Who am I? What is identity? We looked at these philosophical questions through the paradox of The Ship of Theseus. All materials for our discussion can be found on Teams under the assignments: Who am I? and What is identity?
Ship of Theseus comprehension questions: 100% accuracy
Related to the reading, "Personality can change over time, and for the better" by Cristopher Soto, we dove in to the "Big 5" domains of personality. Cameron took the OCEAN personality test. Tomorrow, we will look at these results together and discuss how he feels about the results/how they align with his personal identity.

Vocabulary.com list 1; 50% Kilpatrick drill N2#1 80% Reading "Personality Can Change Over A Lifetime, And Usually For The Better" by Cristopher Soto related to our Eng I unit.

1-2 Solving Linear Equations – We reviewed several problems involving solving linear equations. These problems involved multiplying by the LCD to remove fractions and setting up word problems. Then we reviewed the characteristics of a linear equation.
Assignment: For homework complete assigned problems.

Cameron skimmed "Coming Home Again" from Friday for a quote that was meaningful to him and made a connection/described why he found it to be meaningful.
Next, we circled back to the "Where I'm From" poem. Cameron spent the remainder of our session working on a writer's workshop to complete his poem.

Vocabulary.com; list 2
Phonological Awareness drills N1 #8 and N1 #9
OG Cards online; visual drill (baseline). Given a card with a letter/team of letters, Cameron will produce the first choice for the sound (phoneme).

Mini-Lessons Weekly Recap: Cameron was given 3 questions and had to independently demonstrate what he learned from our mini-lessons this week. 3/3 correct.
"Coming Home Again" by Chang-Rae Lee, an essay related to our unit on Identity. We took turns reading the essay. Then, we had time for a quick comprehension check and discussion about the reading.

Vocabulary: List 1 on vocabulary.com followed by study session of vocabulary words selected for mini-quiz on word meaning, suffix meaning, and spelling. Vocabulary/Spelling quiz 90%
Discussion of spelling/vocab results & recap of error; strategy for syllibication of unfamiliar words.

In today's lesson, Cameron learned about the scientific method and its steps, including the question, background research, hypothesis, experiment and conclusion. He learned how it applies to everyday life and in science. We also concluded with a review of everything we learned today.

Today we literally traveled across the globe as Cameron shared many of the amazing places he has visited in the world. He has been to 6 out of 7 continents! From Hawaii in the Pacific, we continued moving west around the world, stopping in places Cameron recalls visiting such as Bora Bora, Australia, Japan, China, Greece, France, Spain, Portugal, England and Scotland. Cameron really enjoyed Scotland - the birthplace of golf. Cameron has also been to Chile and recalls a fascinating experience in Morocco he shared in class.

Cameron selected American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang for our unit 1 novel study. Next, we did a mini-lesson on creating compound sentences using semicolons, he also attempted to make compound sentences by rewording them. This gave me an opportunity to see his prior knowledge on using conjuctions (because, for, but, etc), which will be a part of tomorrow's mini-lesson.