Monday, 16 March 2020
Brain mini learning unit- free resources
Free resources for a teaching unit grades 4-9 on the Brain
Videos on the Brain:
How the Brain Works - Sentis
Your Brain is Plastic - SciShow
Brain Anatomy Song for Kids - Kids Learning Tube
The Human Brain - Happy Learning English
The Brainstem - Neuroscientifically Challenged
How Brains Are Built - Alberta Family Wellness
Schoolwork
Brain Interactive Notebook - The Science Penguin
Hands-on
Make a brain with clay or playdough & label the parts
Thursday, 22 August 2019
Planning 2019-2020
LA
Learning Language Arts through Literature the gray book grade8 ordered from Canadian Home Education
crossroads 7 & sightlines 7 (in homeschool LA folder)
https://msporterstrose.weebly.com/
Math
Math Makes Sense 7 Text
Science
Science 7- Aligned from Canadian Home Education
https://wessner.weebly.com/science-7-textbook.html
Science 8- Aligned from Canadian Home Education
https://wessner.weebly.com/science-8.html
Social Studies
SS 7 Our Canada & Voices and Visions (in homeschool SS folder)
https://msporterstrose.weebly.com/grade-7-social-studies.html
(did grade 8 last year)
Health
Health 7 Health and Lifeskills (in homeschool Health folder)
https://www.ywcaofedmonton.org/programs-and-services/girlspace/
http://lifeissewdaily.blogspot.com/p/sewing-basics.html
Course outline https://mamaitsy.blogspot.com/2019/08/home-economics-elective.html
PE
PE 7
PE 8
Volleyball Registration is Sept 1, 10:30am - 12pm, Monday Sept. 30- Dec 2.
Argyll Natural Learning Community. Fridays Skating in Winter, Swimming in summer
Art
Art 7
Art 8
What do you see a Child's First Introduction to Art by Laurie Bluedorn (vol. 1 free Amazon)
(Topics in IntroArt.txt homeschool art folder)
French
French 6
https://french.harkonen.ca/grade-4/my-classroom/
https://sites.google.com/erlc.ca/fsl-4-6/grade-6-fsl?authuser=0
http://www.2learn.ca/kids/ (FSL tab)
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm
http://www.lsfrench.com/beginners2.html
https://www.french-games.net/
LearnAlberta.ca Program of study http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/fslav/gr06_alberta_av/gr06_alberta_mm.html
French 7 LearnAlberta.ca Program of study Animals
French 8
Resources http://mrnicerhs.weebly.com/grade-7-core-french.html
http://mrsbohaychuk.weebly.com/fsl-7.html
Learning Language Arts through Literature the gray book grade8 ordered from Canadian Home Education
crossroads 7 & sightlines 7 (in homeschool LA folder)
https://msporterstrose.weebly.com/
Math
Math Makes Sense 7 Text
Science
Science 7- Aligned from Canadian Home Education
https://wessner.weebly.com/science-7-textbook.html
Science 8- Aligned from Canadian Home Education
https://wessner.weebly.com/science-8.html
Social Studies
SS 7 Our Canada & Voices and Visions (in homeschool SS folder)
https://msporterstrose.weebly.com/grade-7-social-studies.html
(did grade 8 last year)
Health
Health 7 Health and Lifeskills (in homeschool Health folder)
https://www.ywcaofedmonton.org/programs-and-services/girlspace/
http://lifeissewdaily.blogspot.com/p/sewing-basics.html
Course outline https://mamaitsy.blogspot.com/2019/08/home-economics-elective.html
PE
PE 7
PE 8
Volleyball Registration is Sept 1, 10:30am - 12pm, Monday Sept. 30- Dec 2.
Argyll Natural Learning Community. Fridays Skating in Winter, Swimming in summer
Art
Art 7
Art 8
What do you see a Child's First Introduction to Art by Laurie Bluedorn (vol. 1 free Amazon)
(Topics in IntroArt.txt homeschool art folder)
French
French 6
https://french.harkonen.ca/grade-4/my-classroom/
https://sites.google.com/erlc.ca/fsl-4-6/grade-6-fsl?authuser=0
http://www.2learn.ca/kids/ (FSL tab)
http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm
http://www.lsfrench.com/beginners2.html
https://www.french-games.net/
LearnAlberta.ca Program of study http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/fslav/gr06_alberta_av/gr06_alberta_mm.html
French 7 LearnAlberta.ca Program of study Animals
French 8
Resources http://mrnicerhs.weebly.com/grade-7-core-french.html
http://mrsbohaychuk.weebly.com/fsl-7.html
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Home Economics elective
https://plainandnotsoplain.com/kitchen-skills-main-page/
Original source: https://7sistershomeschool.com/how-to-record-home-economics-on-homeschool-transcripts/
Early Childhood Education
Original source: https://7sistershomeschool.com/how-to-record-home-economics-on-homeschool-transcripts/
Food and Nutrition
- Healthy meal planning
- Cooking and baking skills
- Sanitary cleanup
Entertaining guests
- Planning for an event
- Food
- Utensils
- Basic social skills for greeting and conversation
- Setting tables
- Arranging living areas/decorating for guests
- Allowing guests to help cleanup, or not
- RSVPs
Necessary house cleaning
- Kitchen organization and chores
- Bedroom organization and chores
- Living area organization and chores
- Bathroom organization and chores
- How to use a plunger
- External organization and chores
Laundry and clothing maintenance
- Basic laundry skills
- Ironing skills
- When to go to dry cleaners
- Clothing repairs
- Seasonal change-overs
Financial chores
- Budgetting
- Shopping skills
- Digital shopping smarts
- Brick-and-mortar shopping smarts
- Financial literacy course
Interior design and decorating
- Working with a budget
- Basics of aesthetics
How to be a good neighbor
- Interacting with neighbors
- Setting boundaries when necessary
- Community involvement
How to be a good family member
- Family rights and responsibilities
- Basic communication skills
Car maintenance
- What should you check and how
- How often does your car need maintenance?
- Where to go for maintenance
- Checking tire pressure/adding air
- Changing a tire
Communications
- How to answer a phone
- Business communications
- Complaint calls or emails
- Contacting your politicians
Basic home repair/maintenance and safety checks
- How to check the fuse box/circuit breakers
- checking batteries in smoke detectors
- cleaning lint trap in dryer
- how to find a chimney sweep if you have a fire place
- replace air filter in furnace
Some people include childrearing in their Home Economics courses. It would be our suggestion that those courses need their own credits to do them justice. Here are our courses on childrearing.
Human DevelopmentEarly Childhood Education
Friday, 21 June 2019
Modeling interests
Youtube Modeling tips playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7U8SlFmT9d5S70HQAbEezQYF7pV30zRL
Alberta agencies
http://numamodels.com/join
http://www.modemodels.com/become/ Kelly Streit owner
(did their model WEM April https://globalnews.ca/video/5151444/want-to-be-a-model-mode-model-search-looking-for-talent-in-edmonton)
https://www.sophiamodels.com/become-a-model/
http://www.imodelmanagement.ca/scouted.html
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwylulhwDA/
https://pushmodels.com/model_personal_detail.php
https://www.qbnw.com/alberta/
Chan in WEM negative review
https://www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/comments/51pu13/chan_international_model_talent_management_in_wem/
Regina https://www.edgeagency.com/app-child
https://twitter.com/Brandonwoelfel/status/1139033436063260674
Networks
https://corp.castingnetworks.com/talent/
https://www.pattifalconer.com/become
Fashion Week Edmonton
September 17-22 2019 Edmonton
http://westerncanadafashionweek.com/events-tickets/
Thursday, 6 June 2019
Light & Optical Systems Unit grade 8
History of Astronomy
Crash Course History of Astronomy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FYvy3_egHw
Discovery Channel Astronomy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXP8t0Zj0h0
History of Astronomy part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2M7zSh7YFI
part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DITn6GB6SY
part 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGr1nHdzLyk
4 Properties of light
Alberta Curriculum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaUFGPws2ro
Alberta Curriculum overview
http://mail.nlesd.ca/~david_cashin/Sci%208/8Unit2Ch4Slideshow09Mod%20Dave.pdf
Properties of light
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxq8UPSZylc
Properties of light experiments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIYfqSZYLGM
History of Optical Devices
history of optical devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmRgXNCcBSQ
Crash Course history of optical devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SddBPTcmqOk
Crash Course optics & physics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh4m8Ees-3Q
Ray Diagrams
Mirror
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrMvnjOgsig
lenses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfytZxM8lho
curved mirrors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPV6ci2XCog
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Late March Early April planning 2019
Great French Resource
http://fslactivities.ca/wordprintouts.html
https://www.puzzles-to-print.com/french-puzzles/
https://beta.conjuguemos.com/teacher/library
http://fslactivities.ca/wordprintouts.html
https://www.puzzles-to-print.com/french-puzzles/
https://beta.conjuguemos.com/teacher/library
Saturday, 23 February 2019
School Plan for Feb 25-March 8
Morning Videos
NOTE: If something doesn't work, substitute Robotech Season 1, on Amazon (22 mins each)
Tuesday Feb 26
Wednesday Feb 27
Thursday Feb 28
Friday March 1
Monday March 4
Math- Exponents & Square Roots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4zejSI8zho (11:08)
SS- The Return of the Barbarians https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNbOUZNVerQ (90 mins)
Tuesday March 5
Science- Cell Specialization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNe6RuK0FfA&list=PL7U8SlFmT9d7jGkqv6G9w_rW6qApYSJDQ (17 mins)
Science- Microscopic World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaElp0M3NZw (4:29)
Science- Cell Mitosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-ldPgEfAHI (8:26)
Wednesday March 6
SS- The Barbarian & the Geisha, please rent from google play 1958 movie (1:44:56)
(If you are having trouble renting it, it should show up in right side of trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2nh4NoV7o8)
Thursday March 7
Math- Factoring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NvLtTwnUHs (6:17)
Math- Factoring & Multiples https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9PEQP7gpgE (12:45)
SS- Hua Mulan on Amazon (1:27:27)
Friday March 8
Internet day
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