Today Ethan worked on reading comprehension skills on Reading A-Z. Ethan read a short story and then answered cause and effect, main idea, character identification and inferencing. Ethan then moved on to Reading Eggs and read the next chapter in his mystery story. Good work today, Ethan!
Raz Kids reading, Reading Eggs Spelling, journal creative writing
Lesson Outline
Today Ethan began our session reading a nonfiction passage on March Madness. When he was finished, he took the corresponding comprehension quiz. Then, he moved onto Reading Eggs spelling practice and a journal entry about his time in Kansas City.
Lesson 2 – How Do Organisms Obtain and Use Food? – We learned that animals including humans, cannot make their own food so they eat plants or other animals. The energy stored in the food source is passed to them. Next we learned that nutrients help you grow and give you energy. Then we defined the terms: photosynthesis, producer, consumer, and decomposer. We learned that when plants make their own food it is called photosynthesis. The process requires sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide from air. Photosynthesis produces sugar for the plant to use or store and oxygen released into the air. Since plants make their own food they are called producers in the food chain.
Ethan and I watched videos of MLB players hitting and we discussed the absolutes that each hitter does. We discussed how each player gets their front foot down with their weight balanced before they start their swing. We also watched pitchers throwing breaking balls and discussed the difference in a slider and a curve ball.
design fundamentals. Today we looked at four artists who do "Op" art. We compared their styles and then Ethan did an "Op" art design of his own, using his initials. Then colored in the design.
Ethan continued converting inches to feet. He went online and looked up Universal ride height requirements. He converted each of the rides to feet. He converted his own height to inches. He looked up the rides on youtube and picked his top three rides he would be able to go on.
Today we read on Raz Kids Mi Cabello and then we used the adjectives learned in order to describe Ethan's family member's color and types of hair. Also, we went over the SER conjugation and usage with the acronym DOCTOR to help us remember when to use SER instead of ESTAR ( also to be ).
Lesson 1 – How Do Organisms Change with the Seasons?
We learned how animals change with the seasons. Animals such as the arctic fox changes colors to blend with their surroundings making it easier to stay hidden while they hunt. Then we learned about animals that save energy in an inactive state called hibernation. Next we learned about animals such as manatees and humpback whales that regularly move from one place to another and back in a process called migration.
