Zeta completed many Social Studies review activities using https://mrnussbaum.com/games/social-studies-games These interactive activities were all reviewing the material taught throughout the year.

This afternoon we concluded our review of the weather unit. Zeta and I read short passages on climate zones. Zeta and I discussed how longitude and latitude affect climate zones around the world. We also discussed how to read weather maps and Zeta was introduced to the concept of air masses and fronts. Tomorrow we will complete a unit quiz.

We went over the essay Zeta wrote for homework. Zeta was encouraged to proofread her work. For homework, Zeta will go over the essay and make the necessary additional revisions and edits. She continues to progress in keyboarding. Today, Zeta learned the x and period keys. Zeta did well choosing the vocabulary words whose meaning was suggested by the given clues. She worked on a spiral review of grammar skills. Zeta is really enjoying 'Al Capone Shines My Shoes'. Focus was on tone and characterization.

This morning, Zeta's lesson focused on finding the area of a circle using the area formula as well as the circumference formula to find missing measurements. She found the approximate area, circumference, or missing measurements of numerous figures, rounding to the nearest whole number. Then, Zeta wrote down all of our recent formulas on finding the area of different solid shapes for use as a reference. We finished on Khan Academy identifying parts of 3-D shapes as well as naming geometric solids.

1.Zeta continued working on her WebQuest of the Oregon Trail/Western Expansion. She completed her task of writing a journal telling family in the east all about the supplies she took on her trail, the preparation it took to be ready for the journey, and the hardships along the way while still trying to convince her family members to follow her out west.
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This week we continued to discuss weather. We reviewed the main tools used by meteorologists to record or measure weather. Zeta completed a learning activity to match the tools with their definitions. Then, we read a short passage to learn that clouds are characterized by their shape and altitude. Zeta was able to correctly label the different clouds when shown photographs after we read and discussed the reading passage.

Zeta read a passage with new vocabulary words embedded in bold. She used context clues to figure out the meaning of the new vocabulary words. Zeta read the definitions and parts of speech of the words. She continues to practice keyboarding. She did well on an exercise in which she was tasked with inserting adjectives and adverbs into given sentences to make the sentences more interesting. Zeta worked on a spiral review that consisted of skills and knowledge learned throughout the year. Together, we read the next chapter of 'Al Capone Shines My Shoes'. Focus was on a recurring theme, tone and word choice.

Zeta and I reviewed the area formulas of rectangles, parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids and used them to find missing measurements. Then, we looked at how the distance around a circle is related to the diameter and that knowing one helps find the other. Zeta used the circumference formula to find the circumference of circles when given the diameter or radius as well as finding the missing measurement when given the circumference. We finished with a quiz on Khan Academy on finding the area of parallelograms, triangles, and composite figures and finding the missing lengths when given the areas.

Zeta continued working on her WebQuest of the Oregon Trail/Western Expansion. She continued her task of writing a journal telling family in the east all about the supplies she took on her trail, the preparation it took to be ready for the journey, and the hardships along the way while still trying to convince her family members to follow her out west.

This morning Zeta completed two learning activities to demonstrate her understanding of the weather unit vocabulary. She was able to complete both activities with very little additional instruction or assistance. One of the concepts that we had to review were the 4 main types of clouds and the subjects of humidity and air pressure.