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We watched Episode 7, Cities of the "America, The Story of Us" series. The time period in US history covered in the episode was, 1880-1930. Waves of immigration, and urbanization was the main focus.

Ethan continues the study of industrial arts by watching various videos on construction such as the building of a house and of a roller coaster. He also watches a manufacturing video on how a skateboard is made in a factory. This concludes the school year for Ethan and Industrial Arts. Well done, thank you, and have a wonderful summer.

Today we talked about the new school and how excited they are to go there. Also, we went over La Gozadera song and finished our class with Life of Pets. Have a great summer and all the best in the new school.

Today Ethan and I had our final session together. He read a story about killer plants, and he completed a final lesson on Reading Eggs. It has been such a pleasure working with Ethan, and I will miss him next year!

Ethan was introduced to examples with elapsed time. He watched two videos on youtube and played three different elapsed time games. Ethan solved multiple word problems with elapsed time examples and related elapsed time to sports.

Lesson 4 – Role of Animals - We learned the affect of animals on the environment. We learned the importance of animals as food for us and other animals. We learned that we get eggs, hamburgers, cheese, milk, and many other foods we eat from animals. Then we learned that some animals such as sheep, goats, and cows are grazers, which means they eat plants. If too many grazers are in one place, they can eat too many plants. Then, there are not enough plant roots to hold the soil in place, and it blows away. We learned some helpful effects of animals on the environment. For instance, bats eat insects keeping the number of biting insects down. Then we learned that animal wastes add nutrients to the soil making it good for growing plants. We learned that animals hunting other animals keeps the population down so the number of living things in one place isn’t too large. We know that bees and butterflies spread pollen to help plants reproduce. Then we learned that sometimes animals can be brought into an environment where they didn’t exist and take food and space from animals that are native to the environment. As a result, the numbers of native animals decrease. An example is the zebra and mussels that were brought into the Great Lakes by accident.

Today Ethan began our session working on two pages in his vocabulary unit 9. Then, he completed a Reading Eggs lesson that reviewed sequencing and main idea. He also read a book from Raz Kids and answered the corresponding questions.

Today we went over his work from Monday. Also, we read and learned about three NY Yankee players who speak Spanish and have Spanish backgrounds.

Today Ethan completed a comprehension lesson from Reading Eggs. When he was finished, he reviewed his vocabulary, read quietly for 15 minutes, and worked in his creative writing journal. During our second session, he read two stories on Raz Kids and answered the corresponding questions.