2nd and 3rd Sessions

Giomar Useche on Nov 22nd 2009

Last week I tutored Sophia’s girls. This was because one of the boys I had was in trouble and the other boy was just too hyper, so my literacy coach decided that she would take him.  I don’t know how to feel about this, I feel almost as if I have “failed” without even trying because I only had him once, but at the same time she knows him more than I do and knows what is best for him.  The girls were very nice and calm.  They were very approachable and seemed to like me.  I felt glad and relieved about this. They introduced themselves and so did I.  I went over the sight words with them and even though they didn’t know all the words, they were very interested and cooperative.   They helped each other in any word they didn’t know.  I read to them the book Tortillas and they were very excited about it.  I asked them whether they knew what a tortilla was and they did.  As I read certain parts, I would ask them questions in relation to the book.  They were really into it.  I was very pleased when the girls recognized words in the book from the sight words.  They were really hyper about it, that they even asked me if they could read the book by themselves.  I gave them the chance to be “teachers” and they took this job very seriously.  I could tell they really enjoyed reading the book as teachers.  I am satisfied of how this session went.

            This week I worked with one of the boys I met the first day.  As of now I will be working with him and I am not sure if I am going to get another kid.  He is really quiet, but very focused.  We started our session by going over the sight words and I was delighted to see that he knew more words than the first time.   I read to him Tortillas and he seemed to enjoy it.  After this, we joined Sophia’s girls and went over the book.  They know each other since they are in the same class, so it didn’t feel awkward or weird.  They drew pictures about the story and then they had to write sentences.  They all did this fairly easy.  After coloring their pictures, it was time to take them back, so I told them that they deserved a sticker.  After cleaning up our station, I had a trivia question for each about the book.  They were enthusiastic about getting the right answer and the sticker.  They all did and left the session happy.  One girl put her sticker on her forehead; the boy put his on his folder, and the other girl on her hand.  I wished them a happy thanksgiving.

In two weeks, I am going to bring a magazine, because our literacy coach thought it would be fun for them to have a word hunt.  Just as the girls recognized words in the book, then it would be fun for them to do so in magazines or newspapers.  I feel that this will be helpful to them in learning and retaining the words.  

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