- I read The Very First Thanksgiving Day to Nicholas
- Nicholas read The Gum, The Lost Dog, Mat, and Dot and Mat
- Nicholas used sports rubber stamps to stamp on paper
- Nicholas made up a story to go with the pictures he made.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Nicholas likes to sit on my lap while he reads a book. He likes to do a fun activity after reading.
- Glen read 14 Cows for America
- I asked him to write a story about helping someone, like the people in Florida who experienced a bad hurricane. He chose to write about giving 50 cows to Africa.
- Glen wrote one sentence, then dictated the rest of the story for me to write.
- I read Thank You, Mr. Falker to Glen
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Glen is very tender-hearted and wrote about giving to the African people who gave to the U.S. His reading is fairly fluent. His writing needs more work than his reading.
Dillon worked on close reading activities during our session today. He read paired passages on whether children should be paid for doing chores around the home. Each passage was read 3 times, once silently and twice orally. He underlined key ideas in each paragraph. Next, he responded to questions that required him to get the answers directly from the text. He practiced using the sentence starters for evidence based questions such as: "The author stated...", "According to the text..." and "Based on what I read..." . At our next session, Dillon will use these 2 passages to compare and contrast the two passages and to write an opinion paragraph.
- Xavier finished his math homework.
- Xavier did his vocabulary homework.
- Xavier did his questions for Wonder.
- Xavier read some of Wonder to me.
- I finished reading The Sign of the Beaver to Xavier...
- I started reading Ben Carson to Xavier.
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Xavier cooperated well. He gave us two A papers to post on his board. He was quick to read his Wonder book when I asked. He is reading smoother and not skipping words.
- Nicholas practiced his sight words.
- Nicholas looked at words organized by sound (we, me, she, he and cry, my, fly, by).
- Nicholas read Jig and Mag, Dot and Mit, and The Lost Dog.
- Nicholas chose Dot and Mit to read to Judie.
- I read The Reason for a Flower to Nicholas.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Nicholas is always happy. He rolled on the floor or sat on a lap when he read.
- Xavier did his vocabulary homework.
- Xavier wrote his spelling words one time.
- Xavier practiced 4- and 5- digit multiplication with carrying.
- Xavier read some of Wonder to me and to Judie.
- I read The Sign of the Beaver to Xavier and discussed.
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
I don't know why Xavier was so quiet today, but he was cooperative. I was so excited that Xavier chose to read Wonder instead of one of the easier books that I brought. He was also willing to have Judie come and listen. He did much of the math in his head. He is making great progress.
Dillon and I reviewed a book mark that he can use to support close reading of text. We discussed "right there" text evidence and the use of text clues for "beyond the text"answers. We discussed the need to read a selection multiple times to make sure you understand the text. He practiced this with a passage about a roller coaster ride. Dillon did a great job citing text evidence and writing good responses using sentence starters. Next, he practiced close reading with a selection titled, "Sand Castle Mystery". He color coded the evidence in the text and did a great job responding to the questions.
- Nicholas practiced word endings...
- Nicholas read The Lost Dog...
- I read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day...
- Nicholas read Mat...
- I read Edward the Emu...
- We played the letter game...
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
As usual, Nicholas participated well while he rolled on the floor.
