TP #3 Mark G.

     I met again with David today. This will have been our second tutoring session. From the get-go he seemed to be more comfortable with me which turned out to be both a good and bad thing. At first it was a little difficult to get settled down into going over his homework and other tasks. However once we got started he was well mannered and focused.

    We concentrated mainly on a book that he was suppose to read for his reading log/journal. I asked if he wanted to reread the story and he said he didn't so we went straight into summarizing some of the main points of the story. Together we decided that 7 minutes was enough to write 7 sentences. He finished within five minutes. I had David read his sentences out loud and corrected any errors that came up. Out of his seven sentences there were three grammar errors, mainly to due with spelling and subj + verb agreement..Instead of just giving David the answer I would try to have him figure out what was wrong. This worked about 40% of the time..On some mistakes David would say the correct word but had written it incorrectly. I would have him reread the sentence over until he realized his mistake. Afterwards we worked on some math homework that contained word problems and such. He had no problem completing this assignment, and I had him write out in complete sentences the correct answers..At the end of our session I came back to his summary of the book he had read earlier that day. I asked him again how to spell the words: vehicle, called, and high. I also reminded him that he needs to watch out for subj + verb agreement and that sentences need to be complete with a subject and predicate...I got into dependent/independent clauses but was probably unnecessary. He is so smart I forgot he is only in third grade!..With ten minutes left I had him read aloud six pages from his book (of his choosing). At the end I talked to his mom and told her what we had worked on and some of the areas he needed help in. For next week, I know now that for David he needs to work on verbs in the past tense, subject + verb agreement, and some vocabulary.