Matthew_TS#8

For this tutoring session I met with David alone, without his twin brother Matthew. Unfortunately, Matthew had his tonsils removed and wasn't able to communicate well enough for a tutoring session. Fortunately, this gave me an opportunity to work on David's comprehension skills. Often, when the boys are together David tends to act up and refuse to do work much earlier than Matthew does. David and I went over his recent math homework and paying special attention to content area material (Acute, obtuse, right angles). After this, we worked together on a reading passage approved for the new FSA reading/ comprehension test. I made sure to pay special attention to slow his reading down and getting him to focus on the material. I would ask him if he knew the definition of difficult vocabulary, and also would probe him with questions like "With a title like ____, what do you think this story is about?', "What is the author trying to say here?", and "what does this paragraph have in common with the previous paragraph?". I ended the lesson by letting him play a fun math game called "Math Blaster" and I asked him to tell me all about what he has been doing for all of spring break.