summer reading tutoring #1

Two Tuesdays ago, SJ started his summer reading tutoring with Mrs. Banks.  He meets with her every Tuesday for a 60 minute tutoring session.  I am taking him to her house, since she continues to meet other children after his session.  She has some dogs, but she is kind enough to block them off from the room where she tutors him.

Mrs. Banks started off the session by having SJ read from the book, Island II: Survival by Gordon Korman.  SJ had read the first book, Island: Shipwreck in his reading class.  He was very excited to see the new book.  "Hey, I read that book in Mrs. Dudley's class," he told Mrs. Banks.  She told him she knew that and that is why she chose the next book in the series.  She told me that they read the first two chapters and he answered some comprehension questions about it. 

After they finished the chapters, they worked on a vacation packet.  SJ had to fill in the blanks on each page.  He said he wanted to go to Myrtle Beach.  It's located in S. Carolina.  I would like to stay for 2 weeks.  On the next page, he had to finish the drawing of the people who would accompany him on the trip.  Of course, he drew my husband, Bob and myself.  Then, he completed the page on what he would pack.  He included: shirts, pants, tank tops, shorts, swim suit, plushies, 3DS, IPod, socks and shoes.  Next, he had to show what form of transportation we would be using.  He selected a car and wrote that my husband would be driving.  He then had to write about the special things he would like to do on vacation.  He wrote swim, mini-golf, shop, drive golf cars and eat pizzas.  Last, he had to draw some pictures of what he would like to take pictures of on his trip.  See the attached pictures.  They are pretty funny. 

 

Then, she had him work on a Father's Day glyph.  He had to decide the color of the tie (blue and orange dots-his dad does not wear a tie every day), the color of the hat (pink-his dad wears hats a lot), the color of the remote (orange-when we watch tv, his dad likes to be in charge of the remote), the color of the sports car (blue-his dad would like a blue sports car), the color of the golf ball (blue stripes-he sometimes plays golf), the color of #1 (orange-his dad is great at fixing things around the house) and he had to write on the line how many times he gives his dad a gigantic hug (3-4).  See the attached glyph.