after school tutoring #12

This Monday SJ had his weekly tutoring session with Mrs. Banks.  Since they finished The Island book, she brought a new book for them to begin.  It is titled Niagra Falls or Does It?  by Henry Winkler (yes, The Fonz!).  

Mrs. Banks told him that I would have known this author from Happy Days, but of course SJ would have never heard of or seen that show.

They read the first few chapters.  I could hear him laughing through the floor boards (one of my favorite sounds).  When the session was over, she told me he was cracking he up.  He related to the main character, Hank Zipzer.  He felt he was very similar to him.  He felt the writing teacher was very similar to his writing teacher.  

He then asked her why they can't read "good" books like this in school.  A fair question, but she has to pick books that fit the curriculum.  

After they finished the chapters, they did a Groundhog Day glyph.  SJ had to decide the color of the groundhog's hat (blue-he is a boy), the color of the scarf (green and pink-he has seen his shadow), the color of the body (dark brown-he didn't think he would see his shadow), the color of the shadow (black-he likes winter), the color of the nose (pink-he does think Punxsutawney Phil can predict when Spring will arrive), the color of the title (orange-he likes playing outdoor with his friends) and the name of the groundhog (Dick Cheney).  See the finished glyph below.

When he showed Mrs. Banks his completed glyph, he only showed her the groundhog's first name.  He laughed and said, "That is a real name, you know."  She told him she did know. Then, he revealed the last name.  She laughed and questioned the name.  He said, "Dick Cheney shot people he thought were birds." She corrected him and told him he accidentally shot someone while hunting.  He is too much sometimes.