Andy_TP#10

I had a Saturday meeting with PJ, he had just gotten home from a sleep over party and I think the last thing he wanted to do was have a tutoring session, but we managed to read some stories and get some good work in. We didn't do any home work this time and instead had a full hour to read from his Florida Reading book which he is going to be tested on soon. So we got to chose some longer stories that we could not read before and I asked PJ questions while we were reading to see if he was comprehending the stories.
The first story was about Native Americans and their culture. We used a KWL table and discussed what PJ already knew about Native Americans. As we read I tried to make sure that we were talking about the story and understanding what we were reading. It was a good story about young boy and his grandfather and the traditions they have of dancing and having festivals during certain times of the year. Afterward, I asked PJ what he had learned and he responded with a few things that we talked about and then answered the questions at the end of the story.
Next we read The Mysterious Giant of Barletta by Tomie dePaola, a story that I had been wanting to read ever since I saw it in the book the first time I looked through it. This was a long story and so I read it to PJ and wanted to test his comprehension and understanding of the story so I would stop at the end of a page and ask him a question or two about the story, which he correctly responded to. At the end of the story we went over the 5 questions that the book provided and PJ only needed my help answering one question, but I would always offer up my answer to the question after his, because his answers were often brief and I wanted him to think about the questions/answers a little more in depth.