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Good morning! Kat said "Good Morning" very nicely- She was looking for something in her desk and stopped and popped her head up to greet me! She sang National Anthem wonderfully this morning- nice appropriate volume. Lots of smiles !
P.E.- Kat was awesome in gym today. They had asubstitute and "played bowling," Kat "creamed" the boys on her team. She won beating J. and T. Way to go Kat! She really seemed to enjoy herself, I gave her some pointers and told her to watch how J. and T. threw the ball-nice form Kat!
Social Studies- Mrs. D. was absent today (Another substitute). They switched papers grading the Social Studies homework packet it. C. graded Kat's- She got a one hundred. Kat is now taking her Social Studies test, She is working so quietly- no stim at all! The majority of the test is multiple choice, so far Kat is doing fine. Does not seem to be struggling at all.
I restated the instructions for her on the next sections, She needed an initial prompt to read the selection from the chapter and then answer questions about the reading, This seemed a little harder for her. There was another section were the directions were to refer to a timeline with the years and a description of their events. I prompted her to look at the timeline and read events but then let her answer the questions. The essay section was (as always) a struggle for Kat. She did her "listing" method for the first essay question. I tried to prompt full sentences for the rest- It was still very hard for Kat. I definitely think this would be a great thing to address in her "Writing paragraphs" program. Maybe have her write paragraphs about the current Social Studies Chapter instead of always from reading stories. It will help alot to better prepare her for these essays. She has a hard time answering question in this format- Doesn't always "Make the connections" between what she has studied. I don't think she did very well on the essays, I tried prompt her- ask her leading questions to get details- It was not to successful. She really worked hard on her test, tried her best.
Mrs. R-went a few minutes late today, did a quick science project with a "Newtons Three Laws."
Kat is working on her seat work (needed initial prompting to "get started") I have been asking Kat if she needs to go to the bathroom between classes- It's working out well. Kat did very well on her language and spelling seat work, She is still struggling with her math- gets very confused and flustered when she has to "borrow/regroup twice in a problem, She only got a couple problems write on her own, so she did assignment over again with a review from Mrs. R.
Mrs. B. said "not to worry," we will be working on "Regrouping" this afternoon (All the kids having trouble) I quiz Kat on her spelling words to target her "trouble once"- Super! Kat got a one hundred on her spelling.
Lunch, prompted some conversation between Danielle and Kat, try to get Kat to tell D.about the "Tittanic," D. hasn't seen it yet. Then D. told us about "Mouse Hunt." D. asked for the "Day Off" from the booknest so she could join Kat on this swings at recess.
Kat was very happy that D. surprised her at the swings. Kat asked me very sweetly to push her on the swings.
Mrs. R- Kat is doing a practice math packet that Mrs. R. suggested she worked on (a mix of Simple subtraction.) and some single regrouping problems. She is rolling right along- I think this review will really help her by refreshing and buy sharpening her skills. (And will build confidence.)
We are now watching a video from the Olympics- figure skating. Kat is very interested. She is watching very quietly and intensely.
Kat raised her hand with prompting when Mrs. R asked the class if anyone watch the Olympics- Mrs. R tried to converse with Kat about what she saw on the Olympics- not real successful- alot of prompts. She really loved watching the ice skating though- very quiet, no stim. They showed a scene were a skier crashed on the down hill- Kat and E. both laughed. Oh- E. is now sitting next to Kat. Mrs. R. moved E.'s desk. Kat really loves the dramatic musical pieces that the skaters are dancing to- She is "all smiley" as her eyes are glued to the T.V.
Math-with Mrs. B.
practice with subtraction, Kat has been doing very well today-barely any stim or "silly talk" at all. She is attending very nicely in math and working quietly! She is doing great with fractions today. She needed a few prompts with "shading" two thirds of a block but is starting to "catch on" with practice.
Great day for Kat !
Just study for Science (maybe some math)Have a good night. I am really looking forward to working along with Melissa Niemann tomorrow
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