Today, the SWA students, Kelly, and I went to DYE for session #4. I was unable to come to the past 2 since they went on Tuesdays due to scheduling conflicts the last two weeks, but I am glad we are back on for Wednesdays now. We brought 10 SWA students for 2nd period today, which is a good number. So far, we haven't had problems with numbers (TTRM requires 15 mentors and 15 mentees participating during the 10 weeks).
Interestingly, I noticed today that the SWA new student I talked about in a previous post (I'll call him Joe), looked nervous today. When I tutored him to catch him up with the other mentors, he was very unmotivated and had a negative attitude. Today, though, he probably realized that he had to take it seriously. As I monitored the session, I made sure to pay special attention to Joe and his mentee. I had to remind him what to do, but I think he'll come better prepared next week since he felt so nervous today. Even another SWA student commented on Joe looking nervous. He did it, though, and his mentee did a great job reading. She looked like she was glad he was there to read with her, and she said "bye" to him when he left. I think this will be a good experience for him.
While I was montitoring, I noticed that some of the mentors need a refresher on reading strategies because I mostly saw the 3rd graders reading aloud to the mentors, and some of them were struggling. When I tutor next time, I'll remind them to give clear instructions to the mentees, to use the reading strategies, and to guide them to the answers instead of telling them the right answers (to the questions in the magazine).
Also, I observed today that some mentees were very excited about the books they were given. They get to keep them!
That's all for today. :)
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