Last Monday, Mrs. Banks finished up Niagara Falls or Does It? with SJ. He really enjoyed the main character, Hank Zipzer, and the book in general. I was hoping she was going to start another Hank Zipzer book, but she wanted to switch it up.
She chose Tarantula Shoes by Tom Birdseye. It is about a boy who moves from Arizona to Kentucky with his family and pet tarantula, Fang. He comes up with a creative plan to make money for cool basketball shoes, so he can fit in with his new classmates.
They read a few chapters last Monday and continued to read more chapters a few days ago. She said that SJ is enjoying the new book so far.
At the last session, SJ kept using echolalia (repeating text from movies, videos or books) while she was reading. She continued to read, but then SJ couldn't answer all the comprehension questions. She made him reread what he hadn't listened to and explained that he needed to pay attention. He didn't like it, but he did comply. Good for you, Mrs. Banks.
She said she hadn't seen SJ exhibit that behavior in a long time. Hopefully, it was just an isolated situation.
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