Section 8-3: Sophie will be able to multiply powers with the same base (add exponents).
Section 8-4: Sophie will be able to raise a power to a power (multiply exponents).
Assignment
pg 449-450 (2-30 even), chapter 7 take home test
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
We have been able to move quickly through the first 4 sections of chapter 8 which is helping Sophie to "catch up."
Convert an audio file from ITunes into and MP3; create a cloud storage account on Amazon for free music file storage.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Sophie appeared to be better/healthier today and was a little more engaged. She picks up technical skills very quickly but still holds a general disdain for computers.
Kite Runner Vocab Test and Start Secret Life of Bees
Lesson Outline
Take Global vocab test for Kite Runner. NOT EASY and Sophie's been away for 2 weeks, but she got 100%. I made sure she knows what an accomplishment this is. Start unit on The Kite Runner. Read first 2 pages out loud. Discuss Jim Crow and Civil Rights Era. Do 5 minute webquest on same. Look at handout on basic facts on Secret Life of Bees.
I arrived 19 minutes late due to fender bender at daughter's school, so we only had 40 minutes of class. We jumped right in with the book and Sophie assured me that she does not want to order the book on tape/CD. She likes the book enough to want to read it and put in the effort (which is monumental given her dyslexia). What a joy to know that she WANTS to read. We identified the protagonist, potential antagonists. WE talked about the plot so far and possible foreshadowing. We clarified a few hazy points (the "Black Virgin Mary") for example. We located place names on a US road map.
Assignment
Keep reading, up to page 40 if possible.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
I arrived 19 minutes late due to fender bender at daughter's school, so we only had 40 minutes of class. The great news is that Sophie had read the minimum amount required and then some. She used her 19 minutes of unplanned freedom to continue reading. She loves the book and I am thrilled.
1. Sophie will be able to simplify and evaluate expessions using negative and zero exponents using the properties.
2. Sophie will be able to write numbers in standard form in scientific notation and vice versa.
Assignment
Sections 8-1 and 8-2
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
We were able to complete the first two sections of chapter 8 today.
