Week #8

Learning Log for Week of October 19th - October 23rd 

My favorite thing this week was learning our science experiment.

Homeroom:

This week for homeroom I did BrainPop. I did the section in math on place value to help me learn more since this is what I was doing in Math Lesson this week. I played shark fish which helped me more about geography. You are a shark and you click on a word that is suppose to answer the question like "What is the largest river in China?" 

Math:

This week in Math I I finished my Lesson # 16 and took my test.  This section was learning place value with the 1,000;s place.  It was hard a little bit, but once I got use to it it wasn't so hard.

English/Language Arts:

This week I kept reading my book, Who is Abraham Lincoln. I learned more about when Abraham Lincoln became president and that he was our 16th President.  President Lincoln had some hard times, while he was President, his son Willie died when he was 11.  When the Civil War started, President Lincoln's General, George McClellan, he didn't think the army was ready and so he often kept army back so they lost battles that they could have won.  So President Lincoln decided something needed to change and he said, "If McClellan does not want to use the army. I would like to borrow it for a time."

Science:

This week our science experiment was "cleaning pennies." We poured vinegar into a cup and mixed it with some salt until it dissolved and then dropped several dirty pennies into the cup. We watched how the salt was dissolving and how the pennies were getting clean. The dirt or residue that was on the pennies is called copper oxide. We talked about the statue of liberty and how it was a a bronze color originally and how it turned green over time.

Tech:

This week for my Robotics Class, I was able to finish building my Alligator. My favorite thing about the alligator is that it could snap it's mouth. The challenging thing about this project was that the first time I went to build it I didn't have two rubber bands, that make the alligator snap it's mouth, so we had to order another rubber band in. My brother, sister, and I would practice putting different things in it's mouth.

P.E.:

This week in soccer we had practice on Monday night. We focused on passing and goal keeping.  On Wednesday my coaches son and fellow soccer teammate, Kaden, had a soccer birthday practice.  We have a game this Saturday that my grandpa is taking me too and I hope we win!