I was excited when Kellan told me a vocabulary word on the test that he knew. He said, "I know that word because I use it all the time in my stories!" This affirms that he is building his vocabulary as he dictates stories and practices the words in his spelling.
Rachel, Samantha, and I started by discussing their goals for last semester and how effective they were in achieving them. We discussed their Spanish midterm exam.
They identified oral assignments and presentations as the categories in which they could most efficiently earn more points this semester.
We then worked on the presentations that they will give tomorrow.
They took turns giving presentations. I gave feedback regarding pronunciation, vocabulary, choreography, timing, and strategy
Rachel and I discussed her midterm math exam and how successful she was in accomplishing her academic goals.
We then worked on graphing square and third roots. We discussed translations of the most basic graph. We looked ahead to future concepts like graphing the negative portion of the graph. We also covered details like how to specifically enter the equations into a graphing calculator.
