Hahgoot gets her homework from me, and her teacher
checks it.
She has been exempt from spelling lists as she has been spelling words like
“geodesic dome” and Australian animal species her teacher didn’t know
existed, so no need to work on that any more...In math she can do
multiplication in her head to 5X5 on her own.
For her last spelling assignment she got a list of dwellings from around the world, researched a photo
and a definition for each one using Wikipedia, and then sorted them (she had to come up with her own
sorting categories). After trying various options, she decided to sort by
cold to hot (the weather at the location of the dwelling, so igloo and yurt would be the coldest and an underground home from Coober Paddy would be
the hottest).
Lately Hahgoot has been a big Enid Blyton fan, and enjoyed both “The enchanted wood” series
and “the famous five” series.
Top left: a drawing of the high jump for news about the
Olympics
Right: Hahgoot made her own Aussie bird
from recycled materials for her news about Aussie animals
Hahgoot had a big task for research, following her studies about the Olympics at school:
She interviewed her Grandma Jaike in Hebrew via Skype about her experience as
Israel’s Javelin throwing record holder for 27 years and as a very active participant in the
Maccabiah games (the “Jewish Olympics” held in Israel).
Then she translated the interview into English!
My mum was thrilled to be part of Hahgoot’s homework and proudly showed off her medals (she has 15 gold medals!), trophy and shield and explained about the different emblems (top row).
A very exciting day this month was Hahgoot’s big trip to Taronga Zoo with Years 1 and 2 (it’s an hour and a half
on the bus each way!) The trip was fantastic but very tiring.
Here she is looking excited with her small backpack on, standing next to
the cheeky monkey
In our next presentation:
Hahgoot’s updates, part 2,Which is about some extra studies