Libby had a lot of fun and did a great job making pies. She was attentive and asked great questions throughout the process, and really seemed to enjoy rolling out and cutting the dough. So much in fact that while the pies cooked she entertained herself with the remaining dough scraps on the counter. She did a great job flavoring the apples with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon and they came out delicious.
I was late today for an unexpected pet emergency; Libby had 20 extra minutes with the occupational therapist, Christina. In the remaining 25 minutes, we accomplished the following: I conducted visual, auditory, and blending exercises. Using manipulative letters, Libby builds CVC words and substitutes the vowels as directed to make new words (usually she substitutes the initial sound; this was a significant change for her). I dictated five CVC words for Libby to spell and write. I taught her to "tap and sound out" as she wrote. We went outside and sequenced the alphabet while bouncing a ball. Libby is close to mastery in this skill. To conclude, Libby read a decodable reader from FlyLeaf Publishing, "To the Top."
Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk activity, put together and read her daily sentence puzzle, worked on her phonics activity pertaining to CVC words with the short sound of a, made her weather predictions for the week, and learned more about how a meteorologist uses weather tools to
forecast the weather.
We had planned on playing some simple tag games today, however, Teddy was a little less cooperative and did not want to play. Teddy wanted to stay inside and do something else. This led to a discussion about sharing and being fair.
Last week, we had a rainy day and Teddy and Libby agreed to play monopoly, but Teddy did not want to go along with what we were going to do today.
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 and discussed her Scholastic News Magazine about eating plants, explored the use of weather tools to predict the weather.
Libby continued to work on understanding the difference between 2-D flat shapes and 3-D solid shapes. We reviewed the names of each type of shape and their attributes. Then, Libby identified 3-D shapes in real-world objects. She finished with an addition up to 6 fast facts practice.
Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, put together her daily sentence puzzle, finished her calendar talk activity, worked on her phonics activity about the short a sound, read and discussed the reason we use an anemometer, barometer, and a thermometer to predict the weather.
This morning, Libby and I tossed a balloon back and forth while counting to 100. Then, while still tossing the balloon, Libby had to say the number that came after the randomly given number before hitting the balloon. Next, she completed an addition to 6 facts check and finished with a review on the difference between 2-D and 3-D shapes.
