I read about Temple Grandin, and we discussed the book. In his journal, Kellan wrote what we can learn from Temple.

Kellan began with the daily review on recognizing patterns when multiplying even and odd numbers. Then, we focused on reviewing and memorizing the 6s facts. Kellan used the 6s fact flashcards, dividing the facts into known and unknown piles before reviewing different strategies to help learn the unknown. Finally, Kellan completed a couple of long division with remainder problems and was assigned mixed operation problems for homework.

Kellan watched a video on desert animal adaptations and we discussed the adaptations of each animal. He read about forest adaptations and we discussed tropical rain forest and temperate forest plant adaptations. He read about mimicry. He wrote and illustrated the definition of mimicry.

Kellan continued dictating stories for me to type.

Kellan dictated a story for me to type for him.

We read more about Temple Grandin and discussed her life.

Kellan continued working on his poster design.

To celebrate the 100th day of school, Kellan reviewed multiplying by 100 by finding the products of 2-digit numbers multiplied by 100. This skill was expanded upon to include multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1,000. Then, he completed the daily review problems on solving a multiplication word problem and choosing a division equation to model a word problem. For homework, Kellan was assigned mixed operation practice problems.

Kellan worked on his Pointillism project for the duration of class.

Kellan continues a study of the ancient civilizations of the Inca, Maya, and Aztec civilizations. He is using his map skills to draw a rendition of the locations of each civilization from Mexico to Peru in the Andes Mountains.