Tales Of A 4-5 Something

Waynflete is homeschooling and that means that we are at home and I am sitting in my sunroom and typing this up. I like working at home. I especially like having lunch with my family and friends (online). I am so grateful that we have school online. Without school, I would be bored to death. My class in 4-5 has a morning meeting at 8:30 a nd then we have a meeting at 11:30 that is optional so we can check in, and then the last meeting is at 2:30. We get a read aloud at that meeting! HJ

Since we’ve been quarantined at home and we have had to use an app called BlueJeans to see each other for classes. Yesterday, Wednesday, March 18 we had a show your pet day! for Morning Meeting. A lot of us wanted to have a bring your pet to school day but people were allergic so now was the chance! But you can’t smell or touch using BlueJeans so our teacher said yes! There were so many animals ranging from hedgehogs to hamsters with pets A to Z in between. I saw: A Hamster A hedgehog  Lots and lots of dogs A few fish 2 cats  A Guinea pig And a parrot It was so fun! Daphne

This week we are working from home. We will work online and still treat it like a normal school day but we are at home. I think some people might like this better, like me, because you are at home so  you can sit on your couch or your bed while you are reading instead of sitting in a chair or a crazy creek. But some people might rather be in school because they might like sitting in a chair better while they are working. But, being in school lets you be with friends and get work done.  Here are some people working from home. They brought their pets to morning meeting. We couldn't do that if we were at school. LEL

In 4-5 we are doing IPs or Independent Projects. We get to pick and study different topics. First, we went to the library to pick out our topics. We can choose five topics that we like and rate them. Next, we read our books and we take notes from our books. We can take notes on Drive or on notecards. Along the way we use a graphic organizer called a pillar to plan our paper and we write a letter to an expert for extra facts. We also get articles from InfoBits to read and get even more information. Then we start writing our reports and make visual aids. The whole prosses takes 6 weeks and in the end we present our to our family and class. Some of the topics in our class are Jane Goodall, Yosemite, Vanilla, Louisianna Purchase, George Washington Carver, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Climate Change, Maya Angelou, Volcanoes, Geysers, Marie Curie, People Of The Southwest, and Food Chains.   Asahel and Harper

Every year in January we study a country, this year the country was Iceland. We also do some cooking as a home station each year. For this blog we decided to review some of the food we got to try. 5 stars means we liked it a lot and one star means we did not enjoy it. The recipes will be linked below the review. Cabbage: JJ: ★ Emile: ★ We both didn’t really enjoy this dish because it was very tangy. The cinnamon was a little offsetting and overall it was pretty bland. The blueberries also made it little too sweet for cabbage. Fish Chowder: JJ:★★★★ Emile:★★★★ We both liked this dish. It was a fairly thin stew with lots of delicious vegetables and fish. Thunder Bread: JJ:★★★★★ Emile:★★★★  This dish is a mouthwatering rich bread. It is sweet, healthy and dense. We both loved this bread and recommend it. We think it would be fun to make at home! Yogurt Pie: JJ: ★★ Emile: ★★★ We both thought that this dish was fine but the yogurts consistency was a little strange for a p...