Missed Learning logs caught up

#18 Learning Log 1/21/13 to 1/28/13

Spelling: with Bananagrams

Math: with math games, math practice on Aleks memorizing 7 multiplication.  

History/ Geography: Map of China

Life Skills: Basics of car transmissions, transmission fluid and engine oil

Ballet: History of point shoes, learned a new dance, 

Literature: Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede 

#17 Learning Log 01/14/13 to 01/20/13

Literature: Sherlock Holmes Hound of the Baskervilles. Other short stories by Sherlock Holmes. Harry Potter Half Blood Prince

Math: with math games.  Aleks how to write and add numbers with decimal points.

Life Skills: "just because its widely accepted as true or good does not mean it's not worth debating"

Ballet:  How to do peekays, taking care of your feet properly.

#16 Learning Log 01/07/13 to 01/13/13

Math: with math games. Aleks graphing. 

English/ Literature: Sherlock Holmes Sign of the Four. Other short stories by Sherlock Holmes.  Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix

Life Skills: Introduction to Sparing. Discussion on "parents deceive there children a lot without meaning to."

Ballet: Started out on point shoes for the first time, how to tie point shoes

#15 Learning Log 12/31/12 to 01/06/13

Spelling: Test and practice

Math: Life of Fred Math, finished a book.  Aleks "how to multiply by 9 almost effortlessly"

English/ Literature: Bible, Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet.  Other short stories by Sherlock Holmes.  Harry Potter Goblet of Fire.

Life Skills: public speaking, Writing an Oratory Speech. "in the real world no buddy cares about what you have to say," (i.e. prove your point with facts)

#14 Learning Log 12/15 - 12/21

Spelling: Test and practice. 

Literature: Bible. Harry Potter Prisoner of Askiban

Physics: Measuring and Friction

History/ Geography: Country flags of North America

Music: Stringed Musical Instruments, Brass instruments names and general information