Yesterday I arrived at the public library early. After
taking a quick cat nap on my backpack I awoke to see David and Mathew just
arriving. Their mom was surprised to see that I was half an hour early and
asked if it was ok if we start early as well. I said that was not a problem and
Mathew and I proceeded with our studies. His math homework took much longer
than usual what with the amount being twice as much as normal. It took a while
to sit Mathew still at first but he was simply too enthused on my knowledge of
Avatar the last air bender and Harry Potter. I told him if we finish five more
problems we can talk about it. Finally after finishing the math homework we
looked around for a book. We settled on Percy Jackson and the Olympians. After
learning from last week this time we took turns reading paragraphs. I had
encouraged his scratch work from his math homework to fit between the lines and
it looks like he has started applying the same rules to his reading
comprehension homework. Progress! Mathew was much better this week and only
challenged me once when he wanted to walk away and find another book. Next week
Mathew’s mother is without tutor for David. She wants me to tutor David along
with Mathew or half an hour each. We’ll see how this goes but I believe that
Mathew and I have come a long way in just a week. Maybe I can apply some of
these strategies to David too.
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