Liam opened his Illustrator file and we worked together to create a roof and stairs for his illustration.

Liam used a KWL chart to write down things that he already knew about the text as well as what he wanted to learn.

This afternoon, I asked Liam to attempt to re-tell me about aprogram he enjoys. I asked him to retelling it in his own words in a shortened version. I guided Liam to first share details about, LoudHouse, his favorite TV show by answering the who, what, when, where, why and how of the program. Once he shared his list of characters and setting, we discussed the character traits of each character and developed a topic sentence to tell the reader the main concept, or theme. I will then use our outline and annotations to comprise a about the story we just finished, "Sadako and the Thousand Cranes. Lima was engaged in our activity. He demonstrated good recall skills and noted common denominator personality traits and interests shared by the characters.

Liam worked on converting mixed numbers into improper fractions. Then he completed an activity on changing improper fractions to mixed numbers. He completed an activity on adding mixed fractions.

Liam built a robotic car.

Liam outlined the 8 levels of the Loud House game he plans to create. He has such a vivid imagination. Very creative!

Liam learned how to build a doodling robot. He read and followed the directions to put together his robot.

Liam worked on completing his multiplication and division math drills. He is working on understanding how to add and subtract mixed fractions.

Today we read several short stories where Liam had to make thoughtful inferences based on the information presented in the text.

Liam and I went over his homework at the onset of class. He completed it satisfactorily and I commended him on writing down his responses and his handwriting. Having finished the book, 'Sadako and the Thousand Cranes' Liam and I read instructions at the end of the book on how to create a crane using origami paper We began doing so while Liam responded to questions pertaining to the story, its characters, their dynamics, and the meaning and significance of the cranes. We enlisted the aid of our graphic arts teacher who modeled the paper-folding art of origami as Liam followed the demonstration and directions, using his own special origami paper. It took most of the period but was definitely worth the effort. Liam proudly displayed his crane to his friends and teachers at Batt and will take it home at the end of the day to show his parents. What a wonderfully creative culmination to our study of Sadako and the thousand Cranes.