Today in keyboarding and LB, Patrick reread and proofread a writing piece. He made some additions and changes and then finished typing it. He was able to retrieve his document on the computer and save it, independently. He learned to change fonts, colors, and size. He inserted wordart for his title and clipart, for an illustration. I am proud of his hard work. Patrick continued in his new FF program. He learned to play a couple new games today and was successful. Great job, Patrick!

Patrick started reading 3 syllable words. Patrick did amazing with blending these words together.

Patrick added 2 digit numbers using regrouping. He did not have to use base ten blocks. He kept track of the place value on his paper.

design fundamentals. using "analogous" colors to create a new art piece.

Patrick played three new brain games in his FF program today. Today was his first day in a new level. Patrick did fantastic. This level will be more challenging for him. If we find it is too difficult we will resume his last progam, Reading to V2. This is a good change for Patrick. In his V/V program, Patrick reread a story he has written in order to proofread. He looked for any additional modifications he could make so that his readers can produce thorough image. He did make some adjustments, using the thesaurus to change some of his wording. We discussed the importance of paragraphs. Patrick is still adding some details, as to intrigue his readers and enable them to visualize his story, as well as he can. Great work, Patrick!

Explore the properties of a gas through inference. Activity on pageE23 Define a gas in terms of its properties( has mass, takes up space, kind of matter, takes the shape of what they are in. Activity no. 2: make own bubble solution and check air properties.

Read a story on Riverdeep. Worked on prediction, sequencing, and retelling.

we practiced action words outside with our action dice. Each roll gives an action word to obey.

Patrick and I continued researching for his report. Specifically, we focused on famous lacrosse players. Patrick formulated the research question "Who are the good lacrosse players?" We found some good info and Patrick displayed an excellent amount of background knowledge. He made a lot of connections to the contributions the players made to the game.

Today Patrick began began with playing a quick online game of basic subtraction to increase his fluency. He chose subtraction over addition!!! He did an excellent job thinking out loud which allowed me to determine his math strategy. Some of the problems he just knew and others he counted down or up. Then we went into adding double-digits with regrouping. He was pretty successful! He practiced with and without the use of base-10 blocks.