TS #5

This was a very interesting tutoring session with PJ! I had arranged everything as usual, and we had begun our session. I played our schema building video in preparation for the story we were going to read. I noticed when I started to discuss with PJ the topic of the day, he seemed a little disengaged. He let me know that he was very, very hungry, and went to ask Mrs. Kim and his dad for a snack. He came back quickly, but still didn't seem like he was engaged. I decided to do something about it and try a silly approach with him. I said that I brought with me two imaginary burgers, and that we could eat them before continuing with our session. I pulled them out from under the table, and gave one to PJ. We made all the imaginary eating sounds and movements. PJ immediately began to smile and seemed to be back. We told each other what kind of burger we were eating and listed all our favorite toppings. Once we ate, we both had our energy sparked back again to be able to enjoy the rest of the session!