We shared a follow along video of how to draw a unicorn girl. After the figure was finished, we completed the drawing with a magical forest background.

Arianna read an article in Scholastic News about a woman who combines science with baking. She visited her YouTube site and watched her create dinosaur cookies. To enrich the reading, Arianna created 5 Harry Potter themed baked goods for an imaginary party. She drew and described each of the treats. Before beginning Harry Potter today, Arianna wrote a response to yesterday's reading and a prediction about what may happen during Hagrid's first lesson.

Arianna began with a spiral review on congruent shapes, comparing 6-digit numbers, patterns, decimals, and subtraction word problems. Then, she completed a mental math minute and quick review quizzes on skip counting patterns and object placement. On Mathseeds, Arianna worked on lessons in which she found the perimeter of objects and 1cm squares, estimated units of length, and measured objects with an inch ruler. Finally, she reviewed multiplying by 6 with online flashcards.

During today's session we watched a video about mammals to learn about the adaptations and characteristics of mammals compared to other animalshttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jyuvl. After watching and discussing the video, we completed a reading activity to learn about instincts compared to learned behaviors.

Arianna Chapter 6:” Southeast and Gulf States”- Lesson 2 “The Southeast and Gulf States Today”. As we read this chapter she made a map of the Southeast and Gulf states and labeled at least ten cities mentioned in the lesson and what they produce.

Arianna began her time with a mental math minute on basic subtraction facts and quick quizzes on the chance of occurrences and the months of the year. Then, we reviewed the formulas and definitions of area and perimeter before Arianna found missing information by using the formulas and the given information. Finally, a spiral review was completed on place value, line of symmetry, patterns, writing numbers, and counting coins.

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After retelling the previous chapter, Arianna and I continued reading her Harry Potter story. Things are still looking bleak for Harry, as a new teacher predicts his death. Arianna did much analyzing of J.K.Rowling's choice of detail in describing the divination classroom, and she pointed out that Hermoine is behaving in a way that is unexpected and long overdue. (Arianna's opinion) She drew her image of the hippogriffs as they were described, and she wrote a paragraph describing them and their predicted behavior.

Today we compared impacts that animals have on the environment (such as beaver, gopher tortoises, fire ants) to impacts of humans (farming, development, pollution). We watched a short video about gopher tortoises by FWC that was on a blog page by Defenders of Wildlife: https://defenders.org/blog/2015/05/gopher-tortoise-celebrating-keystone-species. And then we discussed an interesting conservation technique of growing coffee in shade:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fXBZ-a4ohk. This practice creates habitat for birds and other rainforest animals while also producing coffee, which helps the local economy and people.

Today we continued to discuss human impacts. We learned about landfills: how they are constructed and the methods used to reduce environmental impact on the ground water. We also completed a mini-lecture on the Florida manatee with a video by Save the manatees about the Blue Springs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngO4LVfpW7Y.