Today's lesson focused on Greek mythology. Mercer's last assignment in this unit was to create his own story about a Greek god. Mercer spent time creating a character and developing a story that was similar to the mythological stories he learned about in the unit. Mercer spent the entire class period looking up information about volcanos and adding information to create his character called Magma Man and to fit him into his mythical stories about volcanoes.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Today's lesson focused on Greek mythology. Mercer's last assignment in this unit was to create his own story about a Greek god. Mercer spent time creating a character and developing a story that was similar to the mythological stories he learned about in the unit. Mercer spent the entire class period looking up information about volcanos and adding information to create his character called Magma Man and to fit him into his mythical stories about volcanoes. Mercer was on task.
Reading Comprehension Spelling Wordly Wise Grammar Literature
Lesson Outline
He took his spelling test and made a 100. He wrote his new spelling words for next week in his spelling notebook. He learned how to write the letter j in cursive joining it to words like jump, joker, and subject. He worked on diagramming sentences with compound predicates. He did an activity with common and proper nouns identifying them and labeling them. He wrote a short paragraph using common and proper nouns.
Today's lesson focused on volcanos for his class project. Mercer reviewed maps that detailed volcanos in Indonesia. Mercer reviewed video clips with information about topography maps with raised tundra. Mercer discussed places worldwide that had active volcanos he was previously unaware of.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Today's lesson focused on volcanoes for his class project. Mercer reviewed maps that detailed volcanos in Indonesia. Mercer reviewed video clips with information about topography maps with raised tundra. Mercer discussed places worldwide that had active volcanos he was previously unaware of. Mercer was on task.
Mercer began class with a 5-lap warmup around the perimeter of the playground. Next, he participated in a fun, competitive, and interactive game of ladder toss with his teacher while focusing on throwing technique, strength, and accuracy.
Today's lessons focused on the final units of ancient Greek society. Mercer read material that detailed artifacts found in Greece. He read about the Antikythera mechanism, an artifact kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. Sponge divers found it in 1900 near the island of Symi in the Aegean Sea. It is one of many artifacts divers found in the ancient Antikythera shipwreck, dating back to 65 B.C. Mercer spent the remainder of class working on a class project.
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Today's lessons focused on the final units of ancient Greek society. Mercer read material that detailed artifacts found in Greece. He read about the Antikythera mechanism, an artifact kept in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. Sponge divers found it in 1900 near the island of Symi in the Aegean Sea. It is one of many artifacts divers found in the ancient Antikythera shipwreck, dating back to 65 B.C. Mercer spends the remainder of class working on a class project. Mercer was on task.
Mercer was quizzed on his spelling words for the week. Next, he practiced writing the words on his whiteboard, focusing on spacing each letter appropriately, using the same sized letters for each word, and carefully writing each letter correctly.
While Mercer is online, we used class time to watch a video about how geography affects art and how, over the years, art has changed based on where humans were located. Answer five follow-up questions and discuss the video.
