Day Eight
Another good, busy day filled with active learning! Sophie began her morning by finishing her 5 x 5 from the previous day, which seems to be a pattern we've worked into. After she was done we chose 3 activities and planned the day. Her first activity was a book report and we selected a unit-related book, The Sea Chest. She worked with a template I designed for her for all her book reports.
Her second activity was Cooking/Chore/Craft and although I'm not sure if we'll do this every time we chose this activity, but we did all three. Sophie helped with lunch, learned about laundry, and we unsucessfully completed a paper project that just didn't work out the way we planned--oh well, we still learned something and next time we'll work with different materials and expect a different result!
Her final activity was specifically chosen because of our plan to go to Farm School this afternoon. We chose art and I prepared an assignment for Sophie to design and then fill her own sea chest in preparation for a long voyage full of adventure, exploration, and discovery!
While Sophie worked with Gamma and Bo on her project, Lily and I took a nice long walk around the farm and collected acorns and pinecones and cedar boughs for a project I'm planning. Lily picked flowers and searched for rocks, we stopped and pet the horses, walked down the driveway to get the mail, and had just a wonderful time together.
Sophie started dance class--a concert year--and she is taking ballet and tap with Mr. Ron Trell. She's very happy to be dancing again with Mr. Trell and we look forward to the concert this year, especially because it's just Sophie & Tessa in her tap class and they will perform a special duo number in June!
Sophie breezed through her math worksheets today about fractions. The plan is for her to complete two worksheets every day from a variety of resources, then she and Kevin will review on Saturday. Today her worksheets came from a reallly neat book called Fraction Stories.
5 x 5 for 5th Grade
5 Pictures/Illustrations
5 Vocabulary
1. Summarize: To rewrite a smaller version of a story
2. Objective: To have a plan
3. Astrolabe: An object used to measure latitude and longitude, also used to find stars and planets.
4. Carrack: A three or four masted ship, developed in Europe around the 15 century.
5. Caravel al: A small ship, developed in Portugal.
5 Details/Facts
1. The caravel goes faster than a carrack because it's smaller.
2. When the oven beeps, the food is done cooking.
3. John Cabot took two journeys to the new world.
4. There are lots of different kinds of sailing ships, two are the Carrack and the caravel.
5. A collage is a piece of art used by lots of different things.
5 Sentences
1. Yesterday I summarized the story the sea chest.
2. I have an objective at skating competitions, and that's to do my best.
3. Navigators use an astrolabe to find stars and planets.
4. A carrack is bigger than a caravel.
5. A caravel goes a lot faster than a carrack because it's smaller.
5 Questions & Answers
1. Name two kinds of sailing ships. What is one big difference between them? A: Carrack and Caravel ; The size.
2. Who is Sancio? A: Sancio is Sebastian Cabot's older brother, who is on John Cabot's second journey to the new world.
3. Why is it important to consider volume when packing a sea chest? A: To see how many things you can pack.
4. What does it mean when the oven beeps at you? A: Your food is done.
5. What is a collage? A: A collage is a piece of art made by lots of scraps of paper and magazines.
5 Images & Pictures
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| Caravel ship |
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| Hard at work |
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| Sophie's Sea Chest |
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| Carrack Ship |
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| Sophie's Title-page Map |
Book Report Title: The Sea Chest Author: Toni Buzzuo
Summarize the story:Maita, an island girl, daughter of the lighthouse keeper, wished for a little sister. One day, there was a fearsome storm that sent a sea chest to Maita. In the sea chest, a baby was. As the years went by, Maita taught Seaborne, ( the baby ) to read and write, and fetch eggs, as she learned to do. And when Maita and Seaborne went away to get married, they found houses next to each other! They were best friends.
List at least 3 characters with one sentence describing them:Maita : An only child who wishes to find a sister.Seaborne: The baby in the sea chest, who loves her big sister.Maita's granddaughter: A granddaughter who wishes to know more about Seaborne.
What did you like best about this book?I liked the illustrations the best in this book. The illustrations were very beautiful and had lots of details.
Write a one sentence advertisement for the book.The Sea Chest, by Toni Buzzeo, is Surprising and wonderful! Children will love it. The best book of the year. At your local book store. Call now and we'll double the offer. Yes If you call now you'll get an extra book and a sea chest kit where you can make a sea chest, for only 15.99 ! But call now and we'll double that offer and you'll get two sea chest books and two sea chest kits!Tax not included
What did you learn from the book? What lesson does the book teach?I learned that if you set your heart on something, you might very well get it.
Craft/Cooking/Chore—Sophie and I made lunch together today. She worked on the stove and with the oven and learned about setting the timer.
Our craft today was to make old maps out of new maps. She chose five state maps from an old Atlas and she and Lily had fun crumpling and scrunching them up while I seeped the tea. After the maps were good and crinkled we placed them in a shallow pan and poured the tea over them and let them sit. Sophie set the timer and then we will dry the maps, which she will use for making her title letters for her "Age of Discovery" scrapbook. Using old maps to make the letters was Sophie's idea and the craft project today showed her how to make "new" paper objects look "old."
Chore—Sophie is learning how to load and start the laundry, how to move wet clothes to the dryer and clean the vent before turning the dryer on. Later she will help put all the clothes away with me.
Art—Sophie spent time at Farm School today and she completed a great Sea Chest project with Gamma (she picture). Gamma helped draw and design a pocket-like chest and then Sophie used paper and glue to collage her sea chest. She worked with Bo to think about what 10 objects she would need to pack her chest to prepare for a long journey. She wrote ten beautiful sentences that we will place inside her chest, which will be included as an interactive page in her Age of Discovery scrapbook.
10 Sea Chest Sentences (Sophie handwrote these sentences in beautiful handwriting.)
1. I will need clothes to cover my body and to keep myself warm.
2. I will need my DS for the following: email, internet, music, camera.
3. I will need food to survive; I will need clean water to survive.
4. I will need a Swiss Army Knife for: cutting, slicing, screwing, and opening.
5. For personal hygiene, I will need: toothbrush, hairbrush, soap, and deodorant.
6. I will need a first aid kit for my health and my safety.
7. I will need a sewing kit for repairing clothes.
8. I will need dictionaries to communicate with foreign people.
9. I will need a mess kit for eating and drinking.
10. I will need Spottie and Blankey for sleeping and comfort.
Sophie's Blog—What did you do today? What did you learn about sea chests? Tell me about working with Gamma on your collage. Tell us about dance class—who is in your class? Did you learn a new step? What did you learn about cooking today?
The three activities today were: Cooking/cleaning/crafts, and book report, and Art. When I was working with Gamma we used Modge Podge for glue and scraps of old paper for making or sea chest. I also got to paint with metallic paint. We made a sea chest that opened up! In my dance class this year, for tap it's just me and Tessa. And In ballet there are lots of older girls. Yesterday in ballet I learned a new combination step. In cooking today I learned how to use the oven.
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