I met with Luca's mother; she was concerned about a low standardized test score. I reassured her that Luca's reading fluency is strong in my assessment and that practice will improve his reading comprehension scores. To that end, I prepared summer enrichment work. I chose two novels, Soccer Halfback by Matt Christopher and Island by Gordon Korman, and prepared reading comprehension packets for each. To practice non-fiction genres, I photocopied texts and accompanying comprehension questions from Wonder Literature (McGraw Hill Education). I presented the materials to Luca. We co-read two chapters of Soccer Halfback and discussed various reading comprehension strategies (summarizing as you read, making predictions, and taking brief notes to keep the characters straight). Luca seemed to enjoy the book. I hope that he continues to read over the summer.

I evaluated Luca's reading comprehension ability using the Gray's Oral Read Test (GORT), 5th edition. Luca demonstrated strong fluency (comprised of reading rate and accuracy) but below-grade-level comprehension skills. I believe Luca would benefit from instruction and practice of reading comprehension strategies.

I evaluated Luca's phonics abilities using the Quick Phonics Screener. Luca did well, efficiently decodintg both "nonsense" and "real" words" . Next, I administered a spelling diagnositic test. Again, Luca did well, demonstrating grade-level appropriate spelling.