Yesterday I met with Maria again to talk a little bit more about the book Stargirl. I found some comprehension and critical thinking questions from the Scholastic website. Maria is starting middle school in the fall and has been assigned Stargirl as one of her readings. Usually she has trouble understanding what she is reading when she reads aloud, so sometimes I read to her and we talk about the book. When she reads silently she understands the text pretty well. I think she just gets nervous when reading aloud.
I spent most of this meting speaking with Maria's mom, Lana. Lana is really worried that Maria won't be properly prepared for school. Lana brought a lot of paperwork from Maria's middle school and asked me to help her understand some of it. I think she understood most of it but wanted me to double check. Lana brought me Maria's school supply list and a huge bag of supplies.
Lana and I went through the school supply list one by one to make sure she had bought the proper materials. Even for me, everything seemed pretty confusing. The details were very specific, and Lana was scared she had bought the wrong thing. I checked every binder and notebook to make sure it had the right paper-count or width. As it turns out, Lana had bought all of the right things.
We did a worksheet that differentiated there, their and they're. It seemed level-appropriate but Maria needed assistance with a few questions. Before we did the worksheet we had a mini-lesson differentiating the three. After the worksheet I think she understood the difference pretty well. She was able to do most of it by herself.
Before we went over the questions we started off by doing a crossword puzzle. It seemed level-appropriate because there were a few words she had not seen before. I picked out a pop-up book for us to read together. We took turns reading each page. Maria needs the most practice with reading and speaking so this is usually what we work on. Stargirl is her summer reading and I'd like to keep her as a conversation partner so rather than doing worksheets we usually talk about the book since I have read it too.
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