Alexa TS #3

Today (5/31/17, 4:15-5:15) I met up with Sultan for our second tutoring session. During our first tutoring session, he expressed a desire to grow in his reading skills. I went home that day with that in mind but was not exactly sure what reading level he was at. I decided to print out some passages I found online. However, after giving one to him for him to practice reading, it turned out it was much higher than his actual reading level. There was a lot of vocabulary in the passage that was very high level. He actually was happy about that because he said that learning that difficult vocabulary now will help him do the TOEFL. However, we also agreed that it would also be good to get a lower level passage so that he can continue to practice his reading skills. The passage we went through was a passage about dolphins. When we got to a new vocabulary word, I did my best to explain it to him. I also tried to show pictures and videos to help him understand it. He did a good job reading the more common words. At the end of the passage there were some true/false comprehension questions which he also struggled with. I'm hoping that when we start reading some easier reading passages, he will continue to grow in his reading and comprehension skills.