Re: How do you structure a "typical" tutoring session?
Posted by Miss Sara on 5/25/08
Hi Lesa!
I've visited a few times, but this is my first post
here.
I've tutored younger kids and the "big kids." When I
introduce something new with my younger students, I like to
read him/her one or two stories to introduce the topic.
Then I use that as a bridge to what I am going to teach my
student.
If you are continuing something, just pick up where you
left off. It's best to verbally re-introduce the
information, especially if it's something new.
A lot of my students end up being younger ones: I work
for a special education organization that does NCLB-based
tutoring. Therefore, I don't have much control over my
caseload. (I can control the number of students I have.)
If you have any more questions, feel free to email me.
You can reach me by clicking on my name up top.
Good luck!
On 5/24/08, Lesa wrote:
> Just curious ... would like to see how others structure
> their sessions, in general. I am always looking for ways
> to 'tweak' my activities.
>
> I work primarily with elementary-age students. It seems
> that primarily folks looking for tutoring do so in Math
> and/or Reading, so I generally begin my sessions with
> about 15 minutes of review/drill (i.e., math facts, sight
> words, some type of review activity; then 30 minutes of
> focused activity on specific skills; then last 15 minutes
> in some type of learning game to support skills on which
> we are working. For the younger elementary student, I use
> a lot more of the focused activity as learning games also.
>
> I would love to hear how others structure their time.
>
> Thanks so much.