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Our brains were woken with a game of bananagrams. Everyone worked together to help each other use their tiles effectively.</div>
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We continued our work with factors and prime and composite numbers. We had some fun with alliteration and then discussed the main characters in Runaway King.<br />
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Today we also did some science. We went over the scientific method and how to write up a science report. We did two experiments. One on density and one on viscosity. They had to write up their hypotheses and their findings once the experiment was underway. We created liquid layers to demonstrate the different densities. I know that many have done this one before but it's a fun one and they always love it! They we studied viscosity and what that word means. We timed different liquids as they were poured down a ramp. For the second part of the experiment, we heated the liquids and retested. We compared the findings and discussed variables that could have affected our findings (eg. air temp cooling down the liquids).<br />
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The rest of the day was spent on reading <i>The Runaway King</i> and finishing the portraits. I think they turned out great! <br />
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I'm a bit behind on writing up my blog posts so I'm having to go through my notes and refresh my memory. This is what I 'think' we did! :)<br />
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Started the day with a math problem challenge. Mickey and Henry were determined to solve this one! And they did!<br />
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Next, using a 100s chart we practiced our factors with a partner.<br />
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Using an idea from Brave Writer for Scavenger Poems, we used the words we collected last week from the magazines and the kids had to compose a poem.<br />
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We continued our study of <i>The Runaway King</i> and then started our portrait art. I love this project. It ensures that everyone will be successful! Can't ask for anything more. See the results in next week's blog post.</div>
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3. Colour the photo with one of three different colour combinations; realistic, warm colours, cool colours. We watched a video on colour theory and reviewed.</div>
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Today we were able to start using my new workspace for the kids. It's a cozy space and the kids seem to like it. Although I have a small heater for this room, we probably won't use it in the winter.<br />
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We started off with some fraction practice. Using a variety of manipulatives as well as pencil and paper, the kids had to demonstrate different ways of representing fractions. Basic fractions were easy, but they all needed practice with improper and mixed number. By the end, they were all proficient.<br />
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Last week they did a writing assignment involving making a packing list. This week they did the opposite. I provided a packing list (see below) and they had to write a story using those item. They were allowed to add to their list if need be. Wonderful stories unfolded. If they were comfortable sharing, they did. All were quite engaged in this process.<br />
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More Runaway King reading. For next week please read chapters 6 and 7.</div>
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On our hike we collected sketches and written descriptions about various plan species. Today we went through different field guides and tried to identify our plants. We added the new found info to our nature books.<br />
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We continued our work on our Zentangle designs. This is the start of mine below. This is a fantastic art project that anyone and everyone can do. It's basically a fancy doodle. The focus is on dividing up spaces, and using a variety of different line types.<br />
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These are pictures of them in progress. Some finished and some didn't. I'm trying to encourage them to take their time, even if it means not finishing it until the next co-op day. They're often eager to finish! They did a fantastic job on them. I highly recommend this exercise for everyone. Very relaxing!<br />
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Welcome back everyone! Nice to have our group back together again! It was supposed to be a HOT one so we started with a lovely hike down at the river before settling in the air conditioning. On our hike, the kids did some sketching of various plant species, in order to attempt to identify them next week. Lots of great observations and knowledge sharing along the way.</div>
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When we got back the kids had a writing task. I gave them a description of a trip to Scotland and they had to write up a packing list of things they would take on their trip. They got quite creative! Some were going on expensive trips!</div>
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In the afternoon we started our Zentangle design (more on this next week) and started our book club selection, "Runaway King" which is the second book in the "False Prince" trilogy.<br />
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Lovely weather today so we took advantage and the kids had a fair bit of free time outside. We have to grab it before it turns bad again!</div>
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To get into the 'Medieval' mood the kids started the day by building the playmobil castle.</div>
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After the castle building, the older two worked on their own while the rest continued with their Ted Harrison inspired art project. See examples of Ted Harrison art below.</div>
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This was a mixed media project. The kids used oil pastel (but could have also used crayons) for their outlines to not only create some contrast but to also divide the colour blocks.</div>
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After some time outside we started our Medieval Studies unit. We worked on a KWL chart; filling in what we KNOW, and what we WANT to learn. The kids are quite excited and are eager to build some castles and weaponry. We'll have to see what we can come up with!<br />
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We began our book study, "The False Prince." We made predictions based on the cover image and text as well as the description on the back. Most kids took turns reading and has we read we discussion and talked about unfamiliar words and guessed their meaning based on the context. For next co-op (in two weeks), they need to have read ch. 4-6. For anyone who missed out on today, feel free to pick up a book at your library and catch up at home (ch 1-6).<br />
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After lunch we did a brief study of probability. The kids had to calculate the number of outcomes for:<br />
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<li>two dice (getting harder)</li>
<li>coloured cubes in a bag (3 blue, one yellow, one black, 2 orange, 2 red, one green)</li>
<li>2 stacks on uno cards (2 colours, numbers 0-9) - really hard!</li>
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<li>equally likely outcomes</li>
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Thanks everyone for putting up with our renos. We're all doing the best we can! The kids have been awesome!</div>
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The day started off with some word work. We discussed the three rules for adding the suffix 'er.' Then I gave them a word and they had to secretly add 'er' and then share their answers on the whiteboards. </div>
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After morning break the kids got to design their own country with clay. They started with a thin layer of clay in a shape they wanted for their country. Then we talked about various geographical features and they had to add them to their country. We used the Waldorf cards as a visual add. The kids had lots of fun doing this. At the end, some added extra embellishments!<br />
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Finally, we studied Canadian artist Ted Harrison, and looked at the common features of his art. They had to come up with a design that had the following qualities:<br />
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This was our first winter season skiing with the kids. We decided that if we were going to commit the funds to this expensive sport, then we would make the most of it and get our monies worth! And we did. The kids participate in the 9 week ski lessons and we also went one other day each week. We spent 2 nights there over the Family Day holiday and while Heinrich was demolishing our kitchen (more on that later), I took the kids and Phoebe for 5 days. All in all, we had 20 days of amazing skiing. Definitely worth the investment and what a great way to pass the grey winter days. </div>
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Winter swimming at Aqua Plunge in the Village.<br />
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Our hotel where we stayed - the Westin. They permit dogs which is fantastic.<br />
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Phoebe enjoyed the fireplace in the hotel lobby!<br />
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After a long day of skiing!<br />
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At the top of Sunrise.<br />
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Rusty's patio on the March break.<br />
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Enjoying Beaver Tails at the top of the mountain.<br />
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Mason being his normal goofy self.<br />
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Mickey had a puppy themed party this year since we had a new addition to our household. With her birthday being just after Christmas it's sometimes tricky to plan. The kids got to play with Phoebe, make collars for their toy puppies, design a dog house, and played in the snow. The party was a huge success! </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2003194842018565573.post-18407127115942305042013-03-26T13:26:00.001-04:002013-03-26T13:26:38.486-04:00Post Catch UpThe other day I was frantically searching for some missing photos and had the chance to scan through my blog. This blog is so precious to me as it chronicles the kids and our homeschooling experiences. Although I don't have a ton of time to spend on the written portion of the posts, I do my best and it essentially acts as my personal journal.<br />
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I seem to have neglected my blog in 2012 - probably during the time when my mom was ill. I've decided to do some catch up. These posts are mainly for my records but perhaps you'll enjoy them too!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2003194842018565573.post-57229116109469715772013-03-19T18:15:00.000-04:002013-03-19T18:15:56.337-04:00Co-op update: Tuesday March 19, 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Welcome back everyone! Hope you had a great March Break. We loved hearing about everyone's adventures over the holidays.</div>
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We started the day with a brainstorming session. The kids had to come up with different was of saying "I said," in a writing piece. This challenge was met with silence at first! I gave them a couple and then slowly the wheels started turning! </div>
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After break we read about Quebec and had some great discussions about the significance of the St. Lawrence and what would happen if Quebec separated. The kids who have been to Quebec were able to recount their experiences to us.<br />
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After Easter we will start studying Medieval Times. We will also be doing a book study on "The False Prince." I have copies for each child and it would help if some of the reading could be done at home. Let me know if this is a problem. Also, a lot of the kids are interested in creating a model of 'something' medieval. If you're opposed to this, again, let me know! Thanks for a great day!</div>
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1) Played a quick game of Duple. We simplified the game but kept the idea the same. Turn over two cards, and the first person to come up with a 5-letter minimum word, wins the cards. It's a fast paced game but good for vocab and spelling practice.</div>
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3) Worked on some stained glass style art. They were focused on this project for at least an hour. Some needed to finish theirs.</div>
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Group 1: Researched Ontario animals and classified them as carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.</div>
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Group 2: Gave the kids a lesson on protractors and we practised measuring acute angles and then obtuse angles. No problem!</div>
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6) After lunch we looked at the radar map and watched the incoming snow storm. The kids came up with hypotheses as to why the radar map was showing the weather changing from rain to snow in certain areas.<br />
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We seem to finally be on track today - no illnesses and no snow days! Yeah!</div>
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4) drew maps of Ontario - freehand and labelled important cities and waterways</div>
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5) Worked on our birch tree art</div>
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1) Started with "BFG." Using some guidelines from "Writer's Jungle," we then studied the poem, "Jabberwocky" and made connections to "BFG" and "Alice in Wonderland." We tried to infer what this poem was about based on the few words we could identify and the tone of the poem. Next, came the big challenge. In pairs, the kids had to locate nouns, adjectives, and verbs in the poem. Some could easily identify the parts of speech just based on their position while others had a hard time wrapping their heads around the usage of these non-sensical words. All-in-all, it went fairly well. To put what they learned into practice, I had them take a passage (that I had written out) from the Berenstein Bears, and turn some words (nouns, verbs, etc...) into language similar to that used in "Jabberwock." Again, a few had a hard time learning to 'break the rules' and make up words. Once they figured out the goal, it went well and we had fun reading them allowed.</div>
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3) Over the last month we've been working on some birch tree art. The first step of this project had us using tape to create the trees in the positive space and then the kids painting the negative space. When the tape was removed the following week, their trees appeared! </div>
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I must apologize. I wasn't my usual energetic self today folks. Think I'm fighting off something. Thank you for getting the kids a little early today. As the day progressed, my energy seemed to be dissipating! The kids were good today. They had two play times outside and both times, they brought themselves in without my asking. I think it must have been a bit cold for them. We also had some hungry children today! It seemed as though the food never went away! </div>
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We started the lessons with <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=244020232398018">this</a> inspiration video and had a good chat about it afterwards.</div>
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In the book we're currently reading, "The BFG," the author uses quotations throughout as the story is a constant dialogue between the two main characters, Sophie and the BFG. For some reason however, the author uses single quotation marks and I'm not sure why. I believe it's the British standard. Anyhow, I gave them a lesson on the use of quotation marks and we studied some examples. Afterwards, the kids worked in pairs on a worksheet, inserting quotation marks where appropriate. This was a breeze for most of them.<br />
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I gave them each a copy of a passage from "BFG". As you may know, the BFG has his own unique language. For instance, he calls humans, human beans, rather than human beings! The play on words is brilliantly done, although somewhat challenging to read aloud! The kids get quite a kick out of it! After reading through the passage, I had them re-write the passage with their own interpretation of the language. As they re-wrote it, they had to play close attention to the usage of punctuation (especially the quotations).</div>
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After some much needed time to run around outside, we moved on to math. We reviewed what an angle is and talked about right angles, acute angles, and obtuse angles. They made them with their arms and on paper. The only measuring device we used this week, was an index card, for making right angles. Next week we'll try using a protractor! After making a few of each type of angle, we looked at a variety of triangles and named the angles in each. They were dying to draw their own. They tried to create as many different types of triangles as they could, by utilizing the 3 different angles.<br />
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I have a new game called "Numenko," which is a simple, yet effective game for practicing numeracy skills. It's good for all levels because you can keep it as simple (+/-) or as complex (x/) as you like. You're essentially making a number crossword and trying to use up all of your tiles!<br />
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We started a new art project today. Before the kids had lunch, they used tape to create birch bark trees on their page. This tape will eventually be pealed off and the white of the page will be the negative space which will represent the birch trees. After lunch and some more outside time they put a watercolour wash over top. Next week we'll complete these pieces.</div>
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Thank goodness the temperature went down today and my muddy backyard froze. Otherwise we wouldn't have had the greatly needed outside time today!</div>
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We started the day off with a writing exercise. For my own kids I haven't put too much pressure on them when it comes to writing. Up to this point they have written for pleasure and when I ask them to, but I've never really edited their work. I have to tread lightly when it comes to Mason and writing and I knew that if I pushed the editing, that he would revolt! Today I had the kids write a Show and Tell exercise. They had to chose a special item that they would like to share in Show and Tell. The catch however, is that they can't actually bring in the item. They must write about it. We discussed all the things that they would need to tell us in order for us to get a complete picture of the object. Half the group was able to do this with little trouble and could easily have moved on to editing and the other half really struggled with the content of their piece. We will work on writing a little each week but I'll try and do it in a pressure-free way!</div>
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We review perimeter and then moved on to area which we have talked about before. We compared the methods of using a picture (and counting squared units) to the ease of using a formula and the two dimensions. We tried some easy rectangles and then moved on to composite figures which could be divided into multiple rectangles. They then had to make as many shapes as they could with an area of 20 sq. units. We shared answers and then I had them find the perimeter of each shape so they could see that although the shapes had the same area, the perimeters were different.<br />
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To sum up our learning, I gave them each a strip of toilet paper. They had to make a composite shape with the toilet paper and then calculate the area and perimeter. Many jokes were told during this exercise! BOYS!<br />
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After math we moved on to art. We attempted to finished the piece today but the watercolour painting took longer than expected. Most will finish it next week. Mickey stayed inside today and finished hers. </div>
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After our novel study the kids had free time and the games came out!<br />
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Is it just me or did the holidays go by extremely quickly! Anyhow, the kids arrived full or energy and stories today. We started the day hearing about everyone's holiday and their favourite gifts!</div>
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We did a writing exercise which had them reflecting on the past year and then focusing on the upcoming year; their hopes, dreams, resolutions, etc... They were really into this exercise. I have put their sheets in their portfolios but if you'd like to see them before the end of the year, let me know! They are enlightening, some amusing, thoughtful, and mature! </div>
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We continued on to math and did a quick review of perimeter. Some are still getting perimeter and area mixed up. We solved some very simple perimeter questions and then I had them make some polygons with given perimeters. The kids liked the challenge of this and were all successful!</div>
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After math the kids had a quick snack and then we all went outside and played, British Bulldog, Ship to Shore and then I left them to have some free time (while I prepared for the next activity).<br />
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Today we added to our Canada unit. We had a discussion about the Canadian Shield, where it's located, it's significance, what industries it provides, and the challenges it presents. The kids coloured in it's location on a map.<br />
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Today we focused on Ontario. We talked about the provincial flag for Ontario and the different components of the flag. While they coloured the flag and drew Ontarian icons on their title page, I read a few pages about Ontario.<br />
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Today was our last session before the Christmas holidays. All the kids arrived a little weary. They must all have had busy weekends. By 10:30 am, or so, they were back to their usual energetic selves!</div>
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While we waited for the girls to arrive, the kids worked on illustrating their books. I printed up their books using <a href="http://www.fuelthebrain.com/mini-books/create.php?page=title">this</a> site. Once everyone was present, the kids read their stories to the group. Our two older students only had 15-20 minutes to work on their own work today.</div>
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After our stories, the kids got to work cutting out nets for miniature houses and churches that they were to turn into ornaments.<br />
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They worked so hard cutting out the pieces and desperately need time to run outside. While they had some free time, I glued the houses together and prepared for step 2.<br />
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While I prepared the lunch, the kids were divided up between three different games. I make it a point to switch up the pairing of kids so they all get a chance to be together. Othello was a big hit!<br />
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Thank you to those people who sent along stuff for our lunch. The kids made sandwiches and had make your own salads. We had garlic bread and some treats too! They all ate very well!<br />
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After lunch I put out an assortment of embellishments that they could use to decorate their ornament and turn it into a wintry scene. We had glitter and fake snow everywhere! Sorry about the wet glue! The day flew by today. I should have planned for them to have more drying time.<br />
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The kids were eager to do their ornament exchange. Wow, all of you went above and beyond. They were beautiful and the kids were so excited to give and receive. </div>
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Thank you all for participating in this co-op. I thoroughly enjoy every single moment I spend with your kids. I have lots planned for the new year! If you have any requests, please feel free to send them along.<br />
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Here's a quick update for our co-op day today!</div>
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1) Game of UNO while we waited for others to arrive.</div>
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2) Using the books, <u>If You Take a Mouse to the Movies</u> and <u>If You Give a Mouse a Cookie</u> each child wrote a Christmas version using a formula I gave them. We'll illustrate these stories next week. For those who weren't present today, if your kids would like to do this on their own at home and bring it back for next week that would be great. They could illustrate them here.</div>
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3) Snack and outdoor play.<br />
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4) Christmas word art.<br />
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5) We did a quick lesson on perimeter and area. Using lego, we practiced a few.<br />
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6) Lunch and more outdoor play.<br />
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7) After lunch we continued our talk about perimeter and area and added a note to our geometry and measurement lapbook. We practiced finding the area and perimeter of many irregular shapes using lego and large grid paper. We finished off with a little challenge!<br />
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8) I showed the kids their Canada books that I put together for them using the artwork they completed a few weeks ago. I think they turned out great. Each province has an alphabet project and it's own section. As we continue our conversations about Canada we will add to our books. Today we read about Saskatchewan and filled in our alphabet list. </div>
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10) We read a chapter of BFG and discussed descriptions involving; taste, sound, and sight. Next week we will add these descriptions to our lapbook.<br />
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11) A game of charades!<br />
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We started with some cuddles!<br />
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Then I split them into two groups and had one group act out a scenario on <i>responsibility</i> and the other group did <i>compassion. </i>This was an entertaining start to the day!<br />
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We have been working on a geometry lapbook. So far we've studied polygons (up to 10 sides), intersecting, parallel, and perpendicular lines. Today (while the two older ones worked) I gave them a lesson on angles. We went over what an angle is and how it is measured. I showed them a protractor and used it only to demonstrate a straight angle and the number of degrees in a circle. Everyone was familiar with the term right angle and that it measures 90 degrees. I had them show me a right angle with their bodies (in many different forms). I then introduced them to the <i>cute little <u>acute</u> angle </i>and the <i><u>obtuse</u> angle. </i>We demonstrated these with our arms. They seemed to get this really quickly. To demonstrate their knowledge they had to draw a cartoon showing a character sitting in chairs with; an acute angle, an obtuse angle, and a right angle. They had NO problem with this and most were quick to recognize that the obtuse chair would be the most comfortable chair to have!<br />
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They then used the coloured sticks and added examples of the three types of angles to their lapbook. They used an index card to measure and confirm the right angle.<br />
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Lunch time and outdoor play!<br />
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After lunch while the older two did their activities (and kept an ear open to ours) we continued in our lapbooks and focused on quadrilaterals. We covered; squares, rectangles, rhombus, trapezoid, parallelogram and kite shape. As I introduced a new one, they constructed it out of pipe cleaners. We talked about similarities and compared; line lengths, angle sizes, and parallel sides. They all could identify the 3 types of angles in the various quadrilaterals.<br />
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Today we started a lapbook on our novel <i>BFG.</i> As I read two chapters they drew a cover which had to have their version of a BFG. They were fantastic!<br />
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As I read, I recorded some of the giant's words. This is a great book for word and language analysis. I think I've already mentioned that there are wonderful opportunities for inferencing and use of context. The kids made a word booklet (to go in the lapbook) and we listed off some of the giant's words. I re-read each word in its sentence and the kids had to come up with a synonym for the giant's word. They had lots of fun with this!<br />
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Another great day today folks! While we waited for a few kids to arrive we reviewed our week as far as bucket filling and dipping goes. It was difficult to get past the regular/usual/continuous sibling "stuff." I think our older kids understand the consequences of bucket dipping perhaps a little more than the younger ones. I told them about the third rule; which is <i>putting a lid on our buckets!</i> We realize that bucket dipping is going to occur, but if we can find strategies (our lids) to help us from being affected by bucket dippers than we can help keep our buckets full. Examples of this would include; ignoring, humour, walking away, conversation, etc... We had some good conversation around this topic. We are done with the buckets. They may want to hold on to them so that they can reflect at a later date on the things that filled their buckets.</div>
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1) Listening to <i>The Boy Who Cried Wolf</i> which can be found <a href="http://storynory.com/">here</a>.</div>
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Today we worked on creating patterned paper. I found <a href="http://peonyandparakeet.blogspot.ca/2010/11/how-to-make-your-own-patterned-paper.html">this</a> idea and just loved it! It's essentially a mixed media project and could be completed in different variations. The end result could be used for wrapping paper, scrapbooking, etc... I'm going to make the papers into covers for their Canadiana books.<br />
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For step one, they created their backgrounds using watercolour paints. They had to think about colour, line types (since I would only allow organic lines), and how to avoid a muddy mess. They really got into this and the compliments were flying!<br />
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After lunch the older two students had time to work on their studies while the remaining 8 were divided into 4 groups of two. They rotated through 5 math stations. These were the stations:<br />
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After math, we returned to our art (since it was dry) and they added doodling with markers and white highlights with white-out pens.<br />
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I think they turned out great! What do you think?<br />
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Braeden<br />
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Jesse<br />
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Eli<br />
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Mine (for demo)<br />
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Aislinn<br />
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Tara<br />
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Henri<br />
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Maya<br />
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And Mickey's is missing....oops!<br />
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We finished off the day with BFG. We're really enjoying this book. I'm hoping to start a lapbook on BFG next week. There's lots we can do with this book.<br />
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30-40 minutes of free time outside!<br />
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We had a full house today! Great turn out. It was so nice to have most here. It was a bit of a hodge podge day today and the weather certainly didn't help.</div>
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We had to complete our mixed-media art project from last week, so I divided the kids into two groups so I could work with one group at a time. While I worked with one group on their art, the others read, played cards, and played with some building toys. We then switched groups. Unfortunately the two kids who missed last week weren't able to participate in this activity. It was too lengthy to get caught up on.</div>
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The art took a good portion of the morning, so once both groups were done, they got outside for some free time while I cleaned up. We did this just in time to avoid the rain and had a quick snack afterwards!<br />
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Our virtue of the day was compassion. Most couldn't explain what compassion was, so after reading the description in the book, the kids were then able to come up with many examples of situations where they would demonstrate compassion. We also talked about situations which aren't quite as obvious, eg/ elderly person, pet, friend who might have wronged you, strangers, etc...<br />
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After thoroughly exploring the virtue of compassion, the kids were quite anxious to show off their buckets! Thank you to everyone for helping with this little project. We talked about how the week went with the filling of buckets. Did they fill their own, or did they also fill others? We talked about some of the challenges. One suggested that although they were doing a lot to fill their OWN bucket, sometimes, other family members did things that took away from their bucket filling! This was the perfect segue to the second rule of bucket filling!<br />
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The second rule is NO BUCKET DIPPING! This means that people can do things that affect our ability to keep our buckets full, for example;<br />
a) being mean<br />
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c) accidents (eg/ a toy breaking)<br />
d) insincerity<br />
d) thoughtlessness<br />
e) neglect<br />
f) bullying<br />
g) exclusion<br />
h) name calling/put downs<br />
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For this week the kids are going to add to their buckets; however, bucket dipping will occur. If someone does something that affects the fullness of another's bucket, they are to remove one of the papers from the bucket! They can bring them back next week and we'll see how many they have left and we'll talk about some of the events that caused bucket dipping!<br />
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Lunchtime was really fast today. Actually the whole day flew by! After lunch we continued with the second part of our art project. I gave them a quick lesson on a colour wheel; primary and secondary colours, tints, shades, and contrasting colours.<br />
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While one group worked on outlining their bicycle with a contrasting colour, the other group worked on creating fraction towers with lego blocks. They made drawings in their workbooks and labelled their drawings with the required fractions. Once they had this down, they then worked on adding fraction towers. A few attempted subjecting fractions. Most were able to grasp this with ease.<br />
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Our finished art. I think they turned out quite well!<br />
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We started a new book today, BFG, by Roald Dahl. If you could acquire a copy for next week I would appreciate it!<br />
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We finished off the day with more place value math using UNO cards. They were given a certain number of cards and using the cards they had to come up with the highest 3 digit, 4 digit, and 5 digit number with the cards they were given. Once they had each number, they then had to do mental math to total the digits. A few struggled with saying the finished number out loud and adding the numbers together. This is a great game to speed up their math skills! Example;<br />
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Cards given to one player: 3 4 1 9 6 0 5 7 2<br />
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3 digit number found: 976 (they had to say this orally)<br />
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Total number of points: 9 + 7 + 6 = 22<br />
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Thanks everyone for another great day! Please remember to send a reading book each week. If they don't want to bring a book they can bring other quiet work to work on.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0