Kellan read about earthquakes, how they are formed, the Richter Scale, and seismographs. We practiced his reading comprehension. He watched a video about earthquakes and he summarized what he learned.

Kellan reviewed his vocabulary words and their definitions. He reviewed for his test over the Renaissance. He completed several new caricatures of the states and capitals.

Kellan dictated a story for me to type for him.

Kellan wrote his spelling words in his journal. We read The Watsons Go to Birmingham and discussed it.

Kellan began with a fluency review on adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers to complete a maze with a path following sums and differences that rounded to 2,000. Then, we continued to work on comparing fractions. Kellan used multiplication to create equivalent fractions with common denominators before comparing the numerators. He also learned a shortcut method to compare fractions which will allow him to check his work quickly.

Kellan was absent.

He read and discussed his vocabulary words. He located Italy on the map. He read an article about Teddy Roosevelt and the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, answered comprehension questions pertaining to the article. He worked on a caricature of the state of Nevada, and its capital, Carson City.

Kellan worked on his portrait painting for the duration of class.

Kellan used the voice-to-text option to dictate a story onto the computer.

Kellan took his spelling test on last week's words, He wrote his new word in his dictionary. We read The Watsons Go to Birmingham and discussed it.