Lora TS#6

I met with Astin, my child tutee, for the first time on July 5^th.  I found the needs assessment to be a little more challenging with a child as they aren’t completely aware of where they struggle.  He did tell me that sometimes people can’t understand him and he seemed sad about it.  I asked him what he does when they don’t understand and he says that sometimes he uses other words.  To assess where he was skill wise, I did a variety of activities.  He wanted to draw something and I let him and we ended up turning them into boxes where I had him write answers to questions that I asked him such as what is your favorite food, color, birthday, etc.  He struggled with writing his letters backwards which I think is in part due to him learning Korean at the same time.  I also had him read from one of his workbooks and answer comprehension questions.  Due to how he read some of the words it was determined that we needed to work on phonics next session.  His mom relayed to me at the end that he watches cartoons and that she thinks that might be part of the reason people don’t understand him is because he models things from the cartoons.