Christina TP #2 (child)

I had my first meeting with my child tutee at LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library. We decided to meet every Monday in the afternoon. The first day I went early and asked one of the librarians for help finding the lower level books. When my tutee Jeffrey and his father arrived we all introduced ourselves and I talked to his father about what level of English Jeffrey was at. Afterwards, Jeffrey and I sat down at a separate table. We talked for a few minutes just so I could get to know him a little bit. Then I asked him to come with me to pick out a book. He said he wanted to read a book about sharks so we found that one first and then a few others. Sometimes I read to him and then I would have him repeat some words after me. His speaking skills were very good and he really loved telling me stories (most of which weren't true haha) but practice is practice. When it came to reading, however, his vocabulary was very limited and he wasn't really able to sound out words. That was understandable as a bilingual student only in kindergarten. He got bored with reading so I asked him comprehension questions about what we read until the end of the session. Before they left I had his father sign the tutoring agreement.