Opened with a light dynamic stretch, followed by a light dynamic warm up. Sebastian and I competed in friendly competitive games of around the world “basket”ball. Around the world helps Sebastian improve on his hand/eye coordination and core strength.
In today's session Sebastian and I read about Earth's motion. The reading included going over how the angle/direction of the Earth's tilt changes the sun's pattern in the sky. This impacts the Earth's weather and can be used to determine time. People have been using sundials for hundreds of years to tell time based on the sun.
We reviewed prior learning at the onset of our session. We reviewed common conversational ways to greet someone and exchange pleasantries. I explained formal vs. informal language codes, and we learned the most common formal and informal greetings in the French language. We practiced using nasal sounds in the pronunciation of certain words; the general rule is that when the consonant 'n' or 'm' appears after a vowel, the pronunciation of that word is nasal. We used the words 'bonjour' and Monsieur as examples as the former is pronounced 'Bo-(n:silent)-jour, and the latter "Mo-(n:silent)-sieur. We finished our academic session listening and repeating French pronunciation and spent the final 5 minutes playing a fun game of corn hole on this fun Friday afternoon.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Today's first French lesson in a while went very well.
Sebastian was upset when I got him from recess/lunch. He wanted to talk to his mom on the phone and then he went to the front office to be picked up by his mom.
Sebastian read about the settlements of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Using the text as a reference, he completed a chart that included when the settlements were founded, where, by whom and for what reason.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
At 11:00, Sebastian was not in his room. I found him sitting on the floor leaning against the door in Christopher's room. Five minutes after class started, he got up announced he was going to the rest room. After 15 minutes I went looking for him. He came out of the bathroom and said he had stomach issues. Once we got back to class, he did settle down and focus on the lesson.
