Week 6 Review

Last week, which seems like a long time ago since we are writing this on Wednesday instead of Monday, we celebrated Valentine's Day in our homeschool.  One of my Valentine's Day assignments was to write a letter to Abigail Adams from John Adams using conversation hearts.  During their marriage they were often separated and kept in contact by writing love letters.  Here's how my letter reads:

To My Dearest BFF Abigail,

Dear Abigail, please say yes and come visit me in France.  I hope you are very happy at home with the kids.  I barely have the power to go on without you.  The Rebels have fought like a dream in the last few battles.  The British have fought with a lot of power too.  Ask me anything you want to.  That was some sweet talk.  Lots of xoxo.  From John Adams

I wrote all the things I love in a heart.

My mom and I read about the human heart and then I drew this model and wrote 5 facts I learned.  One of them relates to the experiment we did.  The average pulse rate for a man per minute is 71, for a woman is 80, and for a child is 85.  We used our blood pressure monitor to check on the health of our hearts.  

My stats are on the top picture and my mom's are on the bottom.  We both have healthy hearts.  Our blood pressure and our pulse rates are below normal, indicating our heart muscles are strong.  My mom's heart rate is far below normal because she is a runner.  

On Friday night, my family went to Reed Creek (where I have my nature club) for a program called Nocturnal Nightcrawlers.  We learned all about the adaptations animals have to help them be successful nocturnal creatures.  We went on a walk in the dark and the instructor gave us a piece of paper and a crayon.  He asked us to draw a house, a tree, and to write down the color of crayon and paper.  It was difficult to see in the dark, but I did guess the color of my crayon correctly.  

Other things I did last week include:

• Practicing adding/subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.
• Coding.
• Finishing my persuasive essay.
• Reading many books with my mom about: George Washington, Isaac Newton, Abigail Adams, and Thomas Jefferson.
• Reading Sign of the Beaver.
• Watching another episode of John Adams.

We are finishing up many of the books we are reading this week, so soon I will have a lot of cool assignments showing what I learned from the books.  

That's all for now - 

Ollie and Mom - Out