Libby completed her interactive calendar, read and discussed her vocabulary words, put together her daily sentence puzzle, finished her calendar talk and calendar writing, read and discussed her Scholastic News Magazine about America, and worked on her phonics activities.
Libby is very musical! She sat down at the drums and immediately set a beat for herself. We talked a bit about what music she likes to listen to and she ended up playing along to quite a few songs! She did an excellent job following the beat and responding musically when the song would rise and fall in energy or get quieter or softer. She even sang a little bit while playing some of her more well known songs. We played a bunch of songs by Luke Bryan and a couple by John Denver.
This was my second session with Libby today. I read the Kate DiCamillo book, "Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package." We discussed the characters of the book and noted how each book we have read has a different point of view. Libby noticed that while Mercy Watson, the pig, is in the book, the main character, Eugenia, never calls her by name. Libby is very good at summarizing the action of a story and makes predictions enthusiastically. In between chapters, we paused for Libby to read a decodable reader. She read "Can you see Tom?" and "To the Top" from Flyleaf Publishing.
Libby completed her interactive calendar and read and discussed her vocabulary words, finished her calendar talk and calendar writing activities, worked on her phonics activities, put together her daily sentence puzzle, and discussed the sun, the stars, and the moon.
I began with visual and blending drills. Of the twenty letters shown, Libby missed th, wh, y, sh. She correctly blended CVC words; I varied the initial, middle, and final sounds of the words. For spelling I dictated CVC words and one sentence (Tim is my dad.). Libby read all of the irregular words on her list correctly. To conclude, she read two decodable readers from FlyLeaf Publishing.
Talk about what celebrations are for and when we celebrate different things. Discuss what goals are and how we can achieve them. Read A Little Spot of Celebration.
Libby brought a funny yellow bird puppet into class today. I told her that our assignment was to complete the mosaic of the bathroom for her dollhouse and she said she was a bit bored of that. Despite this, she was able to actually reel in and focus on working at the task at hand. She asked if we could play on the Poki games website for the last 5 minutes of class and I told her yes because she worked so diligently during class.
Libby seen in her room for a 45 minute occupational therapy treatment session. Focus of therapy on improving her ocular motor skills, visual perceptual abilities, fine motor development, visual motor skills, sensory motor skills and graphomotor skills. Began session with various fine motor activities to improve grasp pattern, visual motor skills, dexterity and manipulation skills. Libby reviewed all previous learned lower case letters of the alphabet and was able to form them all correctly except the letters g and k. She practiced these letters to get them right. Libby continues to be encouraged and reminded to hold her writing implement with an open web space.. She is able to quickly correct her tendency to thumb wrap when given this cue. She participated in a diamond painting card activity with good patience and control. Great session.
I began with visual, auditory, and blending exercises. Libby read and spelled CVC with -ck and -sh final sounds. She read all of her irregular words. I dictated a sentence for her to write and edit (The bug is red and black.) She read a decodable book, "Butterfly, Butterfly." We picked out a new Kate DiCamillo book to read, "Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package". Libby identified the title, author, illustrator, and main character of the book. I read the first few pages while Libby colored the pictures.
