Today Sam and I worked in our text book "En Espanol"(pages 4,5,6,7) In Spanish, all nouns have either a masculine or feminine gender. Also, we discussed that masculine nouns usually end in o and feminine nouns usually end in a.We role played and practiced conversation. Also, we spoke about countries in the world where Spanish is the official language.

Sam and I discussed the rubric to be used to grade her paper. I made sure that she understood the requirements. We then composed her thesis statement for her essay together. After the thesis statement, we created a brief outline for her paper. We searched the novel and the informational piece to decide which quotes from the novel she would use for textual evidence in her paper.Sam will write a rough draft of her paper to be turned in on Thursday, so we can discuss it together before she turns in her final draft. We ended our session by working through set B in the Sadlier vocabulary book.

Sam really enjoyed talking about Greetings (Power point lesson I created for her to improve speaking skills)Good morning, Good afternoon, or Good evening.(answers, more vocabulary, different alternatives and how to keep going with the conversation) These are formal/less formal ways of saying “hello”, which change depending on the time of day.(Formal/less formal language)In order to understand even better we played a fun activity taking turns speaking Spanish and feeling confident about it (conversation). Also we practiced and learned the relationship between language and culture is deeply rooted.After that we completed our Thankful tree, she had fun learning the expression of gratitude in Spanish. (new vocabulary)

Sam finished reading the novel. We discussed the ending. Sam enjoyed the book very much. We began discussing the Literary analysis that she will write. We began to discuss the formation of the thesis statement. We talked about the needed textual evidence. Sam will use both the novel and the informational piece"Superman and Me" for her analysis.

Sam and I read "Superman and Me." We connected the autobiographical informational text by the author. We answered some text dependent questions about the article. We connected the text to the novel. We talked about Alexee's ability to overcome obstacles and began to discuss her options for an analytical essay. We ended class by continuing to read the novel.

Introduction - Review importance of learning Spanish as a second language (Learning a foreign language actually helps keep your memory sharp and a new study published in the journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, shows that learning to play a musical instrument or speaking another language can train your brain to be more efficient). Motivation (Why should an American learn a foreign language? What and where is the need? /Spanish is the official language of 21 countries.) Review with Sam the importance of Spanish skills (Listening, Writing, Speaking and Reading) We start a project “Make a Thankful Tree” What are you thankful for? Review list of words (Writing - vocabulary) review sound of letters. (Speaking) It was great to take time to pause, reflect, and remember the blessings we've been given. (Listening/Reading) Assignment: Homework write words to complete list. (share with Dad today’s topic/Dinner time)...

I worked with Samantha on selected problems from the textbook chapter test as part of her review for the practice test that I will give next time. We worked on polynomial factoring, finding solutions, polynomial long division, synthetic division, rational and complex roots. There was no assignment.

We reviewed Sam's chapter assessment test on constitutional principles and federalism and made modifications in her notes where necessary. Sam then made a brief outline of the major provisions of most of the Articles emphasizing the commerce clause, the supremacy clause and the full faith and credit clause. We discussed some practical examples of each . We will have a test next week on Chp 3 ,and I reviewed some of the elements of government structure. For homework, we will begin a study of the Bill of Rights. I assigned pages 128-132 of the text and responding to questions on pg 132. We will review in more detail on Monday and have a test on Tuesday.

We reviewed Sam's revised test responses which showed a much better understanding of the Constitutional Convention and the impacts of the Enlightenment. We then closely looked at the text of the Constitution and analyzed how the framers put in practice certain principles of government such as federalism, separation of powers,and checks and balances. Last, we reviewed Sam's homework that required her to study the sample ballot and to determine which issues and offices were federal, which were state and which were local and further to infer the difference between the process for amending the US constitution and the Florida Constitution as well as the difference in the two systems for appointing judges. We also discussed the social issues raised by the proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution. For homework, Sam is to complete the chapter assessment quiz on pages 99-100 in the text.

Samantha and I worked on selected problems about factoring polynomials, finding roots and building polynomials from their roots. I concentrated on factoring the greatest common multiples for all terms and finding the patterns represented by the different types of polynomials. There was no assignment.