Anna, Quinn and I discussed various Native American tribes and the reasons that they built their homes out of different materials. We looked up tribes and their homes in the computer lab. They began their project for this unit.
outdoor yoga with nature poses; hooping (hula hoops)
Lesson Outline
Most of class was outside today. We created nature poses on the mat, i.e. sun, grass, tree, palm tree and sunburst. We then practiced hooping, including arm hooping and hand hooping. Quinn and Anna worked hard to learn hooping methods. We then came inside and jumped through the hoops in the dojo. We had lots of "heart strengthening," arm movements and aerobic exercise today. Quinn and Anna seemed to really enjoy taking the challenge on learning arm and hand hooping, and improving their waist hooping.
Anna, Quinn and I did some research on the Native American Indians. We studied a US map, discussed where and how American Indians lived based on the region, We then went to the computer lab and downloaded illustrations of various Indian dwellings, as well as other information for their Native American studies.
Anna and Quinn had a snack with friends and discussed reading books for pleasure. They have found a Captain Underpants book that has captured their attention and used the end of the class period reading for pleasure.
Quinn: Two finger C chord and He's Got the Whole World.; Anna: basic ukelele technique - C, G7, and F chords.
Lesson Outline
Continuation of working on C and G7 chords for guitar, and C, G7 and F chords for ukelele.
Play through some simple one and two chord songs.
Assignment
Practice chords and switching between them.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Anna and Quinn did very well. In fact, this was probably the best that Quinn has played in quite a while. Anna was able to make most of her chords sound very good. Very good attitude and behavior from both of them.
Solving/writing problems on the white board and in the notebook. Two steps problems. Which addition sentence can help you solve the subtraction problem? Write the subtraction. Find the difference.
Explore and infer how a duck's feathers help it to stay dry.
Identify the features of a pond and the plants and animals that live there.
Identify the features of a stream and the plants and animals that live there.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Students comparison/conclusion duck's feathers with colored paper duck was excellent.
