Date/Time: October 19,
7:30-8:30pm
Location: PJ’s desk
Topic/Skill: Greek roots
vocabulary, worksheets, atoms/ reading comprehension and vocabulary
Feedback provided to
tutee: I encouraged PJ from the beginning because I could see that he looked
overwhelmed when I pulled out the stack of worksheets he needed to fix for
school. He prefers simple easy tasks over thought-provoking reading
comprehension questions or anything to do with writing. To build his confidence
I let him pick which worksheet he completed first which was the math related
one and therefore the easiest for him.
Lesson(s) about tutoring
and/or the tutee you learned: As a kid PJ likes learning with a lot of
visual and auditory stimulation. Therefore to make the concepts more fun to
learn and easier for me to explain I used a couple different videos. I made
sure before the session I searched for the most level-appropriate and topic
relevant videos. The videos helped to introduce the topic and explained the
concept through repetition and had fun graphics. So then when I discussed the
questions with PJ after watching the videos he seemed to be more comfortable
with answering them. From past sessions I realized that just explaining the
concept is not enough and he does much better with visual aids and fun
stimulations.
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