Pj Went over his spelling homework. He completed an activity demonstrating his ability to recognize the difference between a common noun and a proper noun. He worked on a lesson distinguishing the difference between a verb in the active and passive voice. We began a study of the horror genre. We discussed in detail the elements that compose a horror story.

View and discuss Brownian movement of particles. Discuss how the constant molecular motion allows colloids and suspensions to remain in heterogenous solution. View the Tyndall effect which demonstrates the Browniam motion of particles ranging in size from suspension to colloidal size. Introduce Graham's law of effusion and diffusion of gases and the rate being dependent on molecular mass ratio.

Teddy reviewed and practiced reding and writing his new spelling words. He wrote the 1st 4 spelling words in sentences. He completed several activities using these words in context. He read and discussed story details from this week's 2 stories, "Six Kids," and "Go,Pip." Each day he becomes more fluid as he reads these stories. He explained the definition of a sentence and how the words have to be in a certain order. He worked on several activities demonstrating his understanding of what a sentence is. He explored an activity using the (in) Word Family.

Read Camus on suicide-discuss some terms and phylosophy

MAP testing

MAP testing

Libby reviewed and practiced reading and spelling her new spelling words. She wrote complete sentences for the 1st four spelling words. She completed several activities pertaining to the (an) word family. She worked on reading and using this week's high frequency words. She participated in explaining her interactive calendar. She read her short a words.

Kaitlin read and discussed the Wordly Wise words from Book 10 Lesson 4. She read and discussed the story "A Most Valuable Person." She answered written comprehension questions pertaining to the story. She wrote down the definitions for this week's words in her notebook.

We learned some techniques to better understand what we read. We practiced active reading, note-taking, questioning, and using context clues.

We were going to start Conflict and Connection, but Dr. Mary said that Cam was to take his test that he missed this morning during this class time period. Conflict and Connection can be covered next class meeting.