I was downstairs talking to Mrs. Banks. I was telling her how upset he was about the upcoming testing when my husband finally got SJ to come downstairs. She had brought him some Skittles (his favorite) and they began talking about the testing. She was able to calm him down and talk him through the procedures of the testing. She reminded him that the school was beginning with math (his strong subject) and told him he would do fine with the reading section.
They didn't do a reader's theater today. She did have a story for him to read. It was "Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt" by Brenda B. Covert. He didn't want to read the entire story, so she compromised and they took turns. He opted to read the odd numbered lines. When they got to line 15 (a very long line), he tried to get Mrs. Banks to read it. She quickly reminded him that she gave him the option of looking at the whole story first. He should have noticed that line 15 was long at the beginning. She told him he had to read it and he did begrudingly.
After they completed the story, SJ had to answer questions about the story. There were 8 questions. The first five were reading comprehension questions. The last three were math word problems. Initially, SJ looked at them and complained that they were "too long". Then, Mrs. Banks pointed out that they were math problems. He got very happy and quickly finished them.
Next, they had an I Spy type picture and SJ had to answer questions by looking at the picture. For example: what are the children doing?, what is the woman on the stairs doing? and who is on the porch? See the attached picture with SJ's answers.
Then, they worked on analogies. SJ is usually good at these. The first 7 used a word bank. The words were buzz, worm, flower, seed, fly a kite, plants and galoshes. These were the completed analogies.
- rainy weather : splash in mud puddles :: windy weather : fly a kite
- zoo : animals :: greenhouse : plants
- squirrel : nut :: bird : worm
- trunk : tree :: stem : flower
- bird : tweet :: bee : buzz
- snow : boots :: rain : galoshes
- chicken : egg :: tree : seed
The remainder of the worksheet was multiple choice. SJ did very well at this activity. They then moved on to another I Spy type worksheet. SJ had to use the sheet to record the number of different kinds of birds in the picture.
Next, she had SJ make up words to fill in a Mad Lib type story. These are his words and the completed story.
verb-gerund (ing) form eating
noun--a kind of food donuts
adjective happy
verb play
noun-plural clovers
adjective glad
color green
noun-plural leprechauns
action verb open
adjective confused
noun-plural bunnies
adjective funny
First Day of Spring
Today is the first day of spring! I awaken to the sound of birds eating. I hurry to eat donuts for breakfast. I put on a happy outfit and played outside. I can smell the clovers. I look up to see glad clouds in the green sky.
I think I will find a field of leprechauns and open through them. I will make them confused bubbles with my bubble blower. Maybe I will go on a picnic! I will fill a basket with bunnies and funny red apples.
Today is the first day of spring!
The last thing they worked on was a Spring Glyph. SJ decided on the color of the butterfly (his favorite season-a three way tie, so the butterfly is green, orange and red), what is in the boy's hand (his favorite spring sport-tennis, so he drew a tennis ball), the color of the flowers (his two favorite colors-orange and yellow), the color of the boy's hair (blonde-he won't plant a vegetable garden) and the color of the boy's outfit (green-he is a boy). He also had to complete the speech bubble and draw a picture of himself (his comic book self). See the finished glyph.
Considering all the dramatics that we had at the end of the school day, Mrs. Banks said he had a very good tutoring session!
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