Annabella TS #8

 Date: 07/16/21

Time: 10-11 AM

Location: Zoom 

Topic/Skill: Listening/Writing

Feedback Provided: Today Dave and I went over the summary he wrote on his own. A couple sessions ago I when I gave feedback on his summary I focused too hard on accuracy rather than fluency so I tried to be more conscious of Dave's accuracy this time. After we discussed his summary we talked about how the main idea could translate to theme and what the theme of the folktale was. Then, to build schema for the story I chose to read aloud I put up a picture of an elephant and asked Dave to describe it using som of his 5 senses, touch and sight. After this, I read the story of 6 blind men and the elephant out loud and had Dave listen to answer some comprehension questions. This story had been longer than all the previous ones we had read so far and when we got to the comprehension questions, he struggled to recall what he heard. I decided to read the story again and asked Dave to listen and take notes on what he thought were important details that he needed in order to answer the questions.

Lessons learned: I learned how to give useful feedback to Dave today and what reading material was just challenging enough to listen to.