at home reading tutoring part 6

On Monday, SJ had his reading tutoring session. He wasn't as grumpy about it as usual, so I thought that was a positive sign. Mrs. Banks started off the session by reading the play, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. She let SJ choose the characters he wanted to read. He chose the Grinch, Who 2 and Who 4.

She said he did a very nice job with it. (Dr. Seuss has always been a favorite of SJ's.) She said SJ changed his voice for his characters. She said this was quite amusing. I was not surprised to hear that he did that. He has been doing that for years. It may be his thing, but I tended to alter my voice when I used to read the boys books nightly.

Next, she showed him an "I Spy" type picture. He had to find a variety of things in the picture (such as how many mice can you find) and write in things in the picture (such as can you thing of a line or two from a Christmas song? Write it in the bubble above the girl decorating the tree.) Mrs. Banks said he was a little frustrated with this activity, but they got through it.

Last, they worked on an analogy worksheet. SJ was given a word bank and he had to fill in the appropriate word. For example: menorah: candleholder :: dreidel : ___________. SJ had to fill in toy. He didn't understand some of the vocabulary, but with her explanation he was able to finish the worksheet.

When they were done with that worksheet, she told him that their time was up. She said he checked her phone and said, "But it is not 5:15 yet." She reminded him that she got to our house a few minutes early. "Oh, that is right," he remembered. Overall, she said he worked really hard and he had a good session.