- Sight words - are, easy, listen, second, they, answer, enough, make, since, thing...
- Play "Digging Up Sight Words"...
- Brainstorm ideas for writing...
- Make a semantic map for cars...
- Math addition with carrying...
- Math single-digit addition coloring page...
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Dillon is very cooperative and is willing to work.
- Review blends and al sounds and words...
- Do ng and nk sounds and words...
- Read phonetic stories...
- Sight words - review are, easy, listen, second, they; add answer, enough, make, since, thing...
- Play "Digging Up Sight Words"...
- Begin typing sailing story and add to the story...
- Do math addition with carrying...
- Do single-digit math coloring page...
- Chose a book to read and share...
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Xavier was less frustrated on math when he had fun activities and larger print.
I was getting to know Chandler, and she was writing about her trip to the Bahamas. We worked on a summer reading assignment and discussed Text to World connections. She was able to make a terrific connection.
Assignment
Finish up the answer and start to answer other questions for review next week.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Very engaged, asked great questions. Working on slowing down while reading, paying attention to the whole word (reading through to the end). Also, thinking about what was read after each page.
- Review blends...
- Do "all" as in ball, "al" as in salt, and "alk" as in talk...
- Do words with these sounds...
- Read a story with these sounds...
- Sight words - to read and spell (are, easy, listen, second, they)
- Play Memory with words with blends and without blends...
- Continued writing his sailing story...
- I did one story problem, but he quickly became frustrated...
- Began math problems from book but decided they had too many steps...
- Chose a book to read and discuss; then watched a video about Mary Anning to relate to the book...
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Xavier started out happy to be in his office. He quickly became frustrated when I started working on his math book. I plan to go back to simple math facts and do some fun games with them to build his confidence.
- Orton Gillingham blend cards...
- Words with blends...
- Stories with words with blends...
- Review CVC with BINGO...
- Semantic map for sailing story...
- Begin writing a sailing story using the map for organization...
- Summer Math Book, Lesson 8...
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Xavier had fun decorating his office and participated better in the lesson since he created his own space. While he was writing, he told me it was too quiet. I told him he could listen to music if that helps him. He focused very well on writing a lengthy paragraph while he listened to music.
- 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...
Session Minutes
120
Minutes Student Attended
120
Lesson Comments
Xavier gets frustrated easily. He did not want to do the work when it became difficult.
-Interest Inventory - to determine choices to make for Dillon's instruction; sports, nonfiction, science, math, crafts, toys, snacks...
-Informal Reading Inventory - to determine Dillon's word recognition skills and comprehension; instructional reading level at 3rd grade; work on fluency and word recognition...
-Shared reading - to determine Dillon's interest level and ability in reading extended text; demonstrated good comprehension as we discussed page by page...
-Writing sample - to determine Dillon's skill in writing about something of interest to him; Dillon was willing to write but only wrote one sentence first, then wrote phrases in response to my questions...
It was a pleasure meeting Micaiah and her family. Micaiah is a delightful child and was very open and engaged during our testing session. I administered a variety of informal reading assessments to determine her current reading level. On the San Diego Quick Assessment, she scored at the independent level for pre-K and K word lists and the frustrational level on the first grade list. On the High Frequency Words list she readily passed the first grade benchmark. I also gave her the Qualitative Reading Inventory, which yielded conflicting results due to the number of miscues of words. Her word miscues caused her to lose comprehension resulting in lowered scores. Word errors are graphically similar and Micaiah reported that words are blurry. I recommend she have a thorough eye exam to ensure that there is not a vision issue. If she is found not to have a vision issue, there are several ways to address her weaknesses including rapid naming protocols, sight word work, decoding work, and metacogniton training. Micaiah was focused and attentive during our session, and I am sure that she can readily improve her reading.
Session Minutes
135
Minutes Student Attended
80
Lesson Comments
This session was scheduled for 4:30 and she did not arrive until 5:30. Judy - you should know that Mom did not pick her up early from camp as she agreed. When we were talking, Micaiah volunteered that her camp went bowling. I asked her if she missed some bowing when her mom picked her up early and she said no- her mom picked her up when camp was over.
It was a pleasure meeting and working with Charlie today. He was open, friendly and very motivated. I administered the San Diego Quick Reading Assessment of Reading Ability which measures the student's ability to recognize words out of context. Next, I administered the Words Their Way Spelling Inventory. Then, he read 2 short passages to determine his oral reading fluency. We ended our session with the Qualitative Reading Inventory which assesses a student's implicit and explicit comprehension abilities. The results of these assessments will be compiled into a report to be shared with his parents.
I was so pleased to hear the news that Trenton received honors and also an award for improvement in reading. He has worked hard! In today's session, Trenton completed his reading of the article about Pluto. He answered comprehension questions with 80% accuracy finding text evidence to support his answers. He then read an article titled, "Reading Rules". Trenton answered questions regarding the author's viewpoint about reading and found evidence to support his point of view.
