I asked Zeta to select a place in the world to learn more about today that we discussed during our biomes of the world activity. She asked to learn more about Madagascar. She was familiar with the fact that lemurs are from this island nation off the coast of Africa, but was not aware of how unique it is. We watched a short documentary about the lemurs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjSiq53nJBo
and then learned about the carnivorous fossa (cat like predator), and the chameleons of madagascar.

"La Chenille affammée" - We listened to the French version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar one more time in order to review the days of the weeks and the number with two questions: "What did she have on Monday/Tuesday..." and "How many apples/pears...did she have on Wednesday/Thursday...?"

"La Chenille affammée" - We listened to the French version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar in order to review fruit vocabulary and Zeta learned how to say "there is", and "there are".

Zeta went over and completed the free verse poem she was assigned for homework. A couplet, a two line poem that rhymes and has the same number of syllables in both lines, was introduced. Zeta did well creating the second line to the first line of given couplets. For homework, Zeta will write two couplets. Alliteration was reviewed. Zeta read a passage about Cinco de Mayo and answered questions about the text. She earned a 100% on the first part of a grammar quiz. Zeta continues to practice keyboarding. We read the next chapter in 'Al Capone Shines My Shoes'. Focus was on foreshadowing, cause and effect and figurative language.

Zeta learned about what life was like growing up on the prairie. She visited and explored the “Ducksters Educational Site; Westward Expansion - Daily Life on the Frontier” and the “American History Western Expansion Activities and Games” website to learn about the difficult life they had.

Zeta and I reviewed last night's homework on solving equations using inverse operations, simplifying expressions with the order of operations, and evaluating expressions using substitutions. Then, we discussed functions and how there can be only one y-value for each x-value and that sets of ordered pairs are relations. Zeta looked at tables and graphs, determining if they were or were not a function. Together, we answered problem solving scenarios related to our recent lessons.

This afternoon we reviewed the concepts of neritic and pelagic ocean zones, with Zeta providing key characteristics of each biome to demonstrate her understanding. We watched and discussed a short documentary about plastic pollution and the ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHTY4BuhX84
. We ended the session with a discussion of products and choices that individual people can make to decrease their negative impacts or use of single use plastic. I shared with Zeta a few products that we use at home (shampoo bars, unpaper towels, soap nuts) and asked her to research a new product and share her findings next class.

Zeta did well choosing the correct vocabulary words to complete the sentences. We reviewed where to place apostrophes when writing contractions. Zeta was tasked with creating and writing sentences that contained contractions. She continues to practice keyboarding. Zeta has learned the home row and the top letter row on the keyboard thus far. Free verse poetry was reviewed. For homework, Zeta will write an original free verse poem. We continue to read "Al Capone Shines My Shoes'. Focus was on character motivation, tone and making predictions.

Zeta began Unit 4 – “The Middle West”, Chapter 8 – “Great Lake States”-, Lesson 1 – “The Old Northwest”- The chapter discusses the sequence of events in exploring and the expansion of this region. Zeta watched a “BrainPOP “lesson on the French and Indian War and completed the quiz at the end of the lesson. She then watched a YouTube video on the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.

We reviewed sight reading of quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes in lessons 1, 2, and 3. We began working through Solo #1 and learning all of the musical directions contained in it.