Richard enjoyed listening to 'The Mud Monster'. Print and plot elements were identified and discussed. We continue to work on reading and writing one syllable words with a long vowel sound and final e. Richard did very well filling in the missing numbers on a skip counting by five activity. He completed an assessment on calendar skills. Richard enjoys working with the plastic coins. Given monetary amounts, he confidently showed two different coin combinations that equaled the given monetary value. He did well on a spiral practice of math skills learned.

Today was my first session with Jack, who I met Jack outdoors, playing a game of Corn Hole with another student. We continued the game for a few minutes and Jack improved his technique considerably in the 10 minutes we remained outside. Once back inside, we made a hands-on project using a coffee can and different sized rubber bands. Jack enjoyed plucking the bands to create different tones and sounds. Next, we proceeded to the piano and I explained a few facts about the keyboard. Jack learned about the 8 notes in an octave and the C scale - all white keys. I then numbered the keys and wrote numbers corresponding to a song on a musical note pad. I modeled expectations and afforded jack hand-over-hand and verbal prompts initially, and he played a simple song using the white keys on the piano. He correctly recognized the melody as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". On our next go around, Jack was able to play the song by just referring to the musical notation pad and following the numbered keys, with minimal verbal prompts. He also experimented with different chords. After our musical exercise, we worked on reading comprehension. Jack had told me about his toy Australian Shepherd puppy so we easily transitioned to a short story about a puppy. Jack demonstrated good recall and comprehension skills, and answered the 5 multiple choice questions correctly - only hesitating on one where both answers could be correct. When the reason behind the correct choice was explained, he understood the rationale, and demonstrated a good ability to process and synthesize information. We concluded our session with a game of chess. Jack explained the pieces of the chessboard to me and their corresponding movements. He was invited to participate in a game of chess and demonstrated strategic thinking and a good understanding of the game. We enjoyed both a fun and productive session.

Richard continues to practice sound recognition, phoneme manipulation and reading sight words. Given pictures, Richard was tasked with writing the long vowel and the final e. He worked hard on sentence dictation. Blending, rather than reading each sound in isolation continues to be encouraged. Richard read a passage and, with help, answered questions about the text. He did well on number recognition, calendar skills and telling time to the hour. Given groups of coins, Richard was tasked with determining which group was more/less money.

Jack did well reading a passage and answering multiple choice and fill in the blank questions. He completed another page in the book he is creating. Given different letters, Jack enjoyed a word hunt in which he found and wrote the names of objects around the school that began with the given letters. He had fun using a balance scale to see how many cubes given objects weighed.

After reading a story, Richard was tasked with completing sentences and answering multiple choice questions about the text. He practiced writing his name with proper sizing by writing within the squares. Sight words were reviewed. Richard did well identifying hot and cold weather activities. We worked on comparing groups of coins to determine the group that had more/less. Given a time and a blank clock, Richard was tasked with drawing the corresponding hands on the clock.

Richard enjoyed painting a canvas with stick paint. Once the paint dried, Richard put black stickers on the painted canvas to create silhouette art. He practiced blending words and rhyming online. Richard did well working with word families to create more words. He confidently chose words to make complete sentences.

Richard did well identifying which pictures contained the long I sound. We continue to practice rhyme production, initial and final sound identification and phoneme manipulation. Richard enjoyed a phonics game that involved reading words with the long vowel/final e spelling pattern. Richard listened to 'Arthur's Fire Drill'. I used this opportunity to review fire safety rules and what to do if there is a fire. Plot and print elements were identified and discussed. Richard practiced writing his name in the boxes drawn as a visual cue for letter sizing. Given a date, Richard learned how to determine the day of the week. We continue to practice naming coins and bills and their worth, as well as determining the monetary value of a group of coins.

Jack drew a picture and wrote text for another page in the book he is creating about himself. He confidently worked on a math assessment. Focus is on increasing Jack's confidence in writing. He worked hard on sentence dictation. Jack did well reading a story and completing sentences about the story. Given word cards, Jack quickly and confidently arranged the words to make a complete sentence. Jack is engaged and cooperative. He is a pleasure to teach.

Richard practiced rhyming and reading his sight words. He completed identifying and writing the long a word that named the given picture. We continue to practice writing with proper sizing and spacing. Richard confidently wrote the missing numbers on a calendar. The quarter and dollar bill were introduced. Richard did well differentiating bills and coins. Skip counting was practiced in determining monetary value of groups of like coins. Richard enjoyed a timed addition and subtraction activity.

I worked with Avery on all the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. We made a picture for each word.