Today I had the opportunity to observe Demetria tutor her primary student English.

Demetria began her lesson with revision on spelling from her student’s homework task. By testing her student’s knowledge about the areas focused on, this can provide further confirmation on the student’s confidence and capacity to answer questions on the topic. Demetria then moved to focus on differentiating between “b, “d”, and “p” sounds. Demetria effectively used active recall to gauge her student’s understanding. After he repeated the sounds allowed and used them in sentences, Demetria provided him with a series of worksheet questions which she began guiding him through and then allowed him to independently complete them. Demetria was very attentive to her student, reminding him to read the questions carefully and not rush through the sheets. The focus of the lesson then moved to merging different letters with these sounds to produce many different words. After a few practice rounds on the board her student was then able to read and sound out lots of words with confidence. The lessons focus then shifted to maths where Demetria focused on addition. Through an online activity which required him to separate the place values to solve, her student was engaged and became confident solving various addition problems. This was especially achieved through Demetria’s encouragement which provided him with reassurance in his ability. It was apparent that Demetria’s student was comfortable where he was confident to a ask for help and express his concerns about the difficulty of the work set.

Overall, I really enjoyed watching Demetria’s lesson. Well done!! ☺️

Marina Nouris