Today Maya began with a multiplication warm up for the 2-6X tables. She often looks at me for confirmation, and I try to encourage her to solve them independently. Maya worked on a review packet for topic 10 test. She stopped to avoid work, frequently, in today's session. She required more refocusing than usual both, today and yesterday. Maya continued her normal program in FF, playing Leaping Lizard and Magic Bird.

Maya and I read Termites on a Stick. Before reading, she filled out the "K - What I Know" on her KWL chart. She also fill out the "W - What I Want to Know" in the W column. We read the book and discussed comprehension questions as we read. After reading, Maya filled out the "L - What I Have Learned" column. Maya used complete sentences for all of her entries. She did an excellent job focusing during this lesson.

Complete test chapter 3 including vocabulary: ecosystem, community, population, habitat, producer, consumer, food chain, decomposer, food web, energy of pyramid, carbon dioxide and oxygen cycle, predator, prey, scavenger, parasite , and host.

Today Maya began by completing a multiplication practice drill. She is doing well and should continue to study her tables until they are all rote. Then Maya reviewed all of the concept learned last week on Topic 10-Solids and Shapes. Maya learned more about polygons with 4 sides. She knows that these are called quadrilaterals. She learned the characteristics of trapezoids, rhombuses, squares, and rectangles. Maya completed her daily protocol in FF. We had some technical issues, but was able to rectify them and return to work. In LB, Maya continued to read a book called Katie Switcheroo. She was able to visualize details of the story. Maya proceeded to act out parts of the story to demonstrate her reading comprehension. She did need frequent refocusing today, but overall we were able to complete her work for the day.

Review: predators, prey, scavenger.
Discuss: how one population does harm another. What is a parasite, examples(a tapeworm and fleas)? Why don't all parasites kill their hosts? Review questions on page b 36 # 1-10.

Maya began the day reluctant to edit. After less than 5 minutes she was ready to work. She independently identified words that were incorrectly spelled with a highlighter. Then she used a different color to identify capitalization mistakes. The I helped her fix spelling errors and add a few more details. She was so excited about her work she read it to Miss Dee. Then she asked if we could have another celebration. We will share her writing on February 26th. Lastly we read a fable from Level M Aesop's Fables from RaZ Kids. We will discuss and read more fables throughout this week and next.

Discuss how can population affect each other. Activity: traveling seeds. Make a chart, make a prediction and perform the lab using fur and different seeds previously collected. Write results and compare them with the prediction.
Parallel with this activity complete one more-planting peas seeds in the vegetable bag outside.

Today Maya began by taking a quiz on the 2, 3, and 4X tables. She scored a 96%. Then we reviewed the material she has learned in Topic 10, i.e lines, line segments, angles, and polygons. In Lesson 10-6 Maya learned to identify and classify triangles in two basic ways. She learned many new vocabulary terms and was able to use these terms on her own. Maya can classify triangles by their sides and their angles, stating whether they are right, acute, or obtuse triangles. She can also decipher the differences between equilateral, isosceles, or scalene triangles. Maya continued in her FF program and played three games. In LB, she continued to work on activity 15 in her workbook. She completed a word summary and answered imagery questions. We also read from a book, that we started some time ago. Maya was able to make inferences and relay the details from the reading, afterwards. Have a great weekend!

Part of class was taken up with Valentine's Day activities, but Maya chose to do yoga during 2 class sessions today (one was Anna and Quinn's timeslot). She enjoyed showing the other students her gymnastic and yoga moves. She works hard to perfect her movements and has great determination to do them correctly.

new poses with "Yoga for Kids" book; spider pose (handout); scorpion, frog, turtle and peacock. We did 3 variations of frog pose and Maya tried peacock and spider pose for the first time. She also worked on her scorpion pose. We ended class with an obstacle course that Maya created for some gymnastic and yoga moves. As always, Maya worked very hard to perfect her movements and poses.