Patrick did a great job reading words and sentences with the welded sound.

Review and discuss: vocabulary- star, constellations, temperature, planet.
What does the sun do?
What can you observe about Sun? What can you observe about the Moon? What can you observe about the stars?
Test on this material.

we talked about a few animals, and went over colors again. We played I Spy in the kitchen

Patrick did a great job today in his Fast ForWord program today. He played Robo-dog, where he beat his high score, yet again. He also played Whalien Match a game that improves sound memory, and Moon Ranch. In V/V he participated in a Picture to Picture activity where he was able to identify the gestalt- a baby crawling toward a cat. Then Patrick provided a full description of the picture and used his structure words to be sure he had included all of the details. Afterwards he embarked on something a little new. I took away the picture and had him see the picture in his mind. He is getting ready to overlap into the next phase of V/V.

Patrick answered comprehension questions about the story Flip, and earned 5/5. He read 8 sentences to determine the proper punctuation, and earned 5/8. After revisiting this skill, he still had a little difficulty, but began to grasp the concept better. He does much better if he hears the sentence read to him. This may be partly due to voice inflection. Over time, I would love to see him make the connection based on the meaning of the sentence during reading.

Patrick was introduced to words containing l blends. He used letter magnets to build words with s blends. (sl, fl, gl, pl, bl) He would hear a word, identify it, create it, and then manipulate phonemes to create a new word containing one or more common spelling patterns. (Ex: slick---slump, black---slack) He was successful with hearing mildly pronounced sounds like the -m in blimp, as well as identifying what stays the same and what changes. I notice he forgets the word sometimes, or uses a different pattern. (If the word was slick and I ask him to change it to slip, he will remove the letters and go back to slick) This could just be due to having a three step set of directions to perform. Overall, he is doing fabulous in spelling! Patrick was introduced to new sight words--where & my, and reviewed the other -wh words he recently learned. (who, what, when, why) He isn't able to identify them by looking at and reading them in isolation yet, but is able to recognize them if I ask him which one is......? For homework tonight, please practice reading all 30 sight words provided on study cards. Patrick read "Where?" We talked about "where" the setting was, and brainstormed examples of settings that you find fun, boring, (Home Depot ;) dangerous, etc. This story contained numerous quotations for Patrick to have an opportunity to read with expression. After reading, he completed a grammar sheet where he read sentences from the story and determined if they were asking or telling sentences with(without) emotion. He scored 7/8. He is becoming much better at understanding the meaning of the sentence (comprehension) and is better deciding if he is being asked or told something. He is excellent at recognizing words that entail emotion. (etc: I am lost!)

Continue working on basic 3 string chords, strumming and chord switching. Chords are G7, G, F, and C.

Today I was a substitute teacher for Ms. Debbie. Patrick worked from his Reader Workbook. He read a story with closed syllables such as -ank, ing, unk, and ong. He read a story entitled, Tim and Ed with fluency. We stopped intermittently to check for understanding. Afterwards we played a matching game which incorporated memory skills. We had to find pairs, matching a picture to its corresponding ending (ring-ing). Patrick won!

Patrick continued his program in Fast ForWord by engaging in games Whalien Match, Robo-Dog (he beat his high score!), and Sky Gym. In Lindamood-Bell's V/V he described a picture of a turtle and a frog. He was very descriptive and used a lot of adjectives to create a similar image in my mind. Patrick spent some extra time today on typing in order to complete a level he had been working on with letters v and m. Great work! Have a wonderful weekend, Patrick and family!

Activity: making stars for the presentation of our solar system. Discuss about stars and about the closest star to our Earth. Discuss what is the difference between rotating and revolving