Bobby and I went over his spelling words. We discussed their parts of speech and how they could be used in sentences. Bobby corrected sentence fragments and run-on sentences in the "Houghton Mifflin English" text. We read 4 chapters in "A Long Walk to Water." We discussed how all African life revolves around water.

Bobby should practice spelling words daily and be prepared for a quiz on Thursday. He should complete two passages and comprehension questions on ReadTheory.org for homework.

The student and teachers will go off site to visit the new school location.

Warm up and stretch. Inclines DB flyers, seated cable rows, chest wall ball toss, lower cable raises, lawn mowers, ab bench crunches, DB push up/rows, hanging knee raises, cool down and stretch...

Bobby and I worked on the completion of his expository essay by completing the last of his opposing arguments. It was interesting to note that Bobby's original position in support of Colin's actions has actually been influenced by the results of his research into Colin's background and how his motivations for kneeling during the national anthem might have been more self-serving to draw attention to himself as opposed to "calling out" racial inequality. His paper is finished and represents a very positive effort!

Today Bobby created and diagrammed the grammatical components of his sample sentences. We then went over transitional and linking words in detail to help him add more fluency to his writing. Bobby then completed his sports essay revision.

This afternoon we practiced our note taking abilities while learning about the evolution of organisms with backbones. We completed the first chapter of our movie LIFE and began the second chapter which focuses on body plans, vertebrates and evolutionary adaptations. Homework: none

This morning we focused on reviewing the problems on pages 133 and 134 involving equations with variables on both sides of the equals. Bobby was able to complete the problems confidently and reasonable quickly. I have asked Bobby to ask his father to bring any hand outs from his Mathnasium classes in order to get a better idea as to what material is being covered. Homework: none. We are going to completing the questions on page 134 on Monday.

Today Bobby learned how to do a two-point perspective of a home. Using the drafting table, he showed the home as it would look from the front lawn. He showed the roof, windows, and doors. Lastly, Bobby viewed a video on line of an artist completing a two point perspective of a street scene. Good session.

Bobby will show me what he has completed for his 100 day drawing prompt. Bobby will be given time to complete today's prompt - Climb.
We will use Photoshop and a sneaker template to create a few designs that will be used for his website shop. This will give Bobby a chance to get familiar with some of the tools within Photoshop and a chance to explore his design skills.

This morning we reviewed the steps needed in order to simplify equations containing two or more variables on both sides of the equals sign. Bobby was completely prepared for class and admitted that he was only able to complete about one third of the evenings' assignment (page 133). We took he opportunity to discuss his evening schedule on a typical weekday and Bobby admitted that he had trouble sleeping. I am concerned that Bobby does not have a dedicated time each evening solely focused on homework. He admitted that the average evening workload is about 45 minutes which is light. In addition, he often has athletic events, or mathnasium or Fast Forward which reduces his time allotment for homework by an hour or more. We completed the problems on pages 131 and 133 before moving on to the next section. Homework is to complete problems 5-8 on page 133 and 11-14 on page 134.