It was very nice to meet Maya today. We began our session with Maya continuing to work on her types of cities graphic organizer. Maya showed me pictures of the different types of cities and explained each one to me. He finished her urban city drawing and began drawing a suburban city. She then was ready to move on and learn about people in Japan. Maya did a very good job reading the book Japan Today. We talked about how children in Japan have a longer school year and go to school three days a week. We also learned about the bullet trains that go really fast. Maya said she was hungry so we decided it was a great time to take a snack break. When we returned we read in Maya’s Social Studies Alive book about Kazuo who lives in Japan. Maya thought it was funny that Kazuo’s parents ate rice and eggs for breakfast. Then Maya cut out a picture of Kazuo. She used a book about Japan to find out the name of Japan’s capital city and what continent it is located in. She then added this information to a large sheet of paper and drew a picture of the Japan flag.