- H read an article for his geography report
- H began writing the report and talked about the parts to complete it.

Trenton read two fables in today's session, "The Scorpion and "The Grasshopper and the Ant". After a discussion about the central message of fables, he was able to accurately identify the central message of both passages. He then was able to identify the four characteristics of fables. Next, he began work on a personal narrative writing piece. He reviewed his brainstorm from last session and chose to write about his trip to Texas and a visit to the Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort. Then he created a thinking map graphic organizer with information about his trip. Trenton did a wonderful job today and is anxious to begin drafting his story!

Dillon began today's session with a school assignment about main topic. He asked to read the passage silently, and then he answered the written questions. He struggled with this assignment when he did it independently, so we reread it orally and talked through the questions. We also reviewed strategies for answering multiple choice questions. We continued the session with work on determining the central message of a passage. He read two fables, "The Scorpion and the Frog" and "The Grasshopper and the Ant". He was able to determine the four characteristics of a fable along with the central message of each of these stories. He did a great job on this assignment. He seems to do much better when he is asked to read the passages out loud, however that is incompatible with how students are tested at school. Dillon needs to begin to work as carefully during silent reading as he does during oral reading. He may be reading passages quickly and not self- monitoring for comprehension when he is reading silently. We will review self-monitoring and questioning strategies at his next session.

- H and I discussed the requirement for his reading and reports.
- We discussed the vocabulary assignment.
- He did most of his vocabulary assignment on the computer.
- I found an article on conservation for one of his readings. I will bring it back tomorrow for him to read and write the report.
- He chose a card to read for geography. He can get these two done for the October 2 deadline.

- I read The Grouchy Ladybug to Nicholas while he played with the ladybug puppet.
- I read Beetle Bop to Nicholas.
- I read Old Black Fly while Nicholas chimed in on repeated phrases.
- Nicholas watched videos to see how to draw three different dinosaurs to practice following directions.

- Interest Inventory to determine H's interests for topics we will use in tutoring
- Individual Reading Inventory to assess H's word recognition and comprehension
- Math assessment to determine H's skill level in basic math computation

Dillon worked on a main idea homework assignment when he first came to our session. He needed to read several passages and then write one sentence summaries. After completing the summaries, he then had to write titles for the passages. Dillon did a nice job with this and was able to complete the task easily. Next, he read an article about fossils, and looked for main ideas and supporting details. Although seemed a little tired when we first started, he perked up quickly and did a great job over all.

- Xavier did his social studies page
- Xavier did his spelling book
- Xavier did his grammar page
- Xavier did his math book
- I read Here's Hank and started Bud, Not Buddy

- I read The Bear Ate Your Sandwich while Nicholas played with a toy peanut butter and jelly sandwich and a bear puppet
- Nicholas and I read Brown Bear, Brown Bear together
- Nicholas drew a dinosaur from a video description
- Nicholas read the book Mat and the book Dot and Mit
- Nicholas practiced consonant blends

- Nicholas practiced words with at, op, and it families
- I read Horton Hatches an Egg to Nicholas, and he responded appropriately to comprehension questions.
- We completed Nicholas' math homework.
- We practiced letter sounds with a game.