Olivia

Monday - back to school

What a great work cycle! Lucas and Olivia working with concencentration and focus.  Big, big math - working into the trillions family.

 Olivia solving addition problems, into the trillions, without materials.

 Lucas mapping out his zoology work on the white board.

After doing some matching work and reading through the fact cards, he listed 2 facts about each Phylum, based on the unique characteristics of that Phylum.

Snowshoeing at Seymour

Lucas and Olivia went on a snowshoe fieldtrip with Lochiel.  Our group shoed around Flower Lake and learned about the adaptations of the animals that live on the mountain.  We saw tracks from the snowshoe hare.  Our guide, Leif, has a package with the essentials for survival and we looked at everything and talked about safety on the mountain.

Mapping faces

Lucas and Olivia mapped their faces at Lochiel

Olivia using the farm for Grammar

With this work, Olivia sets up her farm scene and then makes sentences using word cards to tell what is happening in the scene. 

Spelling

Lucas wrote a paragraph that incorporated all 15 words on his spelling list!

stick n puck

Learning to skate even better

Lucas and Olivia in their First Spelling Bee

Lucas spells his first word 

 Olivia and her first word

 Next round

Next Round.....and the winners at the primary level are

Just Dance!!

Learning hip hop style dance moves by copying the dancer on TV

The Great Escape

Happy New Year!

We started learning about the Kingdoms of Life and how every living thing can be classified into one of these Five Kingdoms, based on their characteristics.

Oh yes, and some schoolwork

Building triangles by the types of sides

 Fraction equivalence

Triangles built by the type of angle.

 Lucas's spelling list.

Addition with the large bead frame.

Division with the Stamp Game

Olivia creates and parses sentences for her Grammar work.

Contructive triangles - bulding quadrilaterals with triangles

Parsing by Lucas

Constructive Triangles

Gingerbread Cookies - healthy style!

 We used all organic natural ingredients in our cookies and decorated with cranberries and nuts - they were delicious and only lasted one day!!!