I made up a new game for Libby and Teddy with a ball and the volleyball net.
We are going to call it "Ultimate Ball".
The object of the game is to throw it over the net without your opponent catching the ball.
If they do this successfully, they score a point.

I began with visual, auditory, and blending drills to strengthen reading and spelling skills. I dictated CVC words for Libby to write (rat, fat, fit, fix). Changing the initial, medial, and final sounds was challenging, but Libby sounded out the words successfully. We reviewed her irregular word list and added a new word: for. Libby read a decodable reader, "Pam Likes to Nap." To conclude, we finished "Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?"

Review the digraphs and vowels. use letter blocks to take turns building words with and without digraphs. Have Libby say each word as we both build them. Practice writing to, and & you in short sentences. Read decodable book.

Review the ch, sh, ck, and th digraphs and build words with them. Identify the words and where the digraphs are. Practice the sight words the, and, & you with letter blocks. Read a decodable book.

Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk and calendar writing activity, put together her sentence puzzle, worked on her phonics activities, and finished assembling her STEM project.

Trace letters with pencil as we say their sounds. Practice saying letter sounds and then blending into words. Play a jumping game as we spell and then say the sight words. Read decodable book.

Practice writing upper and lower case letters. Say the sounds as we write them. Show words and state what sound begins and ends the words. Practice sight words in the sand. Read decodable book. Do a word family sheet.

Play letter bingo and say the sounds of the letters as we find them. Complete phonics practice sheet with decodable words. Practice sight words by writing them in chalk outside. Read decodable book.

Practice writing upper and lower case letters in the sand. Look at objects and say what the beginning letter sound and symbol is (Paper is p and begins with P). Practice sounding out simple words and work on word families. Continue to find sight words as we read and write them in the sand.

Libby came in very excited. We continued building her miniature house project and learned about mosaics. She created floral designs inside a box to represent a bathroom using tweezers and beads. She demonstrated great thoughtfulness and care in her design.