Last week, Mrs. Banks had to cancel SJ's tutoring session due to her being ill. He did have two sessions in the month of January. They are still reading Toilet Paper Tigers. Mrs. Banks told me at session #7 that SJ was a little distracted, but he was still able to answer the questions that she proposed to him. She was a somewhat surprised but in a pleasant way.
At session #8, she said he was much more focused and on task. She thought he might have forgotten the material from two weeks earlier, but he was directing her as to where they left off. She said he read really well and was not as "fidgety" as he was at the previous session. She said they are almost finished with the book. At this point, she wasn't sure what the next book selection was going to be. I hope he will enjoy it as much as he is enjoying this one.
That evening, my husband and I had a chat about the tutoring. Mrs. Banks is doing a wonderful job, but SJ always expresses that he wishes he wasn't in tutoring. My husband feels that he could read with SJ, but I want to continue to have Mrs. Banks come to tutor SJ. I feel that kids pay more attention when they are working with someone other than their parents. We tabled the discussion for now and will continue to have Mrs. Banks come to tutor SJ.
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