Matthew_TS#11

Mrs. Hong requested that I meet with her today to get some extra help for the boys since they are going to be tested soon with PARCC and FSA. The boys like to skip over the directions in their assignments. It showed in their practice PARCC test and it had many errors. I started by reminding both boys that they need to stop, slow down, and really read the questions. I keep reminding them that they are tricky! They find a good answer and accept it, even though there is usually a better answer that comes later. I also told them to pay special attention to the bolded and underlined words that have extra emphasis added to them.  I finished the lesson by modeling with them how to skim an article. We took a sample FSA essay and skimmed through the article as advised in class and previewed the questions. We underlined and circled key concepts and vocab words. Matthew was really engaged with the reading and it made me very happy to see them truly interested in reading without being so distracted!