Jase gave a detailed accounting of chapters 9 and 10 of ‘My Father's Dragon.’ He also gave his opinion of the book and a rating of 7 out of 10, including the reason for each point deduction. After that, we worked on identifying open and closed syllable types and breaking cvvc, and cvc words into syllables.

Jase practiced 2 S sounds exercises. He completed 2 main idea and details writing exercises.

Jase worked on his master painters recreation. He is choosing to recreate "The girl with the pearl earring" in collage instead of paint. He worked on finishing his paper cutting and then worked in Procreate on the other elements he will be collaging in.

Warm-up today will consist of Jacks, Squats, Leg stretches and core strengthening.

Understanding the importance of having a guard and how to counter an attack-

Drill: Jab, Reverse punch combination with emphasis on focus and form-
Review Roundhaouse kick and add it to the combination-
How to move your head to evade an impact.

Finish with bag work and rolls.

Jase and I began our session with a warm-up activity - focusing on 5th-grade math skills. Jase had difficulty with percentages and division. Jase then completed Lesson 1.1 Patterns with Exponents and Powers of 10 - writing numbers using exponents - completing guided practice, independent practice, and problem-solving problems.

Today, Jase completed his last 2 hard and soft g and c exercises. We moved onto s sounds. He completed an s sounds exercise where he wrote the s sound (s, z, zh or sh) he hears in each word.

Jase finished the last part of his artist report expressing why he wanted to study Johannes Vermeer. We then began to work on his master painting remake. He decided to remake The Girl with the Pearl Earring which he has chosen to remake as a collage.

Jase completed a language arts exercise where he continued to write a story using subject pronouns. We reviewed subject pronouns. He learned about a writer's audience. He read a paragraph and changed it to be appropriate for a young children audience. He learned about the main idea and details. He completed an exercise identifying details and the main idea of a picture.

Jase perfectly retold the key events from chapter 7 of ‘My Father's Dragon.’ After that, he read chapter 8 and the first two pages of chapter 9. While reading, we worked on using syntax to help monitor and self-correct. We also focused on reading accurately, noticing when words were omitted or substituted. Jase made reasonable predictions as he read.

Jase and I began our session with a warm-up activity - focusing on fifth-grade math skills. Jase then completed the 'review what you know' activity - adding whole numbers and focusing on place value. Lastly, I introduced Topic 1: Understand Place Value with vocabulary such as exponent, power, and base. Jase wrote the words and definitions in his math journal. We will begin Lesson 1.1 on Thursday.