Charlie was absent today.

Kate says she loves current events. We ended the week with more time and learning through CNN for Kids. Kate is very concerned about and interested in the water crises on both coasts. We researched information on WPTV.com and got updates on the toxic algae situation on the east coast of FL and the Red Tide issue on the west coast of FL. The situation seems to be improving slightly on both coasts. This seemed to allay some of Kate's anxieties as she was not only concerned about getting near the ocean this weekend, she was worried that toxic water could get into the pipes of her home. She left for the weekend feeling much better.

Charlie was absent today.

Today we continued to learn about Geography is Week 1 on maps. Yanuell now knows the difference between a political map and a physical map, along with map features such as a compass rose, map legend, and a map scale. Then we went on to learning about latitude and longitude lines. Yanuell answered a few comprehension questions to follow and got them all correct!

In today's lesson we discussed how people use technology to get information. It is much easier today to get information through the internet than it was years ago for people having to research through books. Arianna learned what primary and secondary sources are and we looked at some examples of each. There were multiple choice questions that followed, which she answered.

We spent the first portion of the class on a Social Studies Weekly lesson, "A Geo Scheme for All of Us." We reviewed terms such as Geoscheme, cartographer, hemisphere, equator, cardinal directions, Prime Meridian and we identified all of them on a globe. We then transitioned from these basic concepts in geography to a review of current events through CNN for Kids.

Arianna and I got to know each other and she told me all about her Barbie house and introduced me to her adorable dog. We then took a walk through of the Studies Weekly website. She is somewhat familiar with bits of this program since she used it last year. I gave Arianna her username and password. She knows how he is able to earn coins/points by completing assignments and answering questions. There are 36 different topics/weeks in the course but we will not have time to go through them all. I will pick which topics I feel are the most beneficial to her learning in 3rd grade. We started reading the first week's article on "Getting Information". This week is about how computers and the Internet can be used as primary or secondary sources for finding information.

Arianna will need a notebook (any kind) for this class to take notes and complete assignments.

Charlie was absent today.

With Social Studies Weekly, we began the week 1 welcome and overview. We covered, "Centuries of Exploration of Our Amazing Earth" and "Mars, the next Frontier." We reviewed Location, Mars Curiosity Rover (MCR),Atomic Clock, Cartography, Elon Musk and Space X

Dylan has hung a map on his wall since our last class and it is great to see it there! Today, we completed a lesson about the Concept of Citizenship. First Dylan completed a handout that was then placed in a newly created green Social Studies folder in his storage space. We then worked on a lesson in Social Studies weekly about the American flag.