Today, Andrew completed Warm-Up #8 in "Calisthenics for the Brain." We continued reading The Old Man and the Sea. We added citations and elaboration to our quotebook notebook. He continued working on IXL exercise V. Greek and Latin Roots, 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meaning of words.
Today, we continued reading The Old Man and the Sea. We added citations and elaboration to our quotebook notebook. I introduced Greek and Latin roots of vocabulary words. Andrew began working on an IXL exercise V. Greek and Latin Roots, 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meaning of words.
Today, I reviewed capitalization rules. Andrew worked on an IXL grammar and mechanics exercise, "Correct Capitalization Errors," and "Capitalizing Titles." I troubleshot issues with him as they arose. We then read more of "The Old Man and the Sea," discussing plot and literary elements, and adding quotations and elaboration to our quotebook notebook.
Today, Andrew and I worked on reading strategies and practiced our reading skills. He completed part of an IXL reading strategies exercise, "Determine the Themes of Short Stories." If he got a question wrong, I helped him understand where he made the mistake and we saw improvement with the following questions.
Today, Andrew continued working on IXL reading strategies and vocabulary. He completed the reading strategies exercise, "Match the Quotations with Their Themes," and the vocabulary exercise, "Prefixes and Suffixes."
Today, we continued reading "The Old Man and the Sea." We added citations and analysis to our quotebook notebook. We focused on internal and external conflict, characterization, and metaphor.
Today, Andrew worked on reading strategies and vocabulary in IXL. He completed an exercise on prefixes and suffixes, and an exercise matching the quotations with their themes.
Today, Andrew read more of The Old Man and the Sea. We paused for comprehension checks throughout our reading. He added citations to his quotebook notebook indicating which literary devices are being employed in the citation, and he analyzed how the citation illustrates that literary device. He also began working on an IXL reading strategy exercise called, "Determine the Theme of Short Stories."
