Mackenzee TS #8

My second tutoring session with Jake went very well. He opened up very quickly and soon even became a little bit of a chatter box. He definitely spoke English well and had no problem conversing with me. He could name pretty much every letter of the alphabet, so I had him practice writing them as well. He would trace one and then write a line of his own. He would come up with a couple words that started with each letter and I would help him spell them out. Jake could sound out most words but he had a hard time with certain ones, like “th” words. He could spell his name and did very well with three letter words. He would sound out the word on his own but look to me whenever he was stumped, after a little encouragement he usually found the right letter to use on his own. “Apple” was one he thought he couldn’t do but he eventually got there on his own. I realized it was kind of hard to explain to a 5 year old in a way that made sense, why there are 2 P’s in apple because with just one it would be aple with a long “a” sound. He would also write certain letters backwards, like “E” “F” and “C”, so I made sure he traced and rewrote them the correct way after he would write them the wrong way.