Session began with active stretching to bilateral calves to improve extensibility of muscles. Session focused on heel to toe walking around hallways and on playground over uneven surfaces. Student with improved gait mechanics when wearing sneakers, but continues to occasionally display toe walking, requiring verbal cues to correct. Session also incorporated running on playground with other students.
Continuing our study of American heroes, today we read about Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin who worked together to write the Declaration of Independence and the reason the document was written. We also learned about the contributions of Benjamin Franklin who helped organize the newly formed nation's government. We were surprised to learn that Congress refused Benjamin Franklin's request to end slavery and that it wasn't for another 70+ years that another American hero, named Abe Lincoln, brought an end to slavery in the United States. We ended our session learning that the name of the document that freed our country's enslaved people was the Emancipation Proclamation.
Richard had a great session today. He worked on providing definitions for a variety of vocabulary words (moderate, considerable, flexible, weary). Richard then worked on TH words in the initial, medial, and final positions of words. Richard was asked to put a variety of these TH words in sentences 90% accuracy. He also practiced when in conversation with others today with minimal cues.
Richard completed his interactive calendar. He took a survey for suggestions of names for the chicks that might hatch on Monday. We discussed the Life Cycle of a Chick.
Richard began with interpreting and solving multiplication and division word problems. Then, he worked on a money related decimal activity. Richard used a price list to add decimal amounts with regrouping, multiply a decimal amount by 2, subtract decimal amounts across zeros to find change, and solve 2-step decimal word problems.
Richard took his spelling test and practiced words with sub un and pre prefixes. He read books with words he can read. We watched some of the movie, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.
Physical therapy consisted of heel to toe walking around school playground over various terrain this visit with addition of distractions, such as having student spell words. Student required intermittent cues to contact with heel first as to reduce toe walking. Session also incorporated game of Bocce ball with other students with a focus on coordination. Student tolerated well.
Richard took his social studies test this afternoon. He had to answer 35 True/False and multiple-choice questions about local, state, and tribal governments. Richard has good recall of the material and is motivated to do well on tests. He was very pleased with the 94% he obtained on this exam of 35 questions (33/35)!
