Michelle TS#15

Date: February 18, 2017
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Their house
Topic/Skill: Reading and Listening, Vocabulary

Feedback: Today was my last tutoring session with this tutee. Just as I did with my previous refugee tutees, I chose to give them the same packet breaking down household chores, household repairs, and common symptoms of illness.

I then introduced new vocabulary. As these children are a little more advanced than the other refugee tutees, I chose a book with higher vocabulary. They learned the words nest, dragon, cave, hill, road, castle, to roll, to fly, crack, and a variety of prepositions including in, out, up, down, past, and etc.We then read the Dragon Egg.

After reading the Dragon Egg, I then reinforced the prepositions by placing my pen in different locations. I also used my ipad to play a game incorporating prepositions as well. The children seemed to enjoy the lesson.

Lesson learned: This lesson was well received and I think the children ended up liking the material. However, incorporating an ipad with 6 children is dangerous territory. Although they learned quite a bit before introducing the ipad, the children got completely distracted with the presence of technology. I'm glad I pulled it out at the end of the lesson, because they all decided that they wanted to touch the device over understanding its purpose. With it being the last ten minutes of tutoring, I didn't push my agenda. What I learned from this experience is that technology may be too much for those who have limited exposure to such devices.