Mercer took his spelling test and made a 100. He has synonyms for spelling homework, and he has to read chapter one of his new literature book for homework. We reviewed his Wordly wise words and their definitions. He used the words in context. He also put the words into ABC order. We then delved into diagramming imperative sentences, discovereing the usage of the understood subject "you." We also discussed that the proper punctuation mark for a command sentence could be a period or an exclamation mark.

Today we began to study the rooms of the house in Spanish.

Both Mercer and his teacher win a game of chess.

Mercer continued exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, mean, median, mode, and range.

Today's lesson focused on Greek Meteora. Mercer reviewed material that details information about an incredible set of monasteries, each perched high atop Greek mountains in an area of extraordinary natural beauty called "Meteora," which literally means "suspended in the air." Mercer learned that the monasteries that sit on top of these rocks make up the second most important monastic community in Greece, after Mount Athos in Halkidiki. Out of the thirty monasteries that were founded throughout the centuries, only six of them are active today.

Lesson 2 Plate Tectonics – We learned that tectonic plates make up Earth’s lithosphere which contains the crust of the Earth and a small portion of the upper mantle. Plates are made up of oceanic lithosphere, continental lithosphere, or both. Continental lithosphere is thicker and less dense than oceanic lithosphere. The denser oceanic plate sinks into the mantle in the process of subduction which causes large earthquakes at the subduction zone. Volcanic mountains form on the overriding plate at these boundaries.
Assignment: Complete active reading prompts in science workbook.

Mercer began exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook; mean, median, mode, and range.

Today he made a family tree of his family in Spanish, in which we practiced vocabulary about the family, sizes, and possessives.

Quiz on Lesson 1 Earth’s Layers

We looked up the names, pronunciation, and spelling of countries. Then we read about their borders and international waters. We located several mountains that are the highest points in countries and continents. Next we examined islands for population, GNP, and military bases.