Jack and I began our session with our 'bouncy egg' experiment for our second attempt. IT WORKED! Jack identified and shared what we did differently when completing our second attempt. The highest bounce was dropping the egg from 15 inches. Jack illustrated a picture of the egg bouncing on his lab sheet. We then began our 'soda bottle greenhouse' activity. Jack chose to plant all three seeds - sunflower, pea, and lettuce seeds in his soda bottle. He added the soil, then the seeds, and lastly, the water. Jack then illustrated in his 'plant journal' his seeds planted and wrote the sentence, 'I planted my seeds today'. He will continue with his plant journal and his plant growing at home. We ended our session with discussing our previous read aloud, "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble". Jack completed a writing activity answering the question, "if you found a magic pebble, what would you wish for?" Jack wished for a Ferrari.

Reading/Writing - Jack read a book titled, “Rags”. After reading we discussed the story. He wrote a sentence about the beginning, middle, and end.
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Math - Addition – Using playing cards we played a game where we each player placed 2 cards down, added them, and the person with the greater sum/total wins the cards. In the event of a tie players place 2 more cards down, add all four cards to see whose sum is greater. The person with the larger numbers wins all the cards.

Jack and I began our session with a second attempt at our 'bouncy egg' experiment. We added more vinegar this time than our first attempt - per Jack's request during our last session when discussing what can be done differently with our experiment. Jack added red food coloring to his egg and vinegar mixture. We hope it works! We then listened to a read aloud, "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" by Reid Scott. Jack then completed a writing activity -practicing recalling from the story, 'what is one thing Sylvester wished for?' Jack wrote a sentence and illustrated a picture, explaining Sylvester wishing to be a rock. We ended our session with science, intertwining math, completing a design challenge, building 3-D shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. After building the shape, Jack identified how many faces, edges, and vertices each shape had.

Reading/Writing - Jack and I read a book titled, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. After reading, we discussed the story’s beginning, middle, and end and he wrote three sentences about it.
Math – Addition – We played Addition Dominoes.
Math – Telling time to the o’clock and 30 – Using a manipulative clock Jack put the hands of the clock in the correct place when asked to show the time.

Jack and I began our session with discussing our bouncy egg experiment. Jack's egg cracked throughout the 24 hour waiting process. We will try our experiment again next week. We then watched a video of someone completing the experiment. We discussed what we could do differently and decided to use more vinegar than previously next week when trying our experiment out again. Jack then completed a five senses activity with popcorn, filling out how his senses reacted with the popcorn. Jack did very well with filling out his chart, using a word like rubber, describing how the popcorn feels. We then completed a writing activity, writing what occurred in the beginning, middle, and end in the story that he read with Ms. Emily, "Danny and the Dinosaur". Jack picked the story, "Behind the Wheel of a Stock Car" for me to read aloud. He then took a comprehension quiz and received a 100%. We ended our session with a riddle. Jack picked an item in the science lab (a blue cardboard box). He then shared his riddle with Ms. Emily and Will. Jack gave wonderful clues and Will was able to identify Jack's item.

Jack also read a book titled, “Danny and the Dinosaur”. After reading we discussed the story’s beginning, middle, and end.
Science/Math - Mass – Using a balance scale Jack estimated the mass of objects in relations to small plastic bears. He then placed the bears in the other tray to see how many it took to equal the objects mass and recorded it.

Jack and I began our session with a read aloud, "Formula One Race Cars On the Move". Jack enjoyed listening to this story. He wanted to continue reading books about race cars. I love that Jack has found a topic that he enjoys reading. Jack then completed a comprehension quiz, covering questions on parts of the race car. He received a 100%. I then assisted Jack in illustrating a picture of the race car. We took turns labeling the parts of the race car. Jack wrote sentences in his journal, describing the parts of the 'Formula One' race car. We ended our session with science, completing a design challenge - creating a glowing, bouncy egg. We used a raw egg, vinegar, liquid from a highlighter, and a clear cup. We will let our egg sit in the vinegar and highlighter liquid for 24 hours. We will check our experiment to see if it worked on Thursday when the boys return. Jack filled out a lab sheet, dictating (as I wrote) and illustrating his prediction of what will happen to the egg. Jack's prediction is that the egg shell will fall off.

Reading/Writing - Jack read a book titled, “The Tan Cat and the Fat Cat”. After reading and discussing the story he wrote a journal entry about the story, which included the beginning, middle and end of the story events.
Math - Addition – Using playing cards we played a game where we each placed 2 cards down on the table, added them, and the person with the greater sum/total won the cards. In the event of a tie, players placed 2 more cards down, added all four cards to see whose sum was greater. The person with the greater total won all the cards.
Science - Mass – Using a balance scale Jack compared the mass of two objects. After which he estimated the mass.

Reading/Writing - Jack read a story titled,” Wags, Kitcat, and the Rat”. After reading and discussing the story he wrote a journal entry about the story which included the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
Math – Adding two, three, and four numbers - Using playing cards we played a game where we each placed 2 cards down from our pile, added them, and the one with the higher number won the cards. In the event of a tie, we had to place a second, three, and at times, four cards down and add them to see who had the higher number.

Jack and I began our session with two stories - "My Ball" and "See Me Play". Jack wrote and illustrated what happened to the ball in his journal, describing that the lion ate the ball and the dogs chased the lion. I assisted with illustrating the lion's body. We listened to the story, "Carlos Counts Kittens". Jack then read it by himself using the pictures and repetition of numbers to assist him. He did great! Jack then took a comprehension quiz on the story and received a 100%. We ended our session with a science activity. Jack created his own mini-planet out of a foam ball and paint, as well as the planet Earth. Jack used the correct colors for planet Earth and did a wonderful job! He then dictated as I filled out a lab sheet, "Create Your Own Planet", describing the name of his planet, how many moons, how far away from the sun, and more! I love that Jack chose to create his own planet, as well as a real planet in our Solar System.