Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk activity, put together her daily sentence puzzle, worked on her weather graph, and learned about the water cycle.

Today, our lesson on counting, reading, and writing 13, 14, and 15 continued, focusing on the number 15. Libby used base ten cubes to model 15 with one tens stick and 5 ones and colored in pictures of base ten blocks, tens frames, and objects to model 15. Then, she worked on timed subtraction facts, completing 40 minus 1 problems. Finally, Libby traced the numbers 1 through 30.

Libby and Teddy did some different games today.
We started by playing badminton together.
I worked with both of them working on hitting the shuttle cock over the net.
We then played ping-pong for the rest of the period.
Again, we worked on our skills to hit the ball over the net.

I began with phonological awareness, first dropping the first syllable of a two syllable word, then dropping the second syllable. Libby does not need manipulatives anymore to practice this skill. We sequenced the alphabet with magnetic tiles; Libby identified the vowels. I conducted visual, auditory, and blending drills; I added the phoneme -ck to her deck. For regular spelling, I dictated CVC words with short e and short i. For irregular spelling, Libby read her existing deck (the, and, has, love) and I added the words as, his, and is. To conclude, I read several chapters of "Mercy Watson Fights Crime" by Kate DiCamillo. Libby naturally makes predictions while listening to books, which is a great reading comprehension strategy.

Tap and say the letter sounds from a randomized list. Practice decoding the letter sounds of words and then blending them. Tap the letters and then slide as we blend them. Review the sight words the & and.

Read about the history of St. Patrick's Day followed by a video. List fun ideas for traps for the leprechaun and draw one.

Practice letter sounds. Read a St. Patrick's Day book and decode the short vowel words. Find examples of the & and. Practice sounding out and blending short vowel words.

Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary, finished her calendar talk, put together her daily sentence puzzle, and explored the reasons for the weather,

I began with phonological awareness, asking Libby to drop the first syllable of a two-syllable word. I am so pleased with her progress in this area. Next, I conducted visual, auditory, and blending drills to strengthen Libby's reading and spelling skills. I added three new phonemes: g, j, and th. I dictated CVC words for Libby to write on a small whiteboard for spelling. I am pleased that when I switched out the vowel (-i- for -u-), Libby could decode the new word or nonsense word. We reviewed her irregular word list (and, the, has, love), and Libby confidently reads all four words. I will add it to her list tomorrow. To conclude, we went outside to practice sequencing the alphabet and bouncing a ball to make the activity multisensory, an essential aspect of OG methodology.

I subbed for Kevin today. The class period was after my Orton-Gillingham session, and Libby was tired after intensive phonics instruction. We decided to go outside and join three other students who were having P.E. Libby enjoyed learning to play badminton and interacted well with the other students. It was a beautiful day to be outside!