Rosalina used ten frames to match numbers in the teens. We worked on an art project based on the weather theme of the week.

Rosalina worked on reading from the flyleaf reading collection. To follow up with the reading, she drew a picture of the characters Cam and Sam from the book Cam and Sam. She retold the story of Cam and Sam. We worked on writing from a list of w words, our focus letter of the week.

Today we worked on some math exercises her teacher left for her. She did really well today.

After watching a short academic video, Rosalina worked on a pattern activity. She cut out some shapes, after initially being offered support to do so, and glued them onto the corresponding shapes. I encouraged Rosalina to identify the shapes verbally when queried and to identify the different colors, which she did with ease and fluency. To piggy-back on this skill, Rosalina worked on completing patterns involving farm animals. She also performed a tracing activity and one incorporating upper and lower case letters. Rosalina is quite a bright young girl who possesses many skills and talents. She counted up to 100, (and I knew she could count higher), completed patterns - and made up her own - drew a beautiful symmetrical picture on the chalkboard, and used 18 different colors to paint a design of her own choosing, which was a beautifully detailed rainbow. Rosalina also identified the beginning sounds of different animals shown to her, and achieved 100% on all academic assignments on which she was tasked. Rosalina demonstrates excellent fine-motor and bi-manual coordination skills. Once comfortable, she speaks articulately, communicates her needs using appropriate vocabulary, and advocates for herself effectively. Rosalina rises to academic challenges with confidence and insightful, intuitive instincts. She was a most delightful and precocious student with whom I had the pleasure to work.

Fill in the missing numbers - Math
Match the pictures to words - Reading

Rosalina and I began our session with a read-aloud, "A Pig Can Jig". We discussed CVC words in the 'an' family. Rosalina practiced automatic word recognition with words and sentences and recognized that the words differ in initial consonants. Rosalina practiced comprehension through picture association. Lastly, Rosalina completed a cut & paste activity - identifying and completing each pattern.

Rosalina completed an 'All About Me' activity - titled 'I Am Special' - identifying how many letters are in her name; her eye and hair color; her favorite color; birthday and age; tracing her handprint and footprint; measuring her height in inches and feet; drawing her family; identifying her favorite t.v. show and toy; and lastly, what she wants to be when she grows up (dog doctor). I then read aloud, "Where's My Teddy?" and we played a game, hiding a teddy bear and using clues to find it. Rosalina really enjoyed using the words 'hot' or 'cold' as clues.

Rosalina used playdough and letter cookie cutters to spell her name. We played Bingo with CVC words. She put together puzzles with sight words and their pictures.

Counting and coloring by numbers.
Adding doubles using dots on ladybugs.
Rosalina loves math. She enjoyed counting and adding and coloring according to sums.

Read a story and answer questions. Rosalina was a little shy in the beginning. It took her a few minutes to open up and start working with me. I read the story, a Native American tale of why dogs chase foxes.