Letter recognition, reading, writing, sight words, word families.
Lesson Outline
Practice the letter sounds matched to their symbols. Next, work on decoding CVC words with reminders of the sounds and blending them together. Draw a picture and help write what is in it. Read a sight word book with me, too, & I.
Read intro to Chapter 4 lesson 2 in workbook. Read 140 - 141 and talk about how life is different now from the past. Talk about which seems like it is easier and why.
Reid's teacher from St. Ann's joined us to discuss Reid's progress and brainstorm ways to support him. His teacher praised Reid's intelligence and attitude but expressed concern about his executive-functioning skills, especially as he enters 5th grade with a less structured teacher.
I began with visual, auditory, and blending drills. We reviewed the r-controlled syllable type (er, ir, ur, ar, or). Eliana read multiple word lists to practice (Recipe for Reading, pp. 135, 137, 139). Eliana's spelling deck from last session included -ar words; I dictated these words and Eliana has near-mastery of the spelling pattern. I introduced the vowel team -ai, and created a spelling deck of example words. Eliana loves practicing cursive; we reviewed all letters, and I introduced f, m, and n. Eliana is eager to connect letters and attempted a page of two and three connected letters. To conclude, Eliana read several oral passages from Wilson, book 3.
Letter recognition, sight words, CVC decoding, writing
Lesson Outline
Practice the letter sounds matched to their symbols. Next, work on decoding CVC words with reminders of the sounds and blending them together. Draw a picture and help write what is in it. Read a sight word book with me, too, & I.
Work on the components of compound sentences based on his work on a PowerPoint assignment. This is to show the revising part of how to expand on ideas and make them clear.
Show pictures in the textbook and decide which are past and present. Give reasons why. Tell how they are different and alike. Draw an example of what we learned in the workbook.
