Kellan took his spelling test. He read Dog Man, and we discussed it.

Today, Kellan and I began working on the concept of decimals. We reviewed how the amounts of whole numbers get bigger as numbers expand to the left and discussed how fractional amounts get smaller as numbers expand to the right. We also discussed the role of the decimal point as a separator of these whole and fractional amounts as well as a point of reference. Finally, decimal place values to the tenths and hundredths were discussed, and how they relate to fractions with denominators of ten and one hundred.

Kellan and I played ping pong for the first part of the period.
The second part of the period we played Bocce Ball with 3 other students.

Kellan wrote definitions for the following plant part key terms: epidermis, stoma, cuticle, vein, xylem, phloem, and guard cells. He studied the diagram of the plant parts and we did an informal quiz of the plant parts.

Kellan worked on another caricature for the Bill of Rights. He read and discussed his vocabulary words. He is learning about the Oceania islands, their peoples, and their differing cultures.

Kellan read more of Dog Man.

Kellan looked at his spelling words to prepare for tomorrow's test. He read Dog Man and discussed it.

Kellan was given a character sheet where he had to illustrate a character, provide the character's name, and a small bio for the character.

Kellan began with a timed multiplication facts drill before working on a review of fractions using a fraction tower which modeled halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, eighths, tenths, and twelfths. While working with the fraction cubes, Kellan recognized that each fraction tower equaled one whole, parts become smaller as denominators increase, and that the cubes could be used to find equivalent fractions by making towers with equal heights. Kellan also used the fraction cubes to show how to decompose fractions with common denominators.

Kellan read about the parts of a leaf: cuticle, epidermis, xylem, phloem, stoma and vein. He interpreted a diagram of the parts of a leaf and drew a diagram of the different components. We discussed the functions of each component of a leaf.