Arianna practiced using context clues to define unknown vocabulary, and she identified coordinating conjunctions on the Reading Eggspress website. After recalling the events in chapter 13, we read chapter 14 and part of chapter 15 in "City of Ember." The rising events in the story have brought us to a very exciting and fast-paced part of the plotline. Every page revealed more of the secrets hidden by The Builders, however, even with this new information, it seems that Doon and Lina face more obstacles before they can share their news.
Arianna continued working on her WebQuest about Lewis and Clark and their expedition west. Throughout her quest she will learn and document information about the expedition. She added pages to her Google Slide journal that included her encounters with the Native Americans and she began to research and add animals and plant life she would have seen on her journey.
This morning we completed a career spotlight on paleontology. We learned more about this career and watched a couple short video segments: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/paleontology. Arianna also completed two learning activities, including an interactive online game that required her to identify a fossil using reasoning and analyzing details.
Her foot was still bothering her, so she wasn't really open to doing dance/cheer/yoga, so we did mindfulness coloring online and watched some ClassDojo videos about emotional intelligence and resilience.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
She's openly admitted she copes with her emotions with food and eating. I've tried to help her see other options and ways to experience her emotions without eating, and I'm hoping these little videos are helping a bit.
Arianna warmed-up with an addition mental math minute and quick quizzes on measuring length and figures in motion. Then, she answered course mastery challenge questions on estimating units of metric weight and elapsed time. We practiced the 10 multiplication facts Arianna is struggling with as well as all of the facts, using online flashcards. She finished with a rounding to the nearest 100 with 4-digit numbers game.
This afternoon Arianna completed a puzzle based vocabulary quiz activity. We reviewed concepts and key terms as needed. She demonstrated good understandings on the different ways that fossils are formed and was interested to learn more about ancient animals.
Arianna recalled the important choice Lina made yesterday in refusing to accept the stolen goods from her friend Lizzie. We already knew that Lina is a responsible child, and now we have added honesty to her traits. As we read further in the story, Arianna stopped at pivotal points to make predictions that all proved to be completely accurate. She explains her thoughts and uses examples from the book to support her ideas. We are nearing the climax of the story and anticipating a 'bright' ending for our characters.
