Remington had a great art and movement class today. We played ping pong and badminton. Then we finished our lava shark drawing and danced to music. He is very interested in filling his sketchbooks with drawings and designs. I will keep providing him with sketchbooks, as this is a perfect way for him to develop creative and critical thinking.
Identifying and learning Antonyms. Use of Arcademics "Word Frog" game. Identifying and learning Homophones: Words having the same sound.
Lesson Outline
Identifying and learning Antonyms. Use of Arcademics "Word Frog" game. Learning and practicing words with opposite meaning. Identifying and learning Homophones: Words having the same sound.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's lesson with Remington, the objective was to teach him various Antonym words and Hompphones through the use of an online program/game by Arcademcs. Remington gave good effort and this activity was clearly beneficial.
Arcademics Single-Digit Multiplication online activity. Online Typing/keyboarding exercises for simple words and groups of letters-Sky Chase program.
Lesson Outline
Arcademics Single-Digit Multiplication online activity. Online Typing/keyboarding exercises for simple words and groups of letters-"Sky Chase" program.
Assignment
None45
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's Enrichment session with Remington, he was very compliant and demonstrated good effort in working with the Single-Digit Multiplication and Typing/Keyboarding online activities planned for him.
Typing/keyboarding exercise. Arcademics online program for typing accurately numerous Grade 1/2
Level Words. Arcademics "Alien Addition" program for practicing sums of single-digit numbers.
Lesson Outline
Typing/keyboarding exercise. Arcademics online program for typing accurately numerous Grade 1/2
Level Words. Arcademics "Alien Addition" program for practicing sums of single-digit numbers.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's Enrichment session, a typing/keyboarding exercise was planned for Remington and he worked productively and cooperatively with this online program exercise. Arcademics "Sky Chase" was beneficial to him because it required his focus/concentration on spelling as well as developing keyboarding skills.
Identifying and learning various Synonym words. Use of Arcademics software.
Lesson Outline
Identifying and learning various Synonym words. Use of Arcademics software. Online game of connecting synonym words at the Level of Grade 2.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Dturing today's Enrichment class, an online exercise to identify and learn various synonyms was used with Remington. He was very receptive to this "game" and this Synonyms activity reinforces his understanding of Grade 2 level vocabulary words.
Math Addition, Math Multiplication, and Math Subtraction online activities. Use of Arcademics program:
Lesson Outline
Math Addition, Math Multiplication, and Math Subtraction online activities. Use of Arcademics program:
Math Multiplication Grand Prix, Math Aliens Addition etc.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's Enrichment lesson, Remington was presented with options for a learning activity and he opted for several Mathematics online activities which strengthen his knowledge and skill I selected the Arcademics online learning programs which are very graphics based and allowed Remi to practice Math Subtraction, Math Multiplication etc. in a dynamic learning environment. This extra practice clearly was engaging and very beneficial to him.
Volcanoes and Lava Rock. Video presentation and follow-up CoolMath exercise.
Lesson Outline
Volcanoes and Lava Rock. Video presentation and follow-up CoolMath exercise. Description of how volcanoes "erupt" and the secretion/ejection of hot lava rock and magmum. Navigating underground tunnels to avoid volcanic rocks/lava.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's Enrichment session, Volcanoes and lava rock were explained to Remington as a scientific process. He was very attentive to/excited about the follow up "CoolMath" online exercise which involved navigating underground escape gates and tunnels to avoid getting overheated by hot magma and lava.
First Enrichment class with the student. Short notice take over of this class session and used a "Learning to Fly"
online exercise to teach the student the mechanics of flight: Propulsion, launch angles and ramp height, gliders and small rocket propulsion etc.
Lesson Outline
The "Learning to Fly" exercise is a visual graphic display of flight success (or failure) using several key variables:
Acceleration, propulsion fuel quantities, ramp length and height, air resistance and glider/small rocket assist. The time duration and height of the flight earns $$$ rewards which can then be spent on various flight enhancing resources.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
During today's first "Enrichment " session, Remington was highly engaged in analyzing several key effects/parameters which contribute to successful "flights" of an Emperor
Penguin using a "Learning to Fly" online visual program.
Calendar Talk Calendar Writing Lunch Phonics Sight Words Math Daily Sentence Puzzle Reading Comprehension Story
Lesson Outline
Alexandra completed her calendar talk and calendar writing, ate her lunch, worked on her phonics activities, put together her daily sentence puzzle, read and answered questions pertaining to a story, read her sight words, and engaged in math activities.