Oliver began his session reading a comprehension passage called, Sensing the World Around Us. The passage touched on the five senses, how they work in humans, and used higher level vocabulary words related to each sense. After reading and discussing the vocabulary words, Oliver answered both multiple choice and short answer questions. In the multiple choice, we used the strategy of going back into the passage for hard evidence as support when Oliver got answers wrong or was not certain. In the short answer questions, we worked on using complete, descriptive sentences and evidence from the passage to support answers. After the reading comprehension work, we transitioned to writing. Using the information that he read, I had Oliver think about his five senses and how they help him through life. I then had Oliver think about which one was most important to him and he quickly chose hearing. From here, we mapped out what a five paragraph essay on this subject would look like using the classroom white board. We discussed how introductions and conclusions are used in essays and moved into the body paragraphs. Oliver chose topics for each of the three body paragraphs and was able to list supporting details for the first paragraph. We will continue working on this writing assignment tomorrow.