Kellan completed the lab "Don't Go Changing." He examined how chemical reactions can help determine what a substance is. He observed how apple, orange, baking soda and potato chips reacted or didn't react to acid, fire and oxygen. He recorded his data in a table. He answered the follow-up questions.

Kellan dictated a story for me to type for him.

Kellan listed his spelling words in his dictionary. I read a Thanksgiving poem and Kellan identified which genre it was. Kellan read Cat Kid and discussed it.

Kellan delved deeper into the study of the middle ages. He learned about the 4th Amendment to the Bill of Rights.

Kellan was given his project, we did a review and he continued working on his design.

This morning, Kellan completed the daily review question on how skip counting by two different numbers can result in the same amount while also writing the related multiplication facts. Then, we played a tic-tac-toe game on multiplying 2, 2-digit numbers together. We took turns choosing a square, finding the product, and marking the spaces until the first player solved 3 in a row.

Kellan began a new unit of study, the Middle Ages. We reviewed new vocabulary words and their definitions. He learned about the 3rd Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

Kellan learned how to use the balance scale. He measured the mass of various objects using the scale. We reviewed mass, weight and volume.

Kellan dictated a story for me to type for him. I continued to remind him of the consistency of tense.

Kellan took his spelling test. We looked up information about Florida animals the Native Americans might have encountered. In his journal, Kellan wrote an expository paragraph about the animals.