Ben arrived a bit late today. He was tired at the beginning of class. I allowed him to have a few minutes to get situated and then we began. I wrote 3 review problems on the board and had Ben work through the solutions aloud as I wrote them on the board. We reviewed multiplying, dividing, and zero property. Next, I reintroduced to Ben the concept of negative exponents. I emphasized the fact that negative exponents do not indicate a negative value. (The mathematicians really should have come up with a different symbol than a minus sign). Instead, we learned that negative exponents really mean to make the value positive and move it. We practiced simplifying 5^-2 (five to the negative two power). We wrote it as 1/5^2 which is 1/25. Then I gave Ben examples with variables mixed in. He struggled at first, but with more practice he will get it!

JPaul was absent for class. I used the class time to enter grades into Veracross.

Andrew and I discussed the previous lesson and what we can learn about our current geopolitical environment.

Andrew and I drew a made up nation built by him, while taking into account its strategic position in this made up world. I taught the importance of territory and natural barriers.

Andrew and I discussed Biden’s press conference and state of the race. We discussed how and if party leaders could replace Biden if they wanted to

Kellan dictated a story for me to type for him.

Christopher typed more of his script.

Kellan wrote his spelling words in sentences. We put The Watsons Go to Birmingham in the genre chart. We read the book and discussed it.

I read about Harriet Tubman, and we discussed the book. We reviewed Chef Robert W. Lee for his presentation.

Richard used his twist markers to practice spelling words and adding es suffix to words ending with ch, sh, or s. He created word puzzles using his spelling words. He read books with words he can read.