TP #1 Madison

Mathew Hong is the little boy that I am tutoring; he is 8 years old and in 3rd grade. When we started our lesson his mother asked me to help him with his homework. I sat next to him and watched silently as he read his homework aloud- which was a reading comprehension assignment to help prepare him for the FCAT. I helped him with any words he mispronounced or didn't know and I explained what the words met as well as how to pronounce them correctly. After every couple paragraphs, I'd ask him what the main ideas of the passages were that he just read. Then once he finished the reading, I helped him answer the questions that went along with his homework. He got most of the questions right, but when he did get one wrong I would tell him to double check his answer and show him how to refer back to the passage in order to find the correct one. Once he finished answering the questions he chose a book in the library to read aloud for his next homework assignment. He read for 20 minutes while I read over his shoulder as apart of his reading log. Then he wrote a paragraph summarizing what his book was about. Mathew's mom had mentioned to me before the tutoring session that sometimes he choses books to read that are below his reading level. I also noticed when he picked out the book of his choice he chose one that was a level two book and he's in third grade. Before our session ended I gave him a Harry Potter book to read. I asked him to see if he could read the first page aloud to me, which he did slowly, but surely. I told his mom that he was able to read Harry Potter, and next week I'd have him read that instead for his reading log to give him more of a challenge.