Today Sebastian showed me how much talent he has playing chess. We talked about strategy and how to think ahead about what will happen. We ran out of time when playing our game but he was on his way to winning!
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Sebastian was not receptive to working on the computer and appeared exhausted when we met at 12:30pm. He was open to playing chess so we went outside for the class time. He asked to go to the bathroom and took over 10 minutes.
Bobby was scheduled for this class at 8:00am but was absent today.
Assignment
Logo Design
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
0
Lesson Comments
Bobby was scheduled for class with me for today at 8:00am for one hour. Upon arrival this morning, I was advised by Elise that Bobby had called and said he would not be attending any classes until after 9:30am.
Bobby created notes for seven pages of his slide deck in preparation for delivering the presentation.
Assignment
Logo Design
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Bobby was very responsive this morning and ran with the ball creating notes pages for his presentation. He is clearly understanding the focus of his effort and working toward a smooth delivery.
Bobby worked on setting up notes pages for delivering his presentation. The goal is to prepare to deliver the presentation in a well organized manner with evidence of significant preparation.
Assignment
Logo Design
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Bobby clearly understands the importance of delivering a presentation. We discussed how preparation and practice help reduce anxiety and improve effectiveness. We completed some notes pages and plan to continue this process in the next class.
Bobby worked on finalizing marketing content on his smoothie presentation. We are almost finished with the logo and the associated slides. We will be working on making note pages to support delivery of the presentation this week.
Assignment
Logo Design
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Bobby did not get on Teams until 8:15am. I sent him a message and he apologized saying he overslept. We did some good work on his business plan and discussed strategy for our next session.
We worked on technical trading methods including channels, shelves, RSI, key reversal, and moving averages.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Cabo plated Minecraft but I was able to get him focused on financial markets for a good amount of time. He is learning charting techniques including analyzing the reasons why the tools are effective in predicting future price movements.
We worked on marketing strategy including developing a purpose and the theme for the smoothie business. We updated slides to include these ideas.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
We worked on slides for the presentation of Bobby's smoothie business. He needs to finalize his marketing strategy and settle on the business name and logo. We plan to add this to the presentation next week.
We continued critical thinking exercises surrounding financial markets including technical analysis strategies for investing in stocks.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Cabo was watching YouTube videos but I was able to interest him in financial markets because he likes money. We discussed channels, shelves, and the RSI.
Bobby worked on marketing strategy for the smoothie business. We discussed themes, logos, and advertising strategy. We will be finalizing the slide in the next class.
Assignment
Develop a business name
Session Minutes
30
Minutes Student Attended
30
Lesson Comments
Bobby was attentive and actively discussed business strategy including alternative marketing ideas. We discussed causes and how many businesses are working with charities to motivate sales.
For critical thinking we discussed stock market dynamics including short selling and technical analysis.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Cabo seemed to have a great deal of interest in the stock price action recently exhibited by GameStop and AMC. We discussed how stock prices can be manipulated when short sellers are forced to cover exposure. We also looked at a few technical trading methods.
