summer reading tutoring-session 1

Last Wednesday, SJ had his first reading tutoring session of the summer with Mrs. Banks.  His session was at 8 am.  SJ was not happy (at all) that I scheduled it so early.  He is usually up anyway, so it hadn't occurred to me that it would be problematic for SJ.  

I woke him at 7:30.  He was very grumpy and not cooperative.  I was very concerned about how he was going to behave for Mrs. Banks.  

He kept saying that he was tired the entire 2 mile drive to her house.  We arrived at her house right at 8.  I warned her of his mood and apologized in advance.

When I picked him up an hour later, I was pleasantly surprised that he worked very nicely for her.  What a relief!

She told me they continued to read Tarantula Shoes.  She said it would be a few more sessions until the moved on to a new novel.  

They also worked on a end of school year glyph.  SJ had to decide the color of the bell (yellow-he will not return to the same school next year), the color of the bushes (blue-he will miss special area classes most), the color of the roof (red-he will miss homework least), the color of the schoolhouse (pink-he will not attend any summer camps), the color of the sign (orange-he will be sad when summer break is over), the color of the steps (gray-he will see classmates over the summer) and he had to write one thing he wanted to learn over summer break (he wrote the word "nothing").  See the finished glyph.