Monday, February 18, 2013

Productive Day at Classic City

This past trip to Classic City was a refreshing change. I was back working with Kevin and we were working on USA Test Prep. This was a nice change of pace because the students actually have to read through the material and answer the questions (unlike E2020). The material is a little more difficult as well so I actually really felt like I was able to contribute and help Kevin. I noticed toward the end of my time working with Kevin on Friday that he was beginning to stop reading the passages and just guessing because he knew I would point him in the direction of the right answer. To combat this tendency, if he got a question wrong, I would go back into the passage and show him how to arrive at the right answer. I think this frustrated him a little bit ( I think he thought he could fool me!) cause for awhile I thought he was just getting stuck and I was just watching him guess. I was really enjoying working with Kevin this Friday and was motivated to keep working to try and get as many tests finished as possible. Unfortunately, there was an assembly on Friday so we didn't get to work for as long as I had hoped. Kevin really impressed me with just how many questions he was able to get on his own. He really only seemed to start getting questions wrong when he lost focus and started getting tired. I hope we work on USA Test Prep again together in the coming week.