One+on+One

I did have the opportunity to conduce one on one session during my Reading block teaching. He was a below level reader with a big lack of confidence. He labeled himself as not a good reader, therefore; he refused to read aloud. When I first began teaching and had my students read out loud, he did not want to be called on. Finally, I asked him if he would read for me because I really needed him to in order for me to get a good grade in my class. So, thinking that he was helping me, he would read aloud. As a couple of weeks went on, he liked reading aloud in the group and the other children actually began calling on him. When I put my students into centers, my above level readers loved to help him now and they began encouraging him. He liked that very much and soon didn’t mind reading as much. I started doing my one on one sessions with him during our third story. I would take him back and work with him sounding out words. I wouldn’t immediately tell him the word, like he was used to; I would give it a minute before giving him a hint. He knew the correct phonic sounds; he just couldn’t put the word together. At the beginning of our sessions, he was still timid and shy, but eventually he came around. He became one of my students whom I really connected with. I would read the Reading tests aloud to him and his grades began rising. I just think that all he really needed was a little more attention and some one on one time with somebody. Once he realized that someone did care about how he performed in school, he did so much better. He even would start coming up and tell me stories like the other students did. His social and conversation skills even increased during my time there. I guess this is what teaching is all about. Seeing a child go from one level and go to the next. I loved watching him grow in not only his Reading level, but his confidence and social level. I really enjoyed my one on one times with him and really feel that it helped him.
 * One on One **