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Recent Tutoring Session Reviews

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"We practiced reading a decodable book on the student's level today. He read every word correctly and only took a second to sound out the words he didn't know automatically. He is also getting better at his sight words. Each time we meet and play the sight word game or play the CVC word bingo game, I notice his fluency and recognizing those words automatically is getting better. As he continues to learn the basics of reading phonics and phonemic awareness, his reading skills and fluency will increase tremendously. He has grown so much since I first started working with him and has even gained a bit of confidence and enjoys reading more than before. "

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"This session we focused on the digraphs 'th' and 'wh' through short stories with comprehension questions. The student needed to be prompted to stop and sound out words that she was substituting and struggled with sounding out her vs. he. She did wonderful with r-controlled vowels with the worksheets and flashcards. She did a word ladder again that focused on r-controlled vowels, long and short vowels and sight words. Then we read "Fly Guy: Dinosaurs" and she seemed very interested. "

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"The student completed a worksheet practicing r-controlled vowels and digraphs, read more of a book about soccer, read flashcards with new and old vocabulary, and answered math word problems. His reading has gotten faster, and he is focusing on reading longer sections of text better. Overall, he is still doing well and making progress; he especially picks up the new vocabulary very well."

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"Today, we focused on some sight words for the student, which he did very well! I could see him and hear him trying to sound out the letter sounds to figure out the word. I changed the first letter of some of the words and asked him to tell me what the new word was, and he was also doing very well with this portion as well! He is doing much better with identifying rhyming words and with identifying the "th" sounds. "

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"The student and I started by making sight word flashcards with his new sight words and reviewing them. He and I then played a board game with his past sight words. He did really well with this and was able to recall words that he had previously struggled with (ex. you, had, she, he). He and I finished our session by reading a story."

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"We worked on the student's spelling words and checked her homework. She was having a hard time remembering how to spell 'from' because she was mixing it up with her other spelling word 'form.' We also practiced telling time. She is working on remembering the hour is the small hand and the minute is the big hand."

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"In today's session we began by writing and reading rhyming words. We reviewed letter blends and practiced segmenting letter sounds in words. We also identified syllable counts in words. We ended today's session with the student reading a primary reader and then answering comprehension questions."

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"We worked on soft and hard g sounds and soft and hard c sounds using the phonics workbook. We reviewed sight words. The student knew most of the 30 words listed. We finished with a read aloud of one of her library books."

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"Today, the student and I read two books from the library. The second book was very word-dense, and she needed some assistance reading, so we shared reading duties. She focused well when the library was calm and was able to discuss the books in some detail when we finished them. We didn't finish her two self-authored books today ("I Love Dogs" and "Big Dog, Little Dog"), but we can continue working on those next week."

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"We worked on the student's homework (Phonics and Math) as our usual routine. He also practiced on scissor cutting. He does show a bit of difficulty, so this is something we will work on in our future sessions. He is still as happy as I first met him. I am so pleased with his progress thus far."

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"The student and I have a lot of work to do, but she will learn to read. She is struggling to stay positive about her school experiences and I am giving her the tools she needs to be able to break the code. We are working with a multi-sensory, structured program to help her develop phonological awareness and phonetic skills for both reading and spelling. We are just dealing with cvc words right now, and reversals of b/d and p/q are a significant issue at this point. I showed her how to make a "bed" with her fists which will hopefully help her remember which way the b and d go."