Richard practiced rhyming, determining intial and final sounds and phoneme manipulation involving digraphs. He was tasked with choosing the word that named the picture with the long a sound. Richard did well reading a passage and writing the answers. He drew a picture and wrote about a water slide in his journal. Skip counting by fives was introduced. Richard practiced determining the monetary value of a group of pennies, nickels and dimes by skip counting. He did well with the concepts of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Richard counted 100 beans.

Sight words were practiced. Richard enjoyed listening to 'Dora's Eggs'. Plot and print elements were identified and discussed. Sentence dictation included words with initial blends. Given pictures, Richard was tasked with writing the beginning or ending blend. We continue to practice identifying coins and adding monetary value. Richard enjoyed a timed game in which we saw if he could solve more addition or subtraction problems within a given time period. He did well on a spiral practice of learned math skills. Additionally, Richard worked on 'Fast Phonics' online.

Richard enjoyed a nature walk/scavenger hunt where we looked for different items found in nature. We watched the Brain Pop Jr. video 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle'. Richard did very well answering the questions at the end of the video. He also did well identifying the pictures that illustrated something he could do to help the planet.

Richard did well with rhyme production, identification of initial, medial and final sounds and phoneme manipulation. He read a passage and wrote answers to questions about the text. Richard enjoyed a game that involved reading words with the long vowel/silent e pattern. We are working on blending words as he decodes them rather than saying each sound in isolation. Richard wrote in his journal about his birthday. He did well on a review of ordinal numbers. Richard enjoyed a timed game of identifying pennies, nickels and dimes. He was tasked with determining the monetary value of given groups of coins. We talked about the different seasons and their characteristics.

Richard was very excited about his birthday. Most of today's activities were birthday themed. Richard did quite well while playing a synonym game. He enjoyed finding out when people's birthdays are and graphing the data. We then interpreted the data. We played an addition game with dice. Richard was tasked with reading action words ( i.e. run, jump, etc.)and then performing the action. Richard did some internet research before beginning to create his own Pokemon, determining the name, description, and type. We will continue to work on the Pokemon character creation next session.

Jack is excited about creating a book about things he likes to do. Today, he worked on the cover and the first page, drawing a picture and writing about the illustration. He did well reading a story that involved one syllable, short vowel words and sight words. With help, he wrote answers to questions about the text. Jack confidently completed the first half of a math assessment. Additionally, he enjoyed a game in which he took two steps toward the playground after saying the sound of a letter given. Jack was engaged and cooperative throughout our session.

Richard did well reading one syllable, short vowel words with an initial blend. We continue to work on reading words with long a and final e. Richard enjoyed listening to the ending of 'Caps for Sale'. Print and plot elements were identified and discussed. In addition, Richard drew pictures of the problem and solution of the story. He worked hard on sentence dictation. Richard practiced adding and subtracting, as well as determining the monetary value of groups of nickels and pennies.

Richard continues to practice rhyme production, initial, medial and final sound identification and phoneme manipulation. He worked on reading and writing words with the long a sound and silent e. After listening to a short passage, Richard did well arranging pictures in the order of the story. We began to read, 'Caps for Sale' and will continue reading tomorrow. Richard enjoyed playing 'store' with items and pennies and nickels. He did well on a spiral practice and review of time to the hour. Additionally, Richard completed number dictation with numbers ranging from 12-100.

Richard read a story that introduced the -ar sound. He was tasked with writing answers to questions about the passage. He did well completing a cut and paste activity involving reading, writing and matching pictures with words with the long a sound. Richard wrote in his journal about what he hopes to get for his birthday. We continue to work on proper sizing and spacing of letters. Richard earned a 100% on the second half of the measurement assessment. We continue to practice adding and subtracting single digit numbers and reading and identifying numbers 0-100. Given different combinations of pennies and nickels, Richard did well determining the monetary value.

Richard now practices identifying initial, medial and final sounds and phoneme manipulation with both long and short vowel sounds. He enjoyed listening to 'Please Get the Moon for Me'. Plot and print elements were identified and discussed. Richard did well on sentence dictation and reading his sight words. Richard earned a 100% on the first half of a measurement assessment. He will complete the assessment tomorrow. He enjoyed 'buying' items using different combinations of pennies and nickels. Richard confidently completed a spiral practice. Ordering numbers was practiced online.