Brandon and I played outside. The pre-schoolers were outside, too, so we played some tag and some soccer.

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Brandon made a dinosaur puppet.

Today Brandon wrote a creative story using the Roll and Write Scholastic Storyboard. He was fully engaged and did an excellent job.

Brandon and I played a game called lava. I would say a color and he had to run to an area on the playground with that color in 10 seconds or less.

Brandon and I spoke about his favorite dinosaur. Brandon came up with a dinosaur that he had created based off of other dinosaurs that he knew. I had him describe the dinosaur and I illustrated his idea. I imported the illustration in to Photoshop, saved the file, and set it up for Brandon to color. Brandon used the brush tool to paint the body of his dinosaur orange, the legs red and fire breathing out of the mouth in the color of yellow. Brandon completed his picture by painting the background blue, saving his work and printing it out.

Brandon read a book for 35 minutes. He read the book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Wrecking Ball," and asked me to help him pronounce one or two words. He read silently for most of the time but read aloud upon request. He is an enthusiastic reader and enjoyed pointing out parts he found interesting. He then drew a picture about "My Secret Life" and was able to explain who the main character was and what his picture depicted. Brandon continued drawing on designated pages in his writing log and wrote narratives explaining what he was drawing and more information about his secret life. He used excellent vocabulary, such as extinct and invincible, and created his own character, which he wove into the storyline. When we moved into the Pre-K classroom, Brandon took out the bin of animals and created an imaginative story line about them pairing up, drinking from lakes, and fighting with each other until some became extinct. He used Lego grids as pools of water. We then sorted the big animals from the little animals and placed them in different bins during cleanup. For the final half hour of the day, Brandon played outside with two students and made up a game in which he had to make up clear rules and insure that all players were treated fairly. Brandon demonstrated good recall skills remembering numbers, colors assigned to hula hoops, as well as recalling the order of his team members' based on the numbers assigned. He showed good sportsmanship while playing the game and responded to well to directives.

Avery worked on puppet play with another student as well as outside play.

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