Danny and I began with a Florida Studies Weekly on Past, Present, Future. We read that past is everything before today, the present is what is happening right now, and the future is what will happen. Danny practiced using these terms as related to himself. He drew that he played soccer yesterday (past), drew himself at school (present), and drew that he might go to a playground soon (future). Additionally, we read about the calendar and how it helps keep things in order. We reviewed the days of the week and months of the year. Finally, we reviewed time-related sequence words used in writing and story-telling (first, next, then, and last). We read a short passage using these words and Danny had to recall the four items in sequence from the story. He needed me to read the story twice, but he got them all in order with ease after the second reading. Along with the tasks mentioned, Danny sequenced pictures for time, discriminated day names vs. month names, as well as identified statements as to past, present, and future. He scored 11/13 on these tasks. In continuing our studies on communities, we watched the Brain Pop Jr. learning video on Homes. We saw types of homes, materials used to build homes (some natural resources), and different rooms in a home. Danny scored 4/5 on the follow-up easy quiz. Danny studied redwood trees from California last week in one of his U.S. Facts and Fun activities. We reviewed these trees by looking at photographs of them. We looked at the U.S. map to see where California is located. We learned that you can count the rings inside a tree trunk to count its age and we counted a few examples. Next, we completed a fun positional words activity (pre-map skills) in which Danny had to state where the turkey is sitting in a reader booklet. He used a word bank to help him fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. For example, the turkey is (behind) the (pumpkins). We wrapped up the day with our historical fiction enrichment project. We read several chapters of our book, The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne. We began with chapter 5. The children end up trapped in the armory. They encounter a row of standing suits of armor with no helmets on them. Jack ends up putting on a helmet and the visor slams shut. He couldn't get it open and then is grabbed by someone! We discussed vocabulary concepts such as: armory and visor. We then read chapter 6. Annie and Jack realize they have been captured by three huge men. Danny and I discussed the words squinty and where a mustache would be found on a person as these are descriptions used for the three huge men. Annie kicks and screams her way to the dungeon as the men just laugh at her. She then shines the flashlight in their eyes, which frightens them as they've never seen this technology! We analyzed why the men would be afraid of a flashlight by discussing our story takes place in the past and flashlights had not been invented. In chapter 7, Jack and Annie use their book to discover a way out of the dungeon through a secret passage and they fall out of the precipice. We continued on with chapter 9 in which Jack falls in the moat! Annie jumps in behind him and there were more splashes throughout. They are then saved by the knight on his black horse. We practiced inferential language skills throughout in which Danny was asked to make conclusions based on his own knowledge and experiences. For example, his “teeth were chattering” means that he is cold because my teeth chatter when I am cold. We answered follow-up questions after each chapter to assess recall and understanding. Finally, Danny spent some time completing a word search to go along with words from our story. He did a great job scanning the puzzle and searching to match up the letters to form the words.