Today we began with a follow-up comprehension and analysis assessment from the non-fiction book we read yesterday, Dawn of the Doughnut. We worked through this together as I clarified concepts of main idea, chronological, and fact vs. opinion. Piero did not seem to understand fact and opinion, so we took some time to work through this concept. We watched a Brain Pop learning video to get some information. We then worked through some questions about koalas. He seemed to grasp the concept scoring 13/16 on our questions. Additionally, we completed a fill-in-the blank follow-up activity for our reading of The Lemonade War from yesterday. Piero was provided with a word bank and needed some further explanation as well. We then completed reading chapter 3. We talked about figurative concepts such as the statement reflecting that the sun was so ferociously hot it felt as if the sidewalk could swallow them up. This was a challenging concept to grasp. Oral language: We enjoyed our conversation related activities of playing Would you Rather and captioning our funny photos. I loved Piero’s clear academic path when answering if he’d rather be incredibly funny or incredibly smart. He chose the latter, and when asked, explained he’d like to attend university and be an inventor, engineer, or a soccer player. We continued with our Marvel project and enjoyed some nice discussion about his favorite character, Spiderman. We are working on expanding answers into 1 or more sentences and engaging in more conversational dialogue (vs. individual monologue). We are also working towards more common English responses, such as “so many colors” (vs. “so much colors”). A great deal of modeling is provided. Finally, we enjoyed some nice conversation about ping-pong. Piero gave me information about his ping-pong tournament today. Additionally, we discussed kitesurfing. We had talked about this yesterday and I was shocked to go to the beach after our session yesterday and see 10 kite surfers in the ocean! I shared some photos and stories of what I witnessed.