Quinn and Anna took a verbal comprehensive social studies test which covered habitats, the 7 continents, and 5 oceans. They both passed the test.

Practice all problems/questions on pages B28 and B29.
Review the vocabulary: Arctic, desert, habitat, migrate, rain forest, and woodland forest.

Practice: subtract, check your answer by adding. write the missing part. Solve word problem. Work on the white board as a group work and explain how to use addition to check subtraction.

Anna-Wilson- worked on reading and spelling multi-syllable words. She played the syllable match game.
Quinn- Wilson- Practiced reading welded sounds. We played the welled sound match game. Quinn identified the welded sounds in sentences.

Switched the calendar to February. Learned about leap year and groundhogs day. Introduced new spelling words.

Continuation of ukelele technique for Anna and chord switching for Quinn. Have them play some one chord songs together.

Quinn: Continue with two finger C chord and switching between C and G7.
Anna: Basic ukelele technique - holding and strumming the ukelele; C, G7, F chords.

Students will relate addition to subtraction by using one operation to check the other. The inverse relationship between addition and subtraction can be used to check subtraction. Complete two worksheets.

Anna- Wilson- Spelling- We worked on encoding. Used syllable cards to help her spell one syllable at a time.
LA- grammar- past and present form of go, do, went and did.
Quinn- LA- Grammar- verbs- action words
Wilson - Worked on memorizing welded sounds. We used the welding matching game to play a game.

We started our Feburary theme of "heart": poses, aerobic excercise (handout for folder). New poses: grasshopper, dolphin movement. We practiced bow pose, alligator, candlestick, and turtle. A few minutes of free play and ended class with relaxation. Today, Quinn was having a hard time being still during relaxation, so I helped him calm on the large exercise ball.