Mercer won a very close game of chess against his teacher.

Mercer completed exercises from the 6th grade math Envision textbook, time unit conversions.

Today he created sentences describing his daily routine from when he gets up until he returns home at night. He wrote sentences like: I get up at 6:00 am, I go to school.

Today's lesson focused on Greek mythology. Mercer read material that detailed why Mount Olympus was regarded as the abode of the gods and the site of the throne of Zeus. The name Olympus was used for several other mountains and hills, villages, and mythical personages in Greece and Asia Minor. Mercer spent the remainder of the class watching videos and fun facts on the real-life lore channel.

Mercer began class with an 8-minute run and a 2-minute cool down walk 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.

He learned to write the letter f in cursive using the words food, office, and belief. He completed a Wordly Wise activity with his new words using them in context. He began reading a language arts informational article, "The Origin of Ghana." He notated new vocabulary words, and used his knowledge of the glossary to locate their definitions and copy them into his notebook.

Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion - We practiced identifying which of Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion were involved in several scenarios. We observed that in the first law of motion that it took more force to get an object moving than to keep it moving. Next we observed from Newton’s second law of motion that force is equal to mass times acceleration. The greater the mass of an object the more force it takes to move the object. Then we calculated the force in newtons for several items given the mass and acceleration. We also learned that the third law of motion says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Assignment: We began work on a poster to summarize the meanings and give examples of Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion.

I am subbing for Daniela. He worked on another essay that asked him to pick 3 words that best describes him and explain how they represent who he is. He selected well traveled, geo enthusiast, and funny. His essay was very well done.

Mercer took his spelling and Wordly Wise tests and made a 100 on each. He completed an essay on a documentary he watched and enjoyed this year. He made notes and organized them before he began to write. His essay showed great organization and each idea was clearly developed.

Mercer continued exercises from his 6th grade math Envision textbook, metric weight measures comparisons.