Mini Lessons

Link to both mini lessons: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ppYxkGvFP_49JHdxVMd8ImHQSj2sB4BjuMTVJJ1S11A/edit

Reflection:
I completely underestimated the first student.  I knew he was passed the kindergarten reading level but I was hoping he would struggle with a few words on the first grade sight words list.  However, he breezed through the sight words without ANY problems.  So instead I decided to scrap my lesson altogether since he really did not need any help segmenting.  Instead I had him read me a chapter from a chapter book he was currently reading (probably at least around the 5th grade level) and then retell it to me using his own words.  I thought a little comprehension practice would benefit him more than segmenting parts of words. 
The second lesson went a little more smoothly.  She knew some of the kindergarten sight words easily because they have been working with them a lot.  But she still struggled with more than half.  This gave me a good opportunity to review the sounds letters make and then take a few of the sight words and show her how to break them down into sounds so they are easier to read/sound out.  Once we worked together on a few words I had her try to read some of the words she struggled with on her own and she really seemed to pick up on how to segment.  It was good to see that a simple thing like segementing the hard words into sounds she knew really helped her and now she has this strategy to use in the future when she comes across difficult or longer words.