Ethan and I read through three different stories using the Razz kids learning program online at Raz-kids.com. Ethan also answered some quiz questions to increase his account value. Ethan made it through reading by himself with little assistance a 22 page book about sharks. Following the readings, Ethan and his brother ate a snack and played basketball for a few minutes.

An overview of the differences between airborne and waterborne lizards and dinosaurs.

After snack we used the potty and then went back to Becca's classroom to work on our letters. Becca was so excited about using her new beanbags and loved that they had lowercase on one side and uppercase on the other. We learned a few new letters and discussed the reason why some letters are uppercase. Becca traced several letters and then we worked on complete sentences. We watched the frozen music video that displays the lyrics to review several of the words we had just learned. Becca was so excited and sang along with Elsa.We also wrote several song lyrics on the board and Becca pointed to each word. For our final activity we read our alphabet song and Becca brainstormed words that began with each letter. She is getting better and better each day!

Becca read bird flew home and completed a few activities to work on comprehension. She had to look at pictures and color in the pictures of things the bird saw on his way home. Becca did a good job and noticed several key elements from the story. The next activity was to color in the bird nests that had something that begins with the letter b inside them. I will send a few extra worksheets home for practice. After snack Becca used the potty and sat very nicely in her chair. We are working on walking down the hall and knocking on doors before we enter. During our short break Becca went to visit the older girls across the hall. They let her listen to the frozen song, "Let it go" in Spanish. Now Becca keeps singing "Libre Soy..Libre soy" For our final activity we learned our letters and sounds. Becca made a beautiful picture of a bird from her story because bird starts with the letter B.

Becca worked on the alphabet and reviewed her letters from yesterday. She remembered so many words and images from the previous lesson. After creating words we traced a few letters using our new letter cards that show the correct way to draw a letter. Becca held her pencil correctly and was very happy when she traced the letter correctly. We worked on our colors and shapes when we played a matching game. Becca and I printed out pictures from all of her stories to create a memory game. Becca loved matching the images and did a good job saying each word correctly. For our final activity we went to the library to return some of our old books and select a new animal book. Becca had to find a book that started with the letter B. She found a book about Bears and was so excited that she recognized the letter B!



Becca had an accident today around 9:30. She stood up from her chair and started making facial expressions. I asked her if we needed to run to the potty but she said no. After a few seconds we realized that she had an accident. We put her in a new shirt so please bring another new top to keep in her room.

As we reviewed the letter B, Becca started naming objects that started with the letter be such as “boy, baby, ball). We read the Bernstein Bears letter B Book and then wrote all of the words that began with a B on the whiteboard. Becca traced the letter B on her paper and sorted pictures that started with the initial sound. She did a great job sorting and sounding out words that began with the letter B.
We read the Magic School Bus story about colors and paired up the colors to corresponding markers or crayons. Becca made a picture of the Magic School Bus with the blue crayon because she said “B is for blue”. We also read an interactive story about the colors of fruit on Raz-Kids. Beccca listened to the story two times before we began our compare and contrast activity. Becca did a great job at comparing the two stories and matching the colors with the correct fruit. Tomorrow we are going to use the same activity but we are comparing hot and cold items.
Becca loves her Farm Animals book and for homework had to read it to two people at home on Friday. She read the story to Nancy and to Noah on the way to the fair! She said they both liked the book and they also like animals.
Becca went Potty at 10:30 after snack.

Today we reviewed the alphabet and the days of the week. We are singing the days of the week song as well as the alphabet song. We looked at the days of the week written down and tried to sort them in order.
After snack we read Baby Animals on Raz Kids. Becca loves her story about Farm Animals so we read Baby Animals and compared the two stories. She found three animals that were in both stories. She reviewed each animal and demonstrated the sound that each animal makes. We also matched each animal to their habitat. For our final activity we counted up to five and organized shapes by their size, color, and shape. Rebecca wouldn't tell me the colors today or count out loud but she did sort the colors correctly.

Today we worked on hand eye coordination outside. Becca was so excited when she caught the tennis ball! She was able to catch the ball and toss it back on her own. We also worked on directions and how to ask if things are to the left or to the right. After snack, we read an interactive book called BIG. We used the corresponding worksheets to learn about things that are BIG and SMALL. Rebecca went on a scavenger hunt around the school to find items that were big and small. She also sorted the images from the story into the big and small category. I cut out the pictures for her and she sorted them by size. We also discussed some of the images that started with the better A. B, D, or F. For our final activity we worked on counting, adding small numbers and sorting by color. Rebecca is getting better at sorting colors every day. She really enjoys working with manipulatives and doing hands on activities.

We also used the potty today at 10 am and 11 am.

Snook the fish: Read the description and location of the snook. Jackson did a very good job reading the article about snook and listed their characteristics. Great job Jackson.

I had a plan for Josh to continue where we left off in his grammar lessons (a few weeks ago we discussed complete vs. incomplete sentences). After working a little on independent vs. dependent clauses, it was clear that Josh was in a very discouraged mood. To help, I asked him what was wrong. Immediately, he began to express his indignation with the public school system as it concerns special education, college, and dual enrollment. He said that some of his teachers had indicated that he was not smart enough to enter into what Josh considered a "real" university, saying that PBSC was the best place for ESE students like Josh. I told Josh that he was definitely smart enough for college, and that I am in fact a PBSC graduate, so he shouldn't take going there as an insult. Josh was clearly in need of an outlet for his angst, so I told him to write a 5 paragraph essay about what's wrong with the school system. As he was writing, Josh did a good job of expressing the wrongs of the public Florida school system, and by the end of his introduction, he said: "I think I've cooled down now." Nevertheless, I had Josh finish the exercise.