Stephen drafted his second restaurant review of J. Alexanders. He used his completed survey to put all of his points together in the review. He discussed the restaurant's appearance, service, quality, and cost. Stephen focused on the spelling of key words. Stephen used descriptive words in his review to keep the reader entertained. Stephen typed his review on Trip Advisor and posted it.

Today Stephen and I went to the library and he picked out books to read. We had great time reading together and discussing what he read. He read books about lightning and elephant behavior.

Stephen worked on long division and multiplication.

Today Stephen and I reviewed the spelling rule of dropping the e before adding the ing ending. We also talked about when to double consonants before adding ing. After that, we continued reading in his Hardy Boys book for 15 minutes. The final few minutes were spent working on his creative writing project.

design fundamentals. Stephen is working to finish his creation to show the use of "cubism." He will then begin a new piece to show the use of "art deco" style.

Lesson 4 – What are Heredity, Instincts, and Learned Behaviors?
We explored characteristics of plants and animals that are inherited. We learned that traits are features such as brown eyes and the passing of traits from parents to offspring is heredity. Then we learned that plants also have inherited traits such as petal color. We learned that living things contain chemical instructions for their traits that are called genes. These genes are found inside cells. Half of the genes that we inherit come from our father and the other half from our mother. Then we explored characteristics that can be effected by the environment. Our height is controlled by genes but also by our environment. We learned that if we do not eat a healthy diet with nutritious food we might not grow as tall as we could. Next we learned that animal development is influenced by the environment too. If a tadpole’s pond starts to dry up it will undergo metamorphosis at a faster rate and become an adult frog quicker than a tadpole in a deep pond.

Stephen did some review of "musical notation" today, as enrichment. He then warmed up with some "arpeggios" and then practiced his pieces, 'Fur Elise", and "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."

Stephen was not here for our class today.

Stephen and I played football today. We worked on is punting and catching punts. While he was punting, I wanted him to focus on using the correct footwork, right, left, kick. While he was catching punts, I wanted him to focus on catching the ball with his body rather than his hands.

Stephen wrote a restaurant review for California Pizza Kitchen on TripAdvisor. Stephen focused on adding the different components of his food survey into his review. He wrote about the restaurant's appearance, service, food, and cost. He focused on adding descriptive words and identified how to spell key words in his review.

Stephen went to J. Alexanders with me to complete his second survey. He filled out his survey during his before, during, and after his lunch. He will complete his review and food blog on Friday.