Session Date
Lesson Topic
Post Test for Book 2
Lesson Outline
Christopher started his lesson today by practicing markups on the whiteboard using colorful markers. He practiced finding the base word and circling the suffix. He practiced marking up vowel-consonant-e, and the closed vowel sound. Christopher practiced scooping syllables. He needed a little review on remembering to scoop the syllable between two consonants, such as in the word "illustrate." Christopher pointed out compound words. We did a special lesson on the word "bathe" because in this word, the vowel-consonant-e construction jumps over the digraph "th." Christopher was then given a page of nonsense words: He had to circle the suffixes. I reminded him that the only suffix he has learned is "s." Christopher then underlined the syllables in the basewords successfully. He went through every word and marked up the vowel sounds correctly. This included decipheriing whether it was a vowel-consonant-e syllable or a closed vowel sound syllable. Christopher then had to highlight with a yellow marker, any letter s that sounds like a /z./ Christopher practiced understanding the /z/ is a voice sound. I had him put his hand on his throat to feel the vibration. I helped him compare this sound to the sound of /s./ Christopher found four correct answers. He did however also highlight the /s/ sound, demonstsrating that he needs more work on understanding the difference between voiced and unvoiced sounds of the letter "s." Christopher then took one half of the spelling test. He spelled 15/15 words from all of the steps in Book 4 correctly. At our next meeting, Christopher will be tested on the nonsense words. Then we will move forward to Book 5. Good work!
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
55
Lesson Comments
Christopher delayed coming to class after I called him because he was playing with Sebastian around the hallway. I walked him personally back to his room. He immediately told me that he was suffering from pain in his leg. I asked him if he has told his parents about this. I told him that if his parents sent him to school, they expect him to do his school work. We proceeded with the testing very slowly. I praised Christopher for working so hard when he was not feeling very well. After a half hour, I offered to get him a bag of ice. He used this opportunity to go on his new game device. When I returned, he kept dropping the ice bag. He then just put it up on the desk. He managed to get through the spelling and the analysis portion of the testing with reluctance and telling me he had pain in his leg. When he finished his spelling test, I rewarded him with 3 minutes of free time. He then, in a very animated fashion, told me that he designed the entire Roeblocks city, kingdom, dungeon, castles, etc that was on the video game. He told me that many people enjoy using his world that he created. He told me it took him four years to build this world. I complimented him for his beautiful work. Christopher proceeded to go outside and play running around during the recess time. I wonder if he should have been expected to sit quietly in a chair with his leg up and ice on it.
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
0.92
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Review Status
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