Bella rehearsed and sang several songs with karaoke accompaniment, some of which I recorded for assessment purposes.

Bella reviewed for and took her essential verbs test.

She did not miss a single question.

These verbs are critical for communication in Spanish. Bella should be diligent about remembering them.

Bella continued working on the Pearson Test today for the entire session.

After Brown v. the Board of Education decision in 1954, American public schools slowly begin to integrate. In 1957, nine African American students, shielded by federal troops, enter Central H.S. in Little Rock, Arkansas. On Dec.1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL - thus beginning the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as the leader of the African American protest movement. The election of 1960. The impact of the Kennedy assassination put American society into a state of mourning. Congress passes the Civil Rights of 1964. This act prohibited discrimination against African Americans in employment, voting and public accommodations.

We went over her homework and then learned about Charle's Law, Boyle's Law, and Gay-Lussacs Law.

Bella was to take her test on key Spanish verbs.

She was absent.

Bella was given time to make digital notecards for 55 key verbs in Spanish.

She then used the digital notecards to study. She showed marked improvement within the period of one session.

She needs to know these verbs to do well on her upcoming test and to easily comprehend most common Spanish communications.

We finished our discussion of phase changes and phase diagrams. We will start the gas laws next class.

Test on Topic 7 Polynomials and Factoring.

Bella read, discussed, and analyzed two chapters of Where the Crawdads Sing. She discussed the theme of betrayal as seen through these chapters. She then discussed justice as seen through the law as compared to Kya's life. Bella then reviewed SAT vocabulary being studied.