Session 4

I had intended to carry on with the alien story but another opportunity came up, so I used that instead!

1. Small boy read "Dangerous Animals" to himself (Usborne Beginners Level 1)

2. He told me three things from inside the book, in rather rambling English.

3. I rephrased the sentences for him, so we ended up with:
A) Wolves use team work to catch their prey.
B) Tigers fight other tigers who come into their territory.
C) Crocodiles only show their heads when they are waiting for prey.

4. Small boy then wrote the three sentences down (while I did this!) - concentrating on finger spaces today.
He edited the sentences as he went along (although we did have to have a discussion about the point of writing was for the reader so it had to be interesting - not as short as possible!) and we ended up with "intruders" instead of "other tigers" in the second sentence.

Good points
* very little fuss, willing to write
* didn't waste time
* read work back
* tried hard to remember finger spaces
* sounded out well

Target - revisit "their" and "there"

He says writing is getting easier and easier the more he practises, and already he can see he is writing more in the same amount of time.

We are going to see his teacher in the morning. There will be a post about that!