- Nicholas read Let's Have Dinner, Look in the Box, and What Can You Do?
- I read It's a Puppy's Life and Go, Dog, Go to Nicholas.
- We read The Duckling Gets a Cookie together.
- We played a letter game.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Nicholas wanted to be the teacher today. He read books to me like I do when I am the teacher. I wrote words on the board for me to read.
Dillon started the session with his homework packet. Next, he completed the first session of the FSA Practice Test #2. He scored at the proficient level on this assessment. The standards he had difficulty with were: finding the main idea, identifying key details, and determining the meaning of unknown words. He did well on the questions about text features. He was focused today and worked hard.
In today's session, Dillon continued to work on the FSA English Language Arts Practice test. This part of the test covered the standards of asking and answering questions, determining main ideas, describing the relationship between a series of historical events, and determining the meaning of academic and domain specific words using context clues. Dillon is improving in determining word meanings, however he sometimes has difficulties grasping the main idea of a specific paragraph in a text passage. We will continue to work on these practice assessments while we work on close reading skills and test taking strategies.
- I read Swimming Giants and Flying Giants to Nicholas.
- We read Go, Dog, Go together.
- Nicholas practiced -en words and -ad words.
- We played a letter game.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Nicholas was cooperative, but he laid on the floor part of the time. He did not read with enthusiasm, but he did very well with the words in Go, Dog, Go.
- I read Officer Buckle and Gloria, Go, Dog, Go, and A Dog for Sarah to Gabbie...
- Gabbie read I Love Slop...
- We read Fred and Ted Go Camping and I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words together...
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Gabbie is very cooperative when she perceives that the book is for older children.
- I read two Ike LaRue books to Gabbie.
- Gabbie read two Fred and Ted stories.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Gabbie did well on reading the stories I had her to read. She is wiling to read easy stories if they are funny and in a bigger book that looks like for older children.
In today's session, Dillon took a pretest for the FSA. Some of the standards covered were: asking and answering questions, finding the central message, distinguishing between fact and opinion, and using context clues to determine unknown words. He did not have enough time to complete this and will need to complete the pretest at our next session. He demonstrated good test taking strategies while taking the assessment and used several techniques we have been using in our sessions.
Story elements of fiction / using context clues to identify word meaning
Lesson Outline
Dillon reviewed the story elements of fiction: setting, character, plot, conflict and theme or central message. Next, he read a short story about a farm family moving to the prairie. After reading the story, he answered questions about the story elements. Then, he identified the text features of the story, particularly paragraphs with dialogue. He was able identify the genre of the selection and the characteristics of the text.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Dillon said that he didn't feel well tonight and that he had a stomach ache.
- Nicholas practiced his spelling words.
- Nicholas read Mat and The Fish Wish.
- I read The Cookie Fiasco, Ballet Cat Dance Dance Underpants, Ballet Cat What's Your Favorite Favorite?, and What Puppies Do to Nicholas...
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Nicholas was moving a lot. He tried sounding out his spelling words, but not all of them could be sounded out phonetically.
