Justin TS#11

On Monday, 10/19 I met with Astin. Since I had my transportation figured out I was able to go to his house. Since I noticed last time that he only had a few books that I could help him read I decided to go to the library and bring my own resources. Astin loves learning about animals and since he's young I just tend to find anything that he enjoys and we read about that subject. I found books today about sharks, Komodo dragons, and crocodiles. He was really excited that I brought some of my own materials which was good. Sometimes when we work Astin tends to want to move onto another subject. Since I think these sessions are more to expose Astin to English outside of school I try not to force him into something he doesn't want to do. I do my best to lead the sessions but I like to balance in the fact that we are sometimes working with his frame of mind and attention. At one point I noticed some cards that we could play with and try to quiz Astin on. Most of these cards were simple words that had a visual aid to help him identify what the word was. Astin would always know what the word was when I told him but he had trouble producing it for himself. I hope that next time we can work on this. For the rest of the session we read a couple more sections of books. I might find some new material for our next session or bring my computer and find some videos for him to watch.