Marissa_TP#14

Marissa M.
Tutoring Blog #14
10/16/14

This was another session with Zoe.  During this session my plan had been for us to look at the Flat Stanley pictures she was supposed to take during the week and then write sentences about the pictures.  I didn't take a book this week because I thought this assignment would probably take longer than usual.  When I got there though, Zoe said she didn't have pictures.  She had taken one with the doll and that was it.  I showed both Zoe and her the pictures I took with my doll, Elisa, throughout the week at various places I had gone to.  When I did this her mother admitted that she had not understood what she was supposed to do, but now did.  I told Zoe that we would plan to look at this assignment again in two weeks, primarily because I was going to go out of town week after next and I thought it would be neat for her to see and write about some of the vacation pictures.  Plus - the assignment I have for the next week is Halloween and I thought that would be fun to do before Halloween was actually over.

Since I didn't bring a book or other materials I was a little stuck on what to do.  This also happened to be the first week that Zoe had not gotten a book for us to read.  She did have a little math work that she wanted me to help her with - fairly easy questions and only about three problems - so we quickly finished that. 

Afterward, I asked her if she had any books she wanted to read from her library.  She picked out three very short ones and we ran quickly through those.  One was a Dr. Seuss - she really seems to like those.  There was also one about a trip.  This was a good topic because it gave me a chance to talk about my travels.  Zoe was very interested in all of the places I had been and where they were.  I wrote out the list of countries for her and she asked to keep it.  She asked me to bring a map and show her the countries next time.  We also had the chance to discuss where all she had been.  This took up a little more time and was a good conversation.

Right before I left her mom came in.  Zoe had a present for me!  She gave me a beautiful Korean fan.  The colors represented the country flag and I was told they had a similar one.  Joanna gave me a quick lesson and taught me a few words in Korean - including how to say fan.  That was really neat!  And I appreciated that they keep trying to teach me some about their culture; I always enjoy learning about other cultures.