What I expect at the VilVite

Tomorrow: Visit the VilVite

The spinner might make me dizzy for awhile .

I might be blown away by the fan!

I want too see the wave pool.

weather:I don't now what makes weather.

ocean:the ocean is an ecosystem that has salt water, fish, and corals. Fish eat grass,kelp, and seaweed.

energy:energy is from the sun, water, and wind.

Then I want to go home.

Painstakingly Slow Progress

SCHOOL OBJECTIVE:

A (95) - [>39%]
B (85) - [37-38%]
C (75) - [35-36%]
D (65) - [33-34%]
F (60) - [<32%]

Dec 25 - 39%

Math: ..................... 37% B
Spelling: ................ 40% A
Literature: ........... 38% B
Language Skills: ... 36% C
Social Studies: ...... 39% A
Texas Science: ..... 39% A
Art: ....................... 35% C
Music: .................. 35% C
P.E.: ...................... 44% A
Health: ................. 45% A

Strategies for Testing: 20%

Visiting the Hemiboreal

We climbed through a lot of snow to the top of the summit. the Hemi-boreal has very few trees, mostly bushes and grasses. the bushes have dark blue berries on them. [Hemi]Boreal means halfway between the temperate and subarctic zones. This area along the Norwegian coast where precipitation is high and winters are fairly mild, the soil is very thin.
Who is the photographer when the photographer is in the picture? Erik. Good Job Erik.

How Much time to Homeschool?

	Week of 8/24	Week of 8/31	Week of 9/7	Week of 9/14	Week of 9/21	Week of 9/28	Week of 10/5	Week of 10/12	Week of 10/19	Week of 10/26	Week of 11/2	Week of 11/9	Week of 11/16 *DC*	Week of 11/23	Week of 11/30	Week of 12/7	Week of 12/14 *DC*	Week of 12/21	Total To Date	End of Nine Week Goal
TOTAL HOURS	31	30	19	24	24	31	23	26	33	29	24	25	28	0	22	24	34	26	453	546
TOTAL DAYS	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	5	5	6	0	5	4	5	4	85	91

I am not stinking kidding you. you have to set aside 30 hours a week LITERALLY to do this.

SNOW... SNOW... SNOW

Better than Christmas, woke up to find the whole land covered in snow drifts. I got so wet and had so much fun.  We made a snowman and a snow fort. in the snowfort we had had candles. we play all night long in the dark. (It got dark at 4 pm, Magnus played until 7pm - it FELT like all night long.)

I could just play here all the time, the snow is great fun. I do not want to ever go inside.

Reading Exam

Test Submitted
TAKS Reading Benchmark 2
Reporting Category	# Correct	# Tested	Score	Grade
Objective 1: Basic Understanding	13	13	100%	Commended Performance
Objective 2: Applying Knowledge of Literary Elements	6	6	100%	Commended Performance
Objective 3: Using Strategies to Analyze	1	5	20%	Did Not Meet Standard
Objective 4: Applying Critical-Thinking Skills	5	6	83.3%	Commended Performance
Total	25	30	83.3%	Commended Performance

Scaled Score: 2444

Rosenkrantz Tower

We parked at the University of Bergen, and walked through the city's plaza, 2.1 Kilometers to Bergenhus fortress contains buildings dating as far back as the 1240s.  We walked upstairs in the Rosenkrantz Tower.

on the 6th floor, Sir Eric's Bed chamber and his lady wife's chamber, there are tiny little rooms separated by stones with holes that go all the way down to the bottom of the castle that are TOILETS. MIDEVIL portapotties. how kewl is that? we went from the dungeon today all the way to the tippy top and walked round the roof, I am afraid of heights.

We walked back 2.1 kilometers, stopping along the way at an organic bakery for a snack. we ordered a baggette, with cold meats and mountain cheese, fresh squeezed appelsin jus (orange juice) and a shilling (pastry) an hot chocolate (they squirt the chocolate sauce in the bottom of a glass, and the fill the glass up with steamed milk from the cappachino machine. this snack was 180 Kroner or $30, by the time we got two sandwiches, two shillings, two appelsins, and four hot chocolates, the price was 490 Kroner, $81.67 Dollars. for LUNCH! each person got 1/2 a sandwhich and 1/2 a shilling.

Today I can mark down that I walked 5 kilometers and I climbed like 400 stairs up and 400 stairs down in the castle.  There were 7 stories total in the tower. BTW, it was colder today, -11°C and we are supposed to get snow today, but it has to warm up a bit for that to happen.