Luke was seen in his room for a 45 minute treatment session. Focus of treatment continues to be improving his postural control, fine motor coordination, visual motor skills, handwriting, sensory processing abilities and self-regulation for increased self awareness and self management. Began treatment outside with having Luke participate in an obstacle course that involved following multiple step directions - it involved drawing infinity eights (working on crossing midline) with chalk on pavement, hopscotch and lastly jumping jacks. Luke did well crossing midline to draw eights but needed verbal cues to continue to work and follow a path in a coutner clockwise direction. He needed verbal cues of "star" - "solider" to perform jumping jacks. He does not have higher level gross motor coordination to do a smooth and quick jumping jack at this time. In general a child is most likely be able to perform a smooth and coordinated jumping jack at the age of 5-6 so this is a skill Luke can develop.
Today PJ took a Quiz on Properties: Distributive, Commutative, and Associative. He got a 100%! During the quiz he was unsure of a properties, but he worked through it out loud and I really liked how he problem solved without becoming overwhelmed/frustrated. After the Quiz, we discussed what equivalent expressions were. We practiced applying the distributive property like 3(x-2)=3x-6. PJ is doing well on this new topic.
Today Carson and I worked on the midtopic review. We discussed the 3 different transformations types which preserve size and shape: translations, reflections, and rotations. We started with a challenge problem which asked us to describe the transformations which mapped one figure onto the other. Both of us had trouble seeing the solutions. This type of math is different than what we've been doing because there's not a correct process you can apply each time. You have to be creative in coming up with the steps to get you from one figure to the next. Carson and I both considered reflections, and rotations to see if there was more than one way. We discovered that we both thought of different ways to get to the same solution.
Today we prepared for our test tomorrow. We covered linear and absolute value equations. We recalled how to set up the absolute value equations so that we can find both possible solutions. We also discussed when we could have extraneous solutions and how to check for those. Next we covered how to solve quadratic equations. We reviewed the square root method, factoring types, completing the square, and the quadratic formula. I showed JPaul which problems he needs to focus on his homework to be prepared for the test tomorrow.
Today we prepared for our test tomorrow. We covered linear and absolute value equations. We recalled how to set up the absolute value equations so that we can find both possible solutions. We also discussed when we could have extraneous solutions and how to check for those. Next we covered how to solve quadratic equations. We reviewed the square root method, factoring types, completing the square, and the quadratic formula. I showed Matthew which problems he needs to focus on his homework to be prepared for the test tomorrow.
Today we went back to review the points of concurrency. We discussed altitudes, medians, perpendicular bisectors, and angle bisectors. We reviewed incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter and centroid. Andrew had difficulty with the review. We decided to make a cheat sheet that he can use for the test. When he got stuck, he referred to the cheat sheet to help him find the answer. I showed Andrew each problem type he would be tested on so he could review the problems tonight.
Christopher wrote his spelling words in his journal and highlighted letters to remember. We read about Jackie Robinson and discussed the book. In his journal, he wrote a description of the setting of this biography.
Kellan wrote his spelling words in his journal and highlighted letters to remember. We read about Jackie Robinson and discussed him. In his journal, he wrote a description of the setting of this biography.
