Patrick reread Level D Where Animals Live and successfully determined the main idea for each animal habitat and then for the whole story. His fluency was much better today. Patrick and I chose a a book from the book closet about dolphins and took turns reading. He seemed interested and motivated to read a real book rather than from the anthology or Reading A - Z. Then Patrick and I created a journal for daily writing consisting of 3 parts: journaling, response to reading and prompts. Each day Patrick can choose what he wants to write about within these 3 categories. Today he chose prompts. He had an excellent attitude:) He worked the hardest I have ever seen him work in language arts today!

Patrick decided he would like to visualize and verbalize another "small moment". He described , using structure words, the details about a time he played paintball with his brother. I used the "hamburger" diagram to explain to him that he needs a beginning, middle, and ending. I jotted notes for the beginning part of his passage. Patrick learned to to provide the setting (where, time). He did a nice job providing an image for his readers. We also discussed crafts such as alliteration and onomatopoeia. Great start!

Patrick spelled multi syllable words and worked on spacing during dictation.

We started the lesson briefly reviewing the concept of main idea and details. Then I gave Patrick several picture cards to divide into 5 groups of his choice. Once he separated his pictures I asked him to think of one word or phrase for the group. Then I asked him to make sure that all of the details fit into the main idea category he created. He was very successful. When we went over his main ideas and details we came across one detail that did not fit into the main idea category. He easily revised the main idea to make it work. We then repeated the process with animal cards based on a story I chose for him. Before even seeing the book he determined the categories exactly as described in the book! I was very impressed. It is also important to note that Patrick is excellent at reflecting and revising as he works. He categorized the animals into animal that live in the water, live in trees, live on land, and live in holes or caves. Then Patrick read Level D Where Animals Live. He began labored and choppy and then more fluent. We will reread the book on Wednesday to improve fluency and to compare Patrick's identified main ideas to the verbiage in the book.

Patrick started with a mixed review of warm-up problems on the whiteboard. Then we played a dice game to practice counting change and identifying value to coin. After that we used coin flash cards to practice counting various amounts of mixed change.

Today Patrick did a great job using Word to type his how-to-make a boat writing. Patrick was able to use special buttons to number items, to align text certain ways, underline headings, etc. Patrick enjoyed this activity and will continue to finish during keyboarding class. In LB, Patrick completed a V/V activity about a starfish. He successfully answered comprehension questions, matched vocabulary meanings, and was able to sequence the events of the passage. Patrick continued in his FF program.

Spelling words with multi syllables. Spelling each syllable at a time. Dictation sentences - worked on spacing.

design fundamentals. using lines, shapes, and colors to create a piece showing a La Crosse player.

Discuss what happens when air moves at different speeds. Follow the instructions and check how the magic funnel works. Make conclusion that fast moving air has less pressure than slow moving air so there is more push at the wide end of the funnel.

We played the memory game with cards depicting everyday objects