We discussed the current state of the military conflict in Ukraine focusing on Russia's regrouping troops in the east. I commented on the change in the Russian military command and noted the new Russian general's reputation for committing atrocities based on his service for Russia in Syria. Jayden discussed why the US is hesitant to send troops to the Ukraine and I mentioned the role of NATO .I noted similarities between Germany in 1939 and Russia's invasion while recognizing the importance of US policy which is to avoid escalation into another world war. On a lighter note, I further mentioned that the president of Ukraine is a former sit com star from a Ukrainian TV show. I noted how life has imitated art as in the show a hapless school teacher is elected president of Ukraine to the surprise of the world.

Jaydn wrote in response to a prompt.

Jaydn read, analyzed, and discussed the next chapter of the Great Alone. We discussed the rising action of the novel and she traced the events that are leading to the rising action. We also discussed how an emotion can be a "character" of a novel and be the force driving the protagonist. She discussed the emotions of fear and isolation and how they are driving the characters. She predicted how the outcomes might resonate.

I reviewed with Jaydn the different formulas for finding the surface areas and volumes of figures such as triangular prisms, pyramids, rectangular solids, cylinders, and spheres. We worked several problems to show how the formulas were used for the main types of geometric solids. There was no assignment.

I showed Jaydn how the volume of a cube could be calculated by raising the length of one edge to the third power. I then showed her how the volume of a rectangular solid could be found by multiplying the three dimensions. We did some problems to reinforce the use of these formulas. There was no assignment.

Today we studied the preterit of irregular verbs.

Jaydn read, analyzed, and discussed the next chapter of the Great Alone. She dicussed the theme of coming of age. She then wrote a short essay discussing how the main characters come of age in the story. She added her comments if she related to the struggles of these characters as they grow older. She also described the personal journeys of the characters of Leni and Matthew.

Jaydn read, discussed, and analyzed the next chapter of The Great Alone. Upon completion, she wrote to describe the character development of Leni. She ended the character development with predictions for her future citing text for support.

Today we studied the expression: Favor de. Then we continued with the search for information about the project on Mexico.

I showed Jaydn some additional problems and solutions of spheres including the derivation of the surface area of a sphere from its given volume. We also calculated the volume of a pyramid, a cone, a cylinder, and a rectangular solid. There was no assignment.