Math Labyrinth

To begin your Fraction Labyrinth, go to

http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_Index.html


Grab your snowmobile and race to the finish line multiplying fractions.  Improve your race time by racing 5 times.



Then trade in your blades for wheels and jump on your dirt bike for a race of proportions.  Here you will find the missing number to create equal fractions.  Keep racing to improve your dirt bike mojo.  Race 5 times.



Complete your day at the races with a couple of passes on the raceway.  Race your car to improve your skills combining fractions.  Race on the speedway 3 times.



That's a lot of time on the tracks!


Well done, Math Ninja!

Poetry Tuesday

An acrostic poem uses the first letters of a word or phrase to begin each new line of the poem.  The content of the poem usually is descriptive of the chosen phrase or word.  Consider a few holiday words or phrases.  Choose one and write it at the top of your brainstorm scroll.  Then, begin to write phrases or words that relate to your chosen word or phrase.  After the 10 minute brainstorm session, we will organize those ideas to work into our acrostic.  You will need your brain, pencil, scroll, music, and thesaurus.


Here are some great examples of holiday acrostics others have written.

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems/about/acrostic_christmas_poems

Vocabulary to Add to Your Vocal Journal

boon:  noun

something that makes life easier or better

A windy day is a boon to kite fliers.



broadcast:  verb

1.  to transmit for public use by radio or television

2.  to make widely known

noun

a radio or television program


At the beginning of the ball game, I got to help broadcast the players' names.



burrow:  noun

a tunnel or hole dug by an animal in the ground

We found a chipmunk's burrow in our garden.



casual:  adjective

1.  appropriate for everyday use or wear

2.  done without attention or thought

I changed my clothes because Mom said they were too casual to wear to the wedding.


celestial:  adjective

related to the heavens or to the sky

The moon is a celestial object.

Just for a Little Christmas Fun

Name all the Christmas carols from the picture clues above.

Monday Schedule

10:00 ~~~Journaling:  Choose from the Topic Box

10:30 ~~~Prepositional Pathway

11:30 ~~~Science and the Elements
                Memory Work of the first 12 elements/Write Questions to ask Dad.

12:00~~~Writing

1:00~~~LUNCH

1:30~~~Vocabulary/Spelling
                  Begin your memory work and sentences on the next 5 vocab words.

2:00~~~Reading Corner & Literature

3:40~~~Gymnastics

Thursday Schedule

10:00 ~~~Book Club Prep

10:30 ~~~Young Girl's Literary Society
                  Discuss chapters 10-15 

11:15 ~~~Break

11:30~~~Preposition Pathway

12:15~~~Math

1:00~~~LUNCH

1:30~~~Journal
                 In Gratitude.  Look at the above post about Gratitude 

1:45~~~Vocabulary/Spelling
                  Begin your memory work and sentences on the next 5 vocab words.


2:45~~~Science and the Elements
                Memory Work of the first 12 elements/Write Questions to ask Dad.

3:40~~~Gymnastics

Journal for Thursday:

Choose a topic to write about for today.  Be thoughtful as you write.  Pay attention to neatness, sentence structure and punctuation.

1.

 Describe the perfect day.  Put in as many details as you can.  Make it a possible day, not a "dream day." 

2.

What is the best book you have ever read?  Why did you like it?  Did reading the book change you in any way?  What way? 

3.  

If you could be a character in any book that you have read, who would it be and why?  What traits about that character do you admire the most?

4.

Imagine you are a character from one of your favorite books.  Who would it be? Describe an average day you would have.  Write it in the voice of the person you are imagining to be.

5.

Write about a favorite Christmas season memory from your childhood.  Write all the details you remember in a narrative form.  Tell why it is such a special memory.