Richard listened to two short books; one realistic fiction and one fantasy. We compared and contrasted the two books in terms of what might actually happen and what was fantasy. Richard did well coming up with other examples of fantasy. The title, author and illustrator of the books were identified and the meaning of author and illustrator were reviewed. Richard is excited that he is going to make his own short book. Ideas for the book were discussed. We continue to practice categorizing objects by different attributes and writing the numbers 1-4. Richard enjoyed a game in which he closed his eyes, and randomly made three marks on a 100 chart. He then opened his eyes and was tasked with naming the numbers that had marks. He added the number 30 to the calendar and went over the days of the week. We had a very productive hour.

Richard worked on writing capital B and R, as well as the numbers 3 and 4. We continue to practice sight words. After hearing a word, Richard did well determining the initial (and, subsequently the final) sound and name of the letter and then wrote the letter. He was tasked with repeating sentences, copying the expression and then determining the amount of words in the sentence. Given two words, Richard confidently determined if the words rhymed. We reviewed all the capital letters. We continue to practice number recognition. Additionally, Richard worked on categorizing items by different attributes. He also practiced determining which item did not belong in the set.

Richard practiced writing letters D and B and numbers 3 and 4. He enjoyed a 2-part follow directions activity in which he had to listen to the condition and then follow a one-step direction. We continue to practice listening to a word and then identifying the initial and final sound and letter. We worked on sentence expression. Richard did well repeating a sentence and then determining the amount of words in the sentence. We continue to practice calendar skills and to work on number recognition. Richard enjoyed working on a supplemental math program on the computer. He was pleased to score a 100% on an assessment.

Martial Arts training involving the number sequences.
Meditation with listening skills practice.

Richard practiced writing the letters F and E and the number 3 in correct form. He enjoyed an auditory direction activity that involved coloring the object stated in the color stated. Richard listened to a word and then correctly stated the initial sound and letter. He participated in the same activity with the final sound. Richard was introduced to compound words today. Additionally we worked on sentence expression and the concept that a sentence is made of individual words. We continue to work on calendar skills and number recognition. He practiced categorizing objects by varying attributes. Richard is cooperative and a hard worker.

Rhyming was reviewed. Given pictures, Richard did well categorizing them with other pictures with which they rhymed. Richard practiced writing his name with proper letter size and spacing. He worked hard on blending consonant-short vowel-consonant words. We continue to practice the sight words 'the' and 'of'. Richard identified the date and day of the week. We also practiced reciting the days of the week. Richard was tasked with reading numbers 1-20 and counting out the corresponding number of objects. He did well determining which picture came first and which came second and writing a 1 or 2 under the correct picture.

The sound and letter'g' were reviewed today. Richard did well identifying all the g(s) on the page and determining which pictures began with the /g/ sound. We worked on sight words 'the' and 'of'. Sight words will be added throughout the year. Richard enjoyed a rhyming game in which, given a word, one would kick the ball and say a word that rhymes with the given word. Richard completed a placement assessment for a supplemental, on-line math program. We reviewed the date and days of the week. Richard practiced locating the number stated on a grid.

Given 5 pictures, Richard did well identifying the picture with a subtle difference. We continue to practice reading and writing the sight word 'the'. Richard correctly determined and wrote the letter of the initial sound of given pictures. He did well reading three letter, short a words. Rhyming was reviewed. Richard enjoyed a cut and paste activity that involved categorizing pictures by whether they rhymed with cat or pan. Richard is improving in his ability to write the number 2. We went over the date and day of the week. We continue to practice reciting the days of the week. Richard was tasked with identifying the written number, on a 100 chart grid, that he heard verbally. We will continue to work on number identification. He enjoyed an activity in which he rolled a dice, wrote the number of dots, made tally marks for that number and then filled in a ten frame for the rolled number. Richard was attentive and cooperative throughout the hour.

Richard practiced his listening skills by playing a game that stated what color and shape to move to and how to move (i.e. jump, skip, etc). He used building blocks to create a structure practicing sequence words such as first, next, then.

Richard chose the number for today's date and put it on the calendar and then found the number 17 on a number grid. We went over the days of the week. Richard listened to the number stated and then found it on a number grid from 0-100. He enjoyed playing a 'Number Bingo' game with numbers from 0-20. Given a picture with objects, Richard did well adding to an adjacent picture's objects to make the two pictures have an equal number of objects. We continue to practice writing the numbers 1 and 2. Additionally, Richard completed picture sequences. He worked hard with good focus.