Name: Teresa L. Shelton
Partner’s name: Emily
Students’ names: Isabella & Abbi
Activities Used: student’s journals, Take Me Out Of the Bathtub and other silly dilly songs by Alan Katz, yellow heart shaped post-it notes, gel pens, Halloween mad-lib
Reasons for Activity: The journal entry was about something Abbi did this week that she enjoyed and that I hadn’t done before. She wrote about going to Galena to play bingo. She used different color gel pens and made a pattern. The pens changed I noticed as she changed ideas or to express emotions. She explained the event very well but made the story one long paragraph. The book was chosen because it combined poems, songs, and illustrations to check for oral reading and for comprehension. We used sticky notes on any words in the poem that Abbi didn’t understand or had a little trouble pronouncing. I say a little trouble because she does really well and often just takes a moment longer to get a word so I know it caused some hesitation. The Halloween mad-lib was used because the holiday is coming up and she’s very excited about that. We did the mad-lib which used nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We reviewed what a verb was because she asked. The mad-lib is going to be used to see if she can put it to music and orally present it to me like we did the book. She liked that idea and was going to check if any of her songs could be changed to put the mad-lib in the place of the words.
Responsibility of each candidate: Emily and I both worked together to get girls to create sentences in journals. Emily had Isabella write about the book they read last week and I had Abbi write about what fun activity she did since we last met. Emily went with Isabella and worked on their writing from their story and other activities. I was responsible for working with Abbi with her oral reading, comprehension, and vocabulary meaning. At the very end Emily and I both came back to our table and the girls did a mad-lib. Isabella started her sooner and so they ended the session with a game of boggle, I believe. Abbi finished her mad-lib and then we walked out together to find her dad.
. What worked well: I thought the activities that we did today worked well. The journal activity combined asking me questions and herself thinking about her week. She liked having done something that I hadn’t and that I wanted to know more about. She wrote quite a bit voluntarily knowing that she was then going to explain it to me. The book was a very good choice because she likes poems but it also combined having to think of a common tune and put the words to the song. It can be quite difficult and very funny. We marked words that she didn’t know or were new to her. It opened dialogue that when she didn’t know or understand the poem she felt comfortable enough to ask questions on what it meant. The mad-lib was a good way to combine writing, Halloween, and our comprehension activities into one and to come to a good stopping spot.
What can be improved: Abbi does very well. I was looking for activities to help her with root/base words and harder suffixes. After discussing it with you after class I believe I have a plan for that part of her tutoring. We are working on writing, reading, and comprehension and I believe we are on track. Abbi is a student that does very well with one on one help. She is willing to do anything that is asked of her and has tried to do her best.
Partner’s name: Emily
Students’ names: Isabella & Abbi
Activities Used: student’s journals, Take Me Out Of the Bathtub and other silly dilly songs by Alan Katz, yellow heart shaped post-it notes, gel pens, Halloween mad-lib
Reasons for Activity: The journal entry was about something Abbi did this week that she enjoyed and that I hadn’t done before. She wrote about going to Galena to play bingo. She used different color gel pens and made a pattern. The pens changed I noticed as she changed ideas or to express emotions. She explained the event very well but made the story one long paragraph. The book was chosen because it combined poems, songs, and illustrations to check for oral reading and for comprehension. We used sticky notes on any words in the poem that Abbi didn’t understand or had a little trouble pronouncing. I say a little trouble because she does really well and often just takes a moment longer to get a word so I know it caused some hesitation. The Halloween mad-lib was used because the holiday is coming up and she’s very excited about that. We did the mad-lib which used nouns, verbs, and adjectives. We reviewed what a verb was because she asked. The mad-lib is going to be used to see if she can put it to music and orally present it to me like we did the book. She liked that idea and was going to check if any of her songs could be changed to put the mad-lib in the place of the words.
Responsibility of each candidate: Emily and I both worked together to get girls to create sentences in journals. Emily had Isabella write about the book they read last week and I had Abbi write about what fun activity she did since we last met. Emily went with Isabella and worked on their writing from their story and other activities. I was responsible for working with Abbi with her oral reading, comprehension, and vocabulary meaning. At the very end Emily and I both came back to our table and the girls did a mad-lib. Isabella started her sooner and so they ended the session with a game of boggle, I believe. Abbi finished her mad-lib and then we walked out together to find her dad.
. What worked well: I thought the activities that we did today worked well. The journal activity combined asking me questions and herself thinking about her week. She liked having done something that I hadn’t and that I wanted to know more about. She wrote quite a bit voluntarily knowing that she was then going to explain it to me. The book was a very good choice because she likes poems but it also combined having to think of a common tune and put the words to the song. It can be quite difficult and very funny. We marked words that she didn’t know or were new to her. It opened dialogue that when she didn’t know or understand the poem she felt comfortable enough to ask questions on what it meant. The mad-lib was a good way to combine writing, Halloween, and our comprehension activities into one and to come to a good stopping spot.
What can be improved: Abbi does very well. I was looking for activities to help her with root/base words and harder suffixes. After discussing it with you after class I believe I have a plan for that part of her tutoring. We are working on writing, reading, and comprehension and I believe we are on track. Abbi is a student that does very well with one on one help. She is willing to do anything that is asked of her and has tried to do her best.