reifel Migratory Bird Santuary (Delta, quite a drive but a really neat day trip!)

Hells Gate

FAVORITE PLAYGROUNDS

GRADE 4 - TERM 3

PE:
Bowling (with friends...Shiy, N, Little A, Little Lex)
Walking the zoo
Trampoline (2hours of actual time on the trampoline)
2 hours Playdate with friend Abby (with Little A  & Little F)
1 hour Cheer class (April 4th)
Big A pulled her abdomen muscles and is pretty much out of commission with exercise till it heals.
1Hr Cheer (April 18)
1Hr Cheer (April 25)
Vernon Bike Ride - Grandparents to beach and back -(12km)  (April 29)
Vernon Bike Ride - Grandparents to Polson Park and back (4km) (April 30)
Vernon Bike Ride - Grandparents to Polson Park and back (4 km) (May 1st)
1 Hr Cheer (May 2)
Walking the zoo (May 9)
1 Hr Cheer (May 9)
45 mins playground - Monkey Bars, Round a bout , playing with grade 4/5 kids. (May 10)


Social:
The Zoo (with friends Shiy, N, Little A)  Big A was there 9am - 2:30 pm. We were able to explore many animals.
Playdate our home 2hours with friend L.
Cousin spring break party in Yarrow...trampoline, wiener roast, tag...lots of fun (ages 5-16...10 kids)
(April 3rd) Playdate with friend L. at her home. 4 hours.
(March 31st) TLA class
(April 7th )TLA class


Art:
Made a mosaic for TLA class to make up for what she missed while at grandmas.
TLA - Fine Arts class on Thursdays...Drama, Art, Music... check out her freshgrade account.
(May 9) 1 Hour at 4 Cats art studio - working on a painting, and a clay art piece.
(May 16) 1 Hour at 4 Cats art studio - working on a painting, and a clay art piece

Science:
Books Read:

April

Emergy from Earth's Core. Geothermal Energy. by James Bow

SOUND & LIGHT:
Books Read:
My Five Senses. By Aliki
Helen Keller. By Elizabeth MacLeod
Light is all around us. by Wendy Pfeffer
Light and Dark. by Anna Claybourne
Follow it! Learn about Shadows. by Pamela Hall
Shadows. By April Pulley Sayre
The wonder of God's World: Light
The Wonder of God's World: Sound


Interactive Websites & Videos
Watched: The Magic School Bus Episode 31: Gets a Bright Idea.

Explored this website: http://www.openschool.bc.ca/elementary/science4/

Watched this video about energy waves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIcLzDB8NR8

Light Experiments & Play
Natural & Artificial Light - Read about, Talked about  & Explored.

Shine a flashlight through various materials and write
down which ones would shine through.

- Dollar bill, plastic, dark green paper, cheesecloth,
foil

- Practice making shadows
-Played & Created with Light Bright
-Made rainbows with prisms
-Kaleidoscope play

Sound Experiment:
Sat in the car with the windows rolled down and our eyes closed. Listing off as many sounds as we could... some of the sounds were...
cars driving, cars opening & closing their doors, kids screaming, kids laughing, birds chirping, sirens screaming, keys jingling, people walking / running, dogs barking...

Listening to variety of music styles

Socials:
MARCO POLO & BARTERING:
Read:

March	Marco Polo. by Demi
March	Marco Polo's Silk Purse. by Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster
March	Thea Stilton and the mystery on the Orient Express. by Geronimo Stilton. (157 pages)
March	An Apple Pie for Dinner. by Susan Van Hecke (about bartering for an ingredient)

March

A gift for Mama. by Linda Ravin Lodding  (about trading / bartering)

March

The Summer of Marco Polo. by Lynn Manuel

April	Following the Trail of Marco Polo. by Geronimo Stilton
April	The World in the Time of Marco Polo. by Fiona MacDonald

Marco Polo's Silk Purse. by Gerry Bailey and Karen Foster - Aliyah did not like this story , and was going to quit reading it - So I asked to read it and write down the parts in the story that she did not like.
Here is what she wrote:
Why I don't like the book.
*They think he (Marco Polo) is superstitious because he recorded in is diary things that other travelers told him including odd myths and tall tales.
*They think Marco was lying when he said "empty desert full of poisonous waters, as green as gross" because after they wrote that they said :In fact, the water was probably just unusually salty and undrinkable.
*They think that the cannibals he wrote about in his diary was not true.



Writing:
*A cryptogram (a short message about Marco Polo)

*Criss Cross Puzzle Travel during times of Marco Polo...

*The travels of Marco Polo...(reading the story and answering questions)

Writing Prompt:
Imagine that you are a modern day Marco Polo. You don't have to travel to someplace very far away! If you've ever taken a trip to another country, state or even city, you know that you saw many things that were different from what you were used to at home. Tell about a place that you have been including descriptions of the people and sights of that place, to someone who hasn't been there. Imagine that you are describing these things for the first time...



POCAHONTAS: & TOOLS USED BY PEOPLE IN THE TRIBE...
Read:
Pocahontas. By Caryn Jenner

Field Trip:
Greater Vernon Museum & Archives:

MUSEUM FUR TRADE TOUR

Content ~ This follow-up visit to the museum consists of 3 stations:

• A guided tour of the native and fur trade exhibits reinforces and extends the classroom presentation, “The Fur Trade ~ Canada & New Caledonia.  Students will study other items of significance to the fur trade including a Hudson Bay Co. trade rifle, items made with trade beads, a Coureur de Bois sash, a beaver top hat, a pack saddle, snowshoes, and samples of dried fish and native berries.
• A museum volunteer will share information on how the trading process took place.  In addition, students will have an opportunity to play a trading game.
• A self-discovery activity using maps of early explorers.

Cost ~ No Charge

Length ~ Approximately 1 hour 45 minutes

Grade level ~ Grades 4 & 5

We focused our tour on the tools used.

May 1st - Learned to Fly Fish at Polson Park in Vernon - Big A caught a fish - the grandpas helped to bonk it, and gut it - Then Grandma poached it and we all tried it with dinner.

Art:
Did some paper weaving.
Made a candle holder  with a paper weaving pattern.

Play:
We bought some figures:
Jamestown figures & The Powhatan Indian Tribe figures.
The girls then were role playing the stories that they read.


Writing:
Working through some of the workbook for grades 4-6...Native People of North America. (each chapter is read a page and answer questions on what was read...
*1 - Introduction to the Algonquians
*2 - Introduction to Natives on the Plains
*3 - Introduction to Northern Forest Natives
*4-Algonquian Homes
*5-Plains Natives' Homes
*6-Northern Forest Natives Homes
*7-Algonquian Food
*8-The Food of the Plains Natives
*9-What the Northern Forest Natives Ate
*10-Clothing of the North American Natives

*Read an article on Pocahontas - from Women in History (education.com), and answered questions on what she read.

*"The story of Pocahontas": Imagine you are a Hollywood filmmaker as you read through the following true facts about Pocahontas. Use your own research and imagination, fill in the blank lines with the untold stories about this colonial hero...

MUSIC:
Big A helped to teach Little A the words and tune so they both joined the worship team with 3 other girls
May 22nd - Sang on stage with the Worship Team for 1 song: Only King Forever.


Other Books Read:

March	Lily Robbins, M.D (Medical Dabbler) (124 pages, 14 chpaters). by Nancy Rue
March	Lily and The Creep (124 pages, 15 chapters) . by Nancy Rue
March	Thea Stilton and the Secret City. by Geronimo Stilton (155 pages,
March	The Easter Story. Kim Mizo Thompson

April	Ask Lily. by Nancy Rue (139pages)
April	Lily the Rebel. by Nancy Rue (124 pages)

April	My Secret Unicorn. Starlight Surprise. (130 pages)
May	Detective Zack - Mystery at Thunder Mountain . by Jerry D Thomas(127pages)
May	The Wonder of God's World: Sound
May	The Wonder of GOd's World: LIght
May	Beauty Lab. Nancy Rue (129 pages)
May	The It's My Life Book its a God Thing. by Nancy Rue (91pages)
May	Lights, Action, Lily!. bu Nancy Rue (122 pages)

HEALTH & CAREER.
(April 16th) Big A came with me to the used curriculum sale (I had a table of stuff to sell) - Big A helped me and took over the table when I was away from it. She interacted with the people, made sales, and gave correct change when paid. She did a great job!

(April 18th) Big A came to work with me cleaning a town house. She did most of the vaccuming, some window washing, she wiped out all the lower kitchen cabinets and drawers, and she helped clean parts of the bathroom, and wiped out the closest. She was a great helped today and worked really hard. She will be paid for this, she is quite excited.

COMMUNITY HELPING:
Helping in the church nursery: March 19th
Helping cut out pictures for a banner at church, helping the Children's pastor set up for Easter.
Helping in children s church. April 3rd
Helping in the church nursery: April 10th
Helping in the church nursery April 24th
Helping in the church nursery May 8th

On May 29th Big A and 2 of her friends will be doing the actual teaching of the ages 3-5 childrens church time. The Bible Story, singing, leading of games, and other activities. There will be a parent to help with the parent stuff.


What a great Grade 4 year.  Looking forward to some great adventures over the summer and starting Grade 5. We have had a wonderful 4 years with TLA and looking forward to seeing what Regent will be like come fall.