Interactive Calendar Vocabulary Johnny Appleseed Living Nonliving
Lesson Outline
Libby completed her interactive calendar. We reviewed cups, pints, quarts, gallons, and greater than/less than/equal to. We read a story about Johnny Appleseed and completed several activities about his life. She searched outside for examples of living and nonliving things. She made a small booklet about Johnny Appleseed and a paper hat to wear on Thursday for Johnny's birthday.
Libby started to make her book. She chose a theme (dogs) and we started to work on her first page. We worked on using paint to paint a cartoon dog with hearts around it.
Libby completed her interactive calendar. We introduced the concept of
greater than/less than/equal to, and cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. She participated in an apple tasting and graphing activity with the pre-k. She worked on several activities pertaining to the apple graphing demonstrating her understanding of how to read a graph/chart.
This morning, Libby began Topic 2 which focuses on how numbers from 0 to 5 can be compared and ordered. Today, we looked at how to compare groups of items to see whether they are equal by matching. Libby drew lines between the items in 2 groups to determine if the groups were equal or not. Then, she stated which group was greater than and less than in quantity.
Libby used a rice tray to trace letters. We played Bingo together, looking for letters. On writing paper, Libby write capital letters. I read Detective LaRue while Libby held the stuffed dog.
Libby was seen in her room for a 45-minute treatment session with the focus of therapy on fine motor skills specifically grasp patterns, ocular motor skills (saccades), self care skills, and handwriting. Libby participated well and was focused throughout her treatment session. Work on refinement of fine motor precision and manipulation skills with activity involving using tweezers, spray bottles and small beads. She completed this activity and followed directions well with her brother Teddy. We continued with alphabet recognition for both the upper and lower case alphabet today. She was almost able to identify all the letters of the uppercase alphabet today she got 23/26 correct. She is able to identify about 1/2 to 3/4's of the lowercase alphabet independently. She is improving with wearing her hair in different ways and not limiting the clothes she will wear. She is making steady gains.