- Interest Inventory to determine which books to use with Xavier...
- Informal Reading Inventory to determine word recognition and comprehension...
- Orton Gillingham assessment to determine phonics understanding...
- Math assessment to determine skill in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing...
- Xavier selected from my books for shared reading to determine his comprehension over extended text (used iPad to view youtube videos of treasure hunting)...
- Writing assessment to determine Xavier's skills in writing, spelling, punctuation, and language...
- Read Everybody Needs a Rock to demonstrate that ideas can come from anywhere...
- Prewriting: listed ideas for Xavier's writing, listed vocabulary related to sailing...