Erika TS #2 Child

I went to Astin's house for his second tutoring session with a different mind set and a new game plan! Last time, he got distracted easily and had trouble reading flashcards and writing uppercase and lowercase letters. This time, my plan was to read a short book together and write out names. To my surprise, Astin was not only able to read one book, but two. This makes me think that maybe he was having trouble reading the flashcards because it was unfamiliar vocabulary. He had difficulty reading a few words in the books, which he reluctantly let me help him read (he is very motivated and wants to read on his own). However, I noticed once or twice that while reading a word, he would say a synonym word instead of the word written. He said he had never read these books before, but just in case, next time I will be sure to bring books of my own instead of using materials his mother provided.

Since Astin's attention was so hard to grasp last time, I made sure to include his favorite subject in our next activity. Astin loves Star Wars and he needs practice writing. My activity for him was to write out the characters' names from Star Wars. I provided him with a worksheet that had spaces for every letter of a character's name. He then had to sound out the name and spell it. This activity also helped him practice upper case and lower case letters. This was a very effective task, but it was difficult to explain the silent E. He then started asking if all other letters were silent too (like the silent L in Skywalker).