Recent Tutoring Session Reviews
"For the first 30 minutes, the student worked on syllables, and for the last 30 minutes, he worked on compound words from his text book."
"Student and I reviewed student's writing from her reading journal. Student correctly answered questions about "Bailey Goes Camping" and displayed an understanding of the text. Student is skilled at using basic sentence structure and always capitalizes first words, uses correct ending punctuation, and almost always creates sentences with subject, object, verb etc. Student then finished reading aloud "Bailey Goes Camping" to me. Student and I then reviewed about 20 sight words, and student created sentences for each sight word, writing these sentences on the back of the flashcards. So far student has completed about 35 of these cards which represent the Fry's First 100 sight words. Student and I then reviewed the unique vowel sounds with hand motions that her class worked on last week. Student needed some extra practice with some of the sounds, but remembered many of the motions. Student and I then played bingo with these sounds, and student was able to match the letter pairs with words read aloud. Student then read aloud the book "Chicks" which contained many of the unique vowel sounds she'd been practicing, such as "oo" and "oi." While the text was about a guided reading level G, it contained several tricky words that student needed to sound out. Student was then given homework in her reading journal with questions about "Chicks." We both felt that we got a lot accomplished at this session, and I was pleased with student's level of focus and discipline. Student's reading improvement is becoming clear to student, me, and her parents."
"We reviewed the student's spelling words assigned for homework, practiced two different levels of phonics flashcards, and read several reading comprehension passages from state approved 2nd grade reading books that I provided. The student's reading has vastly improved in a very short time since our initial session. This is evidenced by her quick and accurate reading of the flashcards and her mastery of the new, more difficult words we started today. To practice, we are using flashcards that focus on one syllable words . The student enjoys working with the flashcards and realizes her progress. To increase the student's confidence, I asked the student what she'd like to work on and read shorter reading passages to ensure smaller, more immediate successes for the student. The student has been asked to practice with her new more difficult flashcards, read aloud and write certain words that she is struggling. I saw a spelling word assignment that the student received a 100% on."