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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The CALLING: ECDC Reading Camp


For the past week i have been tutoring at the ECDC for the first session of the summer reading camp. The child i tutored was Sebastian, he was a 2nd grader. MAN talk about an EASY kid. he was very quiet and well mannered, as well as his brother, who was also in the reading camp. He however had to leave for mexico today for the rest of the summer.
So now i'm observing another tutor and his 7th grade student and have QUICKLY come to the conclusion that i NEVER want to teach above the intermediate level. It is SO FOREIGN to me! Right now the tutor seems to be working on comprehension and memory via a science lesson. The boy is reading a chapter about space, the earth and its qualities. The tutor is asking the boy to recall and to list the layers of the "pheres": troposphere, stratosphere, homosphere, and mesesphere, on a pictogram. he is making a point to show the student how quickly the words on the page are being used to lable all of the images on the picture.
Something that i would have trouble with would be the quietness of the ENTIRE PROCESS! With my kiddo we were EXCITED to read about all the different stories, we wanted to see where the next page would take us. even with the NONFICTION books!
I think that it is a calling from GOD to teach each grade level, that i have found my calling and that it lies with the elementary graders.