TP #4 Madison

This week when I met with Mathew's mom before our tutoring session she was very happy that Mathew had found a chapter book to read last week that he actually liked-which was Dinosaurs before Dark. She said that even after I left the library he wanted to stay and read because he was so excited about reading. To begin this session Mathew read a book for his reading log. He actually wrote two reading logs this week- one of which that was meant to be the following day's reading log. His second reading log was on a book about Neil Armstrong which he actually has to do a book report on. I helped show him how to refer back to the book to check facts and dates that he might have forgotten or might not be to clear on for his reading log. This is a good skill to master especially for readings that include a lot of facts that might be hard to remember or for comprehension questions. After he finished both of his reading logs we read over them and edited them together. Now when I edit his reading logs I circle his grammar mistakes and ask him why it is that he think I circled a particular word or phrase. Then I quizzed him on more facts about Neil Armstrong to help him prepare for his book report. Our sessions are back to being an hour long which I prefer, it is easier for Mathew to concentrate during this amount of time.