Libby completed her interactive calendar. She read and discussed her vocabulary words. She finished her calendar talk activity. She reviewed her reading comprehension story about ants. She read and learned about Abe Lincoln and George Washington in her Scholastic News magazine, and then completed a graphing activity pertaining to the article.

Libby listened to me read from the daily Scholastic Reader. Then, we worked on the sheet for daily information (day, day of the week, etc.). Next, our focus was on the /h/ sound. Slowly, Libby was able to determine if a word started with the /h/ sound. Finally, she was able to identify the /h/ sound, the words themselves, and circle the words with the /h/ sound.

Teddy, Libby and I read and acted the reader's theater play "A Day for a Parade." We had fun pretending we were in a 4th of July parade. We drew timelines of Teddy and Libby's lives.

Today, Libby will test her speed, coordination, and skill by navigating the obstacle course.

Self Defense Skills and drills are included.

Exercises include: Jumping Jacks, Pushups, Running man and situps
Finish with a quiet positive meditation.

This morning, Libby and I walked around the school looking for signs to help her understand that signs give directions on what to do. Then, we related our sign walk to the plus and minus signs and how they also direct us on what to do with numbers. Finally, we used an addition and subtraction mat to create and solve equations while recognizing the operation signs.

I began with a one-minute phonological awareness exercise, dropping one syllable of a two-syllable, compound word (Kilpatrick, K1#8, p. 129). With manipulatives, Libby is able to complete this task, a big improvement! I conducted visual, auditory, and blending drills with the following letters: a, m, s, f, I, p, t, n, d, c (hard), o, sh. Libby only missed vocalizing the sounds /â/ and /sh/. She successfully wrote the following sounds: /sh/, /â/, /k/, /f/. For the blending drill, Libby successfully blended cat, mat, sat, pat, nat, dat. This was a big improvement from yesterday's session. For spelling practice, Libby traced and wrote the following sight words: and, on, the. For oral reading fluency, Libbyand I read the book "Lin in a Tin." To conclude, we played a game of Phonics Dice.

Continuing to work on her diarama of her "hotel". Adding structure, making sure that her structure is strong and connected well. Building the furniture and continuing to add structure and space.

Practice the letter sound cards, especially b,d, & p. Read the This Is a Peach book to review this & is. Use magnet letters to make -at words and then change them to -an words. Practice sight words. Read from Junie B. Jones book to Libby.

Libby continued to work on her addition and subtraction color, cut, and paste art activity. She used her number line to solve addition within 10 problems shown on printed flowers. Then, Libby colored and cut out each flower and glued them onto construction paper coming out of a flower pot that she also colored.

Started working on her diorama - started as a restaurant, became a hotel, covered the floor and walls, added a second floor, scavenger hunt for materials, started using found objects to create furniture - she is very excited and has lots of ideas.