Analogies/Word Identification Strategies in Context
Lesson Outline
Analogies Lesson; Vocabulary Strategy in Context; Began Reading C11 Ender's Game
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
50
Minutes Student Attended
50
Lesson Comments
Kalee had to leave early today. Ayden did an excellent job of using context clues to identify relationships between words and classifying the type of analogy (if applicable). We began reading Chapter 11 of Ender's Game and listed unfamiliar words to discuss tomorrow.
Reading/Listening to Article; Use of Close Reading Strategy for Comprehension; Writing Sample; Goals for college-ready reading/writing skills; Ender's Game
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Read and responded to writing prompts for Watches/F1 Racing article. Discussed use of speech-to-text for getting started on writing sentences and other technologies to support the writing process. We went over college-readiness reading and writing projects/strategies we will be working on throughout the remainder of the year. Read a bit of Ender's Game.
Reading/Listening to Article; Use of Close Reading Strategy for Comprehension; Writing Sample; Goals for college-ready reading/writing skills; Ender's Game
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Read and responded to writing prompts for Watches/F1 Racing article. Discussed use of speech-to-text for getting started on writing sentences and other technologies to support the writing process. We went over college-readiness reading and writing projects/strategies we will be working on throughout the remainder of the year. Read a bit of Ender's Game.
Writing (short answer) assessment; CORE Phonics Assessment (for baseline data purposes); Finish Ender's Game Chapter 10 and discuss.
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
65
Lesson Comments
We finished Chapter 10 of Ender's Game and discussed comprehension questions (verbal responses to questions are logged in Google Teams. Ayden completed a CORE 2nd. Ed. Phonics Assessment. In this assessment, he had to use his knowledge of word sounds to decode familar (real words) and pseudowords. His only errors were for uncommon patterns like words beginning with kn- and gn- and swapping/uncertainty for the letters l and i in words.
San Diego Quick Assessment; CORE 2nd Ed. MAZE Comprehension Assessment; Ender's Game- Summary of book so far, orally dictated by Ayden; Begin listening to next chapter, questions for comprehension in Teams English IV class.
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
73
Lesson Comments
MAZE Comprehension Assessment: 55/56 correctly chosen words in context. Ayden's only mistake was due to a lack of vocabulary knowledge for the words, "reservoir" and "contented."
San Diego Quick Assessment Results: Vocabulary words with a predicted Lexile score of 1140-1295 are at Ayden's instructional level. Our goal with vocabulary/reading comprehension will be to improve this score to a 1425.
We reviewed Ender's Game through chapter 9. We began chapter 10 on Audible and are answerign comprehension questions as we move through the chapter. Ayden is dictating verbal responses and I am writing them in Google Teams in a chat thread.
Introductions; Class Expectations/Rough Outline; Ayden's preferences, interests, strengths, needs; student self-advocacy and skill building strategies to prepare for post-secondary success; plan to continue Ender's Game.
Assignment
N/A
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
85
Lesson Comments
Ayden and I got to know eachother and made a plan for assessment this week, strategies for writing and reading as well as skill building for post-secondary success. We downloaded a Chrome extension called Open Dyslexic which changes font on the internet to be more user-friendly.
Discussed with Ayden what classics he had read in school. He has read the Iliad, the Odyssey, Beowulf, a number of modern classics. I mentioned Ender's Game because it's the latest modern sci-fi I've seen listed on the classics that I thought he might like. I asked him about outlining to write an essay or paper, and he wrote the correct format on the board. He knows the basics.
Assignment
None yet; ordering Ender's Game
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Outlining just needed a little refresher. Otherwise, he has a good foundation.
The Research Paper/"Three Thousand Dollar Death Song" by Wendy Rose
Lesson Outline
We continued writing the research paper. Today we examined the required poem to decide which lines we wanted to use as textual evidence in her paper. We also discussed briefly how to properly construct an in-text citation for a poem. We also read some sample essays published on Book Rags about the short story in order to give Abby an idea of how to incorporate quotes from the story into her paper as effective textual evidence. We continued writing the paper.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Abby missed the first half of the session. I kept texting and calling her. She said that her alarm did not sound and she didn't hear my calls. I also used this time to re-read her paper so far and provide some comments.
