Today we started with a t-turtle pictures pocket. We reviewed the t pictures. We also looked up turtles on the Internet, discussed features, and wrote facts on our turtle for ongoing discussion. Becca really liked the pictures of the turtles in the ocean.
We watched b,c, and d videos on Starfall.com. We then completed an initial sound discrimination activity in which she had to determine if the word started with b, c, or d. We watched the RAZ Kids story on "Winter" again to reinforce learning of items that go with winter. We then completed a worksheet in which Becca had to match the winter clothes items to the correct body parts. She did really well with this. We read another rhyming story featuring the character Llama Llama today. We then sorted our rhyming cards in the -og and -ie/-y word families. Becca is starting to show increased familiarity with this activity. We traced letter e and h on little worksheet strips. I could feel her helping more in tracing. We enjoyed a cute story called "Maisy at the Fair". Becca could relate to the items at the fair. We did some -an word families on Starfall learn to read in which Becca had to choose the correct initial sound. We practiced some same/different and make a match. Becca enjoyed some outside time on the playground. She interacted with three other girls in her age range. Throughout the morning Becca was speaking frequently with a whiny voice. She also started yelling out things like "I'm thirsty, I'm thirsty!!!" We discussed that she can use her words and just tell me things that she needs. For ex., I told her that if she's thirsty, she can just ask me for a drink and we practiced the language.
Potty status: I feel like Becca needed to have a bowel movement. She was not passing gas but the way she was pausing and posturing looked as if she was trying to go. I observed her in the classroom and immediately took her to the restroom and she would only sit long enough to urinate. I could see it on the playground and took her in again and she would not sit. Finally, she was doing it again on the playground and denied needing to go but we did try in the bathroom a few minutes later and she did not go. She was reminded of the rewards and how it's much better to go on the potty and not get her underwear dirty, etc. She did ask to go around 11:15 and did urinate. She chose play-doh as her reward. (Thank you for the additional play-doh. I put them in her treasure box. I have a few cookie cutters that she likes to use with the play-doh. Any play-doh tools like rolling pins, shape cutters, and scissors would fun treasure box items, if you're on the hunt for more treats.) In her play-doh time we made snakes and talked about how the snakes "slither in the grass".