Phonics - identify long and short vowel sounds /a/, /o/, /i/, and /u/. Complete p. 203 identify word(s) by picture(s) and tell if it is a long or short vowel sound - circle the correct answer. Complete p. 204, circle rhyming words with long /o/ sound, such as, boat, coat.
Storytelling - I began telling Analise a fairy tale and would have her give me a different ending...she enjoyed this and had me telling her several other tales - Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, etc.

Phonics - sound recognition...long /o/ sound spelled oa, ow, and o consonant e. Complete p. 201...circle picture and the letters that make the long /o/ sound, for example, boat - circle the oa, cube - circle the u consonant e, and row - circle the ow. Next, complete p. 202 - following directions, such as, put an x on the hoe, color the hose green, or put a rope around the goat's neck.
Reading - go online to reading eggs.com and complete activities...recognizing sight words, matching letters to sounds, pictures to sounds, read a sentence - words are mixed up - then put the sentence back together in the correct order, etc.

We participated in a school wide activity

Today Analise worked on reading enrichment. We read the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear". Along with reading the book I taught her the signs (American Sign Language) for all of the colors and all of the animals. We also read a book animals, numbers, and the rainbow colors (and learned the sign language). We then read the book "Animal Boogie" and finished the class by dancing to the Animal Boogie song.

Thursday, March 24, 2016
09:00 - 11:00; 120 min.
Enrichment
Letters -
Analise and I continued with the alphabet pages K through N, drawing pictures of whatever we could think of that started with those letters.

Phonics - go over sounds at the beginning and end of words…long vowel sound for /o/ and how each is spelled. Say the name of each picture and circle the correct word that has the long /o/ sound pp. 197-198. Then complete pp. 199-200…say the name of the picture and color the rhyming words in the box that rhyme with the name (long vowels a, e, u, i, and o.)
History - We have been discussing presidents and their responsibilities and I asked Analise what she would like to accomplish if she was president…she wanted people to be safe, so no guns to shoot people with, speed limits so people wouldn't have car wrecks, follow rules, and basically, treat others as you would like to be treated. We went online to see where the president and his family lives - White House - and what former presidents and first ladies looked like (Analise made lots of comments about the differences clothes, hairstyles, etc.) We also talked about the different monuments, museums, etc. found in Washington, D.C. Lastly, she wanted to look at pictures of the Dominican Republic….she was so excited - we actually found a picture of a resort that she said she and her family has visited.

We read cards about what an animal is called when they are mothers. We matched the names together on the white board.

We identified the life cycle of a chicken by ordering four pictures in order.

We worked on looking at an object and estimating the length and then checking our estimate by using a ruler.

Solved subtraction problems using blocks.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
12:30 - 01:15; 45 min.
Science enrichment:
Garden -
After Lunch, Alalise and I worked in the garden. She helped place a weed barrier around the flowers and vegetables, to keep them safe. She asked lots of questions about the garden and did a good job helping. She found a snail shell and was curious what was inside the shell. We took the shell to the lab, and cut it in half so she could examine the inner workings of the shell.

Tuesday, March 22, 2016
09:00 - 10:30; 90 min.
Academic Games:
Letters -
Analise and I continued with the alphabet pages D through J, drawing pictures of whatever we could think of that started with those letters.