Session Date
Lesson Topic
Reading and Writing
Lesson Outline
Maya and I had a great session today. We started a new writing project following the steps of the writing process. She completed prewriting independently and I assisted her with drafting. Maya was very focused on editing mispelled words. She wanted me to fix them, but I encouraged her to use what she knows about words, word parts and spelling and she was very successful! In reading I introduced folktales as stories told long ago to explain things in nature. We read level I How Glooskap Saved Summer. Maya was super interested and attentive. Before reading we completed a picture walk, made predictions and connections to other stories (Frozen). During the reading we confirmed predictions and summarized main events. Maya read most of the story independently, but we alternated some:) Maya was resistant to self-correting on her own. However, with encouragement and success she began correcting on her own:) Lastly Maya took a verb quiz scoring 100%!
Assignment
Read "Max's Book of Verbs"
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
When I had my initial meeting with Miss Heidi she recommended that I not try to help Maya decode words during reading. Over the past few weeks I have leaned to understand why. Maya does not like receiving help with unfamiliar words. In fact, she gets irritated when I try to help her. However, I think she needs to accept help or use strategies independently in order for to make significant progress in reading and writing. I attempted to work on this with her today. At first I was met with a lot of resistance, but she started to respond to my encouragement!
Session Hours
1.50
Hours Attended
1.50
Entry Status
Review Status
Student Name(s)
Subject
School