Sixth Meeting

During this meeting, we went down into the children's book area to pick out some books for her to read. We settled on an old favorite of mine: Louis Sacher's Wayside School series. She read the first three chapters and we stopped every couple of paragraphs to make sure she understood the story. One chapter was about a teacher that turned every one of her students into apples. Josefina showed a good understanding for humor because she laughed every time one of the students made a joke and showed disbelief when the students were turned into apples. It seemed she really enjoyed the chapters and understood the series very well. She said her daughters have some old baby books at home both in English and Spanish, but they are very easy. This book was a better fit for her because the dialogue was complex, but the story was simple, so it was good practice. After reading a chapter, I had her pick out five past, present and future tense verbs and use them in a sentence. This turned out to be our last lesson.