Bella worked on two sets of vocabulary today.

She worked on the vocabulary for the 50 word test that is quickly approaching. She did this by studying flashcards at first and later by helping to write the test.

She also worked on her chapter vocabulary. She did this by using the Cerego computer program.

Her familiarity with the vocabulary continues to steadily improve.

Matthew typed the paragraphs that he wrote last class using the MS Word program.

He was then shown how to change the editing language of the program so that he could get feedback on his errors from the program.

Then, we went through each of the errors that the computer identified one by one. We discussed the error and why the computer proposed the solution that it did. His paper still has some issues but is much improved. We highlighted how writing in a foreign language is like writing in English in that it is a process.

Matthew then chose between 3 writing prompts.

He chose to write a recipe for a dish that he likes to cook. He wrote a recipe for cooking eggs. As per the prompt, he included the required parts such as ingredients and directions (conjugated in the formal command form).

Today we started learning about the present progressive and finished two pages of the activity book.

He was absent today.

Matthew's next test will be a new format for him.

As such, we practiced some problems in the format that he will see them.

We also discussed the test. Specifically, we spoke about how there will be listening, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, extended reading, and written portions to his test.

He then practiced for the written portion of the test by writing 9 sentences in response to a chapter aligned prompt. He did an excellent job writing for an impromptu response.

We practiced vocabulary by watching a video about things to do in the United States and then he completed some exercises from the workbook.

Today, Bella read some paragraphs from two different parts of the book that she liked about cats.

We read part of a story about two sisters who get a cat. We read part of a story about Queen Victoria and her cat.

Bella did enjoy the story about Queen Victoria's cat more than the first story but still was not certain that this was the book for her.

After a quick mental break, Bella then read some biographical information about entrepreneur Elon Musk in Spanish. She said that she enjoyed this reading much more.

We will continue to look for written format media that interest her.

Bella and I researched some of the books that she may be interested in reading in Spanish this year.

She also continued to work on her Spanish Quizzes project.

Today, Bella faced one of the more dreaded of all the quizzes in our Spanish 3 project. She was required to call on all of the information that she had learned regarding Imperfect v. Preterite for cumulative quiz.

She did struggle in some parts, but would recognize them as we worked on them.

Much like last session, Matthew was charged with taking a quiz as a classwork assignment. This quiz dealt with formal commands in the negative and in the affirmative.

He did well with the assignment.

Matthew also memorized a key part of his book in Spanish and in English.

He recorded himself reading said key section aloud for a grade.

During our session, he also took a brief moment to sing Happy Birthday to Ms. Judie in Spanish.