Jonathan watched a brainpop video on Ab Lincoln. Jonathan discussed three things he learned from the video. Jonathan read an article on Abe Lincoln. He created a timeline based on the facts from the article. Jonathan illustrated his timeline with symbols and pictures that represent Abe Lincoln.

Jonathan reviewed double digit addition by playing the puppy canoe racing game. He added with regrouping for speed and accuracy to win the race. Jonathan reviewed triple digit subtraction with regrouping. He solved multiple problems. Jonathan was introduced to making change with money. He watched a brain pop video and began the quiz.

I took Jonathan to his webpage. He was able to see the header that had been placed on the home page along with the general layout that we would use to display his illustrations along with upcoming content that he will be adding to the page.
Jonathan was instructed to move forward with the last five Pokemon type illustrations (fighting, psychic, rock, ground, and water). Jonathan was able to complete all but rock and ground type. Jonathan took pictures of his process and was instructed to upload them to the assign page the project.

Religion: This morning Jonathan read the Hail Mary from his prayer booklet. We then reviewed the vocabulary digital flashcards from unit 4. Language Arts: Our daily language review for today focused on punctuation in a friendly letter. I taught Jonathan that a greeting has a comma as well as the closing. Next, Jonathan wrapped up his Mother’s Day project with a few more similes and a closing sentence. We discussed items he should look for in the self-editing process. He drew and colored an illustration for the perfect finishing touch! We also worked on an activity in which Jonathan had to determine if the sentences read contained similes or not. For literature today, we read chapters 5 – 7 in our novel, Lions at Lunchtime. In our follow-up comprehension and critical thinking activities, we inferred meanings of words from the text as used in context. We examined the words: wailed, fury, and frantic. We discussed the meaning of “spic and span” and Jonathan made a text-to-self connection to explain if he would have followed the honey guide bird like Jack and Annie did. To enrich our subject matter, Jonathan practiced some novel-based spelling words and we read nonfictional articles (with photos) about The Maasai People and hyenas. Finally, for Fun Friday, we finished Jeopardy 3 that we had started last week. Jonathan answered question in the areas of past-tense words, pronouns, prefixes, and possessives and plurals (nouns).

I subbed for Miss Cortney's Social Studies class today. We worked through the videos and worksheet she assigned to us covering timelines. Jonathan did a great job thinking critically!

Jonathan spent most of his time on two Brain Pops. The first one was about the Food Chain. Jonathan reviewed the words Producer and Consumer but today added, Decomposer. Jonathan looked at the interaction of animals in an ecosystem, learning that such plants as mushrooms are the decomposers. From the Nitrogen Cycle we did yesterday, he could see that the Decomposers help to put nutrients back into the soil. The web site also discussed what would happen when a species of animal becomes extinct. Jonathan could see that the animals that depend on that food source go hungry while the animals that animal ate become prolific because they no longer have a predator. The upset in the ecosystem causes disruption throughout the ecosystem. Jonathan worked on the challenge questions which required choosing more than one answer and finding cause and effect answers. Jonathan had practice using his new terms. Jonathan also did readings from ReadWorks.com and answered questions about the food chain and ecosystems. Jonathan took special note about what is meant by the nonliving things in an ecosystem like sunlight, rocks, and water.

We reviewed lesson 1 on quarter notes and quarter rests, and then moved on to Lesson 2 on eighth notes. We also made some rhythms using spoken phrases about pirates and treasure.

Jonathan watched a read aloud on Martin Luther King Jr. Jonathan expressed three facts from the book. Jonathan read an article on Martin Luther King Jr. Jonathan created a timeline on Martin Luther based on the article. Jonathan added symbols on his timeline that represented Martin Luther. Jonathan finished the timeline about his typical Saturday.

Jonathan reviewed double digit addition by playing the puppy canoe game. He practiced regrouping with accuracy and speed to win the race. Jonathan reviewed double digit subtraction with regrouping. He watched a tutorial on YouTube that explicitly explained borrowing tens and converting it into ones. He solved six problems on his own as a mini assessment. Jonathan was introduced to three-digit subtraction by watching a YouTube tutorial. This video explicitly explained borrowing tens and hundreds. Jonathan solved a few problems with little help.

Show drawings by Keith Haring and draw 5 of them on a page.