November 3, 2011
LA Book: 5 pages, Sophie’s choice
Lewis & Clark Game: Story Map + timeline marks
Almanac: Crossword *Try it! Hint: These are all words from Sophie's 6th grade vocabulary
Sophie's Summer
Almanac Crossword
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Almanac: Homework
Annie for Halloween: For Halloween this year I decided to go
as Annie. Since I was in the show this summer I thought it would be super cool
to go as ANNIE! And it definitely was. I made the costume at the farm with
Gamma. She picked out the fabric and the dress pattern and the second to last Saturday
in October, Lily and I went over to the farm and Gamma and I would start
working on the costume. The pattern was a simple knee length dress. The size
that Gamma got was a 12 so we cut the pattern shorter than it really was
supposed to be. We chose red and white fabric to mimic Annie’s dress at the
end, which everybody knows. I cut out the pattern and pinned it together on the
first night. The next morning I sewed the front and back together. Gamma sewed
on one sleeve, and told me to come and try it on. It was really short, so Gamma
had to dismantle it, and sew it back together with a belt in the middle and the
top and bottom sewn to the belt. I tried it on again when Gamma brought it back
to my house and it fit perfectly, Gamma did a MARVELOUS job! On Halloween mom helped
me get ready in my costume. I got a white shirt and two layers of tights and
put them on. There was snow on the ground so it was going to be a frigid Halloween!
We thought I might look silly with white sleeves so I had an idea to cut up skating
tights and put them on as sleeves and it worked great! Everyone who saw me knew
exactly who I was. Best Halloween Costume Ever!
Comic Book: “The Louisiana Purchase.” Import words on strip (for Almanac)
Math: Backyard
measurement activity
*I have been planning this activity for awhile and today was
the perfect day to do it with the girls. I worked with Lily, who did a great
job and really liked measuring with the tape measure and Sophie worked on her
own.
Sophie worked very diligently and with purpose and she
actually did MORE than what I had intended. Sophie measured almost every part
of the objects she chose to measure for the activity. She measured the parts as
if she were going to re-make or re-build each object, which was kinda neat and
meant she was doing more math because she was adding each measured piece of
each object up—so when she measured one board of the chair, she multiplied that
measurement times the number of boards the chair had. It was very interesting
to see her work through the activity and she seemed to like it.
I plan to do other similar Backyard Measurements activities
including: finding examples of geometric shapes in the yard and one identifying
and estimating angles in the yard. It’s a cool activity and it’s practical and
applicable to real like “math” and it gets us outside and paying attention to
the world around us. Very cool.
Backyard Measurements Sophie
& Lily Activity
Tools: pencil and paper Measuring tape ruler string (2 ft)
1.
Vocabulary
a.
Accurate: use measuring tools such as a tape
measure and ruler to get the most correct measurement
b.
Centimeter: standard form of measurement, a
quarter of an inch
c.
Inch: standard form of measurement found on
ruler and tape measure
d.
Foot: 12 inches, stand form of measurement
e.
Square (as in math equations): 4 sided quadrilateral
with equal right interior angles and 4 equal sides
f.
Yard (as in measurement): 3 feet, standard form
of measurement
2.
Find 6 things to measure in the front yard. List
below with measurements & take pictures:
a.
Lobster trap: 6 feet, 8 inches or 2 yards, 8
inches (circumference) using string & tape measure
b.
Japanese maple tree: height = 126 inches (11 feet),
circumference 3.5 inches using tape
measure
c.
Blue table next to pond: legs & bars between
(added together) = 10 feet, 10 inches total and table part = 5 feet
d.
Purple & Yellow chair: top boards = 10 feet,
15 inches and bottom boards = 26 inches or 2 feet, 2 inches
e.
Purple bench length: 33 feet, 6 inches and arm
rests = 2 feet, 5 inches
f. Lantern on cherry tree: 6 inches,
circumference: 11 inches, using ruler
and string
3. What are 6 reasons why you may need to accurately measure
things in your yard or house?
a. If you are decorating you need to measure things in your
house to make sure your decorations fit.
b. If you want to hang pictures in your house you will have
to measure the wall to make sure the pictures fit.
c. If you want to put a bed in a room you have to measure it
to see if it will fit in the door and in your room.
d. Fences. You have to measure the yard and the fence when
you’re putting fences up.
e. You have to measure cards to see if they will fit through
the garage door
f. Kitchen appliances. You have to measure all your
appliances to see if they fit in your kitchen.
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