Today's session began with stretching to calf muscles, followed by heel to toe walking in the hallways and outside on the playground with added distractions. Session also incorporated sensory processing and balance exercises through play with another student on the playground. Student required decreased verbal cues to walk with heel contact this visit as he exhibited good form.
This morning, Richard focused on one-step equations with variables. He solved equations with all operations, finding the unknown value of variables. Then, Richard determined the operation needed to solve multiplication or division word problems.
Using change color markers and chalk markers, Richard practiced his spelling words and words with dge and tch. He read books with words he can read.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
I had trouble getting Richard to do much work. He told me all about his new school and how excited he is to go there next year. It seems he has already checked out and only wanted to pack up his room. He did show some interest in reading his Dog Man book, so I told him I could read some, and he could read some.
Richard was given the option to watch videos explaining various cooking techniques for various Japanese fish dishes, but he asked if he could create a dish in the kitchen as he prefers hands-on cooking activities. He was resourceful and inventive and mixed together lime juice, sugar, banana extract and cherries to make a Popsicle. He also created a caramelized sauce using flour and chocolate syrup to complement the wheat thin crackers we had available. Richard added chocolate syrup and enjoyed microwaving and then freezing his creations.
We began a chapter about building strong communities. We talked about the way people can make a difference and can work together with governments by giving their opinions and volunteering their time. We discussed schools, businesses, the environment and how people work with leaders to care for, respect, protect, and build organizations, businesses, and systems to improve them. This led to a discussion about the qualities of good leaders. I encouraged Richard to think about those qualities he thinks make for a good leader and the ways he could be a good leader in his community.
