The last two pages of the test complete. Sections: science process skills and using science concepts.
Activity; discuss the other ways that plants reproduce without seeds. Use a violet leaves to proof the hypothesis.

Today Maya continued in her FF program. In math class, she completed the last chapter in the unit- using objects and drawing pictures to solve problems. This chapter was a little more difficult because Maya had to determine which operation to use. Tomorrow Maya will begin the topic review for Topic 7. We began to discuss skills in 8-1. Maya wrote out some different fact families for practice with multiplication and division. Maya had a good day!

Practiced identifying syllable type then reading the word. Needs to practice identifying syllable type first.

Activity outdoors: observing adult plants (peas, tomato, green beans), flower, fruit and seeds. Discuss, what is reproduction, the feature that all living things share.
The first part of the test: vocabulary and science concepts.

Today Maya completed her Topic 6 Test in math class. She scored a 100! Great job! She continued to work in Topic 7-Division Meanings. She practiced writing division stories today, understanding that division means sharing. Maya continued in her FF program, playing brain games Cosmic Reader and Jumper Gym. In L-B Maya completed an activity in her workbook. She worked on answering higher order questions pertaining to the story. Her answers were accurate. She was able to correctly match vocabulary words and their definition and Maya also completed a writing activity. She had a wonderful day!

Spelling words with the v-e syllable type. Needs more work on hearing the short vs the long vowel sound.

Worked on reading words with the v-e syllable type.

Maya and I had a great session. She came in ready to work. Maya chose the book "Balloon Farm" for shared reading. We alternated pages. Maya liked me to follow each word with my finger. That seemed to help her stay on track. I also used my finger to cover-up parts of words when helping her decode. This was very helpful to her. When she came across a word she misread I tapped the word cuing her to try again. She was very compliant and successful:) After reading the story we discussed the story elements. She discussed each section and I wrote. Lastly, Maya and I worked on the letter t in her cursive book. She enjoyed practicing the letter and words on the white board too.

Maya and I discussed diverse cultures that exist in our South Florida area. She read from the text book, took simple notes, completed a graphic organizer including elements of culture: food, sports, languages, and holidays. We located the countries represented in South Florida on the world map, and labeled continents as they are pertinent to holidays, ie Christmas originated in Europe. Maya looked at several countries' currencies (real money I brought in from my personal travels), in bill and coin form, and we discussed how each country, like the United States, honors their cultural heroes by printing their faces on currency. Following her interest in holidays around the world, we watched and discussed a Brain Pop Junior video segment on holidays.

Today Maya learned in Lesson 7-3 how to use repeated subtraction and division to find the number of equal groups. She practiced solving problems using bar diagrams. This is one strategy that provides a visual model of division. Maya started her Topic 6 test, which we have been reviewing for. She will complete this tomorrow. Maya continued in her FF program. She continued a sentence by sentence activity in her V/V program. She completed a sequencing activity where she was successful in placing the events into order and sketching pictures of the images she had created. Great day, Maya!