Hi everyone! I'm back with another journal of the day. First off, here's a recap of how the first assessment session with my official buddy went:
Problems: ❗❓
He went really fast, so I had trouble keeping up and marking his answers for every question
Afraid to tell him to slow down
He did more than enough for the San Diego Quick Assessment, but I didn't know how to stop him
Wasn't prepared for the next step of the program
You probably know by now, I spent the last 2 days coming up with possible solutions for the obstacles I encountered. Scroll down to know more
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Solutions:✅
Unfortunately, these solutions didn't exactly work. It didn't make a huge difference in regards to his learning progress, however though, it did help me feel more prepared. Moving on, below is my journal for October 19, 2020. It's a little bit lengthy, but enjoy!
Journal #4- Oct, 19 2020
Today is the first official instructional session, but it's also the first face to face class for my CLC B or Capstone course. This course is required for graduation and for the next 2 weeks, I will be going to school in the afternoon (1:18pm -3:03pm).
Though the program starts at 3:30, I realized that it would be a bit of a rush to arrive home and get prepared on time. Technically I have 27 minutes to get home, but I can't leave right at 3 and the traffic is busy during that time. I also need to pass by several elementary schools, so we would have to slow down there. In addition, I have to shower first when I return because we need to protect my dad who's at higher risk of contracting covid. Therefore, I emailed my teacher a day before to ask to leave early. Thankfully, she was ok with it! I left 15 minutes earlier, but just barely made it on time! I decided that this wouldn't work in the long term...
Having learned from the previous session, I created a special folder just for LBN and pre-downloaded necessary material beforehand. I also reviewed the training manual. After a little chat, I went straight to reading with him. It was alright at first, he did what was told and had absolutely no problem comprehending the content. However, I found the comprehension questions I was asking him very obvious and boring. He didn't act particularly uninterested, but I would be if I were him.
Furthermore, I'm having difficulty teaching pronunciation. The only strategy I'm familiar with in teaching pronunciation is chunking a word into parts.
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Breaking a word apart to 2 sounds |
I would then ask him to pronounce the individual sounds then blend them together. However, it wasn't so easy at times. There are times where a particular letter combination makes a whole different sound, so in those cases, chunking only makes it more confusing. As we read, I would correct and teach him the proper pronunciation for some words as well as guide him to repeat it several times. However, he would pronounce it incorrectly when the word is put in context. In fact, he sometimes reads a word correctly the first time, but incorrectly the next. That confused me at that point. Towards the end, Margaret popped in our breakout room. There were only a few minutes left before 4:30, so even though I heard Karl confused "month" with "mother's", I decided to keep that in mind for the next session instead. However, Margaret misunderstood that I won't be correcting him, and called me out during the huddle.
Towards the end, he looked burned out so I played a game of tic tac toe with him. That uplifted him a little, but wasn't as effective as I anticipated.
📊 -----ANALYSIS----- 📊
Problems: ❗❓
Not enough time to arrive home on time
Asked obvious and boring questions (difficulty engaging Karl)
Limited number of strategies in teaching pronunciation
Unfamiliar with phonics
Wasn't prepared for what vocabulary he'll likely ask and I'll likely need to explain
This concluded my session for today. It wasn't the best session, but I'm learning to have an optimistic mindset. Hopefully, the next session will go more smoothly! Bye bye 👋👋
IT'S OK, IT'S OK, IT'S OK...
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