Citizenship requirements and processes in the U.S. Discussion of rights (voting etc) of Legal Aliens. Citizenship requirements for U.S. President and Vice President. Current Issues with undocumented illegal aliens in the U.S. including income (labor wages etc) which are not legally arranged and therefore are paid illegally outside of any tax consequences or records.

Today we spent the time cleaning up and rearranging the activities center.

Warm up with an Obstacle Course, stretches for the whole body. Systematic strength training using planks and other isometric exercises.

Introduction to martial arts. Basics and what to expect. Stances, Balance, power, and confidence.

Warmdown with breathing

We are continuing our learning of the Art Elements. We are focusing on texture, negative and positive space, and space and depth through perspective: linear and atmospheric perspective. I gave PJ some reference notes with images to refer to and put those in his art notebook. Then I gave him some activities to apply and practice these art elements.

PJ's handling of textures: wood, fur, and rough textures is quite good. He is very observant and really takes his time to demonstrate the texture he sees.

Pj reviewed his spelling homework, completed a reading comprehension activity using his spelling words and Wordly Wise words in context, and began unit 1 in his Language Arts book.

U.S. Citizenship requirements. Review of Bill of Rights Amendments 2 though 7. Naturalization process to obtain citizenship. Legal aliens and illegal aliens. Birthright guarantee of U.S. citizenship explained. Naturalization process of obtaining citizenship: Legal aliens have 5 years to complete U.S. citizenship qualifications including a basic Civics knowledge test. Illegal aliens and the necessity of deporting the illegal immigrants. Review of Amendment regarding rights against unreasonable Search and Seizure.

Choices 1, 2, or 3:
1. Animals of My Past, Present, and Future Drawing to promote self-awareness and self-reflection:
The assignment is to select three animals: 1) one animal to represent your past: where you have been, 2) a second animal to represent your present: who you are now, and 3) a third one to represent your future: your goals and dreams.

Don’t worry about making the animals perfect. Draw them from your imagination. You can represent them in a cartoon or illustrative way using pencil, ink pen, colored pencils, and markers. Think about an environment that unifies each animal and create that too as part of your drawing. It can be an imaginary world of your choosing.

2. Silly Drawing Prompts to Open the Imagination: Draw a chicken skydiving

3. Continue working on your current project independently.

PJ drew a chicken skydiving, and it is quite good! His drawing has a nice illustrative quality to it! I cannot wait to see the finished drawing! Good work, PJ!

Input Output Devices. Introduction to Computer Hardware and Components. Description of various ways that computers accept and process data. Handout on identifying the I/O components of a personal, minicomputer and/or supercomputer. Presentation and analysis of Franklin's Magic Squares as an example of manual organization of data that computers can process at lightning speeds today.

Lesson 1 Analyzing the Rock and Fossil Records – We learned that fossils contained in rock layers can help geologists determine the ages of rocks and events of Earth’s history. We discovered that fossils found in the oldest layers of rock are of relatively simple organisms and fossils of more complex organisms appear in younger layers of rock.

1-7 Inductive Reasoning – We practiced reasoning inductively. We predicted the extension of patterns. Then we applied inductive reasoning to real-world problem-solving. We learned that conjectures are not always true. They can be disproved with one counterexample. You want 8383 and five repeatedly negative
1-8 Look for a Pattern – We practiced finding number patterns. Then we discovered that many occupations use patterns to help solve problems or make predictions. We used tree diagrams to verify a solution is reasonable.
1-9 Multiplying and Dividing Integers – We practiced multiplying and dividing integers. We discovered that an even number of negative signs gives a positive answer and an odd number gives a negative answer. Then we discovered that the sign of the quotient is positive when the two signs are the same and negative if the two signs are the opposite.
1-10 The Coordinate Plane – We learned to name the coordinates and quadrants in the coordinate plane. Then we practiced graphing coordinates or ordered pairs.
Assignment: Complete hidden picture by connecting the coordinates.