Today was an awesome day of tutoring due to being able to make such a personal experience for my tutee. Reggie showed an interest in the Eiffel Tower on his interest surveys. I thought we could do a virtual field trip and visit the Eiffel Tower. I found an amazing site that let you decorate the Eiffel Tower at night( which is when he wanted to visit). He was able to pick the color of fireworks, lights, etc. then light it up. It great watching him put so much thought in how he wanted it to look and he didn't act too cool, which kids his age can sometimes do. I noticed it doesn't happen as much one-on-one so I am totally enjoying this experience. They are as eager as a first grader trying to read!
Today we worked with sticky notes in order to check comprehension and to learn how to take proper notes. It is a progress in work but he really enjoyed working with the sticky notes. I think it was just being able to do something different rather than writing it on a separate sheet of paper. It will also help since the kids aren't really able to highlight the book or underline, like we sometimes do when we try to study. Reggie is a visual student and I think the sticky notes help him to keep visually aware of the book. Once asked a question he knew exactly what note in the book to go to. This strategy helped him become more aware of the content in the book and the books itself.
Reggie did a great job answering the Bloom's questions but I think it was because in large part the sticky notes because it was a longer book and I think the sticky notes helped him more aware and helped him build more of a connection to the text. Reggie matched up a few captions for his storyboard that he created for his storybird story. He has put some thought into the story which is so funny because it is a little random (I love random, another similarity) but it was what he wanted to write about so I think it is great.
I think for the next session we should probably continue working on his comprehension of the text by implementing more sticky notes as well as working on his note taking on the notes. It would probably be best to go through and walk through a few pages and compare to see if we come up with some of the same notes to see if what we feel what is important is the same.
Congratulations on the wonderful lesson. Please think of ways to incorporate the before, during, and after in each of your lessons...even math.
ReplyDeleteI think with the appropriate text and strategies, the students will change from a struggling or aliterate reader to a reader. The book said that 90% of struggling readers can be helped. I believe all students should and can be helped to be a better reader (especially the gifted readers).
Sticky notes are great because they are tactile and colorful and help focus on the text.
His technology has been a positive part of the lesson. I hope you post his technology onto this blog so others can see his work.