Tatiana TS #16

Do-jun chose the article "Parents Sometimes Your the Problem When it Comes to Tech Use" from NPR. It was a long article and definitely challenging. Some of the words we addressed were "caregivers," "pediatricians," "tidal wave," and "deceptive." The phrase "their grades slip" in this context the article is discussing the children's scoring letter grade dropping. Do-jun seemed confused  and I later found out it was because he was thinking the word "grade" meant first grade/the level of schooling. I forget the letter grading system here in the U.S. is not everywhere or it is called something different. It was very interesting to explain the letter grading concept to him. The word "tantrum" and the phrase "act out" also were explained. I stated that these words/phrases are similar, but also very different. Acting out is more of not listening to your parents or doing the opposite of what they asked, while tantrums are dramatic scenes of a child crying or screaming. At the end, I always do a quick comprehension check to see what he thinks the overall message/meaning of the article is.