This afternoon, Austin selected a different room to work in and enthusiastically chose to continue reading the book when given an option of two exercises. We read chapters 4 - 8, and Austin exclaimed" this is really getting good!" As we collaboratively read, Austin was questioned on vocabulary, encouraged to offer synonyms to words, and queried on the use of literary devices used by the author and the function of quotation marks. He remained engaged, and he demonstrated good integration and synthesis of the material. Austin was able to infer and make predictions that were logical and accurate. We then moved on to a reading passage I had chosen about soccer as i know it is one of his interests. Austin answered all the multiple choice questions correctly. He also answered the open-ended questions effectively, although succinctly, and he will be encouraged to elaborate on his responses when working on the next passage at our next session. Austin will be given additional higher-order exercises to challenge his critical thinking skills and further stimulate and extend strategic thinking, as well as analytical and evaluative processes, including fluency, retrieval and the application of knowledge.