Friday, April 3, 2015

Salah TS # 7


Salah (Child)  TS # 7: 


Date/Time: 1/4/15  17:50-18:50
Location: Leroy Collins Public Library
Topic/Skill: focused on teaching concepts of American culture through reading and discussion
I try to do a bit of reading with Young each week.  She usually reads one page (typed text) from the Cinderella story and then I give her a star at the top of the page.  We pause along the way, examining words she has difficulty with.  This time, I noticed she had some trouble pronouncing 'th' words and also new vocab, such as 'aside' and 'measured'.  Still very impressive for a 5 year old, though. 

Young told me her birthday was coming up and she was very proud that she would be 6 years old.  I decided that segued nicely into a discussion about American culture and the 4th or July celebrations.  

I introduced new vocab words like: fireworks, picnic, parades, flags, freedom etc. and used visual aids - library books to assist me (I found these in the children's section of the library, before the session began).

This led to a discussion of American presidents, figures on American money, cowboys & cowgirls (and clothing ex: hats, boots etc).  

Lastly, we worked on pronunciation of regular verbs in the past tense ex: talked, walked, shouted, raced, observed etc. and touched briefly on contractions ex: couldn’t, wouldn’t, aren’t etc. 



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