Meagan TP #5

This week,  Jeffrey and I met twice at our usual place at the public library. Day 1 was August 6th and it was a short, thirty minute lesson.  He was eager to tell me about his party at Chuck E. Cheese with his friends over the weekend.  I asked him many questions about who the party was for, what did he do, and what was the best part?  He answered that it was for his birthday, even though his actual day of birth is on April 11th.  Despite that, he said he had a blast playing shooting games with his older sister and eating a lot of pepperoni pizza.  Furthermore, he told me he got to play with his friend, Charley (I believe is his name) from China.  He explained how we were all different because he is Korean, Charley is Chinese, and I am American.  He had trouble with the correct noun/adjective usage, as he is akin to saying, "I am Korea"or "I am from Korean."  However, since we had worked on it before, it wasn't hard reminding him to say Korean when describing yourself or someone, and Korea when explaining where you or someone has come from.

That day he brought his toys again, and they were bulldozers and steamrollers this time.  He did not know that those were the formal terms for the construction vehicles, so I explained it to him by modeling out their actions (using the bulldozer to push and pick-up a pencil, and using the steamroller to flatten crinkly paper on the table).  I taught him five new words pertaining to the toys as well: bulldozer, build, break, steamroller, smooth/flatten, and paving.  We made plenty of examples playing with the toys in order for him to grasp the context. Before we moved on to reading a book, I quizzed him by asking what clears the rock and debris and what helps make roads/streets/highways ready for workers to pave them? After a little coaxing and dropping hints, he remembered that it was indeed the bulldozer and steamroller.

We finished up the lesson by reading, Ninjago: Masters of Spinjutzu.  Jeffrey loves ninjas and legos in addition to superheroes, so he chose that one for us to read.  He was able to make-out at least six sentences (and it was higher level!) and could spell: jumping, red, blue, Kai, fire, and Ninja. He checked out the same book before leaving, so we could discuss at the next session.