Continued exploring Newton's Laws of motion, continuing to build physics intuition and problem solving tools to represent motion using vectors. Emphasizing the utility of vectors to represent forces in a free body diagram. Additionally Introduced concept of vector addition.
The vowel sounds for closed and vowel-consonant-e syllables were recited. The instructor had Hunter review the guidelines for identifying closed and vowel-consonant-e syllables. He practiced reading one syllable real and nonsense words from step 4.1. He read 15/15 real words, 13/15 mixed (closed and vowel-consonant-e) words. For the written part of the lesson, Hunter spelled 10/10 real words and 5/5 nonsense words correctly. The dictated sentences were written successfully.
We used the text to explore the ancient city states of Greece, concentrating on Athens and Sparta. We compared their differing political systems and the growth of democracy in ancient Athens. We examined a map of ancient Greece extending from Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, the Aegean Islands and Crete.
Assignment
Sketch a Trojan Horse (completed in class).
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Hunter made som keen observations on the material, showing that he'd read about this subject matter previously. Good class!
We discussed the work attributed to the itinerant poet Homer and explored the ancient Greek custom of oral history in which the tales of Homer were passed along from generation to generation. We discussed the "Iliad" and "Odyssey" of Homer as they relate to the Trojan War. We used the text to explore the demise of the Mycenaeans and their replacement by another Greek-speaking group: the Dorians. We searched and found several images of the Trojan Horse on the Internet.
Hunter reviewed the ct spelling of words ending in the /kt/ sound. He read selected word cards fluently. For the oral part of the post test Hunter read 15/15 real words and 14/15 nonsense words correctly. Prior to the written portion of the post test, the instructor reminded Hunter of the importance of spelling words one syllable at a time, writing legibly and repeating the words after they are dictated. Hunter spelled 12/15 real words and 5/5 nonsense words correctly. The instructor discussed the misspelled words and Hunter corrected them. The vowel-consonant-e syllable was briefly introduced.
Ch. 3-1 Inequalities and Their Graphs, 3-2 Solving Inequalities Using Addition, 3-3 Solving Inequalities Using Multiplication or Division, and 3-4 Solving Multi-Step Inequalities. We did some problems on the white board.
Today, I returned Hunter's Vocabulary Test results and we decided to retest. He wrote out the challenging words on index cards for better review. We will retest tomorrow (Tuesday). We also continued to work on The Giver essay.
