- Will was receptive to working on an initial reading comprehension activity. We read a short story together, as I pointed to each of the words, and Will was then tasked with responding to a few multiple choice and open-ended questions. He was first asked to make a guess about the story based upon the picture. Will responded with a correct prediction about how the story would unfold. He answered 60% of the questions correctly. It should be noted, this was a story intended for students in the first grade. We then moved on to working on sight word assessment (first grade as well). Will achieved 63% correct, or 19 out of 30 words correctly. Next, we worked on Reading Eggs on which Will performed well, answering 15 out of 16 questions correctly, or a success rate of 94%. He matched sounds accurately and worked on consonant blends. Although Will was not a huge fan of blending letters and made 2 errors reversing the b and d, he was able to correct his mistake once informed. He was encouraged to note the beginning letters or words and to begin blending with that letter in order to sound out the word. For example, Will would say 'asp' when shown the word 'sap.' Prompting him to note the initial letter facilitated his performance. Will responded well to praise and social reinforcements for his perseverance working on academic tasks.