Reid wrote the spelling words three times as required for school. The words are challenging this week; I asked Reid to syllabicate each word on his flashcards so that he can more easily recognize the syllables. Next, we completed a science homework packet about earthquakes, which required reading comprehension strategies such as referring to the text. When answering comprehension questions, I encouraged Reid to use the writing strategies that I taught last week, using different sentence types to make his writing more attractive to the reader. To conclude, we practiced his spelling words outside.