Given either capital or lower case letters, Richard was tasked with writing the corresponding letter. In phonics, we continue to practice identifying and reading r, s and l blends. When reading a story, Richard benefited from encouragement to blend the whole word. He did very well on sentence dictation. We continue to work on spacing between words. Given 5 random numbers, Richard worked to put the numbers in order from least to greatest. He is becoming more confident adding numbers to the sum of 12.

Richard did well identifying the s-blend letters of given pictures. We continue to work on formulating letters correctly, as well as rhyme production, initial, medial and final sounds, and manipulating phonemes. Richard read a short book that involved short vowel sound words and sight words. One digit subtraction was practiced. Richard completed an assessment on both identifying halves and ordinal numbers. Solid and 2D shapes were reviewed.

Manipulatives were used to focus on where the line of objects starts and which direction the manipulatives face when determining the ordinal position of a given object. Richard did very well on a spiral practice of skills learned. He worked hard on number dictation. Richard was tasked with determining which pictures started with the same s-blend as the given picture. In addition, Richard drew a picture in his journal and wrote about the picture.

Richard continues to practice rhyme production, initial, medial and final sound identification and adding, substituting and deleting phonemes. Given pictures of CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words, Richard spelled and wrote the words. He also created and wrote sentences using the words. He continues to practice reading basic, short stories. Richard did well identifying equal parts and adding and subtracting one-digit numbers. We are working on looking at the directions of objects before determining the ordinal number of a given object in a line.

Richard continues to practice rhyme production, isolating initial, medial and final sounds, and adding, deleting and substituting phonemes. Richard enjoyed listening to the ending of 'Amelia Bedelia'.Focus was on multiple-meaning words and context clues. Plot and print elements were identified and discussed. Richard wrote in his journal about playing with his sister. He read a series of sentences and sight words. Richard did well following directions that involved ordinal numbers. Telling time to the hour and concepts of greater, more, less and fewer were reviewed.

Given a word list, Richard was able to choose the correct word to name each picture. He enjoyed listening to an 'Amelia Bedelia' book. Focus was on multi-meaning words and context clues. Ordinal numbers were introduced using manipulatives. Richard caught on quickly. We continue to practice reciting the days of the week and the months of the year, counting by tens and counting to 100.

Richard continues to practice rhyme production, onset fluency, isolating medial sounds and deleting, substituting and adding phonemes. He did well on a cut and paste activity involving categorizing pictures by initial r-blend sound. Richard worked hard to read 'No, Not Yet'. He did well on sentence dictation. We continue to work on word spacing. Richard did well on spiral practice and identifying equal parts. We practiced one-digit addition and subtraction using flashcards. Richard enjoyed practicing phonics skills and 2D and solid shape recognition online.

Richard enjoyed listening to and acting out, 'We're Going On A Bear Hunt'. Plot elements were identified and discussed. Richard drew a picture in his journal and wrote a sentence. He is dictating the rest of the story, which we will work on again tomorrow. R-blends and sight words were practiced. Given sets, Richard did well separating them into halves. We continue to practice reciting the months of the year. Richard confidently identified matching parts of given shapes.

Richard continues to practice rhyme production, onset fluency, isolating medial sounds and adding, deleting and substituting phonemes. He did well writing the initial r-blend of given pictures. Richard quickly and confidently categorized animals by the way they move. Lower case letter dictation was given. Richard did well on a spiral practice of skills learned in math. He confidently identified both halves and quarters and two-digit numbers. We continue to practice subtraction of one-digit numbers.

Richard worked hard on sentence dictation. He enjoyed listening to 'Mouse Soup'. Plot and print elements were identified and discussed. Richard continues to benefit from encouragement to sound out words, rather than rely on pictures, when reading a book. Sight words were reviewed. He enjoyed a game of 'Connect Four' addition. Richard is doing well identifying and creating halves of both whole pictures and sets. He completed a spiral practice activity of learned skills.