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Lesson #: 4
EVALUATION/REFLECTION FROM LAST LESSON [What did you learn from last weeks session? Provide
details and examples. How is what you learned informing your planning for this week? What did you learn
about yourself as a teacher?]
Last week for fluency, I had Robert read an opinion passage about water slides. The author viewed water slides very
positively and made that clear. Afterwards, I wanted Robert to write about his opinion about water slides. As it
turned out, Robert had never actually been on or seen a water slides, so he was only able to pull from what he read
in the passage. It never even occurred to me that Robert may not have had this experience, and I learned that I need
to be more sensitive to that. From here on, I will be sure to include things that I know Robert has done.
When we moved onto guided reading, the focus was on character traits and making inferences about characters.
Robert had a lot less knowledge about character traits than I expected, and I didnt have a ton of time to teach him
about them, so I did a lot of modeling. Im thinking I might continue to slip characterization into lessons, but based
on the goals we set, there are other things I need to focus on. Robert seemed to be having a harder time
understanding all of the undertones in the book, so this week I want to focus less on the activity and more on the
reading. I think the three week break between sessions for him has also impeded his progress.
For writing, I originally had Robert writing about his least favorite food, but after giving him a lot of think time
without any progress, I changed it to his favorite food. He chose a food that he only eats on special occasions, so it
seemed tough for him to come up with reasons and evidence. This week, I am going to come up with a new prompt
and complete an organizer on my own so that he has a good example to work from.
Word work seemed to be right on target. He made the mistakes I expected him to make and I showed him some
strategies to keep the concepts straight. We will revisit this week for more practice and to see if hes able to apply
what I showed him.
GOALS for the session or for the child:
Rationale:
Readers make text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-totext connections. Readers personalize their reading by
relating what theyre reading to their background
knowledge. (Literacy for the 21st Century, page 259)
what you have learned about your tutee and according to research?
Include citation, references to professional sources):
Readers make text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-totext connections. Readers personalize their reading by
relating what theyre reading to their background
knowledge. (Tompkins, Literacy for the 21st Century,
page 259)
Rationale/Purpose:
Readers make text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-totext connections. Readers personalize their reading by
relating what theyre reading to their background
knowledge. (Tompkins, Literacy for the 21st Century,
page 259)
Rationale/Purpose:
Readers make text-to-self, text-to-world, and text-totext connections. Readers personalize their reading by
relating what theyre reading to their background
knowledge. (Tompkins, Literacy for the 21st Century,
page 259)
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