Grammar – Quotations in Dialogue – After a mini lesson reviewing the use of quotations in dialogue he completed an activity in which he had to place either a comma or the quotation in the appropriate place.
Witting - Slide Project – Today Sebastian continued the process of creating the draft of his slide show. He began the editing and revising step today.
In today's session Sebastian and I completed a the review check on gravity. He got all of the answers correct. We then moved on to the next lesson on moon phases.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Sebastian immediately ran away from me through the halls when I said it was time for class. He said "the wind is chasing me!" as I followed him asking him to please go to class. He ended on the couch and sat there for 15 minutes refusing to move or talk to me for the majority of it. When he finally did talk he said he was tired as he was recovering from being sick and throwing up three times yesterday afternoon.
Once I got him back to his room he immediately tried to pick up his ipad. I gave him the warning that if he messes with his ipad during class that administration will take it from him for the duration of my class. He tried to argue that other students have their phones in class, as well as, that it was just that one time (in reference to yesterday) and that it didn't matter because class hadn't actually started yet. As he believes that class starts once we both are in the room.
Grammar – Grammar – Adjectives/Adverbs – Sebastian played “Pick an Adverb” game. https://www.ezschool.com/English/Adverbs/IntroductiontoAdverbs/PickItAdverbs/Set1#
Spelling – Contractions – Today Sebastian practiced writing contractions using an interactive computer activity titled; “Apostrophes in Contractions Space Smash” (https://www.education.com/game/space-apostrophes/).
Writing Slide Project – Today Sebastian continued the process of creating a slide on each student, writing things about them.
Taking filmmaking seriously/ preparing a reel... Intro to directing with Ron Howard "Opie" - working with a crew... Intro to film composing with Danny Elfman... Sound and its luscious quality to move an audience in film composing... Bernard Herrmann and Hitchcock films....
Adding and Subtracting Fractions With Like Denominators
Lesson Outline
Sebastian completed an exercise from the 5th grade math Envision textbook, Adding and Subtracting Fractions With Like Denominations. He also practiced several multiplication facts.
In today's lesson Sebastian and I first learned about how not only the moon has an influence on the tides but so does the sun. We then discussed why the moon's gravity has a greater influence, which is due to the distance compared to the sun. We then completed a small activity to investigate the direction of gravity outside.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
38
Lesson Comments
Sebastian was sitting on the floor playing a game on his ipad. I got him to his room but he kept playing until 11:10. Then he went into the bathroom from 11:12 to 11:22.
Today we learned about how the ear works. We talked about decibels are measured and did a frequency sweep. Then we discussed how hertz are measured as well as hearing loss over time.
Writing – Prose, Drama, and Poems – Sebastian watched a YouTube video titled “ Forms of Writing Poetry, Drama, Prose: Differences - Fun and Educational Activities for Children” by KidsEd learning about these different types of writing. After watching he sorted examples of each into the correct category.
Grammar – Adjectives/Adverbs – After reviewing each we played a Jeopardy game.
Writing Slide Project – Today Sebastian continued the process of creating a slide on each student writing things about them.
