Lora TS#16

I had my fifth and final session with Astin on August 12th.  This time we met at his house.  Since it was our last session I decided to surprise him with pizza.  He had told me at our first session that pizza was his favorite food.  He was so excited and incredibly thankful, so much so upon leaving he told me thank you at least 15 times.  It made me happy that he was so happy. 

During the tutoring session it was a bit challenging being at his house with his distractions of things he wanted to show me.  Also, he wanted to choose a different book than what I had planned on using.  I was able to guide him to the book I wanted to work with by promising we could come back to the other one later.  I was able to get two pages done before he wanted to work on the other book again.  The other book was a mixed book for first graders.  I decided to roll with it and use it as a reading and speaking opportunity.  The biggest thing I’ve learned when working with a child is to go with the flow, keep them engaged, and look at everything as a learning opportunity.