Dillon began the session with fluency practice using Fry's list of frequent phrases. He was able to read the phrases with fluency and had very few errors in pronunciation. Next, he completed his work on the character sheet for "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs". Then, Dillon completed a Venn Diagram comparing the true story with the original story of the three little pigs. He ended the session by writing an opinion paragraph on whether he believed the wolf's point of view or the pig's point of view. Dillon did a good job today and worked hard.

Trenton worked hard in today's session. First, he read a passage about the seasons. Trenton read the passage at a rate of 69 words per minute with few miscues. He was able to retell the passage with ease. Then, he answered comprehension questions on the topic with 93% accuracy. Next, he read an informational text on bats. After reading, he completed an outline with the main ideas and key details found in the text. He did an excellent job on this task, and he was able to find all the main ideas and key details.

Dillon did a super job today. He completed his close reading and comprehension questions about elephants. Dillon was able to find evidence in the text, underline it, and label it with the number of the comprehension question it answered. Next, we began to review, compare, and contrast texts on the same topic. He read, "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs". We discussed the character of A. Wolf and he began a character analysis sheet. We will continue this assignment at our next session.

Trenton did a great job today! He began with a progress monitoring passage for fluency. Trenton scored 83 words correct per minute which is a good rate for the last quarter of 2nd grade. He then did a sequencing activity with a passage on how to build an ant farm. Trenton was able to write a procedure using sequence words first, next, then, and finally. He ended the session with a first read of a short story called, "An Earful". He underlined sound words as he read. We will work on the comprehension questions at our next session. Trenton worked very hard today, and I am so pleased that he made the honor roll at school. He was so pleased to tell us about this accomplishment and we are so very happy for him.

Dillon did an awesome job today! He began with practice on level 3 fluency phrases. He was able to increase his fluency as he practiced reading the phrases. Next, he completed the story, "An earful". He answered questions and found text evidence to support his answers. He then read an informational text on elephants and underlined the key ideas in the text. He began working on comprehension questions that he will complete at our next session.

Dillon stayed focused and worked hard today. We began with fluency practice. He is reading at a rate between 75-85 words per minute, which is right on grade level. His fluency, however, is impacted at times by tracking issues. He either skips a whole line of text or a group of words. I have recommended that he use his finger, the eraser end of a pencil or a straight edge to track print while he is practicing oral reading for fluency. Next, he read a short passage titled, "An Earful". He practiced test taking strategies while answering the comprehension questions. He did a great job identifying evidence from the text to back up his answers.

Dillon brought back the assignment that he had worked on at home which was to identify the heading, main idea and key details in an informational text about lizards. He did an excellent job on this assignment and continued this exercise with 2 more reptiles in the text. Next, he practiced his oral fluency with a passage about playing shuffleboard with Grandpa. He answered some comprehension questions after practicing and brought this passage home for further practice. He ended this session by reading a short story, "The Terror on Green Street". He practiced answering questions and finding text evidence to support his responses. Dillon did a great job today.

Dillon did a wonderful job today! He began with an oral reading fluency progress monitoring passage. Dillon scored 87 wcpm which is just 2 words shy of the end of year benchmark for second grade. Next, we talked about text features and their purposes. Today, we focused on headings using an informational text about weird reptiles. Dillon was asked to think about the heading and predict what kind of information he would expect to find in the section based on the heading. Then, he was asked to read the section and write a sentence about the information he found after reading. His assignment for next Monday is to choose 4 more reptiles in the book and use the following process: 1.) read the heading, 2.) predict what information he expects to find in the section based on the heading, 3.) read the section, and 4.)write a sentence with a key piece of information he found in the section.

Today's plan was to review and practice sight words from Word List B, to practice oral segmentation, and to introduce a new reading book, "Pig is Big on Books".

Trenton began today's session by reading a Newsela" article titled, "The Yin and Yang of Basketball". This article was about the origins of the game of basketball. He answered comprehension questions on the article which required him to go back to the text and underline evidence to support his answers. We discussed close reading of text and how to read for evidence. Next, he began to transfer this same strategy to fictional text. We talked about the story elements of character, setting, and events in a story. Trenton then practiced asking questions while reading a narrative and finding text evidence to support his answers. Trenton did an excellent job today and was very focused!