Change for Kids

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

I thought session 3 went very well. We began as usual by reviewing the ‘site’ words. My students actually look forward to doing this now because they are in a heated battle to see who can know the most words and read the words the fastest by the end of the year. I think the competition is definitely motivation for them to learn the words because they  seem know a little bit more each time. Even if it’s only 3 or 4 new words, I’m happy to see the improvement.

After going over the ‘site’ words, we did some worksheets that stressed the words ‘like’ and ‘he’. One of my students did the worksheet with ease while the other struggled a bit so I tried to help him out by using the words in different sentences so he could see some of the ways the words are used.

We then moved on to finish up reading “Chato’s Kitchen.” I had the students pick their favorite part of the book so that they could write a short summary and draw a picture of the scene. Their ideas were great but they had a little trouble sculpting them into words. We spent a lot of time perfecting our sentences and spelling., but we had a lot of fun doing it.

For today’s session I took on three students at a time. I thought it would be a problem for all of us but everyone pretty much cooperated. After we all went over the ‘site’ words, I deliberately gave the three of them different worksheets so that they wouldn’t interrupt or distract one another. I also wanted them to do some independent work so that I could make sure they were learning the words instead of sharing answers.

Afterward, we picked books to read out loud. Luckily I had the help of another tutor, Lauren. If she wasn’t there I’m not sure I could have helped all three of them with words they didn’t know or understand at the same time. When my students were finished reading, we talked about the main ideas and what we liked about each book. Then I had them fill out their reading logs and we were done. I was happy with the way this session turned out.