Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk activity, put together her daily sentence puzzle, and learned about the life cycle of a chicken.

Mixed music

1 Review the idea of a setting
2 Help create an idea for a story and what a setting might be
3 Let the learner take the lead in their own story setting
Libby used the idea of the setting to branch off in her own story of unicorns. Together we told a story and we each drew pictures of what the unicorn setting might look like.

1 Introduce the concept of settings in story.
2 Talk about the idea of what structures might be in a story
3 Introduce Lego sets and encourage free building and play
We began our study of settings in stories by creating sets out of Lego. What buildings are part of the setting and where are these buildings in your story.

I worked with Libby to complete the last two layers of her design.

Libby and Teddy started by doing a 3-lap run on the perimeter of the field.
Next, we did full-body stretches.
We finished by playing a couple of different "tag" games.

Libby began with a 3-D shape name review, and we discussed their sides as flat or curved and how that allows them to slide, stack, or roll. Then, Libby answered questions from the cumulative review on comparing groups of objects to determine if one is greater or less than the other or whether they are equal to each other. Finally, Libby answered addition problems on adding to 7.

We did several alphabetical awareness exercises, sequencing the alphabet by bouncing a ball and using manipulative letters. I conducted visual, auditory, and blending exercises. Libby showed significant improvement in blending CVC words. I can now substitute initial, medial, and final sounds, including digraphs. I read her the book, "How a Seed Grows" by Helene Jordan, and we checked on Libby's plant outside. I dictated three sentences for Libby to write and edit (adding a capital letter and the beginning and punctuation at the end). She then illustrated the sentences (The cat is red. It is mad. It sat on a tack!)
To conclude, we started the new Mercy Watson series. The illustrations are not in color; Libby asked if she could color them, and I thought that was a great idea! This project will carry us through the rest of the school year.

Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk, put together her daily sentence puzzle, worked on her phonics activities, read her barometer and wrote in her logbook, and completed several weather activities.

We worked on 2 hand coordination and counting in 4. We played along to some songs and tried to stay in time with the recorded rhythm. We worked on playing rhythms between the right and left hands.