Virtual School; English, Social Studies, Economics ( in lieu of 60 min. of yoga and 30 of Social Studies)
Lesson Outline
I guided Sam through several sections of her Virtual School lessons. Today we watched a video on Business Letters and Sam picked out a topic she'd like to write. She had a creative idea to write to the LEGO company to see if they were interested in designing a "Wicked" (the musical) Lego game. She then researched the LEGO address. We also reviewed Economics, supply and demand and resources of a state. We did some reading out loud from the King and the Kitchen book.
Assignment
none.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
We worked as best as we could to do segments of several areas on the Virtual School planner. Focus was a problem. It was very difficult for Sam to keep focus with her desk full of objects. It might help to clear out space on the computer table.
Checked email inbox at start of class to get Sam on the habit of doing this. Left a note for Sam's Batt teacher for tomorrow at 11:30 to inform her of Sam's live lesson for Writing. Read through teacher emails. Read weekly newsletter. Checked to be sure last week's lesson was completed. Read today's terms and objectives and started lesson. 1. Brainpop on drama. 2. Attempting to get Sam to realize the importance of taking notes to retain information. She can use picture notes or traditional notes using words. I model note taking as soon as any lesson begins. Watched Drama two times to gain meaning of vocabulary mentioned. As I was placing her notes sheet in her 3-ring binder, I looked up and saw her taking an independent quiz and scored 4/5. I looked and saw that the subject was dictionary usage, but we had just watched a brain pop video on drama so I was confused. Then realized that Sam had clicked through the entire lesson for today. The quiz she took was simple and did not encompass the entire (still unfinished) lesson, but she was unaware of what a glossary was, so we looked into Reading Street for an example. Then we backtracked to go to section 3 of 5 of today's Lesson to work through each step. When it was time to begin reading a play, Sam attempted to hide her textbook. Then refused to read because there was a princess in the story. I attempted to look the story up in the online version and it does not mirror the book, it offered a summary not the actual play. I took the book and read aloud 446-450. Then Sam read a half a page and has 450-461 for homework plus the remainder of the Activity and Review sections of Lesson 2. Her focus level is not allowing her to complete a full lesson in one hour. She has the ability. I am unsure as to how long or short of a time a student is expected to complete a lesson.
Samantha began the session with a lesson from the Florida Virtual School. She completed a section on estimating fractions, text book pages 222-223. She also completed the workbook practice page that coincides with this lesson. For the final part of the session Samantha worked on long division problems .
Sam said her testing was finished so we started a lesson. Sam started the day continuing yesterday's Lesson 1. Before listening to the audio book, we read the listed questions to set purpose, the intro, and previewed Easy Street 440-442 as directed by step 3, lesson 1. In doing so we read aloud a short play and completed a graphic organizer about character development. Next, Sam utilized her character development skills and created a graphic organizer while listening to The Case of the Missing Iguana.I cannot log in to find the spelling words, the parent log in is not working.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Sam needs constant teaching and supervision during FLVS> the lesson wasn't bad but she did minimal work.
Friday, January 22, 2016
10:00 - 11:00; 60 min.
Science:
Virtual school -
Samantha listened to the summary, of Lesson one in chapter 7 of her text, in virtual school. She was confused on a few points, and I showed her how to find information in her text. She attempted to take the test but the computer would not respond to her, and appeared to only accept the wrong answer to the multiple-choice questions. The program would not allow her to complete the test, so I quizzed her on the vocabulary words from her text.
Assignment
None
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Instructors have not been made familiar with this software, and Samantha has complete control over the computer. She, therefore, can exit out of the program at un-wise moment and close a lesson without finishing her work. She is also able to access the program properties, and spend a great deal of time changing her icons, etc. Further, I am not aware of what to expect during a class. The science program has her complete science activities. These activities require materials, as well as set-up and completion times, and asks the student to record her findings. It assumes Samantha has set-up and kept a science notebook. She has not. All of this will get better with time, but I wanted you, and her parents, to be aware.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
10:00 - 11:00; 60 min.
Science:
Virtual school -
Samantha finished a virtual school set up page, and then completed a test in language arts. We started the science unit, and we completed the activity on page 313 in her text.
The session began with Samantha completing an assignment on fractions from the Florida Virtual School curriculum. She had previously completed the other components from this lesson. The remainder of the session was spent working on solving long division problems. Samantha and the instructor used the white board to practice the steps for long division. She was then given three problems to solve on her own. Long division is challenging, so the instructor continued to guide Samantha as she worked on the assignment. Near the end of the session, Samantha seemed to be getting the gist of how to solve these problems. More practice and instruction will continue at the next session.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Samantha's mom joined us for the Florida Virtual School aspect of the session.
