I enjoyed meeting and reading with Spencer today. He was very attentive and engaged throughout our session. We began with a read-aloud titled 'A Tiger's Tail' about an unusual girl's first school day. Spencer noticed how the illustrations showed us details that the text did not. We also talked about the lesson in the story. After that, we sorted a set of books into groups of fiction and nonfiction. Spencer chose a nonfiction book, 'Guinness World Records, Daring Dogs' for guided reading. He was very adept at using context clues and pictures to help him read unfamiliar words. Next, we played a game called 'Quick Erase' to make words by changing one sound at a time, beginning with CVC words and moving to CCVC.