Nicky_TP_#15

12/1/14 TP 15

    Yesterday was my last tutoring session with Mathew and David. I think I have a knack for teaching them now because it went really well. Though it was a little hard to originally round them up but once we started it was pretty easy to maintain the cooperation. We first worked on reading comprehension. David did his on his own but Mathew likes reading his out loud with me. After reading comprehension we worked on math which went fairly smoothly. Then we worked on their book report on De Soto. At the beginning of the session we also worked on vocabulary. Though when writing the vocabulary sentences down at first they were incorrect. But then I would make them say it out loud in a normal conversation. From there they would come to the answer on their own. They still have short attention spans but with proper motivation it was easier to manage them. Yesterday’s was that I would teach them some origami if we finished in time and we worked efficiently, so no talking unless it was a question about the homework.

    I will miss them, they are good kids. Also the mom was very put off that I will not be returning. Over all this was a great experience. I have become inducted into David and Mathew’s “cool kid club” as they were giving me tons of Pokémon trader cards on the way home. I just hope they make it through the rest of their school year without causing their mom too much stress.