Sushila TP#8

TP: 8

Location: CIES bldg.

Date: 9/25/14

Time: 8-9 am

This morning I observed Gale tutor 2 different students. One girl was a level 1 and the other boy was a level 3. Gale used letters, like the ones you use in scramble, to demonstrate what vowels and consonants were. Then she would have the 2 students create a word one using a vowel and one other letter. In addition they would have to create a sentence using the word they created. The majority of the words consisted of pronouns, articles, and prepositions. Gale did a wonderful at explaining what each of them was and how to use them. After that activity she had the students expand a word by adding letters to it. The meaning would change as each additional letter was added to it. I believe the first word was an, which was then changed to and, then to expand, then to expanded. Both students were familiar with the longer words however it seemed that they could use more practice on the shorter ones. I must admit at first I thought that this lesson might have been too basic for the boy who is a level 3. However, I was mistaken because understanding the basics perfectly thus allows for a stronger foundation to continue building on. Both students still had some difficulty when it came to certain conjunctions and prepositions, but gained a better understanding for it after the lesson. I am most defiantly going to use this idea when I tutor my other tutees; I found this method of teaching to be very effective.