Today we continued our study of the novel Charlotte’s Web. We reviewed the summary for chapter 12 and then finished reading chapter 13, which we had started yesterday. Piero did a fantastic job (scoring 12/13) with recall, describing the illustrations, and completing the fill-in-the blank summary with our reading. We focused on the meanings of the words advertise, radiant, and thrashing in our reading. We then reviewed the terms for chapters 11 – 12 with a crossword puzzle and fill-in-the blank sentences. Next, we worked on the English picture dictionary. Piero and I discussed some areas he would like to learn more about and we worked through a number of slides related to those topics (soccer words, items related to movies, and construction). We looked at soccer positions, basic rules, and items needed to play. We also looked at various tools, equipment, and vehicles related to constructions, as well as lots of different types of buildings. Additionally, we labeled items related to the movies such as a camera, lights, and a director’s chair. Lastly, we enjoyed a game of Jeopardy! This version, customized just for Piero, featured questions using Marvel characters! Our categories included reinforcing making connections with analogies and our new figurative language skill for this week, similes. Piero also used vocabulary words we’ve learned in our literature study but applied in a new way. Finally, he worked through a jam-packed pronouns category working with subject, object, and possessive pronouns throughout each level. Oral language directed activities: We began our session discussing the success of Piero’s ping pong tournament yesterday! He was excited to tell me he got third place. We also enjoyed wrapping up our review on the Marvel character project we created. Piero used the slides to support sharing information and recalling details about the characters. Piero brought several items for sharing today. This provides a nice opportunity for open conversation in English. He told me about his Captain America figure and three race cars. We revised and stretched information as indicated.