We learned about punctuation at the beginning of sentences in Spanish. We also talked about starting sentences with capital letters, and capitalizing proper names. We ended by putting sentences together from a series of words and punctuations.

Computer math games Sumdog.com: Anna a Quinn both got on Sumdog. com and played math games. They were very compliant and respectful. Great job children.

Build front and rear differential gears.

Quinn was very focused and helpful. He learned to be careful with the tiny parts because he knocked some of them off of the table and one was lost.

Anna: Song The Juggler, and C major scale.
Quinn: E, A, and D chords - Happy Birthday song

Quinn and Anna both did great in class. We need to work with Anna on note recognition and confidence when playing rhythms. She had a great attitude and played her song well with a little coaching. My goal is for her to be able to play confidently on her own. Quinn's chords sound great, and we need to work on smoothly and accurately changing from one chord to the next.

Today Anna started painting her circle motif. Anna started by dividing the circle into equal segments like a pizza pie. In each segment, Anna drew objects inspired by the traditional Russian patterns. After each segment contained a sketch, Anna started to paint them in.

Today Quinn looked into new projects to begin. Using Pinterest, Quinn researched making cardboard houses and bridges. Quinn then drew out three house facades on cardboard and started to color them in. Quinn will create several three dimensional buildings out of cardboard to create a city scene that his cars can drive through.

We took a trip to the beach with the family and talked about family members, things we "have" at the beach, and discussed masculine and feminine words.

Anna and Quinn both took their spelling test today and they did awesome!
Quinn- Proper nouns, plural nouns.
Anna- Identified nouns in a sentence. How to use commas in a sentence.

Today we read the book "Moody Cow Meditates" and we then made "mind jars" or meditation jars. We took glitter glue and glitter and mixed it with water in a jar, and shook it. The glitter symbolized all our thoughts…. sometimes angry, happy, mixed-up, etc. But then the glitter settles, as we watch it, and our thoughts are settled. Both Anna and Quinn seemed to really enjoy the book and our yoga project today. The last 10 minutes of class was free play in the dojo.

Today, Anna and Quinn learned about the start of the Revolutionary War. They listened to audio casts of the Battle at Lexington and we read a story about Paul Revere. They also learned about the musket, the gun that was used in the Revolutionary War. We reviewed the importance of the Constitution and looked at images of the original document. They listened to journal entries written by John Quincy Adams as a young boy. For homework, they will write letters to their future selves. Their attention and focus today was terrific!

Today Anna and Quinn continued lesson 1-7. Anna and Quinn practiced counting money and comparing money. They determined how to show a given amount in the least amount of bills and coins possible. Anna and Quinn completed the lesson 1-7 independent practice. Tomorrow Anna and Quinn will beginning lesson 1-8, making changing.