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We continued reading a chapter book using the SQR techniques. The student does well with locating and highlighting responses to the questions. He struggles with fluency and doesn't always attend to punctuation. I read aloud and had him follow along with me - orally and silently. He responded well to the technique.

The student is showing improvement in English speaking. He is becoming more confident and able to ask questions and respond a bit quicker. He shows less hesitation. His reading ability is improving as well, and we are working to build his vocabulary. Because he did not have any assignments to complete, we read a chapter from a book provided from his host mom. I had the student summarize what was going on in the chapter, and in the sections we'd read. There were some vocabulary words that he struggled with, but we were able to define it for him.

Today the student and I discussed his spelling a little, and then we talked about a new general spelling rule: a word with a silent e at the end will keep the e if you add a suffix that starts with a consonant but take away the e if you add a suffix that starts with a vowel. He understood and was somewhat familiar with this rule. Next we read a short story for reading comprehension. He did an excellent job on this one. It was a longer story but he hesitated over very few words and got all of the questions correct without any hesitation. We finished by reading out of the other novel. He had read more than he was assigned, which was great, so we read about 9 pages together and I assigned him the next two days to read in the diary.

We went over the book that the student is going over in social studies. He is showing great improvement, he just needs to keep on defining words he does not know when he comes across them.

I started the session by having the student read another book from the series, and then complete the cards associated with that book and the previous two books. I then had her read a book about cats. We talked about vocabulary as she was reading. After that I had her continue to read from Henry and Mudge. Lastly, I had her complete a paragraph using correct grammar, and then reread previous paragraphs.

The student did really well today! We finished up her work for the week, so she is prepared for tomorrow! We started working on her big project, and we have a plan so that we can finish that up in the next couple sessions! She is doing very well, and with some more practice reading, she should be able to do her homework a little easier!