Nicole - TP#2 (child)

    Today I finally got to meet up with my young tutoring partner at the Leon County Library. Jeffrey is six years old and just started kindergarten at the beginning of this school year, he is very energetic, sweet, and smart. Upon meeting he shared with me his love for police officers and learning about them, something I will keep in mind for incentives and activities. He knows his ABC's, numbers 1-10, and the names of most colors. His father gave me a list of words that the teacher tests the children on every week, there was a check next to the words Jeffery had mastered and so far he had been tested two times. His father asked me to help him with the words he was unfamiliar with. This was a perfect situation for the activity I had planned. I had written out the alphabet on large sheets of paper and planned a Hangman game. The four words I selected were: old, ran, black, and fly.

(Jeffery's activities from today) 

For this activity I choose the words and did not tell Jeffery what they were, he guessed letters 

from the alphabet I provided and when he struggled I asked him to guess from a certain color section. When he got a letter correct he had to say the letter and write it in the correct space he was instructed to by counting. Once he mastered placing the letter in the correct spot we would continue until the word was finished. After the word was filled in I asked him to sound it out, I then told him the word and asked if he understood what it meant. If he did I had him explain it to me and tell me about things in the room or that he knew about that related to the word. With the word "fly" he told me "Rocket ships fly to outer space." If he was not familiar with the word I provided him and example of its use in context. He then used line paper to write the word four times each and for the words he struggled with he wrote a sentence using the word he had just learned. Once he finished a word we went back to the top of the list and re-read what he had written and talked about the words again. On our last word Jeffery did a fantastic job and got to the word "black," (his second favorite color) before his man had two legs. I was so proud of his hard work! I rewarded him by helping him find a book about policemen and sent him home with his best paper. I kept the other sheets to be filed so I can keep track of his progress and provide his parents a portfolio of our sessions at the end. 

(Jeffery diligently working)