Analise began the session by looking over the multitude of library books I had taken out. We read the story "The Magic Backpack" together, and Analise was interested in the story as it incorporated many elements which we had reviewed in prior sessions. It was about an African boy who had a magic backpack and in the story, the main character was able to use it to travel across continents in record time in order to obtain needed ingredients for a chocolate cake the boy's classmates were baking. As we read the story together, Analise participated in sounding out words and enjoyed it when she got the words correct. She was encouraged to identify the 3 continents in the book (North America, Europe, and Africa), and asked to take particular note of beginning sounds, rhyming words and repeated phrases - all of which she did correctly. Analise identified the book as fiction but said she wished she had a magic backpack that could fly. After she answered a number of comprehension questions correctly, Analise was asked to write about where she would like to ravel if she had a magic backpack. She answered as follows: If I had a magic backpack, I would want to go to Cleveland, Ohio because that's where I was born". Analise remembered to add the period end mark. It was pointed out that cities and states needed to be capitalized, and she went back to correct the two errors she had made. Analise seemed to enjoy the book, and we read about the author and illustrator. Analise knew what an illustrator does and laughed when informed that he enjoyed making his illustrations in the bathtub. She also enjoyed learning about the author’s inspiration for writing the book. Analise has clear penmanship, and she is conscientious about turning in carefully done work and highly responsive to the praise afforded her. Additionally, Analise was patient when told we would need to finish her body portrait tomorrow as we still needed to add silver glitter to her sneakers. Instead, we finished the session by completing computer exercises (in Starfall), and reviewing word sounds, time-telling, and directional skills – via completion of a maze. Analise loved working on these activities and completed all the exercises with excellent accuracy.