Date/Time: January 27th, 2016 5-6pm
Location: Leroy Collins Leon County Library
Topic/Skill: Homework and Reading Skills
Feedback provided to tutee: At first, Astin was very excited to show me his new book. He had gotten a gold star in his class and was telling me about how great his in-classroom reading skills were. I didn't even need to prompt him to get his book out and it all started out great. By about page 14, Astin stumbled upon a word that he didn't recognize and he had no desire to sound it out. At this point he lost all motivation and it was extremely difficult to bring his attention back to his work. He really just wanted me to tell him the word instead of making him sound it out like we both knew he could. It was a bit of a struggle but he did sound out his words and when he did, he would immediately recognized what it spelled.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned a lot about myself today. I had no idea how much patience I had until this session. I also learned that when a child gets frustrated with something, it seems to be better to have them work on something completely different for a little while before having them attack it again. Having Astin work on his written homework after getting annoyed by his book, allowed him to put almost ten minutes back into the book at the end of the session.
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