First Session!

Nothing like getting going quickly! I spoke to Small Boy's current supply teacher tonight and she let me look at his literacy book (with very little in it except for long comments by the teacher about how long it had taken him to do nothing.) and she said he often complains about the noise in the classroom and that he can't concentrate.

She didn't know what his last writing assessment piece had been levelled at but will find out for me.

So, we came home early tonight.

His current topic is fantasy stories and they have been looking at Aliens Love Underpants. Fortunately we have a copy of the book.

1. Handwriting practice - how much can we do in 2 minutes? letter a.

2. Discuss stories - who? where? when? what happened? -problem and resolution, the end.

3. Discuss other things we need to remember when writing - letter formation, capital letters, full stops, listening for sounds, finger spaces. (I recorded this in a book for him.)

4. Read Aliens Love Underpants. Identify who? where? when? what happened? -problem and resolution, the end. (I recorded this.)

5. Speaking and Listening - talked about the aliens on the front cover and what they look like, taking it in turns to say a sentence.

6. Writing Task - 10 minutes - Who? - describe a made up alien.


7. Mark work together. I was still finding positive points when he was asking how he could improve :( We looked at the writing assessments together and worked out this short piece was at Level 1b.


He asked how to spell "eyes". General concentration was good but it was quiet here. He finished with 1.30 mins left, read it back and realised it didn't all make sense, corrected his work. Uses a comma.

I need to be more prepared with stickers, and have rung A to get him to print out the level 1 and 2 writing assessment charts.

Generally, a really positive session lasting 45 mins altogether. He's now watching Clone Wars as a reward, and rang Daddy to tell him how well he'd done.

Next session:
1. handwriting practice - g (2 minutes)
2. Review story writing plan we wrote.
3. Talk about setting - describe setting using the pictures in Aliens Love Underpants.
4. Share ideas about a space setting.
5. 10 minutes writing to describe a setting for his story.
6. Mark work together.