Julia Smith TS#11

On February 24, I met with my child refugee for our tutoring session. It usually ends up being all of the children who sit and do the activities with the tutors, and I was alone this time. It was a little bit more difficult especially with the baby also in the room, but I was still able to do the activities I had planned. I reviewed the body parts and we sang the "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" song, which the kids really love singing and doing the motions to. I wanted to try a new topic that included high frequency words, and so I decided to teach the different subjects (I, you, he, she, we, they). I had the older brother write the Swahili equivalent next to the English word so that there was no ambiguity in the meaning of the words for the younger kids. I also included the conjugation of 'to be' and taught this with the subjects. The kids copied what I wrote and would repeat after me, but I am not one hundred percent sure that they fully grasp the concept. I plan to review them in the future.