Today we started with a r-rabbit pictures pocket. We reviewed the r pictures. We also looked up rabbits on the Internet. We discussed features in the pictures like where they were, how many, and if they have floppy or pointed ears. We wrote facts on our rabbit for ongoing discussion.
We watched "The Big Pig Song" video from yesterday which is full of -ig words repeating in s funny tune. We then did a worksheet in which Becca needed to decide if she heard the -ig sound in the word or not (big, wig, pig, dig, vs. hip, zip, lip, or dip). She only had to say if she heard it or not. She did get one correct on first response. This is a teaching activity, so the expectation is just active response to exposure. We then looked at some rhyming picture cards. We compared 4 -at and 4 -ock words. We looked at some more "r" pictures and traced upper and lowercase r. We finished our making our -at books with rat today. We sounded out each sound and then said "rat". We reviewed all of the pages and sent an extra copy home for practice. We completed a worksheet in which Becca had to identify things that do or do not go on a farm. We've done several activities on Starfall that involve a memory/concentration game. We will work on developing this skill of looking for items and I used the phrase "you/we made a match" to provide a prompt for the task. We finished our letter lacing task from yesterday. I used this time to assess her knowledge of language sounds. She produced 21 of 26 sounds clearly. For the other five sounds, she produced four close approximations in which it may have not been a clear production and/or it is an articulation deficit. Finally, she provided /s/ for "c" which is correct in some words. In looking at naming the letters, she named all but 3 of the wooden block uppercase letters correctly. She is really preferring the Starfall letter videos over RAZ Kids at this point.
Behavioral report: She started the morning with some defiant "no" responses. I told her we aren't going to say "no" like that all day and that seemed to curb the behavior quite a bit. She did a great job sitting at the table for snack and enjoyed some play outside. She was very socially appropriate, saying "hi" to other children and teachers in both of these activities.
Potty status: Becca asked to go at 10:45, and produced. She just wanted to play with play-doh as her treat and she chose not to pick an item from the treasure box.