March 2 at 1730 at the Leon County Public Library.
The first tutoring session for Young-Seo consisted of introductions and assessment. She is a kindergarten student who has been in the United States since last July. Her parents shared examples of her current school work and favorite books with me. Her mother specifically requested we work on speaking skills.
To begin the assessment, I started with having her read her favorite book aloud. It was a Disney book of around a 4th grade reading level. She read the book surprisingly well. Pausing to ask her vocabulary questions about the illustrations, I found her vocabulary level age/grade level appropriate and somewhat above average. For example, Young identified cups, teacups, and violins; however, she has not been exposed to saucers and cellos.
We then moved on to other books. I had a rebus book I believed would test her vocabulary as well as reading skills. When encountering unfamiliar words such as "curds" and "whey," she phonetically read the new word. She also had few problems with the new concept of a rebus and identified the homophone icons readily.
Having her read sections of some more of the grade level rated books at the library, I am confident she reads at close to a fourth grade level. I found her speaking and listening skills equivalent to a native speaker of her age.
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