Today
was yet another great day. I am always impressed with the work that the child puts forward each week. She worked really hard on her math worksheets while I
reviewed her homework from the previous week. She really enjoys math topics. She
did have a little trouble counting some money. I made sure to give her a few
word problems that deal with money for homework this week.
After we reviewed her math worksheets we
started working on her summer reading project. Last week we had answered
questions on the book to get her thinking about the question at hand. This
week, we worked on summarizing the book. Not every teacher will have read every
book, so a summary is a great place to start. We almost completed the summary
portion of her project. I hope to work on the first bullet point, and possibly
the second one, when she returns after vacation.
During this writing time, I had to
prompt the student for several sentences. Starting them can be hard, so it was not
a horrible thing. The problem arose when I would ask her what happened next,
and she couldn’t quite tell me. I will try to help her differentiate between
main ideas, and details. She knew the story well. I am happy she is still
reading it.
We have not read a fiction book together during our session
for two weeks. This week we did not read a non-fiction book out loud either. I
apologize for that, however, we have been going back to the text of Belinda the
Ballerina often for the project. She has 5 books with her- Belinda the Ballerina (F), Jamaica
(NF), G is for Garden (NF-Picture
Book), The Blind Men and the Elephant
(F-Level K), and The Reluctant Flower
Girl (F).
I look forward to seeing her work from this week, and to
hearing about her wonderful time in Jamaica.
I am very excited for all of the
progress she is making so far.
