Anne - TS #16

TS #16 – Anne

Date/Time:  Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, 6:00-7:00

Location:  Lyon County Library

Topic/Skills:  Seeing the doctor, calling 911 (speaking, vocabulary building); reading aloud (reading, pronunciation)

Teacher Presentation:  We role-played the dialog of calling the doctor to make appointment as review of what we had done last week.  The student was able to do this easily; she’s been practicing!  We continued the topic with vocabulary building and familiarization with the procedures re interviews with nurse and doctor.  We also worked on the vocabulary and procedure re calling 911.  This is particularly important for this student as she is the caretaker for her grandchildren during the day.   This was a LOT of vocabulary.  We finished the session with some pleasure reading.  I checked for comprehension, and the student understands what she is reading.  She insists on looking up every word, however, and isn’t satisfied with just understanding in context.  We talked about the value of learning high-frequency words and leaving low-frequency words for later.

Feedback provided to tutee:  The students has been practicing with vocabulary and dialog patterns.  I provided corrective feedback on grammar usage and pronunciation. 

Lessons learned:  I should have pared down the materials I’d chosen to work with.  I did it on the fly when I realized the amount of vocabulary was too much, but I felt disorganized.  I’d rather be better prepared than I was.  The student is writing down and looking up every new word.  I want to support her enthusiasm and at the same time to cultivate her ambiguity tolerance.