Day 16

Day 16 September 15, 2011

 Sophie is doing an awesome job starting school this year! We've added to our Fifth Grade 5 x5 by including Current Events. So now Sophie will complete a 6 x 6 on various subjects we're studying at least 3 times a week--sometimes more, sometimes less depending on what where we are with projects and field trips, etc. Another element I've added to Sophie's 6 x 6s (which she is doing an awesome job with!) is having her create her own rather than me preparing them all. Below is a good example of what she was able to accomplish with the directive: make your own 6 x 6 today on "Ice Dancing."

Like the "Annie Digital Scrapbook," Sophie will use these 6 x 6s and a long blog, which she will write early next week, to ccreate a Power Point Presentation (PPP) on the subject of Figure Skating: Freestyle and Ice Dancing, with a concentration on her own accomplishments and goals for the sport.

6 x 6 for Sixth Grade

Vocabulary

1. Compulsory dances: A series of dances you test to move up a level; there are three compulsory dances in each level

2. Free dance: An ice dance, that is like pairs, where the male skater needs at least on foot on the ice when he lifts the female skater up

3. Killian position: When an ice dancer is skating with a partner, the most common position to skate in is Killian; Killian position is where the male grabs the females hip with his right arm and grabs the females left arm with his left, the female puts her right arm on her hip

4. Partner: You need a partner for competitive ice dancing; you and your partner compete with the compulsory dances that you learned before

5. Passo-doble: A Spanish Compulsory dance where the female is backwards and the male is forwards; this dance contains quick steps to fast music

6. Fox trot: A compulsory dance and position where the female and male are forward and grab each other’s hands with their right/left arms and each other’s hips with their remaining arm

Sentences

1. There are 5 levels of compulsory dances, they are pre-bronze, bronze, pre-silver, silver, pre-gold, and gold.

2. You can also test and compete free dance like a freestyle program.

3. Most compulsory dances with a partner are skated in Killian position.

4. You have to test your compulsory dances with a partner up until you get to your silver dances, then you have to test them single.

5. The dance Passo-doble is in the pre-gold level of compulsory dances.

6. The fox trot compulsory dance is done in fox trot position.

Details/ Facts

1. I am on my pre-silver compulsory dances

2. I am on my intermediate free dance

3. I am going to test the fox trot and European Waltz with Rob Yokabaskas

4. The Pre-silver dances are the fourteen step, the fox trot, and the European waltz

5. The next dances I will learn and test are the American Waltz, Rocker Fox trot, and the Silver tango

6. My favorite dance that I have learned so far is the Hickory Hoedown

Questions

1. If there are three dances in each level, how many dances are there in all? A: 18 compulsory dances

2. What is another difference between free-dance and pairs? A: Another difference between free dance and pairs is that in free dance, there is no involvement of freestyle at all but in pairs the couple is required to have at least some accompaniment to freestyle

3. Have you learned the Passo-doble yet even though it is a pre-gold dance? A: I did learn the passo-doble already because Cameron wanted me to learn it

4. What level is the Hickory Hoedown? A: It is in the bronze level of compulsory dances

5. Who is your favorite Olympian ice dance team? A: Charlie White and Meryl Davis

6. Can you find 3 pictures online of that team? :

   

*Bonus find three pictures of you ice dancing:  

Math

1. Math is related to ice dancing when you count the steps out to the music

2. Math is related to ice dancing when you map out the dance pattern to the rink

3. Math is related to ice dancing because you need a certain angle of the legs

4. Math is related to ice dancing when you are dancing with a partner because your positions have to match up perfectly using angles

5. Math is related to ice dancing when you do free dance, the timing of how long you hold a move and match it to the music

6. Math is related to ice dancing when you do compulsory dances the pattern has to be a geometric shape

Current Events

1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/figure_skating/news/2002/02/18/ice_dancing_ap/

2.  http://www.ice-dance.com/

3. http://www.ice-dance.com/athletes

4. http://www.ice-dance.com/results

5. http://www.ice-dance.com/articles

6. http://photography.ice-dance.com/