For my first one-on-one tutoring session with Marcelle, the 8 year-old girl from Cameroon, I came prepared with various level-appropriate activities. I gave Marcelle the opportunity to choose her favorite learning activity so that I could determine her learning style and preferences so that we can have fun as she learns from my teaching in the future.
The first activity Marcelle picked was a box of letter magnets she could use to spell out words she already knows and new words. She was able to spell the words 'apple' and 'banana' from memory. Using her favorite book (The Magic School Bus Dinosaur book), she spelled out words from the book as I taught her what they meant. We also wrote words when some of the letters were missing. Marcelle still needs work on things like recognizing I as not being 'E' and words like 'cake' having a silent 'e'. We also did a fill-in-the-blank of things her mother likes.
Marcelle will often say things like "I don't know" or "I can't do it", even when we find that she can do the activities with a little effort. One of my future goals is building up her own confidence in her abilities and making her comfortable to learn new English vocabulary and grammar in a fun way.
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