Curtis+Strange+Reflections+March+27th+and+29th

** Curtis Strange Reflections (March 27th and March 29th) ** ** 1. ** //** Checklist **//** -- What specific tasks from the project checklist did you and your buddy begin, work on, or accomplish? What step are you on the checklist? ** This week Keiira completed Storykit entirely and added extra picture, backgrounds, and drawn pictures. We also began rehearsing for presentations coming up (hers is April 17th).

** 2. **//** Summarize **//** your session with your buddy. What went well? What challenges do you encounter? How did you overcome or deal with these challenges? ** ** Working together worked well and bounced ideas off each other as to what extra Keiira could include such as pictures of Queen Latifah as a child, playing basketball in high school, and movie posters. After using thinking aloud strategies many times especially in searching for pictures off Google, Keiira was able to do this and use good search terms on her own! Keiira was nervous about doing the video recording today. What helped was prompting her with one question asked at a time per video clip and her writing out her answers ahead of time to feel more comfortable about the process. **

** 3. **//** Reflections **//** - what did you do well today? How were you supportive? What area do you need to improve in for your next session? ** ** Today I let Keiira do all the searching and selecting of additional pictures as well as create more backgrounds for her book. I was there to guide her only if she had questions. After weeks of being right there, I wanted to sit back and allow her to be completely independent. Once again, I don't see an area to improve personally for the next session. At this point I need to remain supportive and set a good example when helping her practice her presenting by modeling what's expected. **

** 4. **//** Plans **//** - what are your plans for the sessions this week? How will you prepare? What will you prepare? ** ** We will continue where we left off on Thursday with practicing for presentations since we've triple checked the criteria for the book has all been met. At this point we've done additional pictures and backgrounds and just need to focus on presenting. I don't need to prepare outside of our session at this point any longer. **