Chase completed an entire WADE assessment. Following are his scores.
Reading:
Consonants = 96%
Digraphs/Trigraphs 66%
Vowels = 38%
Additional Sounds = 0%
Welded sounds = 75%
Total Sounds = 52%

Real Words = 83%
Nonsense Words = 65%
Sight Words = 94%
Total Words = 82%

Spelling:
Words = 75%
Sight words = 72%

Chase did a wonderful job on the test. He read all twelve lists without ever getting five in a row wrong, the criteria for stopping. Up through list 9 (the equivalent of Step 9 of the 12 Wilson steps) he had at least 8 out of 10 correct. An 85% indicates mastery of a step so at 82% for all the steps he is very close to a mastery score. For nonsense words his score is lower but a mastery nonsense words score would be 80%. He had a great attitude throughout the testing. Chase is an articulate and creative boy who was focused, competitive and a joy to work with.

Chase and I completed two pages of his math homework that he brought from school. Then, he wrote a creative writing story about a monster under his bed. I used this writing prompt to asses his writing skills. He did a great job with this activity and we are going to start working on spelling to strengthen his writing technique. During the last ten minutes of our session he practiced multiplication facts on cool math.com.

Chase and I began our session by completing two pages of math homework he brought from his school. He is working on measurement and creating equal rows and columns. Once his homework was completed Chase used a geo board to practice making congruent shapes. Then, we moved into multiplication practice. First, we practiced his multiplication facts and the second time through we focused on speed and accuracy. After, Chase used cool math.com and abcya.com to practice multiplication word problems.

Chase and I began our session by correcting a paragraph on the dry erase board. The paragraph included grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Then, I introduced Chase to a concept in order to remember writing the letter b and d the correct way. For the letter d I showed him a picture of a dime and a dollar bill. I explained to him when he is writing the letter d remember to go "Around the dime, then up and down the dollar." Then, I showed him a picture of a bat and a baseball to represent the letter b. I explained to him when he is writing the letter b remember to "first, make the bat, then draw the baseball." After, Chase completed two worksheets practicing with the lowercase letters b and d. In addition, Chase practiced writing sentences with both uppercase and lowercase letters b and d on composition paper. Repetition seems to really be helping Chase with his struggle of reversing these letters. Lastly, Chase and I went to the computer lab and practiced multiplication on the abcya.com website.

Chase and I discussed the correct way to write the letters b and d. In order for him to remember the direction of each letter I introduced him to a technique. I told him to remember that when writing the letter b think "line down" and when writing the letter d think "circle first." Also, he practiced writing these letters on the dry erase board. Then, we went into the computer lab and printed pictures of different types of snakes for a school project he is doing.

Today Chase and I began our session by correcting a paragraph on the dry erase board that included grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors. Then, Chase and I went outside to the playground and played a adjective/verb basketball game. I would recite either a verb or adjective to Chase and he had to tell me what type of word it was. If he got it correct he got two points and got to shoot the basketball. He did a great job with this! In addition, Chase completed an adjective/verb sorter writing the correct word under the correct column. During math, Chase and I completed three pages of math homework he brought from school. We used a measuring tape to measure the dimensions of objects in the classroom, such as a bookshelf shelf, the desk, and a window. Chase had to record the measurements in inches and feet. We completed all three pages of his homework.

Today we began by Chase correcting the grammar and punctuation mistakes in the paragraph on the board. Then, Chase and I practiced using verb and adjectives by playing a basketball game with cards that had both verbs and adjectives. Chase had to decide which word went into either the verb hoop or the adjective hoop and record his answers on a recording sheet. Then, we continued practicing adjectives by completing a worksheet where Chase had to draw and color a picture of himself and write adjectives that describe him in the spaces provided. Chase practiced handwriting by rewriting a April's Fools joke making sure the words were spelled correctly, his letters were neat, and he used correct capitalization and punctuation. During math, Chase completed a daily math problem solver in which he did a great job with. Then,Chase watched a video from School House Rock on multiplying by fives. Finally, Chase completed a Easter multiplication worksheet practicing multiplying by fives and completing the secret message at the bottom of the worksheet.

Today we began by Chase correcting the grammar and punctuation mistakes in the paragraph written on the board. Then, Chase and I reviewed nouns by completing a "Monster Chomping Noun" activity packet. This packet consisted of a worksheet where Chase had to read the sentence and find the noun or nouns in the sentence writing them in the monster's mouth. Also, Chase had to find ten nouns that were hidden on the worksheet and then write them in the monger's mouth. Lastly, he had to make his own monster and come up with his own sentences circling each noun. He did a wonderful job on this packet. During math, Chase began by completing a multiplication worksheet practicing the ones. After, Chase was introduced to multiplying by twos and completing a multiplication word puzzle practicing multiplying by two.

I wrote a paragraph on the dry-erase board, which had spelling errors, punctuation mistakes, and capitalization of proper nouns as well as beginning letter of a sentence. Then, I introduced the topic of proper nouns and common nouns to Chase. He practiced these concepts by completing a worksheet on proper nouns. Chase expressed an interest in learning about multiplication. Chase was introduced to multiplication sets of zero, ones, fives, and elevens. In addition, Chase and I watched an educational video on multiplication facts from Schoolhouse Rock, in which he really enjoyed!

Chase and I reviewed addition and subtraction with regrouping to the thousands using mental math. He practiced adding tens and hundreds to numbers. We also reviewed what he knows about time and we practiced calculating elapsed time, which is a new concept for him.