Chit Chat in VOLTVILLE Thread #2 :)

[SandySu]

Budweiser commercials are the best! There used to be a documentary on YouTube about how they trained the animals, but recently, I tried to see it again, and it had been taken down. There is something about it, but it's not as good as the one I saw.

I really liked that first one where the guy goes to Chicago to see the horse. That is a tear-jerker!

There's so much talent in the world! Some commercials are really creative. Sometimes I just wonder who makes videos, like the Christopher Walken one, that are so well done.

 

[JerryRM]

Hi Sandy, hi Terry, hi Voltpeeps.

 

[SandySu]

I guess it's time for the latest tutoring report.

I started with the boy. He read about climate change, and he did extremely well. I had a worksheet I had made up with his words from last time, and he did that, though he hadn't studied his words, so he needed some help. Then I gave him a word search using those words, but he didn't want to do it. I didn't insist. He also didn't want to find things in the alphabet book -- the letter F.

So his sister came in, and she and I found lots of F words. I also scolded her as severely as I had ever done. We were looking at the F picture and had found nearly all we were going to, so she tried to draw something in. I freaked and said, "No! Don't you EVER draw in my book!" She looked really scared. Still, it's an important lesson for her to learn, not to deface others' property. I was taught not to write in books when I was little, and that lesson stuck so firmly that when I was in the publishing business and had to tear pages out and write in books, it felt really uncomfortable at first.

We sang and then she read "Frosty the Snowman." She did well, too, though there were words she'll have to learn. And she forgot her purple folder with the book she has to read for school, which I'm supposed to do with her. She left it at the restaurant. When I got home, I phoned and got her dad and told him that she forgot it, and maybe he could take it home so her brother could help her with it tomorrow. She is very forgetful. Is that normal for a 7-year-old? Probably. When my daughter was that age, I probably hovered and reminded her. Maybe that's why I don't remember it being such a problem.

Finally, the girl did her word search with her latest vocab words, and I helped a little, which gave me a chance to say the words and she had to find that word in the list and also in hidden in the puzzle.

The girl is starting to get a bit of attitude, more like her brother used to be, and he's settling down and working more. I guess these are just normal ups and downs, though I try to analyze it and see what's causing resistance. I've been praising the boy a lot lately, and the girl is in trouble for not reading those books the school sends home, so I think their attitude may have something to do with approval. I wonder why she resists those books. They are easier than the stuff I ask her to read. She has breezed through every one. Of course, she isn't really into reading what I provide, either, though she liked Frosty well enough. Maybe I need to give her songs to sing and then read. I came up with the Frosty idea when, the lesson before, one of the words she didn't know was "frosty." OK, I'm off to put on my thinking cap and come up with a song for next time.

 

[tmcase]

Hey Jerry.

 

[JerryRM]

How's it going, Terry?

 

[tmcase]

How's it going, Terry?

Not bad. They say Spring is here but I can't tell. How about you?

 

[JerryRM]

I guess it's time for the latest tutoring report ..........................................................................................................................................
Maybe I need to give her songs to sing and then read. I came up with the Frosty idea when, the lesson before, one of the words she didn't know was "frosty." OK, I'm off to put on my thinking cap and come up with a song for next time.

Louie, Louie? LOL

 

[JerryRM]

Not bad. They say Spring is here but I can't tell. How about you?

Spring? We have had some nicer weather, than we had this winter, the snow has finally melted and temps are above freezing...during the daytime. However, winter is going to take one last shot at us, next week. A big snowstorm is supposed to hit us on Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

[tmcase]

Spring? We have had some nicer weather, than we had this winter, the snow has finally melted and temps are above freezing...during the daytime. However, winter is going to take one last shot at us, next week. A big snowstorm is supposed to hit us on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Where is "X"? We didn't get much snow but we got a couple weeks of arctic cold but mostly this winter has just been rainy and windy. It's still in the 30's at night but 40 - low 50 during the day. I'm read for SPRING!

 

[JerryRM]

"X" is here. As in "YOU ARE HERE..X.."

I was in the Seattle area for a few days, before I was shipped overseas and then again, when I returned from Korea. It's very different from the east coast.

Your temps are pretty much the same as we been having.

 

[3mg Meniere]

Hi, Jerry. It is 18 deg. here right now.

Of course, she isn't really into reading what I provide, either, though she liked Frosty well enough. Maybe I need to give her songs to sing and then read. I came up with the Frosty idea when, the lesson before, one of the words she didn't know was "frosty."

That is a good idea. Many teachers use music to help with memorization skills. And we all remember the alphabet song.

She may be resisting the school books because they are so easy. Your reading selections for her and what she selects for herself are much more difficult than what the teacher gives her. That is OK in a one-to-one situation, because you are there to help her. Take a look at readability indices, and you will see them rated at three levels. Without one-to-one, what you are working on would be frustrating. Teachers avoid that. You can do that, because of the tutoring situation, and even switch to reading to her without embarrassment for her. The content is richer, which matches what is probably her interest level.

Look into this Accelerated Reader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for more guidance on what she might need, and work with her teacher using their point system in determining what is easy, instructional, and frustrating.

 

[tmcase]

"X" is here. As in "YOU ARE HERE..X.."

I was in the Seattle area for a few days, before I was shipped overseas and then again, when I returned from Korea. It's very different from the east coast.

Your temps are pretty much the same as we been having.

Are you trying to say you don't want to say what state you live in?

Yeah, we have it pretty mild but I would like to move to someplace sunnier but not FL.

 

[JerryRM]

Hi Omg !!!!!

Terry, my best friend moved to So.Cal, not far from where Seabrook lives. He has been trying to get me to move to So.Cal, too. Maybe one of these years. Right now, I have commitments here.

Check your PM box.

 

[tmcase]

Hi Omg !!!!!

Terry, my best friend moved to So.Cal, not far from where Seabrook lives. He has been trying to get me to move to So.Cal, too. Maybe one of these years. Right now, I have commitments here.

Check your PM box.

So.Cal is not for me. I think it would be too hot and then there are those pesky earthquakes.

Check yours.

 

[JerryRM]

So.Cal is not for me. I think it would be too hot and then there are those pesky earthquakes.

Check yours.

Yup, I guess there is no place that is perfect. As for me, anywhere there is no snow, is perfect. LOL I really liked Savannah, Georgia and would have moved there, if life hadn't gotten in my way.

 

[SandySu]

So.Cal is not for me. I think it would be too hot and then there are those pesky earthquakes.

Check yours.

There was a time a while back when I heard about a lot of people leaving my area and going to either Arizona or North Carolina. Arizona can get really hot in summer, but maybe North Carolina? However, I was there in warm weather, and it was pretty darn hot there, too. I'll suffer cold winters so I don't have to deal with excessive heat in summer.

 

[SandySu]

Hi, Jerry. It is 18 deg. here right now.

That is a good idea. Many teachers use music to help with memorization skills. And we all remember the alphabet song.

She may be resisting the school books because they are so easy. Your reading selections for her and what she selects for herself are much more difficult than what the teacher gives her. That is OK in a one-to-one situation, because you are there to help her. Take a look at readability indices, and you will see them rated at three levels. Without one-to-one, what you are working on would be frustrating. Teachers avoid that. You can do that, because of the tutoring situation, and even switch to reading to her without embarrassment for her. The content is richer, which matches what is probably her interest level.

Look into this Accelerated Reader - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for more guidance on what she might need, and work with her teacher using their point system in determining what is easy, instructional, and frustrating.

I read about it, but I can't use my computer while I teach, because the parents never gave me their code to log on there. It sounds like stuff I get free from the Internet that I call "reading comprehension." There are short stories, then questions about them. The girl seems to like these. The boy not so much, but we discuss the topic he read about, so I can assess his understanding that way.

I don't understand why the girl doesn't bring home her school books. Maybe she is actually just plain forgetful. I'm sure I'll work it out.

BTW, weren't you tutoring, too? How's that going?

 

[tmcase]

There was a time a while back when I heard about a lot of people leaving my area and going to either Arizona or North Carolina. Arizona can get really hot in summer, but maybe North Carolina? However, I was there in warm weather, and it was pretty darn hot there, too. I'll suffer cold winters so I don't have to deal with excessive heat in summer.

I don't like excessive heat either but cold weather means high electric bill so if I had to choose I'd choose the heat. I hear high up in the mts of Arizona is pretty nice.

 

[tmcase]

I read about it, but I can't use my computer while I teach, because the parents never gave me their code to log on there. It sounds like stuff I get free from the Internet that I call "reading comprehension." There are short stories, then questions about them. The girl seems to like these. The boy not so much, but we discuss the topic he read about, so I can assess his understanding that way.

I don't understand why the girl doesn't bring home her school books. Maybe she is actually just plain forgetful. I'm sure I'll work it out.

BTW, weren't you tutoring, too? How's that going?

You could ask the parents to set up a guest account (password protected) for you so that you could only access certain areas of the PC.

 

[SandySu]

You could ask the parents to set up a guest account (password protected) for you so that you could only access certain areas of the PC.

They would give me the password, I think. They trust me. The problem is that they work every waking moment at their restaurant. I asked once and never got a response, and I think they are just too busy to go look it up and write it down. Setting up a guest account would probably take them more time than just writing down the password.

These people work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. They don't have much time for the kids, though their grandmother is home with the kids on weekends and evenings. But other times, even their grandmother works in the restaurant. After school, the kids go to the restaurant, where they play video games and do their homework at a table in the back. It's a shame, but you can't say the parents are lazy. They work hard and get their kids tutoring and lessons with the idea that the kids won't be stuck working in a restaurant 12 hours a day because they will have a good education. Already, the boy talks of going to Cornell. He was asking me what kinds of programs they have there. He's 9, in 3rd grade. I know I wasn't shopping around for what colleges had what courses at that age!