– Using worksheets and colouring to keep students’ attention
– Relating work to sutdents’ interests, i.e world cup
– Using a game of uno/spot it halfway to reward the student
– Keep conversation flowing to understand the student better, their personal interests
– Use game + different subject activities to keep things interesting
– Help student wth words by sounding them out
– Focused on sounding out new words and learning grammar by putting these newly learnt words into sentences
– Did some readings to see these new words in context, as well as images of the words
– Practiced maths by doing addition problems
– Use spot it game to check homework and organise work for the next part of the session
– Read alternating sentences with the student to keep them engaged as they get more tired, and then confirm by rereading the text as a whole
– Ask comprehension qs about the text to ensure the student has understood
– Practiced counting in 2s on the whiteboard, getting the student to write himself, then addition and subtraction with single digits
– Give subtraction h/w at the end to make sure the students’ understanding is sound

James Pinto