Sophie's skating: Thought I'd take a bit of time and space today to keep everyone up to date on Sophie's skating. She practices quite a bit these days! Here's her schedule:
Monday--skate in afternoon, 2 hours, mostly freestyle with Coach Linda
Wednesday--skate in morning, about an hour and a half, with the Skating Club of Brusnwick and her best friend Sadie
Thursday--skating in afternoon, 3 long sessions almost 3 hours total, freestyle and ice dance with Ron
Saturday--Club skating, 4 hours of ice, freestlye--junior coaching and working on Christmas show
Sunday--early morning skate in Portland with ice dancing and Rob, then SCOB at Bowdoin for club ice in the afternoon with Sadie and her pals
She also has tap and ballet on Tuesday afternoons and now rehearses on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings (though not every rehearsal she's required to be there!)
She is preparing for a big testing date for both her freestyle and ice dancing on November 11th.
One of the major reasons we have for homeschooling is to allow her the time and energy to focus on her skating. She's traveling more and further and spending hours on the ice per week and we really saw her so physically exhausted after school--although she's working really hard at home and learning a lot, she's not nearly as physically tired as she was last year!
5 x 5 for 5th Grade
5 Vocabulary
1. Server (computer): A computer dedicated to a task
2. Network (computer): Allows other computers to talk to each other
3. Systems engineer: My Dad's title at Fairchild Semiconducter, which means he manages the servers on the network.
4. Wafer (computer): computer designs etched on silicon
5. Cube: Cubical, a private space where people work
5. Details/Facts
1. Approximately 9,000 people work at Fairchild.
2. Vasco De Gama was the first European to sail to India, he was from Portugal.
3. Vikings used the North Star to navigate.
4. A brigantine ship had 2 masts.
5. Francisco Pizzaro crushed the Inca Empire.
5 Sentences
1. Dad is always getting calls from the help desk, telling him the servers are down.
2. Our network at home is much smaller than the one at Dad's work place.
3. I found out yesterday that Dad is a systems Engineer.
4. The wafers at Dad's workplace are not the ones that I like to eat.
5. Cube is the shorter word for cubical.
5 Questions & Answers
1. Why is Henry Hudson both an English and a Dutch explorer? A: Because he sailed for both
2. What happens to Henry Hudson and his son and 8 other crew members in Hudson Bay? A: They got left there
3. What does "Polynesian" mean? A: Hawaiian and other pacific island people
4. What were Hudson's relations with the Native Americans like? A: Hudson trusted the Native Americans
5. What really cold place was Henry Hudson the first European to explore? A: The North Pole
ActivitiesGame: Professor Noggin's Explorers Card Game
Sophie won—9 to 7
Scrapbook—Cabot & Hudson Pages.
John Cabot
1. When John was 10 he moved to Venice, Italy
2. John thought that Columbus went the wrong way he was too far south. John planned to go straight across on a northern route.
3. King Henry the 7th was eager to sponsor Cabot's trip, the king called him his "well beloved".
4. Cabot landed on St. John, Newfoundland.
5. John Cabot took two voyages to the New World.
6. John Cabot planned his northern route on 60 % parallel.
7. John Cabot's Italian name was Giovanni Cabotto.
Henry Hudson
1. Hudson's first two journeys was for the Muscovy Company in England.
2. Hudson's three ships were the Hopewell, Half Moon and the Discovery.
3. Hudson's 3rd voyage was for Holland and dutch East India Company .
4. Hudson discovered hundreds of gray whales along Spitzbergen.
5. The crew on Hudson's ship saw a walrus, and thought it was a mermaid.
6. Hudson met the Penobscot Tribe in Maine.
7. Hudson was looking for the Northwest Passage to China he discovered Hudson Bay!!
6. Hudson met the Penobscot Tribe in Maine.
7. Hudson was looking for the Northwest Passage to China he discovered Hudson Bay!!
Encyclopedia Entry: Night Sky
The Night Sky Page 56-63
1. How many times larger could Galileo’s telescope makes objects appear?
8 times larger
2. What is the name of the large buildings that house the big telescopes?
observatories
3. When did astronomers launch the Hubble Telescope? How many times bigger does it makes objects appear?
1990, 6000 times
4. What was the name of the first satellite? Which country sent it and when?
Sputnik 1, Russia 1957
5. What is a probe and what does it do? How often does the Voyager check in?
A probe is a space-craft launched from Earth and sent to collect information from distant places.
6. Who were Laika and Ham? What did they do for astronauts?
Laika was a Russian dog and Ham was a chimpanzee. They proved that life could survive in space.
7. What is the Russian word for astronaut? What was the Space Race?
Cosmonaut. A unofficial contest between Russia and the United States
8. What are the steps for a space shuttle launch? Hint: Look at the cartoon.
Launch. Discard rocket fuel. Discard fuel tank. Low Earth orbit. Research and work in position. Return through atmosphere. Landing
9. What are space stations like and why?
Tiny towns in space, they homes for astronauts.
10. What is our “best bet” for discovering extraterrestrial life?
That there might be a plant or animal!
Math practice: Word problems with Halloween theme on figuring time and money –16 problems total.Play act 2, sc. 2
Scene 2 act 2
Location: Captains quarters
Cast: Captain and Ben
Name of scene: Astronomy Lesson
Ben: Hello sir, it's been a month, can I have my astronomy lesson today please!!!???
Captain: Yes, actually right now would be a perfect time for an astronomy lesson. You know, we'll be landing on the east coast of Virginia in a half month, according to my ship log here. I've taught to you about parts of the ship, and latitude and longitude, oh but what I didn't tell you is that longitude is measuring from the North Pole to South, or northern hemisphere to southern hemisphere. Did you know that? Well today we're having are astronomy lesson.
Ben: Wow, cool, what are you going to teach me about? Oh, what is astronomy?
Captain: It's the study of the planets and stars the Romans were one of the first astronomers, that's why the planets are named after the roman gods. Do you know what planets are Ben?
Ben: Planets are big balls of gas that revolve around the sun, according to Galileo. I do believe that the planets revolve around the sun. I also know about constellations, but I didn't know this was the study of astronomy. Why does it come in handy when on a ship?
Captain: If you know astronomy, you know where you are in the world if you study constellations, at night look up and you see one, if you know which one it is you know where you are. Also if you can find the north star, that way is North. Now, tell my some names of the constellations.
Ben: My father taught me this, Little dipper, Ursa Major, Virgo, and Taurus. Oh and ares.
Captain: Outstanding my Ben, you know, next journey how would you like to be my apprentice?
Ben: Oh captain Berin That would be an honor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Captain: Your doing well on your astronomy , there's not much more I can tech you, you actually know more than me!! I'll see you at dinner tonight, that has to be our last lesson for this trip but when you =r my apprentice, I'll teach you much more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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