Atticus began class with a jump rope warmup. He completed 7 consecutive jumps, tying his previous high score. Next, he partook in a 4-minute shuttle run. Then, Atticus completed 3 sets of 20 sit-ups along with planks and push-ups. The period concluded with a review of the class.

Atticus did very well with his spelling exercises. We continued to address the plural spelling of words ending in "y". I then provided instruction on preparing an essay. After reviewing the use of a topic sentence and the term "character" , I placed a prompt on the board. We then practiced writing a topic sentence based on the prompt followed by an outline of textual examples to support the topic sentence.

Today, Atticus started off class with a fifteen-minute sketch. He was allowed to look up a source image of a character from a manga he reads and draw that. He then got out the carving tools and set up his workspace. I did a demonstration review on how to hold the block and the gauge. I marked an area for him to carve out of the background and he practiced making smooth, straight lines with the U gauge. For the second class that I had with Atticus, he carved out the rest of the background on his image. He used the last fifteen minutes for school recess.

Today, we started off with a fifteen-minute sketch. The prompt was "water". Afterwards, Atticus practiced transferring his drawing to the rubber block. Once it was applied to his rubber block, we marked out the "positive" and "negative" spaces on the block. Negative spaces will be carved, and positives spaces will remain uncarved.

Today's lesson focused on Geography. Atticus reviewed material and answered questions about continental drift. Atticus participated in class discussions.

Atticus and I reviewed and corrected last night's homework in which he chose any 3 review problems from each of our last lessons. Many basic arithmetic errors were made and he was reminded to take his time, not rush, and show all of his work. Then, we began the next lesson on understanding division with fractions. Together we completed problems on dividing whole numbers by fractions and dividing fractions by whole numbers and how to use the relationship between division and multiplication. Models, quick pictures, and equations were used to represent fraction division along with the phrase keep, switch, and flip to solve problems.

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Today's lesson focused on continental drift. Atticus read material that detailed facts about the continental drift theory and how it works. Atticus participated in a class discussion about different continents.

Today's lesson focused on using time sequence connecting words and phrases as a component of a plot summary. Using last night's reading assignment, Atticus first composed a summary topic sentence. On the board, I then placed time sequence connectors such as :" first, next, then, later, last and finally " and discussed their use. We then wrote a series of sentences tracing the plot without using connecting words . After reviewing the menu of connecting words from the board ,Atticus added the connectors to his paragraph to form a cohesive plot summary employing proper grammar and spelling.

We worked on combination of double and single strokes on the practice pad, and then played on the drum set. We also began doing some sight reading of quarter notes and rests from Alfred's Snare Dum Method Book 1.