So the first day of school was a mix of emotions. He was kind of combative at first. We had to do a restart. He had started gaining then losing behavior rewards before I could even show him what the reward system would be like.
Sokikom and ScootPad are both roaring successes. He loved the fractions game on Sokikom and said "I love fractions"! And he eagerly wanted to do the tests/practices on ScootPad once he learned you can earn 50 coins for math and 25 for language arts/reading practices. And the spelling assignment was 'easy peasy'! After the student does a few tests the site places them on a learning path to determine their pace and placement. So the level will be perfectly tailored to him.
And ScootPad allows you to add in your own rewards. I need to adjust the prices, making sure there are plenty of low priced items. He really liked the "Stand up and dance" reward/ I played Blue October's Jump Rope song, a favorite of his. So he got out some sitting at a desk energy and enjoyed himself.
We only did light work today, mostly focusing on getting him familiarized with what programs we'll be utilizing. After school was over, he still wanted to play on the math games for Sokikom. ;D He does love math. The word problems he kind of balks at, but just straight out equations seem to be no problem.
His overall review of the day, "Boring and fun".
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