Reflection: Tutoring At Oconee County Elementary School
Introduction: One step to take before becoming a teacher is to complete forty tutoring hours at Oasis Catholic facility. I have tutored children before, but when I first went to Oasis I was nervous. The facility was in a trailer park community primarily consisting of Hispanic immigrants who do not speak much English. However to my surprise, the children spoke English well. I initially believed I would need to learn more Spanish to tutor the children, but since I tutored the fourth graders, I did not need to learn any additional Spanish. This facility was different from my previous tutoring at Oconee County Elementary School. At Oasis, the roads were damaged and rough, the buildings were tight, and the lesson plans were usually adapted. I tutored two fourth graders for four hours a day three days a week. Primarily I tutored the children in Math and Science and only English when they had made a mistake. One of the most
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The facility seeks to fulfil the needs of the community by offering tutoring services and giving assistance to those who need food, clothing, and shelter. The tutors work in two different buildings. One building is for the children under third grade and the other is for third graders and above. I chose to tutor the fourth graders because children under third grade were troublesome and required a more advanced knowledge of Spanish. There was only one fifth grader which I alternated with another tutor as some days we had many tutors available and some days we had few. The third grade students already had tutors therefore I tutored two fourth graders: one boy and one girl. The boy was good at Math while the girl was good at English and Science. Both students seemed to struggle with History. Many of the students liked to test the patience of their tutors, but the children I worked with were generally well
The facility seeks to fulfil the needs of the community by offering tutoring services and giving assistance to those who need food, clothing, and shelter. The tutors work in two different buildings. One building is for the children under third grade and the other is for third graders and above. I chose to tutor the fourth graders because children under third grade were troublesome and required a more advanced knowledge of Spanish. There was only one fifth grader which I alternated with another tutor as some days we had many tutors available and some days we had few. The third grade students already had tutors therefore I tutored two fourth graders: one boy and one girl. The boy was good at Math while the girl was good at English and Science. Both students seemed to struggle with History. Many of the students liked to test the patience of their tutors, but the children I worked with were generally well