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Cal is a fourth grade student who greatly enjoys graphic novels and being read aloud to, especially by his mom. He attends the school where mom teaches and younger sister attends. Cal expressed to us his that he was a nervous reader when reading aloud because he has anxious feelings that his classmates judged him when he messed up words.

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"When Greg the police dog and his cop companion are injured on the job, a life-saving surgery changes the course of history, and Dog Man is born. With the head of a dog and the body of a human, this heroic hound has a real nose for justice. But can he resist the call of the wild to answer the call of duty?"

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“Read and Write” consists of breaking down words by each sound and writing the sounds out. Benefits:

-It works on phonemic awareness by breaking down words into sounds which is needed to understand the sounds that make words up.

-It aids as a visual representation which is useful in recognizing spelling patterns, such as long vowels.

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Word Sort is an activity that categorizes words based on their long vowel spelling. For example, words with the “ai” pattern would be sorted together. The word sort would be beneficial because:

-it could increase spelling rule understanding

-expand vocabulary

-require active participation.

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Struggle: consonant sounds, multi-syllabic words, long vowel spelling.

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Helps us determine automatic word recognition and decoding skills/strategies.

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Improved CVC words and reading/decoding multisyllabic words.

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Scored same accuracy rate for pre and post assessments.

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Improved amount of words automatically and correctly identified

Identified three additional words that were missed on pre-assessment (engines, glowed, entrance)

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Cal was never short of questions during our tutoring sessions. During our reading time, Cal was always open to learning more. When he came across words he was not familiar with, Cal would stop reading and ask us what the word meant.

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In the first tutoring session,

Cal never asked directly if we would do work for him. For example, if he struggled with reading a word we would ask him to break the word apart and sound it out. Although it would have been easier for both of us to just give him the word, Cal was always up for the task in finding the solution himself with a little support from us.

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At our first meeting, Cal expressed his curiosity about different genres and wanting to explore writing. His Mom and Dad suggest we focus on reading fluency, accuracy, and rate of reading.

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Expressive/emotional reader's voice improved over our sessions, especially with Dog Man.

Asked clarifying questions to ensure he knew the expectations.

Strong self-advocacy skills, especially when reading aloud.

Thrived when he was in control and could make his own choices.

Demonstrated strong comprehension skills and was able to summarize multiple different Dog Man books to both tutors, giving us background information about a series we were both unfamiliar with.

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Suggested Hangman as a brain break.

Enjoyed manipulating words and using Play-doh and Legos as fidget items or tools during tutoring.

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Long and Short Vowel Sort: Print and cut out flashcards. Sort into words with long vowel sounds and short vowel sounds, using strategies like looking for a magic E and sounding out the words. We could draw pictures on the back of each flashcard to help Cal determine the meaning of each word and help him understand how it is supposed to be pronounced.