For Ethan's academic games session today, we played Getting the Main Idea: Around the World. In this game, players make their way around the world, stopping to sightsee in such far-off places as Paris, Istanbul and Beijing. At every stop, a story card asks them to read a leveled passage and choose the main idea from multiple answers. The first player to go around the world and reach the finish wins! Ethan loved playing the game and did exceptionally well reading and answering the comprehension passages. He was the first player to get around the world and was extremely happy to win the game. At the end of the session, we had five minutes left, so Ethan logged on to Sumdog and played two math games. The first game that he played, he was able to score the second highest in the school and ahead of his brother - which was a huge accomplishment for him!!