Aileen TS#14

For the second half of our session I used a lot of repeat after me exercises, visual aids, as well as dictation in order to teach my tutee the planets. We ended up on this topic because whenever I first asked about what was the first thing that came to mind when he heard the word 'science' he immediately started to draw what appeared to be Saturn and its rings. As its a subject that is both interesting and could be beneficial in the long run I decided to take it upon myself to teach him the names of the planets as well as being able to identify them by their characteristics. First I wrote out the names in the order that one usually learns them "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune" Then I drew them and colored them in. I followed up by drawing and additional diagram, this time drawing the planets in relation to the sun. By the end of the session he was able to describe the planets by "hot" and "cold" characteristics as well as whether the rings that the planets possessed were "horizontal" or "vertical". He was also able to describe their distances from the Sun using comparatives such as "closer" and "farther".