Today was our final day of instruction with a review of our recent geometry lessons. Zeta answered numerous questions related to finding the area of parallelograms and triangles, finding missing measurements with given areas, names and parts of 3-D solids, finding the surface area of polyhedrons, polygons on coordinate planes, and volume with fractions.

Zeta enjoyed a 'Brain Pop' video on different types of writing. She was tasked with matching different types of writing with examples. Zeta wrote an essay on what she hoped The Benjamin School would be like. She did well writing a topic sentence and supporting details/examples. Given short passages, Zeta successfully drew conclusions from the text.

Zeta tried a cat makeup idea.

Zeta and I went over the second part of her book report. With help, Zeta revised and edited her writing. She did well completing sentences that contained vocabulary words. Zeta also did well on a spiral review of learned grammar skills. Zeta practiced typing sentences with messages about how to type correctly, posture, and taking breaks from the computer screen. She enjoyed following multi-step directions that involved physicality.

Zeta and I went over the first half of her book report on "Al Capone Shines My Shoes'. With help, Zeta revised and edited her writing. She will complete the book report tonight for homework. Zeta worked hard on keyboarding today. She learned the Tab and Enter keys. Zeta did well on vocabulary review. Given three words, she was tasked with choosing the vocabulary word that best fit with each group of words. Additionally, Zeta completed a spiral review of learned grammar skills.

Zeta took the surface area quiz this morning to complete our recent lessons. She answered questions related to the surface area of rectangular prisms, square prisms, and triangular pyramids, found surface areas using nets and by adding faces, and solved surface area word problems. Zeta scored an 80%, making a few careless calculations. We finished with graphing polygons, with given coordinates, onto a coordinate plane.

Cast Your Vote - Politics and Public Policy
This activity provided Zeta with an introduction to the electoral processes of the American political system. She discovered what it takes to become an informed voter — from knowing where they stand on important issues to uncovering what they need to know about candidates. She went through simulations, presentations, vocabulary-building activities and lastly a mock election.
https://www.icivics.org/node/2190/resource

This morning we completed a mini-lesson on turtles. We learned about the different groups of turtles (tortoises, sea turtles, freshwater turtles, and terrapins) and then completed a focus study on the gopher tortoise, the Florida chicken turtle, and the loggerhead sea turtle to compare the habitat and adaptations.

Zeta searched for an animal makeup idea to try in our next class. We also started watching a Broadway production of Ruthless.

Zeta has learned all the lower case letters on the keyboard!! She will continue to practice to improve speed and accuracy. Zeta read a passage with (review) vocabulary words embedded in bold. She did well using context clues to determine the meaning of the words. Zeta completed a spiral review of learned grammar skills. She also completed her 'Covid19 Time Capsule'. We reviewed a book report template that Zeta will utilize for 'Al Capone Shines My Shoes'. Zeta will complete the first half of the book report for homework.