Joshua continued replicated his Instagram page.

I worked with Kaitlin to start a clay figure.

Ben completed his final isometric design.

Lesson 1 Human Population Growth – We investigated the negative impacts on Earth’s resources based on human populations and per capita consumption of natural resources. We discovered how the demand for freshwater resources is becoming increasingly strained due to population growth. We also learned how extraction of fossil fuels can lead to significant ecological damage.

We played on the electric piano, and we played with a vibra-slap, which is a percussion instrument that makes a very unique sound.

We continued working on the lessons from Teaching Little Fingers to Play. We read some simple songs that share rhythms between hands in the same measure.

We played with some of the percussion instruments, and played on the electric keyboard.

We sang and clapped rhythms along to songs about dinosaurs.

Reid's teacher from St. Ann's joined us to discuss Reid's progress and brainstorm ways to support him. His teacher praised Reid's intelligence and attitude but expressed concern about his executive-functioning skills, especially as he enters 5th grade with a less structured teacher.

I began with visual, auditory, and blending drills. We reviewed the r-controlled syllable type (er, ir, ur, ar, or). Eliana read multiple word lists to practice (Recipe for Reading, pp. 135, 137, 139). Eliana's spelling deck from last session included -ar words; I dictated these words and Eliana has near-mastery of the spelling pattern. I introduced the vowel team -ai, and created a spelling deck of example words. Eliana loves practicing cursive; we reviewed all letters, and I introduced f, m, and n. Eliana is eager to connect letters and attempted a page of two and three connected letters. To conclude, Eliana read several oral passages from Wilson, book 3.