Hey everyone, today I had the great opportunity to observe Sienna’s session.

It was great to see how friendly her student was and how well they got along. Her student was very comfortable her student felt with her!. They had a great relationship and they got along really well. They started by going through her students homework.

They then went through her students spelling words to prepare her for her weekly spelling test. Sienna started by reading out each spelling word. She would then get her student to spell out the word and to write it on the whiteboard. She then got her student to put the word into a sentence. If her student didn’t know the word, Sienna would then give her a definition of the word before her student would then put it into a sentence. If her student got the word wrong, Sienna would explain what error she made and would then go through the correct spelling rule her student needs to follow.

Sienna then worked with her student to plan a creative piece of writing. They used a prompt of a crime scene to help build the story. They worked on characters, including a detective and a criminal. They looked at a creative plot structure and made sure the story had an introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and a conclusion. She also made sure her student added as much detail as possible. They added imagery and other literary techniques to help create the narrative. They then did some editing of the response, looking at spelling and grammar. When her student got stuck, Sienna would give her student some hints to help her. Sienna then gave her student some homework, based on what they worked through in the session. Overall, Sienna did a great job helping her student. It was a great session and such a pleasure to observe. Keep it up!

Ashley Cohen