Charlie and I reviewed States and capitals in an effort to memorize them. We also reviewed map and geography skills. Charlie labeled a map of continents and oceans. I quizzed him on geographical terms and map skills. We planned our Cooking class and field trip next week. Ben's Mom brought in ice cream to celebrate his last day.

Ben reviewed geography skills today. We also learned more about the silk road and Marco Polo. Ben chose some topics on BrainPop to explore - the south pole and the silk road. Have a fun summer, Ben! We will miss you.

Jackson was not available for class today.

Bobby was not available for class today.

This morning we worked in Danny's Geography textbook. We looked at various types of maps such as a city, bedroom, park, and classroom. Next, we moved into several activities using a map key (a symbol representing something on a map). We matched pictures of a restaurant, airplane, bridge, and mountains to the symbols that could be used on a map key for these items. We also analyzed and used the map keys of maps for a natural world area (forest, lake, river, and mountain), city (bike shop, gift shop, candy store, library, and fire department), park (picnic, playground, parking, and restroom), and a zoo in which we labeled the animals and talked about how to go from one animal to another. We practiced reading a map key with a fun treasure map activity in which Danny had to follow the directions including coloring specific items, labeling the compass rose, and determining what cardinal direction an item is in respect to another item. For example, the waterfall was north of the treasure chest. We also completed a landforms review in which we sorted pictures (such as valley, hills, river, and ocean) as to if they are land or water. Finally, we enjoyed a learning video about continents and oceans. We saw each continent and the basic structure of Earth with the two hemispheres. We learned that Antarctica is cold and frozen. Asia is the biggest and has the Great Wall of China, which Danny declared, "whoa, it's so big!" We saw that South America has the Amazon rainforest and Australia is a country and a continent and is home to the Great Barrier Reef. Finally, we saw Africa, which has the Sahara Desert and is the continent Danny said he'd go visit.

Stephen was absent from class today.

Shopping and Spending topics were covered today through Main Street Games: Shopping. In this lesson, Arianna had to identify the main idea in text passages (reading comprehension) in order to earn money for a shopping spree.

This morning we reviewed the topic of rights and responsibilities, which we covered briefly in the beginning of the year. We read our Florida Studies Weekly packet and watched the Brain Pop Jr. learning video on the topic. We learned that rights are freedoms that are protected such as speech, voting, press, different religious beliefs, being safe, and the right to learn. We learned that responsibilities are things we should do such as follow rules, be kind, help others, and give our best effort in learning. Additional vocabulary words today included: law (a rule), common good (helping all the people/ the overall community), and the Golden Rule (treat others the way you would like to be treated). We wrapped up the day with finding cardinal directions. Danny correctly found all four in his room and then he was able to ask me where all four are! This is a goal I was hoping to meet by the end of the school year! He has been able to identify them by name, but this time he could label them without my assistance! Hooray, Danny!

We watched Episode 7, Cities of the "America, The Story of Us" series. The time period in US history covered in the episode was, 1880-1930. Waves of immigration, and urbanization was the main focus.

Charlie and I discussed news related to our class today about terrorism. We watched two short videos about September 11th and about how we define terrorism. We discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons, President Trump's itinerary and anti-terrorism speeches, and strategies to combat terrorism.