ELA: The long-awaited day has arrived, where Macy takes us on Paul Revere’s Ride! Macy has worked hard to memorize 8 stanzas of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow’s poem. She did a very nice job with her final recitation for assessment! She had a few minor words of omission (mostly prepositions or articles) and omitted two lines. She was only given 6 prompts throughout the entire 8 stanzas. I’m extremely proud of her hard work. For grammar today, Macy reviewed the prepositions. We then worked in her textbook on pages 250-251, comparing with adverbs. We reviewed the rules of using -er and -est as well as when to use “more” or “most”. Macy then worked to utilize the correct comparisons for provided words and sentences. Finally, we focused the rest of our time on literature. We reviewed her work on the Caddie Woodlawn character analysis and she provided a few more details for several items. She also wrapped up all of the comprehension questions for chapters 20 – 24. She then began researching Abraham Lincoln to complete a page in the research portion of the comprehension packet. She will utilize this information to create a Google Slide presentation. Latin: Lesson 13, workbook page 78 was the activity for today. Macy provided the two principal Latin parts for 50 English verbs. This included verbs such as to blame, to change, to create, to explore, and to think.
Macy completed her Facts test L in 4 minutes. I reviewed the lesson with her on Using proportions to solve ratio problems, and we completed practice problems A and B together. She completed questions 1-30 independently.
Unfortunately, Macy didn't do well on her Civil War History Test (answered only one question correctly) despite the fact that she did well (94%) on her teacher assigned Civil War Study Guide yesterday. She only missed 2 questions out of 28 on the Study Guide and completed the assignment independently.
The test consisted of applying her knowledge of the Civil War not merely answering factual knowledge like the study guide.
The format consisted of filling in the blanks without a word bank. We reviewed the questions and answers so she understood the information and I let Ms. Debbie know.
The information on the test appears to be made from a slideshow Macy watched last week not from the study guide. It would have been better if the slideshow had been assigned as a review before the test vs the study guide.
Completed Facts test D in 3 minutes and 44 seconds. I reviewed the instructions and lesson with Macy. We worked on practice problems a-f together. Macy worked on problems 1-30 independently.
ELA: We kicked off our session with grammar. Macy is reviewing prepositions. Using an online song, Macy wrote all of the prepositions in alphabetical order in preparation for a recall quiz on Friday. We then continued our study of adverbs. We completed pages 248 – 249 in her text, discussing writing with adverbs. We reviewed some adverb word lists for support and Macy revised two short passages to insert how, when, and where adverbs. Next, we checked in on her status with memorizing the lengthy poem “Paul Revere’s Ride”. We worked to smooth out a few sections where she’s having difficulty. Finally, we continued work on the novel study of Caddie Woodlawn. Macy continued her character analysis by choosing a character trait and writing a supportive statement with evidence from the text about multiple characters from the book. She also completed questions for analysis and recall from chapters 20-24. She worked to write clearly and provide adequate detail in her responses. Latin: Macy completed page 77 in her Latin workbook. This activity tasked her with providing helping verbs in the present system (present, imperfect, future) and perfect system (perfect, pluperfect, future perfect). Next, she wrote the English translation for 9 Latin sayings. Finally, she wrote the Latin translation for 10 adverbs.
Macy began class with a jump rope warmup. Her goal was to achieve 15 consecutive jumps. Macy successfully completed her goal with 15 jumps. Next, she participated in a fun, competitive soccer passing game called 'Landmines' which focuses on passing with accuracy and consistency.
Macy completed a lab on static electricity using a ballon, foam, and a metal pie plate. She answered the questions for her lab in her science notebook and documented her observations.
